At the Carter
The Carter offers an ongoing array of programs for its visitors, from lectures by visiting artists and scholars to extended education opportunities, family events, children’s programs, and a book club. Following is a list of current programs and activities. Admission is free unless otherwise noted.
If you would like to receive public program information via e-mail, contact programs@cartermuseum.org.
Sunday, September 14, 2008 1 p.m.
It's Art in the Family!
Thursday, September 25, 2008 6 p.m.
Get Art Smart
Interactive Tour
Hear great stories, discover new facts, and share your ideas about the collection during this interactive tour led by the Carter’s friendly Gallery Teacher Team
Friday, September 26, 2008 10:30 a.m.
New Parents Tour
Interactive Tour
Are you in need of mental stimulation and adult conversation? Pack up the baby stroller and join us for a tour designed to introduce new parents (with babies in tow) to a variety of artworks at the Carter. This free tour is most appropriate for parents with pre-toddlers, and refreshments will be provided after the program.
Tour begins outside the Museum Store. Reservations are not required, but we recommend that parents call 817.989.5031 to receive helpful instructions. Parents are encouraged to park in the lot on Lancaster Avenue, south of the museum, and enter the museum through the accessible Lancaster entrance
Saturday, September 27, 2008 11 a.m.
Third Annual Day in the District
Family Activities
Join us to celebrate Fort Worth’s amazing arts and cultural organizations by participating in exciting, entertaining activities and performances at each of the Cultural District museums. Families are invited to discover the Carter’s collection and create their own artworks.
Saturday, October 11, 2008 10 a.m.
Alfred Jacob Miller: East to West
Anne Burnett Tandy Distinguished Lectures in American Art, Symposium
This symposium will explore little-known facets of Alfred Jacob Miller’s rich and varied career, from his time among the American Indians and in the Rockies to his life in Baltimore. Miller’s work will be discussed within the broader contexts of American Indian imagery, popular representations of trappers, hunting scenes, western humor, and sentimentalism.
Speakers
- Dr. John Mack Faragher, Arthur Unobskey Professor of American History and Director, Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders, Yale University
- Dr. Jennifer Greenhill, assistant professor of American art, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Dr. Kenneth Haltman, associate professor of art history, University of Oklahoma
- Dr. Lisa Strong, independent scholar and guest curator of Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller
- Dr. Ron Tyler, director, Amon Carter Museum
This program is held in conjunction with the exhibition Sentimental Journey: The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller, on view at the Amon Carter Museum from September 20, 2008, to January 11, 2009. Reservations are required; seating is limited. Please call 817.989.5057 by October 1 to register; confirmation will be sent.
Sunday, October 12, 2008 1 p.m.
Expectations, Explorations, and Destinations
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11 a.m.
An Artist’s Reflection: River of No Return
Lecture
Laura McPhee, artist
Hear this acclaimed photographer describe her recent project River of No Return, which includes the awe-inspiring photograph Understory Flareups, Fourth of July Creek Valley Road Wild Fire, Custer County, Idaho currently on view at the museum in Masterworks of American Photography. A book-signing follows in the Museum Store.
Reservations are required; seating is limited. Please call 817.989.5057 to register; confirmation will be sent.
Friday, October 31, 2008 10:30 a.m.
New Parents Tour
Interactive Tour
Are you in need of mental stimulation and adult conversation? Pack up the baby stroller and join us for a tour designed to introduce new parents (with babies in tow) to a variety of artworks at the Carter. This free tour is most appropriate for parents with pre-toddlers, and refreshments will be provided after the program.
Tour begins outside the Museum Store. Reservations are not required, but we recommend that parents call 817.989.5031 to receive helpful instructions. Parents are encouraged to park in the lot on Lancaster Avenue, south of the museum, and enter the museum through the accessible Lancaster entrance.
Saturday, November 15, 2008 11 a.m.
Video Installations, 1975–2008
Lecture
Mary Lucier, artist
Internationally acclaimed video artist Mary Lucier will discuss the evolution of her work—from her first experiments with the medium in the 1970s to one of her most recent video installations, The Plains of Sweet Regret, on view at the Carter November 15, 2008 –February 15, 2009. A book signing follows in the Museum Store.
Reservations are required; seating is limited. Please call 817.989.5057 to register; confirmation will be sent.
Thursday, December 4, 2008 6 p.m.
Paintings of Alfred Jacob Miller: Above and Below the Surface
Conservation in Context Gallery Talk
Claire Barry, chief conservator of paintings, Kimbell Art Museum and Amon Carter Museum
There is more to Miller’s painting than meets the eye. Barry’s talk will take us beneath the surface of what we see and reveal new information about the nineteenth-century artist’s methods.


