Events at The Grace

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

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  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

It’s TECHNOLOGY Tuesday for our #STEAMWeek and we are featuring some analog wonders that changed the world – now all completely contained in smartphones! Watch at the end for your own DIY analog activity!

Today is the #dayofthecowboy! This week we have been building to this point with glimpses into authentic ranch life in our unique area of the world. We are wrapping up with The Parramore Sketches by Dock Dilworth Parramore.

It’s time for the second photographer in our #FilmFriday double feature as part of our Week of the American Cowboy. It is safe to say that perhaps no one captures the spirit, depth, and authenticity of the Texas contemporary working cowboy than Robb Kendrick. Take a look at these beautiful tintypes from the Revealing Character monograph that were exhibited in 2014 as part of the Home on the Range exhibitions at The Grace Museum. All images are from the collection the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.

It’s #FilmFriday during the Week of the American Cowboy and we are highlighting a double feature of photographers who capture ranch life and all it’s manifestations and in a beautiful and true way. First up is June Redford Van Cleef. Hear about her work in her own words – illustrated with the beautiful works from the photography collection of The Grace Museum. All works shown are gelatin silver prints and a Gift of the Artist – to the collection.

Since the mid-1990s Calfee has photographed homes occupied by the same families for generations focusing on casually arranged mementos, lovingly used objects and telltale signs of previous owners. The intimate photographs illuminate the significance of the fading tradition of holding on to the home place and caring for objects handed down from generation to generation. The subtly-hued photographs place one or more specific objects into small carefully composed vignettes.