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Groundhog Day Shadow Play

Published February 2, 2016 Family Fun Closed
Tags: family fun, Groundhog Day, light, shadow

Celebrity groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, may not have seen his shadow today, but that didn’t stop me from being inspired by shadows here at the DMA!

Here are a few of my favorite shadowy works of art from our collection, followed by a selection of activities and books, so that you can explore shadows at home or in the classroom!

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Shadow Art Activities:

Forest Animal Shadow Puppets via Skip to My Lou
Simple Shadow Puppet Theater via Inner Child Fun
Classic Hand Shadow Puppets via Carrots are Orange
Negative Art via Tippy Toe Crafts

Books for Exploring Shadows and Groundhogs:

Whose Shadow Is This? by Claire Berge and Derrick Alderman
Moonbear’s Shadow by Frank Asch
Groundhog Day! by Gail Gibbons
Go to Sleep, Groundhog! by Judy Cox

See you soon, early spring!

Emily Wiskera
McDermott Graduate Intern for Family and Access Teaching

Installing Light

Published March 26, 2014 Behind-the-Scenes , Exhibitions , Lecture Closed
Tags: Dallas Museum of Art, DMA, Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, light, Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World

Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World is opening this weekend and the DMA is the only venue outside of Europe to host this exhibition featuring rarely seen objects from around the world. We’ve been preparing for weeks for Sunday’s opening, as you can see in the photos below,

Learn more about the exhibition and the artistic techniques used to enhance the effect of light found in the objects on display in Nur from the DMA’s senior advisor for Islamic art, Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir. And on Thursday, April 3, your lecture ticket will also include admission to Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World!