Texas Midwest Offers Rich Cultural Tapestry
Published Feb 19, 2009
The Texas Midwest offers a rich tapestry of cultural experiences, from renowned galleries to distinctive museums to performing arts to historical points of interest. Here’s just a sample:
The Old Jail Art Center
www.theoldjailartcenter.org
The center opened in Albany, Texas, in 1980 with four small galleries in what had been the site of the first permanent jail built in Shackelford County in the 1870s.
Today, the widely acclaimed art museum is a thriving home to the visual arts.
Housed in 14,000 square feet, the museum has more than 2,000 works in its permanent collection, including modern drawings, paintings and prints by well-known artists such as John Marin, Thomas Hart Benton, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso. The museum also is host to a number of significant exhibitions and events, and houses a research library and archive.
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
www.samfa.org
Formerly located in the Quartermaster Storehouse at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, the museum since 1999 has made its home in an architecturally stunning building on the Concho River.
In the museum’s three galleries, a permanent collection numbers more than 275 objects, including a large collection by Texas artists.
Ceramic arts, American painting and sculpture of all eras, and Mexican and Mexican-American art of all eras are mainstays of the collection.
The Outdoor Art Exhibit in Eastland
This distinctive public art display overseen by the Eastland Community Foundation consists of replicas of 41 well-known works of art that have been placed near or on businesses throughout the city.
Each piece, such as a facsimile of Andy Warhol’s famous Campbell’s Tomato Soup can, the Mona Lisa or Van Gogh’s Starry Night includes a story on the artist’s life or interesting details about the original piece of art.
For more on the exhibit, go to www.eastlandfoundation.com/outdoorArt.
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