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My Museum Monday: AISD Art Teachers

The Grace Museum provides many opportunities for training and community building for Art Educators in AISD, Region 14, and beyond….
My Museum Monday: AISD Art Teachers

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Artists Who Teach

Artists Who Teach

#WeekofGratitude continues today with our special tribute to Artists Who Teach! The Grace Museum has a special connection to our regional Art Teachers and our permanent art collection includes several important Texas Art Educators. Join us today in thanking and…
Illustrated Happy Hour - The Sunshine Special and Midnight Train Cocktail

Illustrated Happy Hour – The Sunshine Special and Midnight Train Cocktail

We are inspired by passenger trains for today’s special HISTORY focused Illustrated Happy Hour. Make yourself one of these Midnight Train cocktails and settle in for a discussion about the Sunshine Special passenger train from the T&P fleet – and…
All Things Art - Teacher Workshop

All Things Art – Teacher Workshop

MONDAY Principles of Design Project with Canon Cavazos Homemade Geli Plates Cut Canvas Project  TUESDAY Geli Plate Printing Cardboard Loom Weaving with Heather Henderson  WEDNESDAY Found Object Collage with Mary K Kiel Huff Pop-Up Basics
3D Layered Paper Sculpture - Inspired by Terry Hays

3D Layered Paper Sculpture – Inspired by Terry Hays

Create your own layered paper sculpture inspired by the work of artist, Terry Hays, whose exhibition “Cosmic Garden” was on-view at The Grace Museum in 2019 and is now in the Grace permanent collection.
Railcar Relics

Railcar Relics

PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES WEEK  It’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Week and we are diving into our Texas & Pacific Railway Collection for inspiration. Today we showcase railcars! The Sunshine Special, The Texan, The Louisiana Limited, and the Texas Eagle…
1-Point Perspective Drawing

1-Point Perspective Drawing

We are moving down the tracks for Planes, Trains, & Automobiles week with a step-by-step Perspective Drawing activity. Learn about vanishing point and how to draw train tracks from a unique perspective. #GraceTrainWeek
Collection Connection - Abilene Shakespeare Club

Collection Connection – Abilene Shakespeare Club

View fullsize CLICK TO VIEW LARGER Our final Collection Pet Takeover includes all of our remaining staff pets — posing as members of the Abilene Shakespeare Club circa 1900-1910. A sizable collection within the Grace Museum History Collection documents the…
Collection Connection - Film Friday

Collection Connection – Film Friday

View fullsize Willow as a Victorian Woman. View fullsize PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN CABINET CARD, N.D. View fullsize Bonnie as Col. W.L. Beckham and Cheddar as Grace. View fullsize COL. W.L. BECKHAM AND GRACE It’s #FilmFriday and our Collection Pet…

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Film Friday: Robert Langham III

Film Friday: Robert Langham III

It’s #FilmFriday and we are talking about MOVEMENT! Take a look at the beautiful and magical photographs of Robert Langham III whose work was not only featured in his solo exhibition at the Grace, Magic & Logic, but who is…
Way Back Wednesday: West Texas Clubwoman

Way Back Wednesday: West Texas Clubwoman

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century many women did not have access to higher education nor were they permitted to participate publicly in leadership roles. The solution was to band together in a socially accepted format to educate…
How To: Wax Resist Cityscape + Oceanscape

How To: Wax Resist Cityscape + Oceanscape

Get out your watercolors and crayons for this fun double feature art activity! For #ArchitectureWeek you will learn how to create a city using a wax resist technique as well as a bonus oceanscape activity using your same materials. SUPPLIESWatercolorscrayonswatercolor…
Way Back Wednesday: David S. Castle, Skyline Maker

Way Back Wednesday: David S. Castle, Skyline Maker

View fullsize View fullsize  As one of the most significant and prominent architects in Abilene and the Big Country in the early to mid-1900s, David S. Castle designed and built hundreds of schools, residential buildings, hotels, medical buildings, municipal buildings,…