San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

 

2011 January

 

Thursdays, January - 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011
Art Thursdays- 2-6 p.m. in the Education Studio
Art activities for children and their families
Free

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Talk by John Berry – 5:30 p.m. at the Art Museum
Author of the book, Herman Miller: The Purpose of Design
Basis for the exhibit, Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller which is currently on exhibit at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

Mr. Berry will give a power point presentation about the Herman Miller design firm and its designers.  He will also show a 5 minute film entitled, “Design Q & A” about designers Charles & Ray Eames and answer questions.  The presentation should last between 45 minutes – 1 hour.  The galleries will be open for viewing and Mr. Berry will also be on hand to autograph copies of his book which is available for purchase in the museum gift shop.   

Saturday, January 8, 2011
Family Day- Australia
10 am - 3 pm at the Art Museum Meeting Room
Sponsored by logo
Free admission and hands-on art activities

Thursday, January 13, 2011
Collectors Society - Lecture, 5:30 p.m. at the Art Museum
Meghan Turner, Coordinator, Art in Public Places, Austin, Tx -Exploring the Art in Public Places concept within communities

Sunday, January 16, 2011
Chamber Music Concert- 2 p.m. at the Museum
CMS concert- Brandie Phillips & Michael Schneider
Violin and piano duo from Dallas and Austin
$12 general public, $10 members, $7 students/seniors/military

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Downtown Artwalk - 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Art Museum and downtown participating galleries and merchants.
Free admission to the Museum including refreshments, entertainment, and a make and take art activity for children.

Friday, January 21, 2011
Exhibition Opening Reception 6 - 9:00 p.m. at the Art Museum
Free admission, refreshments & music
ALL ABOUT TEXAS. This series of exhibits explores the Texas landscape and includes the work of 4 artists. Mary Baxter: The Park and Some Ranches – A rancher and artist who lives and works in the Big Bend region. Walt Davis: Exploring the Edges of Texas – Past director of the Panhandle-PlainsMuseum and former curator of exhibits at the Dallas Museum of Natural History, he and his wife Isabel traveled round the circumference of Texas and wrote a book about the journey. Josephine Oliver (1909-1991): Earth & Sky – Associate, friend and protégé of Frank Reaugh, the “Dean of Texas painters,” she traveled on many of his sketching trips to remote and sparsely inhabited regions of West Texas. Bob Stuth-Wade: Painting Texas – Among the national’s leading landscape painters, much of his work is a reflection of the landscape of Texas.

Saturday, January 22, 2011
Collectors Society – Gallery Talks, 12 Noon at the Art Museum
Mary Baxter, Walt Davis and Bob Stuth-Wade will each lead a discussion about their work.