🛋️ If you want to feel like you’re sitting back at your granny’s house, flipping through the photo album on the coffee table, here’s your chance. 🎞️
Black Photojournalism comes to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art 🖤
Featuring more than 250 photographs spanning nearly 40 years, this exhibit captures
Black life
history
and culture
through powerful, real moments. Organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, it brings together over 60 photographers from across the U.S.
📷 From national movements to moments rooted right here in Fort Worth. Every single image tells a story worth seeing
On view March 15 – July 5, 2026. Don’t miss it.
What’s the plan for tomorrow’s Second Thursdays: Toasts & Tunes? Here are some highlights!
5–8 p.m.
Listen to Texas High Road and dance on our Porch while the sun sets.
Join Carter Community Artist Elizabeth Hudson in the Plaza to experiment with watercolor techniques.
Grab an art-inspired cocktail or mocktail to sip while you play lawn games.
Enjoy street tacos from Santos Tacos and sweet treats from Melt Ice Cream.
6–6:30 p.m.
Meet educator Andi Severin Goins at the Information Desk for a tour pairing works from the collection with three specialty cocktails and mocktails inspired by the art on view.
Get full details and RSVP via our link in bio.
Generous support for Second Thursdays is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
Discover Hugh Hayden’s thought-provoking reimagining of John Quincy Adams Ward’s The Freedman (1863) located in Sundance Square Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas.
This bronze sculpture features an empty chair beside the central figure, inviting viewers to sit and reflect on the themes of freedom, liberation, and representation. Commissioned for the 2023 exhibition Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation at the Amon Carter Museum, Hayden’s work honors the legacy of the original piece while encouraging dialogue about the ongoing journey towards emancipation.
Based in NYC and originally from Dallas, Hayden’s transformative art explores race, class, and American identity.
#SundanceSquare #HughHayden #TheFreedman #Emancipation #Art
With live music from @txhighroadmusic , lawn games, art-inspired cocktails, and more, there will be plenty to smile about at Second Thursdays: Toasts & Tunes! May 14, 5–8 p.m. FREE!
RSVP at our link in bio.
As we celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re highlighting Filipino American artist Stephanie Syjuco. Syjuco works across mediums, creating photographs, sculptures, and installations through methods ranging from handcrafts to archival excavations and digital editing. In recent years, she has focused on interrupting and challenging narratives of national history and identity.
Syjuco’s 2022 site-specific installation at the Carter, “Stephanie Syjuco: Double Vision,” transformed images of renowned works from the Museum’s collection to reconsider mythologies of the American West, revealing how the presentation of these works can perpetuate colonial lore. Revisit "Double Vision” through a virtual exhibition experience via our link in bio.
Image: “Stephanie Syjuco: Double Vision,” 2022, Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Happy May! Plan your next visit to the Carter around these events and exhibitions! FREE. Visit our link in bio for full details.
▪️ Wednesday, May 6 ▪️
Homeschool at the Carter: Marking a Moment
Homeschoolers aged 5 to 17 can learn about telling stories through photography and get hands-on experience with photographic equipment and processes.
▪️ Thursday, May 7 ▪️
Quiet Hours at the Carter
Make room for calm in your hectic schedule when you spend some quiet time with a world-class art collection.
▪️ Thursday, May 14 ▪️
Second Thursdays: Toasts & Tunes
With live music from @txhighroadmusic , the most creative happy hour in town is too big to keep inside this month!
▪️ On view in May: ▪️
“Black Photojournalism”
“Celia Álvarez Muñoz: El Límite”
“Georgia O’Keeffe and the Carter”
“New Horizons: The Western Landscape” through May 24
Calling all homeschoolers! Join us May 6 for Marking a Moment, our next Homeschool at the Carter event! We'll be learning about historical moments through the lens of diverse American artists, and exploring "Black Photojournalism" before experimenting with photographic processes. Save your spot for this FREE event at our link in bio.
Designed for students ages 5 to 17.
We can't contain our excitement about this one! The fun at May's Second Thursdays: Toasts and Tunes will spill onto our Porch with dancing, live music from @txhighroadmusic , lawn games, art-inspired cocktails, and more! Join us at this FREE event on May 14. Visit our link in bio for full details!
We’re searching high and low for unique Statue of Liberty-related memorabilia and ephemera to include in our upcoming exhibition, “The Statue of Liberty from Bartholdi to Warhol.” If you have wild, wacky, or wonderful items that you would like us to consider, PLEASE tell us about them via our link in bio before May 1, 2026!
PLEASE NOTE: Items brought directly to the Museum will not be accepted. Follow the instructions for submission at our link in bio.
