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MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Central Texas
Laguna Gloria: Art and Nature
Austin Museum of Art
823 Congress Avenue at 9th Street
Austin, Texas
Throughout the history of
art, nature has remained a leading influence on artists. The 12 artists
featured in the exhibition examine this connection in a variety of ways. The
installation of paintings, prints, sculpture, and photographs draws on work
from the Austin Museum of Art's permanent collection, and makes a variety of
connections to nature and the beautiful setting of the museum's 12-acre,
historic site, Laguna Gloria.
Artists
include Tre Arenz, Louisiana Bendolph, Mary Lee Bendolph, Keith Carter, Jeffrey
Dell, David Everett, Kelly Fearing, Michael Frary, Dianne Grammer, David Julian
Leonard, William Lester, and Cesar Augusto Martinez.
Go West! Representations of the American Frontier
January 14, 2012 - September 23, 2012
Blanton Museum of Art
The University of Texas at Austin
200 East Congress
Austin, Texas
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents an exhibition exploring the pioneering American West as both a physical terrain and an idea deeply rooted in the American psyche. The exhibition features paintings, sculptures, and works on paper made in, and about, the American West by Henry Farny, Charles Russell, Maynard Dixon, and other artists from the Blanton's celebrated C.R. Smith Collection of Art of the American West, the largest installation of this collection in over a decade. Works of related content from the museum's holdings by Jerry Bywaters, Frederic Remington and others supplement the installation, along with borrowed works from the University's Harry Ransom Center and Briscoe Center for American History.
For more information: http://blantonmuseum.org
North Texas
Laying the Foundation: UNT Art Faculty, 1890-1970
December 2, 2011 - February 11, 2012
UNT on the Square
109 N. Elm Street
Denton, Texas 76201
A new exhibitions titled Laying the Foundation: UNT Art Faculty, 1980-1970, explores the roots of the visual arts program at UNT, looking at art works from early faculty members who provided the foundation for UNT's award-winning art programs.
For more
information: http://untonthesquare.unt.edu
Advancing Tradition: 20 Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press
January 21 - March 9, 2012
Martin Museum of Art
60 Baylor Avenue
Waco, Texas 76706
For more information: http://www.baylor.edu/martinmuseum/
Texas in the Twenties: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from Lone Star Collections
March 4 - July 1, 2012
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Hardwood
Dallas, Texas, 75201
To complement the exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties, the DMA presents Texas in the Twenties, and exhibition featuring images of Texas during the 1920s made by Texas artists. Gathering drawings, etchings, prints, and photographs loaned by local collections, the exhibition highlights scenes of Texas as well as the transitional time in Dallas history when it was on the verge of becoming one of our nation's largest and most vibrant cities. SHowcasing approximately thirty works by L.O. Griffith, Mary Anita Bonner, and Eugene Omar Goldbeck.
For more information: http://www.dm-art.org
West Texas
Bob Stuth-Wade: Landforms
September 22, 2011 - February 18, 2012
The Grace Museum
102 Cypress Street
Abilene, Texas 79601
Bob Stuth-Wade could be classified as a more traditional landscape painter illuminating his paintings with a transcendent light and fairly glows with intensity. The power of place is magnified through his intense personal response to a specific place and time. Stuth-Wade strives to represent the essence of what draws him to a particular place. The artistic process involves camping on site, meditation and recording every changing nuance of light and shadow. His paintings of the Big Bend can also be read as an affirmation of the natural environment preserved and protected.
For more information: www.thegracemuseum.org
Faith & Family: Paintings by Sedrick Huckaby
February 10 - April 21, 2012
The Grace Museum
102 Cypress Street
Abilene, Texas 79601
Sedrick Huckaby's large-scale paintings draw inspiration from his family history and his African-American roots. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Mr. Huckaby received his BFA from Boston University in 1997 and his MFA from Yale University in 1999. He has taught as a professor at Tarrant County College in Fort WOrth and currently is a professor of water media at the University of Texas in Arlington.
For more information: www.thegracemuseum.org
Gene Owens - A Fresh Approach
September 22, 2011 - February 3, 2012
Old Jail Art Center
201 S. 2nd
Albany, Texas 76430
If any artist truly merits the description of "master of the medium of sculpture" or even "living legend," it would be Fort Worth native Gene Owens. The Old Jail Art Center will present unexplored aspects of Owens' oeuvre - bringing new insights into the work of this versatile artist.
For more information: www.theoldjailartcenter.org
Texas Gallery
Permanent Exhibition
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Texas Gallery
2503 4th Avenue
Canyon, Texas 79015
Art is exhibited on a
rotating basis in the permanent gallery devoted to Texas art. Texas
regionalists such as Kathleen Blackshear, Jerry Bywaters, Otis Dozier, Russell
Vernoon Hunter, Grace Spaulding John, William Lester, Florence McClung, Octavio
Medellin, and Everett Spruce complement early Texas artists Jose Arpa, Hermann
Lungkwitz, Richard Petri, Elisabet Ney, S. Seymour Thomas, Edward G. Eisenlohr,
and Robert and Julian Onderdonk.
For more information: http://panhandleplains.org
Littlefield Murals
September 17, 2011 - February 19, 2012
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
2503 4th Avenue
Canyon, Texas 79015
In 1910, cattleman George W. Littlefield commissioned Chicago- and future Taos- artist E. Martin Hennings to paint six murals of his ranches on the South Plains and New Mexico for the lobby of the American National Bank in the Littlefield Building in downtown Austin, Texas. When the bank and its assets sold in 1954, three of the six murals were acquired privately. These three murals will be seen publicly for the first time in over 55 years when they are unveiled at PPHM along with related photographs and ephemera. Exhibition sponsored by Katherine E. Albritton, Lillian W. Albritton, and Alexander H. Albritton.
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
North Texas
Texas Art, Past and Present
November 6, 2011 - February 5, 2012
Farmers and Merchants Gallery
100 N. Washington Street
Pilot Point, Texas 76258
This show will include over 20 pieces of early Texas art from a private collection.
For more information: http://www.farmersandmerchantsgallery.com
Southeast Texas
DICK WRAY: Explosive Color / Dynamic Paint
January 6 - February 4, 2012
William Reaves Fine Art
2313 Brun Street
Houston, Texas 77019
Dick Wray (1933-2011), a native Houstonian, lived and prospered as an artist in Texas. He is one who can claim to be, along with the art he produced, an original "piece of work." The energetic and expressive canvases that he left behind roil in their thick paint and exude spectra of colors unparalleled in his own time. This exhibition celebrates the robust style and splendid paintings of this unique artist - the indomitable, Dick Wray.
For more information: www.reavesart.com
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