Storytime at the Carter

Explore poetry’s power to put feelings into words and art’s power to put emotions into pictures by discussing artworks from the Carter’s collection paired with poems from Caroline Kennedy’s beloved book, A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children. These stories will be accompanied by fun activities that both parents and young children can enjoy.

Storytime at the Carter is made possible by the Junior League of Fort Worth and Target.

Interactive Tour

This free tour program is designed for adults with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Participants discuss artists, themes, and exhibitions and use artworks to connect to past experiences.

Call 817.989.5032 or e-mail access@cartermuseum.org to make reservations.

Performance

Of Many Colors, Fort Worth music ensemble

Enjoy the unique sound of an ensemble of vocalists and jazz musicians as they perform music from the late 1800s to the twentieth century that relates to works on view by African-American artists.

Admission is free, but reservations are required as seating is limited. Due to high demand for tickets, there will be a 2 p.m. and a 3:30 p.m. performance offered. Please specify which time you would like tickets for when calling to make your reservation. Call 817.989.5030 to register by July 2; confirmation will be sent.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Storytime at the Carter

See how clever characters make masterpieces out of everyday materials in A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch and Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, and then look at innovative artworks in the Carter’s collection. These stories will be accompanied by fun activities that both parents and young children can enjoy.

Storytime at the Carter is made possible by the Junior League of Fort Worth and Target.

Storytime at the Carter

Let looking lead you to see landscapes in a new light while exploring artworks in the Carter’s collection and listening to The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola and River by Debby Atwell. These stories will be accompanied by fun activities that both parents and young children can enjoy.

Storytime at the Carter is made possible by the Junior League of Fort Worth and Target.

Gallery Talk

Meredith Massar, art history graduate student, TCU

Look closely at paintings in the Carter’s collection, and discover how the American landscape influenced the lives and work of Charles Demuth, John Marin, and Georgia O’Keeffe.

Dialogue

Join the discussion as seasoned Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders interviews Harmon and Harriet Kelley about their esteemed collection of African-American art.

Admission is free, but reservations are required as seating is limited. Due to high demand for tickets, this program will be held in the Darnell Street Auditorium adjacent to the Kimbell Art Museum. Please call 817.989.5030 by July 17 to register.

Storytime at the Carter

Do you ever have trouble saying what you see or showing what you want to say? See how two characters solve these problems in Hanoch Piven’s My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and Laurie Rosenwald’s And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue. Then discover how artists in the Carter’s collection express their own feelings in artworks. These stories will be accompanied by fun activities that both parents and young children can enjoy.

Storytime at the Carter is made possible by the Junior League of Fort Worth and Target.

Interactive Tour

Interactive tour for new parents (babies and strollers welcome)

Are you in need of mental stimulation and adult conversation? Pack up the baby stroller and join us for a tour designed to introduce new parents (with babies in tow) to a variety of artworks at the Carter. This free tour is most appropriate for parents with pre-toddlers, and refreshments will be provided after the program.

Tour begins outside the Museum Store. Reservations are not required, but we recommend that parents call 817.989.5031 to receive helpful instructions. Parents are encouraged to park in the lot on Lancaster Avenue, south of the museum, and enter the museum through the accessible Lancaster entrance.

Family Funday

Through art-making and looking activities, discover how artworks share stories, connect communities, and inspire our imaginations. Artworks by African-American artists in The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper exhibition and the Carter’s permanent collection will be featured during this fun-filled family day. For more information, call 817.989.5030 or e-mail education@cartermuseum.org.

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Interactive Tour

This free tour program is designed for adults with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Participants discuss artists, themes, and exhibitions and use artworks to connect to past experiences.

Call 817.989.5032 or e-mail access@cartermuseum.org to make reservations.

Interactive Tour

Interactive tour for new parents (babies and strollers welcome)

Are you in need of mental stimulation and adult conversation? Pack up the baby stroller and join us for a tour designed to introduce new parents (with babies in tow) to a variety of artworks at the Carter. This free tour is most appropriate for parents with pre-toddlers, and refreshments will be provided after the program.

Tour begins outside the Museum Store. Reservations are not required, but we recommend that parents call 817.989.5031 to receive helpful instructions. Parents are encouraged to park in the lot on Lancaster Avenue, south of the museum, and enter the museum through the accessible Lancaster entrance.

Interactive Tour

This free tour program is designed for adults with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Participants discuss artists, themes, and exhibitions and use artworks to connect to past experiences.

Call 817.989.5032 or e-mail access@cartermuseum.org to make reservations.