Summer Art Explorers: Playing with Spheres
Kids can be Summer Art Explorers wherever they are—at home online, or on-site at the Museum. Every week, explore a new theme featuring extraordinary exhibitions, installations, and activities. Discover works of art in the MFAH collections that embrace every era of history across the globe.
This week brings the theme “Playing with Spheres and Gravity.” Activities include a drawing challenge, investigating gravity—and creating your own “bouncy ball”!
Print the downloadable guides to use at home, or bring them to the Museum—the choice is yours. You can find them all in both English and Spanish.
• Playing with Spheres and Gravity
• Jugando con esferas y gravedad
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Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services; H-E-B; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
Jim Love, Ball, c. 1990, steel, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, bequest of Caroline Wiess Law. © The Estate of Jim Love
Jim Love, Can Johnny Come Out and Play?, 1990–91, bronze, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum commission funded by Caroline Wiess Law in memory of Theodore N. Law. © The Estate of Jim Love
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