Second Thursdays: Gilded & Glamorous
Schedule
Thu Jul 11 2024 at 05:00 pm
Location
Amon Carter Museum of American Art | Fort Worth, TX
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Connect with art through cocktails, conversations, and creativity. Each month you’ll find something different—from performances, artist talks, and unique tours to art making, music, and films. This month, step into the spellbinding world of the silver screen for a night themed on the Golden Age of cinema and the exhibition "Moving Pictures: Karl Struss and the Rise of Hollywood."Schedule
5–6 p.m.
Join Jon Frembling, the Carter’s Gentling Curator and Head of Archives, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the "Moving Pictures" exhibition.
5–8 p.m.
Walk the red carpet and enjoy drinks for purchase in the Atrium, including a specialty, prohibition-era cocktail called the Queen Bee. Carter members get one complimentary drink! Lite bites are available for purchase at the Carter’s Food Cart.
Enjoy live music by Aautumn, who will perform a variety of songs connected to films throughout history.
Find out what your lip print says about you with a lip-print reader from Mystic Kathryn.
Learn a variety of makeup styles that were popular during the 1920s through the 1950s with principal makeup artist Halley Hamer at House of Tesla Beauty.
Check out magazines and advertisements from our archives that show popular hair and makeup styles in films throughout the early 20th century.
Experiment with how camera filters can change our reality in photographs and film in this artmaking activity inspired by "Moving Pictures" with Carter Community Artist Raul Rodriguez.
6–7 p.m.
Join a film history tour of Moving Pictures with Dr. Frederick Gooding Jr., the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Endowed Professor of the Humanities at Texas Christian University.
7–8 p.m.
Join a fashion-themed tour of Moving Pictures with Stephanie Bailey, professor of fashion merchandising at Texas Christian University and curator of TCU’s Historic Costume Collection.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
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Where is it happening?
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2631, United States,Fort Worth, TexasEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
