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Artist Reception: Gail Norfleet

Meet featured artist, Gail Norfleet! FREE EVENT Join us for a celebratory Artist Reception and conversation with featured main gallery artist, Gail Norfleet. See Norfleet’s artwork currently on view at The Grace Museum and visit with her in person! Gail Norfleet: connecting faraway places – 1st floor Main Gallery & Atrium Gallery 6:00 pm | Exhibition Preview & Public Reception Artist Reception: Gail Norfleet

A Collection is Born

The Farmer is a vibrant oil-on-board painting capturing a hard-working farmer who likely posed in Mississippi during the Great Depression. The artist, Marie Atkinson Hull, instills a sense of hope in her depiction of the Depression’s local impact through her colorful, evocative style. The Farmer reflects years of Marie Hull’s developing skill as well as a bright beginning to The Grace Museum.

Art & Poetry Workshop

Deepen your sense of place, attention, and imagination. THE PRESENTERS Hammonds + West Artist Hollis Hammonds and poet Sasha West form the collaborative team Hammonds + West, whose works explore themes surrounding climate change and environmental degradation through multi-modal exhibits and public engagements. Their multi-media installations have been exhibited at galleries including Beeler Gallery Columbus College of Art & Design, Wright Art & Poetry Workshop

Artist Reception: Hollis Hammonds, Sasha West, Virginia Fleck

Meet three featured artists at The Grace Museum! FREE EVENT Join us for a joint artist reception and conversation with three distinctive female artists with work now on view at The Grace – Hollis Hammonds and Sasha West (aka Hammonds + West) and Virginia Fleck. View their art in the galleries and get to talk with the artists in person! Artist Reception: Hollis Hammonds, Sasha West, Virginia Fleck

Artist Reception: Nancy Newberry

Meet artist Nancy Newberry FREE EVENTS Join us for a fun artist reception and conversation with featured photographer, Nancy Newberry. Be wowed by the dynamic display of colorful photographs in her newest solo exhibition, Nancy Newberry: Extraños Magníficos, on view in the second floor Alice and Bill Wright Photography Gallery. 6 pm | Public reception with refreshments | Curator Comments Artist Reception: Nancy Newberry

Artist Reception: John Cobb

Come meet featured artist, John Cobb! 6:00 pm | Join us for a special artist reception and conversation with John Cobb, whose installation John Cobb: In the Chapel and the Woods is on view in the Grace Main Gallery. FREE public reception | Light refreshments     EVENT SPONSORS

Art Exhibitions Reception

Join us for a special reception celebrating our Fall Art Exhibitions! FREE EVENT 6:00 pm | Curator Comments | Light refreshments and drinks  William Lester: True to Form Coreen Mary Spellman: In Her Own Right Texas Regionalism Revisited Hard Times Come Again No More: Depression Era Photography   Exhibition Sponsors  

Lecture: Jeremy Elliott, Ph.D.

Join us for an insightful presentation on “Interpreting central Texas rock art with Indigenous elders.” 6 pm | Public Lecture by Jeremy Elliott, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Language & Literature, Abilene Christian University FREE event | Light refreshments provided   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Jeremy Elliott   EVENT SPONSORS

Artist Reception: Bill Wright

Join us for a special event highlighting Bill Wright’s Texas: Luminous Landscapes 6:00 pm | Join us for a conversation in the gallery with featured photographer, Bill Wright, and explore his current solo exhibition FREE public reception | Light refreshments     EVENT SPONSORS This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate Artist Reception: Bill Wright

Lecture: Drs. Linda and William Reaves

Join us for a special presentation highlighting The Artistic Legacy of Buck Schiwetz 5:00 pm | Gallery Preview & Reception 6:00 pm | Authors and editors of The Artistic Legacy of Buck Schiwetz, Drs. Linda and William Reaves, will discuss the exhibition and the life and career of early Texas artist, Buck Schiwetz. The Reaves are respected Texas art scholars and have Lecture: Drs. Linda and William Reaves

Art Exhibition Reception

Join us for a special reception and presentation highlighting our Spring 2024 main gallery exhibition! For Love of the Land: Painting the Texas Landscape 5:00 pm | Gallery Preview 6:00 pm | Special Guest Speaker, Michael Grauer, McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture, Curator of Cowboy Collections & Western Art at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, “Texas Our Texas: Art Exhibition Reception

Witness | Exhibition Reception

Join us for a special Exhibition Reception to celebrate the opening of our Fall 2023 art exhibitions: Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now As I See It: Earlie Hudnall, Jr. 5:00 pm | Gallery Preview 6:00 pm | Artist Introductions with Special Guests Letitia & Sedrick Huckaby FREE public reception | Snacks and drinks Please RSVP your attendance Witness | Exhibition Reception

Making & Marketing Art: Strategizing & Sustaining a Career in Photography

Photo credit Allison V. Smith An Afternoon for Artists on Professional Development at The Grace Museum Join Susan kae Grant & Mary Virginia Swanson as they inspire and share insights into strategizing and sustaining a successful life as a fine art or commercial photographer. Whether you are a sage professional, a new enthusiast who is serious about making photographs, an Making & Marketing Art: Strategizing & Sustaining a Career in Photography

Artist Reception: Susan kae Grant

Join us for an Artist Reception and meet Susan kae Grant! 5:00 pm | Galleries Open 6:00 pm | Curator Comments & Artist Talk FREE public reception | Snacks and drinks Please RSVP your attendance plans to Erika Parker at collections@thegracemuseum.org.   About the Artist Susan kae Grant is an inventive and influential lens-based artist, educator, and early proponent of Artist Reception: Susan kae Grant

Artist Talk: Cara Barer

Meet featured gallery artist, Cara Barer, and join us for her Artist Talk on August 18! Hear directly from Cara and learn more about her inspirations and the materials and processes she uses to create her unique artwork. Cara Barer: Obsolescence is currently on view in our 2nd Floor Galleries and is part of The Grace Museum’s Spring/Summer 2022 art Artist Talk: Cara Barer

La Catrina – A History

La Catrina or La Calavera Catrina is one of the most recognizable symbols of the Dia de los Muertos holiday – but do you know her origins? The story of La Catrina involves three of Mexico’s most famous artists across two generations and the power of art as a reflection of society.