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Texas Art Fair and Symposium Registration Opens
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Session I
Amy Von Lintel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Doris Alexander Endowed Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts
Director of the Gender Studies Program
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
At Home in Texas: The Young O’Keeffe and American identity in the WWI Era
This paper argues that Georgia O’Keeffe can be considered a Texas artist despite the limited time she lived and worked in the state. It discusses how O’Keeffe found a true “home” in Texas during the very moment that the U.S. shifted from isolationism to engagement in WWI, namely 1916 to 1918. Not only did she produce a significant body of work in these two years in response to Texas landscapes and people, but she also discovered the independence, freedom, and dedication to experimentation in Texas that laid the groundwork for her future art career.
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10:30 a.m.
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Session II
Keynote Address
Eleanor J. Harvey, Ph.D.
Senior Curator
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, DC
The View from the Smithsonian: An Inside-the-Beltway Perspective on Texas Art
Artists connected to Texas have been a part of the Smithsonian’s collections from the beginning. Still, their contributions are displayed in the larger context of American cultural values, rather than spotlighting their regional ties. So, what does it mean to be a Texas artist at the Smithsonian? And what does a ten-year stint at a Texas museum contribute to the strategy used in building and displaying the largest collection of American art?
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11:30 a.m.
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CASETA Awards
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11:45 a.m.
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Lunch Break
(box lunches at Witte Museum)
(included with registration)
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Session III
Panel Controversial Images in Early Texas Art
Victoria Cummins, Ph.D. Professor of History, Austin College, Sherman, TX;
Eleanor J. Harvey, Ph.D. Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Raúl A. Ramos, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Moderator – Ron Tyler, Ph.D. Former Director, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
Panel will consider any and all types of images that have become controversial today like Confederate monuments, Negro scene paintings, Hispanic images though not limited to these. Discussion will include ethical questions of whether/when/where such images are appropriate in collections and exhibitions, both private and public, and how to deal with them from a collector, dealer, museum professional point of view.
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2:00 p.m.
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Session IV
Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Ph.D.
Chair, Program Coordinator Professor
Art History College of Visual Arts & Design
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Lot of Luggage: Spanish Colonial Art in Texas
Using wills and inventories, this talk explores the art and visual culture owned by Spanish colonists in eighteenth-century Texas.
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3:00 p.m.
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Break
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3:15 p.m.
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Session V
Mark Thistlethwaite, Ph.D.
Kay and Velma Kimball Chair of Art History
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
“All things are abstract”: Reflections on the Art of McKie Trotter
This presentation assesses Trotter’s mid-twentieth-century career by placing it within its Texas and national stylistic
and exhibition contexts. Trotter and Thistlethwaite were colleagues at TCU from 1977 to 1988, and the latter supervised
the exhibition McKie Trotter III: SCAPES, held at TCU in January-February, 2018.
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Texas Art Fair Closes
Bus leaves for Nau Collection (Bus FILLED)
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Ticketed Special Event – The Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art:
Evening Reception and Private Viewing at Silver Eagle Distributors-San Antonio
Hosted by John L. Nau, III
Refreshments ($25 per person/Reservations required)
Saturday evening will offer an opportunity to tour an exhibition of wide-ranging and important artworks from one of the leading collections of early Texas art. The Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art, established in 2003, includes more than 1,800 works of art made in Texas from the 1840’s to 2017. In its totality, this diverse collection offers a compelling mosaic portrait of the history, cultures, places and people of Texas. Over 70 works of art from the collection, including paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolors will be on view at Silver Eagle Distributors in San Antonio (as well as a fascinating display of Civil War artifacts from the Nau Civil War Collection). These artworks will provide visitors with an excellent sampling of the collection as a whole with a primary focus on 20th century Texas art. Through this selection we can trace the vital art history of Texas from Impressionism to Texas Regionalism to modern abstraction and beyond, taking in artists as diverse as Julian Onderdonk, Robert Preusser, and Luis Jimenez.
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