2011 SEPTEMBER BLOG
"Quiet Chroma" 20 x 20 inches, Oil on Canvas,
Prepared for the "Red Dot Invitational Show" at WOMEN AND THEIR WORK, 1710 LAVACA in Austin, TX. Those who want a first chance to consider the 200 works of art, priced to sell at $500. or under, can purchase tickets for $80. or $250. depending on how eager you are to get there on Thursday evening September 15th . In addition to the art, the annual gala fundraiser offers trips and gifts for the bidding and the usual libations, party food and exitement. For tickets call WATW or go on-line www.womenandtheirwork.org
For the rest of you not so eager or who would rather have a sober look, the exhibition continues September 15 through 25. Enjoy.
MUSEUM NEWS:
ARTHOUSE director since 1999, Sue Graze is resigniing effective October 14th. This leaves both ARTHOUSE AND AMOA (Austin Museum of Art) without directors and open for a new hand at the helm should the two decide to unite once again. Both organizations emerged from the Texas Fine Arts Associations founded in 1911. Many are hoping a practical union will be the outcome of the ongoing talks between the two boards of directors.
SIMONE J. WICHA, the new director at the BLANTON MUSEUM on the University of Texas campus at MLK Street has announced a very full year of exhibitions. Among them are these fine and diverse exhibitions. Check the publicity to see other events and lectures associated with the shows.
1. Sept 18 through Dec. 31, the museum's traveling exhibition "Storied Past" will include French drawings and sketches primarily from the Blanton's Suida-Manning Collection.
2. Sept 25 - Jan. 22, a retrospective exhibition of African artist El Anatsui, organized by the Museum for African Art in NYC, will demonstrate 40 years of the artist's reflection on West Africa using a vareiety of materials.
3. Jan 14 - September 23, 2012, "Go West" with selections from the museum's C. R. Smith Collection of Art of the American west. This collection was donated by the chairman of American Airlines to the Blanton Museum for their permanent collection.
4. Feb. 26 - May 13, the very American Hudson River painters of the 19th centuy come to the Blanton from Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Pennsylvania.
5. June 10 - Aug. 19, we get a glimpse of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection. This couple had a passion for art and compulsively collected over 4000 works of contemporary American art by investing their modest means over 40 years. The Blanton was the Texas museum selected by the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. to be given 50 works from the Vogel's collection that was recently donated to them. One museum from each of the 50 states was chosen to receive 50 works. The story here is more a story of this couple and their collecting. I hope the Blanton will show the very interesting documentary about the Vogels.
The Visual Arts Center (VAC) located in the U.T. Art Department's building on San Jacinto Street has announced their newly scheduled events. I plan to highlight those next month.
Prepared for the "Red Dot Invitational Show" at WOMEN AND THEIR WORK, 1710 LAVACA in Austin, TX. Those who want a first chance to consider the 200 works of art, priced to sell at $500. or under, can purchase tickets for $80. or $250. depending on how eager you are to get there on Thursday evening September 15th . In addition to the art, the annual gala fundraiser offers trips and gifts for the bidding and the usual libations, party food and exitement. For tickets call WATW or go on-line www.womenandtheirwork.org
For the rest of you not so eager or who would rather have a sober look, the exhibition continues September 15 through 25. Enjoy.
MUSEUM NEWS:
ARTHOUSE director since 1999, Sue Graze is resigniing effective October 14th. This leaves both ARTHOUSE AND AMOA (Austin Museum of Art) without directors and open for a new hand at the helm should the two decide to unite once again. Both organizations emerged from the Texas Fine Arts Associations founded in 1911. Many are hoping a practical union will be the outcome of the ongoing talks between the two boards of directors.
SIMONE J. WICHA, the new director at the BLANTON MUSEUM on the University of Texas campus at MLK Street has announced a very full year of exhibitions. Among them are these fine and diverse exhibitions. Check the publicity to see other events and lectures associated with the shows.
1. Sept 18 through Dec. 31, the museum's traveling exhibition "Storied Past" will include French drawings and sketches primarily from the Blanton's Suida-Manning Collection.
2. Sept 25 - Jan. 22, a retrospective exhibition of African artist El Anatsui, organized by the Museum for African Art in NYC, will demonstrate 40 years of the artist's reflection on West Africa using a vareiety of materials.
3. Jan 14 - September 23, 2012, "Go West" with selections from the museum's C. R. Smith Collection of Art of the American west. This collection was donated by the chairman of American Airlines to the Blanton Museum for their permanent collection.
4. Feb. 26 - May 13, the very American Hudson River painters of the 19th centuy come to the Blanton from Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Pennsylvania.
5. June 10 - Aug. 19, we get a glimpse of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection. This couple had a passion for art and compulsively collected over 4000 works of contemporary American art by investing their modest means over 40 years. The Blanton was the Texas museum selected by the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. to be given 50 works from the Vogel's collection that was recently donated to them. One museum from each of the 50 states was chosen to receive 50 works. The story here is more a story of this couple and their collecting. I hope the Blanton will show the very interesting documentary about the Vogels.
The Visual Arts Center (VAC) located in the U.T. Art Department's building on San Jacinto Street has announced their newly scheduled events. I plan to highlight those next month.
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