Current Exhibitions
Sarah Sze
February 3 - August 18, 2024 / Learn more
Teaching Resource: Sarah Sze, 2024
Discover how artist Sarah Sze examines our relationship with images, memory, and the physical world.
Recommended for intermediate- and secondary-aged learners.
Family Guide: Sarah Sze, 2024 (En ingles y español)
See how artist Sarah Sze uses everyday objects, paper, and video to transform spaces.
Recommended for elementary-aged learners.
Plasters and Bronzes by Jean (Hans) Arp
January 10 - April 21, 2024 / Learn more
Teaching Resource: 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.
Nasher Mobile Guide Online: Plasters and Bronzes by Jean (Hans) Arp
An installation of plaster and bronze sculptures by Jean (Hans) Arp offers an overview of the artist's significant contributions to 20th-century art, particularly in his development of an influential vocabulary of organic, swelling forms suggestive of natural processes.
Recommended for secondary and adult learners.
Resource: How do you cast a sculpture?
This guide with simple, comic-style animations explains the basics of the casting process to young learners.
Recommended for elementary-aged learners.
Videos
Materials and Process: Plaster Casting (10:03)
Materials and Process: Bronze Casting (6:07)
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: 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.
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: Ana Mendieta
Rooted in nature and the body, artist Ana Mendieta's art paved the way for artists of subsequent generations to create works involving identity politics, feminism and performance.
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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