Inside the MFAH Posts tagged #family-activities
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Let’s Make a Drape Painting August 18, 2020
Create your own drape painting, inspired by Carousel Change in the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.
Let’s Make a Painting: Inspired by Action August 14, 2020
Create your own work of art inspired by the “action painting” method of artist Jackson Pollock and his work in the MFAH collections.
At-Home Art Activity: Let’s Make Dots! July 28, 2020
Use tiny dots to create your own Pointillist masterpiece, with inspiration from nature and a French painting in the MFAH collection.
At-Home Art Activity: Making Your Own Chinese Scroll July 16, 2020
Explore Chinese landscape and create your own work of art, inspired by an 18th-century scroll from the MFAH collection of Asian art.
Summer Art Explorers: Start Your Adventure! July 15, 2020
Kids can be MFAH art explorers all summer! Every week brings a different theme with new activities inspired by works of art in the MFAH collections.
Bastille Day: Celebrate French Independence with Rienzi July 7, 2020
From a virtual music performance to an art activity and a history quiz, Rienzi presents a festive salute to the French national holiday.
Let’s Make Art! Family-Friendly Stamping Activity June 23, 2020
Create your own masterpiece with inspiration from patterns in nature & a bluebonnet landscape in the MFAH collections. Follow along with the how-to video!
Art-Inspired Activity Book for Families: American Art May 31, 2020
Enjoy family time with a museum twist! Families can create and discover together with this printable booklet, inspired by the MFAH collection of American art.
Family-Friendly Art Activity: Make Your Own Tree May 20, 2020
Next up on the list of at-home activities: Making this fabulous tree collage is a fun art project that also teaches children important skills.
Coloring the Rienzi Collection May 15, 2020
Two 18th-century portraits in the Rienzi Collection inspire a suitably old-fashioned pursuit: coloring.
