Current Exhibitions
Hugh Hayden: Homecoming
September 14, 2024 - January 5, 2025 / Learn more
Teaching Resource: Hugh Hayden, 2024
Help students connect with Hugh Hayden's sculptural exploration of school, family, and community.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Family Guide: Hugh Hayden, 2024 (En ingles y español)
Meet an artist who uses wood to give a surprising twist to everyday objects.
Recommended for elementary-aged learners.
Samara Golden: if earth is the brain then where is the body
September 28, 2024 - January 12, 2025 / Learn more
Teaching Resource: Samara Golden, 2024
Help students consider how Samara Golden transforms space with reality-bending reflections.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Family Guide: Samara Golden, 2024 (En ingles y español)
Reflect on an artist who uses mirrors to flip, distort, and multiply her sculptures.
Recommended for elementary-aged learners.
Nasher Public: New Art by Texas Artists
Ongoing / Learn more
Family Guide: What Is Public Art?
Learn how a work of art can become an important part of a community and create a proposal for your own public artwork.
Recommended for elementary-aged learners.
Nasher Collection Artworks
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Moonbird by Joan Miró
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Mini Project: Create your own out-of-this-world creature inspired by Joan Miro's Moonbird.
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Mini Project: Design a giant sculpture inspired by Mark di Suvero's Eviva Amore
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Eviva Amore by Mark di Suvero
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Mini Project: Write a script about everyday people inspired by George Segal’s Rush Hour
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Rush Hour by George Segal
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Artwork Focus: Explore abstraction using Willem de Kooning's Seated Woman
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Seated Woman by Willem de Kooning
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Artwork Focus: Find inspiration from nature with Henry Moore's Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae by Henry Moore
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Caress of a Bird by Joan Miró
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Self Portrait (Wetsuit) by Alex Israel
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Linear Construction in Space No. 1 (Variation) by Naum Gabo
Artwork Focus: Make an abstract artwork of your favorite sport inspired by Frank Stella.
Read, Write, Create: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Bronze Crowd
Consider the impact of World War II through a firsthand account by artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. Students are asked to use sculpture as a framework for understanding the behavior of people swayed by the influence of a crowd.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Video: Build Your Own Tour - Bronze Crowd by Madgalena Abakanowicz
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Read, Write, Create: Jean (Hans) Arp
Students are invited to explore themes of abstraction and collaboratively create Surrealist "automatic drawings" in the style of Jean Arp.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Read, Write, Create: Barbara Hepworth
Discover how Barbara Hepworth was influenced by landscape, materials, and ancient monoliths as she created sculpture. Students are asked to consider their own experiences with the environment and create a collage based upon independent research of ancient sculptures.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Read, Write, Create: Isamu Noguchi
Discover how Noguchi's Gregory (Effigy) draws upon Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and the artist's own experiences in an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Read, Write, Create: Joel Shapiro
Artist Joel Shapiro's inventive use of space offers students new perspectives on constructing sculptures with compelling compositions.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Read, Write, Create: Richard Serra
Students are asked to consider how verbs can suggest unique approaches to working with materials, as in the work of artist Richard Serra.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
The Nasher Story
Read, Write, Create: The Nasher Collection
Examine the purpose and nature of collecting through the lens of the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection. Students are invited to discuss their own experiences with collecting and to propose an exhibition for the Nasher Garden.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Video: The Nasher Collection - A Tribute to Raymond and Patsy
Recommended for learners of all ages.
Architecture at the Nasher
Architecture Resource:
Intermediate Level
Information, questions and activities to introduce students to the architecture of the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Architecture Resource: Advanced Level
Detailed information about the architecture of the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Recommended for adult and secondary-aged learners.
Video: Nasher Sculpture Center - Portrait of a Building
Recommended for learners of all ages.
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