Community January, 2014

B R A Z O S

STARK GALLERIES, Texas A&MEXHIBITIONS

Being Native American: Contemporary ExpressionsJanuary 15 – March 17, 2015Featuring contemporary pieces created by Native American artists Allan Houser, R.C. Gorman and Dan Namingha

Drawn to Abstraction: Prints from the 1960's & 70's(Organized by the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan)January 22 – March 29 2015The works in this exhibition capture the vibrancy of the emerging abstract movements during this time, including Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Op Art, and Pop Art. This exhibition features an extraordinary collection of works on paper by artists widely recognized as giants of 20th-century art: Josef Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Frank Stella, and others.

FORSYTH GALLERIES, Texas A&M

Seeing Native American: Historic ImpressionsJanuary 15 – March 17, 2015Featuring examples of late 19th- and early 20th-century imagery created by non-Native American artists such as Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell and John Hauser. These depictions will contrast sharply with those included in the J. Wayne Stark Galleries’ exhibition, Being Native American: Contemporary Expressions.

Events:

Progressive Reception,Stark and Forsyth GalleriesThursday, January 29, 5:00 to 6:30pm

BRAZOS VALLEY ARTS COUNCILEXHIBITIONS

CHRISTOPHER MANZIONE:The MSC Visual Arts Committee presents Christopher Manzione, an interactive 2-D sculpture and projection artist whose work becomes 3-D when scanned with your smartphone. The exhibition will be in the Reynolds Gallery at Texas A&M University’s Memorial Student Center from January 15 – February 28. For more information, please contact visualartscommittee@gmail.com.

Brazos Valley Art League Juried and Judged ShowCome see the award winning artwork of members of the Brazos Valley Art League at the Texas Gallery at The Arts Center!  Many artists from throughout Central Texas have been invited to participate.  The show will be open January 8th 

through January 31st.

DOWNTOWN BRYAN:6th Annual DOWNTOWN STREET AND ART FAIR, Saturday, April 18thYou are invited to submit your application to be an exhibitor. All artists must submit photos of the items that will be sold and a booth shot would be preferred. The booth shot may be a mock-up that you do at home. Submission deadline for images and entry form through Zapplication.org is March 31, 2015.

A U S T I N

An exhibition of approximately 100 works by 66 artists that explores how painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and photography not only responded to the political and social turmoil of the era, but also helped influence its direction. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the exhibition highlights the wide-ranging aesthetic approaches used to address the struggle for civil rights.

Print Austin (a month-long event celebrating the art of original printmaking):

1/15/15-2/15/15Pressure Island: Apparitions & Hallucinations: Prints from Texas A&M, University of Corpus Christi StudentsExhibition. Location: The Lion’s Nest: Gallery and Printshop, 1008 E. 6th St. Austin, TX

1/24/15, 12:00-12:45pmPrints 101: Primer on Printmaking Processes and FeaturesArt historian Karen Pope, PhD, Faculty for 19th Century Art of Europe and America Allbritton Art Institute, Baylor University, will deliver this talk for those wanting to learn more about printmaking. Blanton Auditorium. Suggested arrival time: 11:45am.Location: Blanton Museum of Art, Blanton Auditorium

Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the SixtiesFebruary 15 – May 10, 2015

EVENTS:

Programming for Thursday, January 15:Art and Activities at the Blanton’s Third Thursday

Event Description:

12 p.m. Yoga in the Galleries

5:30 p.m. Beat the Rush

6:30 p.m. - Screening: Eyes on the Prize: The Promised LandCovers the last year of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and the turn of the Civil Rights Movement toward addressing economic inequality. Conversation with film director Paul Stekler follows.

6:30 p.m. – Spanish Language Tour

7:30 p.m. - Art Gazes

H O U S T O Nhttp://www.mfah.org/

Opening January 23, 2015Selections from the Changarrito Collection 2012 - 2014The Changarrito Project is an international traveling mobile gallery that provides an alternative method of showcasing artwork for contemporary artists. Mexic-Arte Museum acquired one of the Changarrito carts, and has invited over 20 artists to participate. Works acquired from these residencies will be on display, ranging from tapes, zines, toys, miniature sculpture, paintings, sketches, and other portable works on paper.

Calendar of events here: http://www.mfah.org/calendar/

Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Jan 31, 2015 - Jan 30, 2016

Mona Hatoum: Twelve Windows, Jan 8, 2015 - Feb 8, 2015

Spectacular Rubens, Feb 15, 2015 - May 10, 2015

WINTER/SPRING EXHIBITIONS OPENINGPlease join HCCC for the opening of three new winter/spring exhibitions:  Dining and Discourse: A Discussion in Three Courses in the Main Gallery, one day, late in the afternoon. . .  in the Front Gallery, and Nourish: Clay Houston Membership Exhibition in the Artist Hall.  The current resident artists’ studios will be open for the evening.

Friday, February 6, 2015 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

-JennCurator of Education & Public Programs- Forsyth GalleriesUniversity Art Galleries Department, Texas A&M UniversityMemorial Student Center Ste. 24404229 TAMU College Station, TX 77843Tel. 979-548-5460jkorolenko@uart.tamu.edu