Inside the MFAH Posts tagged #create


“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.


  • Tyler Deauvea’s ZOE
    Virtual Art Encounters “ZOE” September 24, 2020

    Your favorite collaborative art activity is back—and now it’s virtual! The first project of the fall season features multimedia artist Tyler Deauvea and his character ZOE. 

  • Junior School
    Fall Art Classes for Kids August 28, 2020

    Fall art classes for kids are ready and waiting! Register your young artist for classes & workshops—virtual & in-person—at the Glassell School of Art.

  • Macdonald-Wright - Arm Organization
    Art Activity: Let’s Make Some Noise August 27, 2020

    Compare color to music and create your own sound maker! This family-friendly art activity is inspired by the abstract paintings of Stanton Macdonald-Wright.

  • Jarrell - Revolutionary (Angela Davis)
    Let’s Make Art with Words and Colors August 25, 2020

    Combine words and colors to create your own masterpiece inspired by Revolutionary, artist Wadsworth Jarrell’s portrait of political activist Angela Davis.

  • Gilliam - Carousel Change
    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.

  • Pollock Number 6
    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.

  • Summer Art Explorers | Exploradores de Arte de Verano
    Summer Art Explorers: Playing with Spheres August 7, 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.

  • Achille Laugé - La route
    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.

  • Bian Shoumin - Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbank
    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.

  • Bamileke - Chief’s Ceremonial Hat
    Family Art Activity: Exploring African Beadwork April 12, 2020

    Looking for in-home art activities? We have you covered! Check out this family-friendly art-making activity inspired by African beadwork.