Events

Designed especially for preschool children and their caregivers, 3ft Deep programs promote imaginative thinking, social-emotional growth, and expressive use of language. A Blanton educator will introduce a half-hour gallery activity followed by a process-focused art project in the WorkLAB studio. All activities emphasize creative and interpretive processes inspired by Reggio Emilia approaches, as well as adult-child collaboration. Space is limited to 12 participants (children and adults).

• Registration is strongly encouraged as space is limited. 
• Online registration begins at 3pm, one week prior to program date (click below button to register).
• If a class is full and you would like to add your child to a waitlist, please email monique.oneil@blantonmuseum.org

This event is included in the price of admission. Free for members and UT students, faculty, and staff.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum for payment and validation.

Extend your museum visit! After exploring the galleries, come across the plaza to the WorkLAB Studio to create art in response to specific works on view, discovering more about the themes and materials that the artists used. Each week will feature a new work of art.

• Check-in at the museum’s Visitor Services Desk to receive required wristband for studio entrance. 
• Program included with Admission.
• WorkLAB space is limited to 30 makers. Please anticipate an average wait of 20 minutes after you sign up at the door. 

This event is included in the price of admission. Free for members and UT students, faculty, and staff.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum for payment and validation.

Two creative worlds collide! Artists and Authors are thirty-minute literary adventures through the museum, weaving together storytelling and works of art. Each tour is designed to foster curiosity and conversation between adults and their children by encouraging close-looking, creative thinking, and imagination. Artwork and book selection changes each week. Space is limited.

• Tour tickets available at the Visitor Services Desk thirty minutes prior to tour time.

Admission is free to the museum every Thursday thanks to the Moody Foundation.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum for payment and validation.

Follow the Leader invites audiences of all ages and abilities on a playfully interactive tour of the Blanton’s permanent collections. The Blanton’s resident Art Enthusiasts (you’ll know them by their white costumes and colorful kerchiefs) will challenge adults and young people to explore the art by doing more than just looking. Visitors are invited to participate in a self-guided scavenger hunt after the tour.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate large groups, but we encourage you to check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

Free admission on Thursdays.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum.

Jeffrey Gibson: This Is the Day highlights new developments in the artist’s genre-bridging practice. The exhibition features over fifty works made between 2014 and 2018 including intricately beaded wall hangings and punching bags, paintings, ceramics, garments, helmets, and a new video commissioned for the exhibition, I Was Here (2018). The film follows Macy, a trans-Choctaw woman living on a reservation in rural Mississippi, melding documentary and fantastical elements in a way that harkens back to independent films from the 1980s and 90s such as “Bagdad Cafe” (1987) and “My Own Private Idaho” (1991).

In his work, Gibson (b. 1972; based in Claverack, New York) brings together his Choctaw and Cherokee heritage and a range of diverse artistic and cultural influences to explore race, sexuality, religion, and gender. Gibson’s art often joins exuberant colors, patterns, and materials with text borrowed from such authors as James Baldwin and Simone de Beauvoir or song lyrics by Grace Jones, Boy George, and other musicians. These combinations highlight the unexpected connections between ceremonies and performances found in Native American powwow rituals, dance clubs, and drag shows, underscoring the complex vitality of Gibson’s eclectic sources.

This exhibition will be on view in our Butler Gallery, located on the ground floor of the museum.

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Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate large groups, but we encourage you to check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

Free admission on Thursdays.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum.

Ready to dive right into a 90-minute experience with your child? “Deeper Dives” encourages adult and child interaction around close looking, guided conversation, and related art-making activities. Each week will focus on a different theme from works on view in our permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions. Space is limited to 15 participants.

• Preregistration is strongly encouraged as space is limited. 
• Online registration begins at 5pm, one week prior to program date. Please click the below link to register.
• If a class is full and you would like to add your child to a waitlist, please email monique.oneil@blantonmuseum.org

This event is included in the price of admission. Free for members and UT students, faculty, and staff.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum for payment and validation.

Free-Diving gives adults and pre-teens/teens an opportunity to make connections with global cultures, meet and collaborate with new friends, and find inspiration in unique places. Each week will focus on experimenting with a specific art technique while engaging with artworks and ideas related to our permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions.  Space is limited to 15 participants.

• Preregistration is strongly encouraged as space is limited. 
• Online registration begins at 5pm, one week prior to program date.
• If a class is full and you would like to add your child to a waitlist, please email monique.oneil@blantonmuseum.org

This event is included in the price of admission. Free for members and UT students, faculty, and staff.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum for payment and validation.

Let’s party! We’re marking the opening of “Jeffrey Gibson: This is Is the Day” with a celebration of your individuality, creativity, and authenticity. Join our B Scene: A Love Supreme party where everyone will be encouraged to be their most genuine and fabulous selves. You do you, and we’ll set the scene with classic ’80s tracks, dancing, food and drinks, art-making activities, a photobooth and more. (If you’re a Blanton Member, you’ll enjoy free admission and a private, members-only lounge.)

Featuring music/performances by:
Très Oui
Masculine Pain
Louisianna Purchase
Workout! with Erica Nix
With DJ Mark Murray of Sun Radio

Erica Nix

Trés Oui

Louisianna Purchase

Mark Murray of Sun Radio at B Scene: Born to Be Wild

Lineup Details (subject to change)

• 6:00pm Doors open – Live DJ Mark Murray of Sun Radio spins ’80s favorites!
• 7:00pm Workout! with Erica Nix
• 7:55pm Drag Queen Louisianna Purchase performance
• 8:05pm Workout! with Erica Nix
• 8:20pm Louisianna Purchase performance
• 8:30pm Live music by Masculine Pain
• 9:05pm Louisianna Purchase performance
• 9:15pm Live music by Très Oui

Free for members/$15 general public

B Scene: Colors of India

B Scene: Born to Be Wild

B Scene: Afrobeats

B scene: A Love Supreme is sponsored by Sun Radio and CultureMapATX.

Come join us for a dynamic look at the Blanton’s world-class art collection!  Our trained docent will guide you through fan favorites found in our Latin American, European, and Modern and Contemporary galleries, providing context and insights behind the artworks on display.  Our main and specialized galleries (including the Paper Vault, Film & Video, and Contemporary Project galleries) change regularly so you will always see something new on every visit.  Learn more about our permanent collection HERE.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate large groups, but we encourage you to check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum.