Listen to a fun story and explore connections between American art and literature. Stories and themes will vary with each semester.

Get ready to move and groove as you discover how the beats melodies, and rhythms of diverse musical genres inspired works of American art.

Investigate the ways artists have used scientific observation to represent the world around them. Students will practice their scientific skills while closely studying the creatures and habitats depicted in artworks.

Let the Carter’s collection be a source for discovering artists’ use of math, science, and engineering concepts as creative fuel for their work. Make connections between S.T.E.M. processes and art.

Share a laugh, use your imagination, and identify figurative language while examining the connections between diverse poems and works of art at the Carter. As a bonus, students can flex their creative writing muscles in a post-program activity led by Carter Community Artist Brenda Ciardiello.

Journey around Texas with the Carter’s collection and take a deeper dive into the complex history of the land, its inhabitants, and Texans’ artistic creations.

Examine artworks in the Carter’s collection and explore how artists take inspiration from engineered structures and apply those concepts in their own creations.

Discover the complex stories of immigration by artists from around the globe while examining the geographic, political, and economic factors that shaped their stories. Explore how their relationships to their country of origin, culture, and new country influenced and inspired their art.