Inspiration Deck

Forty at-home activities to spark your family’s creativity. Create a recipe together, go on a nature walk, design a game and more. This resource can be printed and cut into cards to draw on when you need a creative boost.  
Designed for families with elementary school-aged children. 
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Coloring Pages

Add your own flair to great works of art with downloadable coloring pages.

Celebrate Women's History
Garden Guide 
Connect the Dots: Michael Rakowitz  
Color Through the Rainbow 
Color the Nasher Collection Version 1 
Color the Nasher Collection Version 2   
Nasher Garden Flora Adult Coloring Page

Build Your Own Tour

Learn about artworks at the Nasher from wherever you are!

Nasher education staff have created a series of  videos that share the stories behind modern and contemporary artworks and include discussion and activity prompts to encourage creativity and connect the art with students' own experiences. Tour through the entire series by watching the Build Your Own Tour playlist, or select videos of your favorite artworks for a custom tour experience.

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Design Your Own Exhibition

Learn about what a museum curator does, then print out a template to create your own exhibition in the Nasher Sculpture Center Galleries. 
Designed for upper-elementary, intermediate and secondary students. 
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What Is Conceptual Art?

Learn about the work of artist Sol LeWitt, then create your own set of instructions for a conceptual artwork to be completed by a friend or family member. 
Designed for intermediate and secondary students. 
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Nasher Collection Online Scavenger Hunt

Dig through the digital collection of the Nasher Sculpture Center to find artworks that fit fun and unusual criteria. 
Designed for families and learners of all ages.

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*Parents, please note that the Nasher Collection contains artworks that depict nudity.

Primary Source Resources

These resource are designed to connect intermediate and secondary students with primary source texts that offer opportunities for critical thinking and interdisciplinary connections with works in the Nasher collection. Resources include interactive components and TEKS alignment. 
Designed for intermediate and secondary students. 
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Mini Projects

Learn about great modern sculptures and try out a project that builds on the artists’ ideas and processes.  
Designed for learners of all ages. 

• Imagine a creature made of shapes inspired by Joan Miró’s Moonbird 
• Design a giant sculpture inspired by Mark di Suvero's Eviva Amore 
• Invent for the future inspired by Claes Oldenburg’s Typewriter Eraser 
• Build a 3D portrait inspired by Naum Gabo’s Constructed Head No. 2 
• Write a script about everyday people inspired by George Segal’s Rush Hour 
• Make an abstract artwork of your favorite sport inspired by Frank Stella’s Diepholz 

Artwork Focus 

Spend some quality time with a masterpiece. Artwork Focus lessons walk you through an experience with sculptures in the Nasher Collection using thoughtful questions and prompts. 

Designed for learners of all ages.

• Willem de Kooning, Seated Woman
• Alberto Giacometti, Spoon Woman
• Alberto Giacometti, Venice Woman IV
• Henri Matisse, Tiari
• Henry Moore, Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae
• Claes Oldenburg, Clothespin

Art Adventures

Fun and interactive learning experiences for families and young children designed to take ideas from Nasher Collection artists beyond the walls of the museum.

• Take a walk
• Cloud Creatures

Nasher Education Times

Want to know more about artists, exhibitions and what goes on behind the scenes at the museum? Read all about it!

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