We hope to see you at the museum soon for a visit! Please note that we are not currently scheduling any in-person programming and will continue to offer a range of museum experiences online. Check back here for more about Curated Conversations, Virtual Visits, and other ways to deepen your museum experience digitally.
Join us for live Q&A sessions with Blanton staff and special guests! They’ll answer your burning questions about everything from how the windows in Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin got here to what NOT to say to an artist.
Watch Past Curated ConversationsThe Blanton Bake-Off is BACK and we’re DOUGH excited to see the entries this year!
Do you have what it BAKES?
TASK: Bake something based on a work of art you’ve seen on view at the Blanton or from our collection. Visit our collections website or scroll through our Instagram feed for inspiration! With no taste test, we’ll be relying on visuals so take your best photos and tag us with @blantonmuseum and #BlantonBakeOff. If you’re not on social, you can email your entry to pr@blantonmuseum.org Be sure to specify if you’re entering the “Amateur” or “Professional” category.
VOTING: We’ll share your creations on #WorldBakingDay Monday, May 17 on Instagram and Facebook so the public can vote for their favorites in both categories. Deadline for entries is 11:59pm CT May 16. Prizes this year include gift cards for Sour Duck Market and Quack’s Bakery plus family membership packages to the museum! We’ll announce winners on May 18.
Check our gallery of entries below to see what happened in 2020 and read this article in PBS Newshour to learn about how the #BlantonBakeOff began!
2020 Winners: Chocolate Cookie by Cookies del Mundo / Inspired by Simone dei Crocifissi’s “Triptych” (Professional Category). Sugar Cookie by St. Elmo Architecture Studio / Inspired by Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin.
Enjoy this video series featuring Blanton educator Monique Piñón O’Neil leading easy, make-at-home art activities inspired by works in the museum collection. Each activity includes a downloadable supply list and instructions.
Download PDF of Tania Bruguera Activity View More ActivitiesStep inside the galleries of the museum….virtually! Our interactive 360-degree video tours let you move through exhibitions online, enhancing your “visit” with high-resolution images, in-depth descriptive text, audio commentary from curators, and even videos. First up, you can explore our exhibition The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s. Stay tuned for more virtual visits soon!
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Fun and relaxing for all ages, these downloadable art pages feature works of art from the Blanton collection and are a lovely way to color the day away!
Post your colorful creations on social media and remember to tag them with #ColorTheBlanton and @blantonmuseum so we can re-share!
Delightful Design
Ooh and aah over these “Delightful Design” pages, taken from etchings and engravings in our prints and drawings collection.
Natural Beauty
Lush landscapes and fantastic flora bring the outdoors to you with these “Natural Beauty” pages from our prints and drawings collection.
Fabulous Fashion
Ready for your creative coloring, these “Fabulous Fashion” pages show a variety of the clothes folks wore in days of yore – as found in our prints and drawings collection.
Feathered and Furry Friends
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, our first group of pages, “Feathered and Furry Friends,” features an assortment of animalia from our prints and drawings collection.
In January 2015, the renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly gifted to the Blanton the design concept for his most monumental work, a 2,715-square-foot stone building with luminous colored glass windows, a totemic wood sculpture, and fourteen black and white marble panels. Titled Austin, honoring the artist’s tradition of naming particular works for the places for which they are destined, the structure is the only building the artist designed, and will be his most lasting legacy. Envisioned by Kelly as a site for joy and contemplation, Austin is a cornerstone of the Blanton’s permanent collection and will enrich the lives of visitors from around the world.
Explore 'Austin' In DepthThe Blanton’s permanent collection of over 19,000 works is recognized for its European paintings, prints and drawings, and modern and contemporary American and Latin American art. Browse by collection area or search the entire collection.
Browse our CollectionGet more out of our collections and exhibitions through this in-depth series! Explore artistic themes, learn about connected histories, and observe works in more detail. Your art education starts here!
View Art PrimersLike our community, the Blanton continues to face unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nonprofit, the Blanton depends heavily on admissions, membership, donations, and other income to be able to pay for our programs and staff—so the closure from March-August 2020 significantly impacted us. Now that we’ve reopened, it is at a reduced capacity to allow for social distancing, therefore limiting admissions income for an extended period. We have made substantial changes to our operating budget to try to mitigate this unprecedented situation, but it is still a difficult time financially.
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