Symposium Information

Symposium Sessions and Events

The 2013 CASETA Symposium on Early Texas Art features the following outstanding sessions on early Texas art:

Ron Tyler- Texas Art Scholar and former Director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and The Texas State Historical Association

      Topic: The Early Artists of Texas

Emily Neff- Curator of American Painting & Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

      Topic: Julian Onderdonk

Randy Tibbits - Research Librarian, Rice University

      Topic: Emma Richardson Cherry and Her Students: Houston's First Modern Artists

Shirley Reece Hughes - Assistant Curator of Paintings & Sculpture, Amon Carter Museum of American Art

      Topic: Texas Regionalism in a New Light

Scott Barker - Texas Art Scholar & Independent Curator

      Topic: A Fort Worth Triptych: Veronica Helfenstellar, Dickson Reeder, and Bror Utter

Amy Fulkerson - Curator of Collections, The Witte Museum

      Topic: Analyzing the Art of Porfirio Salinas

Texas Curators Panel - Curators: Danielle Burns (Houston Public Library), Judy Tedford Deaton (Grace Museum), and Deborah Fullerton (Art Museum of South Texas), moderated by George Palmer

TWO THREE SPECIAL EVENTS

I. EXECUTIVE PRE-CONFERENCE TOUR OF THE WITTE SOUTH TEXAS HERITAGE CENTER

Warm up for the conference with a Friday afternoon tour of the Witte's fabulous new South Texas Center, featuring wonderful exhibitions of Texas art, legendary captains of the Texas cattle industry and interpretations of South Texas history and culture - all personally guided by the Witte leadership team.

II. *EVENING SOIREE AT TWO OF SAN ANTONIO'S FINEST PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (EVENT FULL - See New Event Below.)

Join other CASETA Symposium attendees and sign-up for a special Saturday evening event touring the elegant homes of Dr. Mary Arno and Drs. Juliana and Sam Stevens, two of San Antonio's most prominent art collectors. Treats for the eye, both exemplary collections feature some of the finest examples of pioneering San Antonio and Texas artists.

III. VILLA FINALE MUSEUM (Exciting New Addition)

Villa Finale was the last home of San Antonio civic leader and preservationist Walter Nold Mathis and holds the enormous collection of fine and decorative art and furniture he amassed during his lifetime. Mathis had hoped that guests might, upon visiting, understand how a Victorian interior may have looked and, as a result, the house appears as if there is not one square inch left uncovered. The effect of the uncommon 19th century interior is dazzling. The main residence holds a collection of works by early twentieth-century Texas printmaker Mary Bonner, a large number of paintings by Texas painters Robert, Julian and Eleanor Onderdonk and Theodore Gentilz, among others.

*Due to space restrictrions and high demand. Registration for the Two Private Collections is closed. However, we have been able to add an extraordinary new event at the Villa Finale Museum. All registrations received after March 31st will be automatically registered for the Villa Finale Museum Tour.