| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Community History Workshop Series: Preserving Our PastPresented by Center for Texas Studies at Fort Worth Library - Central Branch March 3, 2012 The Center for Texas Studies at TCU and the Fort Worth Library present this community history workshop opportunity. The hands-on public workshops are aimed at increasing the historical awareness of the community. Underwritten by the Summerlee Foundation of Dallas, Held in the Tandy Lecture Hall of the downtown Fort Worth Library. | Center for Texas Studies | 03/03/12 | Fort Worth |
Sundays Series: David WillburnPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth March 4, 2012 Artist and curator David Willburn presents a lecture. Sundays with the Modern offers unique perspectives on the Museum's architecture, permanent collection, and special exhibitions. Artists, art historians, critics, writers, and architects hold co | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 03/04/12 | Fort Worth |
| Drawing from the Collection Series: Margaret Meehan | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 03/04/12 | Fort Worth |
The King's FacePresented by Amphibian Stage Productions at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth March 5, 2012 At the battle of Shrewsbury, King Henry IV's crown is at last secured, only to have his son, Prince Harry of Monmouth, struck down with an arrow to the face. The Prince is given up for dead. As a last resort, surgeon John Bradmore is summoned to examine the young royal. Over the course of several days, the pair develop a unique bond, while examining questions of war, religion, patriotism, and what it means to lead a nation, revealing the true temperament of the future King Henry V. | Amphibian Stage Productions | 03/05/12 | Fort Worth |
Tuesday Evening Series: Jill MagidPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth March 6, 2012 Writer and artist Jill Magid presents this Tuesday Lecture.
Jill Magid, a New York-based artist and writer, seeks platforms for working inside and outside of institutions, responding to their imposition, negotiation, and at times, capitulation of power. For Magid, this power is not a remote condition to contest, but rather something to manipulate by drawing it closer, exploiting its loopholes, engaging it in dialogue, seducing its agents, revealing its sources, infiltrating its... | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 03/06/12 | Fort Worth |
Pictures and Pages: City Dog, Country FrogPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum March 6, 2012 Museum learning begins early with this special program for preschoolers and their adult partners. Popular children's books inspire group conversations and simple art activities. | Kimbell Art Museum | 03/06/12 | Fort Worth |
| The Big Read Book Discussion-The Grapes of Wrath | Fort Worth Library | 03/06/12 | Fort Worth |
| Sharing the Past Through Art | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 03/08/12 | Fort Worth |
Harlan Jacobson's Talk CinemaPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth March 11, 2012 Harlan Jacobson's Talk Cinema is an exciting new film series at the Modern featuring sneak previews of highly acclaimed foreign and independent films. Cohosted by Christopher Kelly, film critic for the Star-Telegram, the Talk Cinema series encourages discussion among audience members, offering the added bonus of seeing great new films from festivals around the world before they hit theaters. The films vary in nationality and scope, and titles are kept a surprise until the screening. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 03/11/12 | Fort Worth |
Tuesday Evening Series: Byron KimPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth March 13, 2012 Brooklyn-based artist Byron Kim is known for his monochrome paintings, born out of representation, that seemingly challenge their relationship to abstraction. Faye Hirsch describes his work in an interview with the artist for Art in America, "You see subtle variations of color within the fields. Recalling paintings by midcentury modernists like Rothko and Reinhardt, they feel like pure abstraction, but as always with Kim, have profound ties to the world. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 03/13/12 | Fort Worth |
Bison Feeding HayridePresented by Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge at Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge March 15, 2012 Enjoy an old-fashioned hayride to the bison range where you will get to see the bison up close and personal as staff assist in feeding them range cubes. They will visit the hay barn where you can learn about their bison management practices. During the entire hayride, they will discuss the habitats represented at the Nature Center as well. | Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge | 03/15/12 | Fort Worth |
Slithering SnakesPresented by Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge at Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge March 17, 2012 Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing green and learning about snakes, which St. Patrick supposedly chased out of Ireland. Learn how snakes are beneficial and why they are misunderstood. They will have the chance to get up close and personal with some of the snakes at the Hardwicke Interpretive Center. | Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge | 03/17/12 | Fort Worth |
| Saturday Story Time | River Legacy Foundation | 03/17/12 | Arlington |
March MadnessPresented by Fort Worth Library at Fort Worth Library - Central Branch March 11-March 17, 2012 Do the kids need something to do during spring break? The Central Library will be hosting daily activities to chase away the boredom. From crafts to games to scavenger hunts, everyday will bring a fun-filled activity for kids ages 6-12. | Fort Worth Library | 03/11/12-
03/17/12 | Fort Worth |
Gallery Discussion: Meet the ImpressionistsPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum March 19, 2012 Individuals with Alzheimer's and their care partners are invited for interactive art experiences every month on selected Monday afternoons. Alternating discussions and art-making activities encourage personal connections with Museum masterpieces, themes, and exhibitions. | Kimbell Art Museum | 03/19/12 | Fort Worth |
David McCulloughPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum March 23, 2012 In his The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris the popular historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner sifts through mountains of correspondence and archival records to tell the compelling stories of 19th-century American novelists, artists, doctors, politicians, and inventors who crossed the Atlantic for the experience of a lifetime. | Kimbell Art Museum | 03/23/12 | Fort Worth |
Growing Fungi in Your YardPresented by River Legacy Foundation at River Legacy Living Science Center March 24, 2012 Fungi play a vital role in your ecological systems. They are one of the soils teeth and provide essential nutrients, processes and solutions to their economic, ecological and social problems. Come and learn how fungi are being utilized to solve many of the issues they face today in water filtration, pest management, reforestation, farming and more, during this adult workshop at River Legacy Living Science Center. | River Legacy Foundation | 03/24/12 | Arlington |
Annette Lawrence, DentonPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum March 24, 2012 What does the art of the past mean to the artist of the present? In this ongoing program, moderated by Kimbell staff, artists discuss works in the Museum's collection, share the special insights of the practicing professional, and relate older art to contemporary artistic concerns, including their own. | Kimbell Art Museum | 03/24/12 | Fort Worth |
Tuesday Evening Series: Andrea FraserPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth March 27, 2012 Andrea Fraser, artist and professor, University of California Los Angeles, department of art, makes a presentation.
Andrea Fraser is an artist currently based in Los Angeles, California, where she is a professor at UCLA in the department of art. She also serves as visiting faculty for the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 03/27/12 | Fort Worth |
3 Under 30Presented by Amon Carter Museum of American Art at Amon Carter Museum of American Art March 29, 2012 Rebecca Lawton, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, presents this Gallery Talk: . Get inspired as you learn about the great works created by Frederic Edwin Church, Arthur Dove, and John Singer Sargent during their twenties. | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 03/29/12 | Fort Worth |
The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the ClarkPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum March 31, 2012 Exclusive docent-guided tours of special exhibitions provide historical context, illuminate themes, and highlight individual artworks. | Kimbell Art Museum | 03/31/12 | Fort Worth |
Sundays Series: Thomas FeulmerPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth April 1, 2012 Listen to the lecture of Thomas Feulmer, artist, curator, and director of educational programming, The Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas. Sundays with the Modern offers unique perspectives on the Museum's architecture, permanent collection, and specia | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/01/12 | Fort Worth |
| Drawing from the Collection Series: Tim Best | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/01/12 | Fort Worth |
Harlan Jacobson's Talk CinemaPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth April 1, 2012 Harlan Jacobson's Talk Cinema is an exciting new film series at the Modern featuring sneak previews of highly acclaimed foreign and independent films. Cohosted by Christopher Kelly, film critic for the Star-Telegram, the Talk Cinema series encourages discussion among audience members, offering the added bonus of seeing great new films from festivals around the world before they hit theaters. The films vary in nationality and scope, and titles are kept a surprise until the screening. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/01/12 | Fort Worth |
Tuesday Evening Series: Gregg BordowitzPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth April 3, 2012 Artist Gregg Bordowitz makes a presentation.
Writer and artist Gregg Bordowitz presents Testing Some Beliefs, an ongoing series of lectures/performances that consider the strength and longevity, as well as the present relevancy, of some personal and collective beliefs. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/03/12 | Fort Worth |
A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet, by Bijou Le TordPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum April 3, 2012 Museum learning begins early with this special program for preschoolers and their adult partners. Popular children's books inspire group conversations and simple art activities. | Kimbell Art Museum | 04/03/12 | Fort Worth |
Color by Nature: Exploring Natural Dyes)Presented by Fossil Rim Wildlife Center at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center April 10, 2012 Cochineal is a scale insect found on prickly pear cactus that is used to produce a natural crimsom dye. It was used historically as a clothing dye, and is still used as a food dye today. They will talk about Cochineal and other natural dyes, and use Cochineal to dye bandanas! | Fossil Rim Wildlife Center | 04/10/12 | Glen Rose |
| Tuesday Evening Series: Gary Rough | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/10/12 | Fort Worth |
The Shadow CatcherPresented by Amon Carter Museum of American Art at Amon Carter Museum of American Art April 12, 2012 Prior to the program, read The Shadow Catcher (2008) by Marianne Wiggins. At the museum, readers and museum educators will gather in the photography galleries to discuss how the book brings photography into the narrative while blending history and fiction. | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 04/12/12 | Fort Worth |
| Sharing the Past Through Art | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 04/12/12 | Fort Worth |
A Private Passion: Sterling and Francine Clark Collect 19th-Century French PaintingsPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum April 13, 2012 Richard Rand, Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Senior Curator and curator of paintings and sculpture, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, presents this talk concerning French painting. | Kimbell Art Museum | 04/13/12 | Fort Worth |
Tuesday Evening Series: Lucy LippardPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth April 17, 2012 This Tuesday's lecture is given by Lucy Lippard a writer, curator, editor, lecturer and activist.
Lucy Lippard is a distinguished writer, curator, editor, lecturer, and activist who has long been appreciated for her expansive scholarship and insight, having been one of the first to recognize the dematerialization of the work in art's movement toward conceptualism as well as an early champion of feminist art. | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/17/12 | Fort Worth |
| Notes of a Native Son | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 04/19/12 | Fort Worth |
What's Your Fantasy? Fragonard and the Reinvention of 18th-century PortraiturePresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum April 25, 2012 This free lecture is part of a continuing series that introduces the permanent collection and selected exhibitions on view at the Kimbell Art Museum and provides background on the traditions underlying the major schools of art. | Kimbell Art Museum | 04/25/12 | Fort Worth |
| Stitches in Time | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 04/26/12 | Fort Worth |
Christian Prayer Breakfast of Fort WorthPresented by Christian Prayer Breakfast Fort Worth - Tarrant County at Will Rogers Memorial Center April 26, 2012 Their speaker for 2011 will be Retired Major Jeff Struecker whose military service during the Battle of Mogadishu was portrayed in the Movie "Black Hawk Down".
Jeff Struecker was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. At age 18, he enlisted in the US Army as an Infantryman and retired as a Chaplain with over 22 years of active federal service. Struecker speaks regularly to audiences across the United States about his experiences and about his Christian faith.
He served for ten... | Christian Prayer Breakfast Fort Worth - Tarrant County | 04/26/12 | Fort Worth |
The Age of ImpressionismPresented by Kimbell Art Museum at Kimbell Art Museum April 27, 2012 Free learning experiences structured for homeschool students (ages 8 to 16) and their adult partners include a staff presentation, interactive gallery tours, and hands-on learning activities. | Kimbell Art Museum | 04/27/12 | Fort Worth |
Fight for Survival Presented by Fossil Rim Wildlife Center at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center May 5, 2012 Come to this program and discover the 5-part mission of Fossil Rim. They will specifically focus on the park's mission of conservation of their animals. You will have the opportunity to learn about Fossil Rim's mission and what they do to save endangered species, while also discovering how you too can save endangered species. | Fossil Rim Wildlife Center | 05/05/12 | Glen Rose |
Sundays Series: Wura-Natasha OgunjiPresented by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth May 6, 2012 Sundays with the Modern offers unique perspectives on the Museum's architecture, permanent collection, and special exhibitions. Artists, art historians, critics, writers, and architects hold conversations and lead tours in the galleries.
Artist W | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 05/06/12 | Fort Worth |
| Drawing from the Collection Series: Matthew Cusick | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 05/06/12 | Fort Worth |
| Bear Grylls | | 05/07/12 | Grand Prairie |
| Sharing the Past Through Art | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 05/10/12 | Fort Worth |
| The Poem and the Image: A Conversation with Roberto Tejada | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 05/10/12 | Fort Worth |
| Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 05/17/12 | Fort Worth |
Saturday Story TimePresented by River Legacy Foundation at River Legacy Living Science Center May 19, 2012 Children of all ages are invited to listen to fun, seasonal stories presented by a librarian from the Arlington Public Libraries at River Legacy Living Science Center. Stay after for related activity. | River Legacy Foundation | 05/19/12 | Arlington |
| New Parents Tour | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 04/27/12-
05/25/12 | Fort Worth |
| New Parents Tour | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 05/25/12 | Fort Worth |
| Crafting from the Collection | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 05/31/12 | Fort Worth |
Fight for Survival Presented by Fossil Rim Wildlife Center at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center June 9, 2012 Come to this program and discover the 5-part mission of Fossil Rim. They will specifically focus on the park's mission of conservation of our animals. You will have the opportunity to learn about Fossil Rim's mission and what they do to save endangered species, while also discovering how you too can save endangered species. At the conclusion of the program you will even be able to meet some of their endangered friends while on a tour of the park. | Fossil Rim Wildlife Center | 06/09/12 | Glen Rose |
| Storytime | Amon Carter Museum of American Art | 06/06/12-
06/13/12 | Fort Worth |
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