Past Exhibits
2025 exhibits
April 25, 2025 - July 13, 2025
The 2025 Ceramic Invitational Exhibition Featuring Ruth Wilson
Ruth Hart Wilson lives in Brenham, Texas. She received a master’s degree in Art Education from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, and taught high school and junior high school for many years. In 1995, she got married and retired from teaching to pursue art full time. She had been a painter all her artistic career, but when she studied ceramics with Roy Hanscom, she fell in love with clay. She is known for her whimsical, hand-built ceramic characters, each one with a story. “As a child I loved to play ‘pretend,’ Ruth says. “My sister and I dressed up in our elegant dresses, jewelry, and hats (mom’s old clothes) and went into another world.” Each one of her characters inhabits its own enchanting world, inviting viewers into a new, fascinating, and often humorous, place. Two of her creations, Fu Wang and Natasha F. Whittage, have been charming visitors to the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts since 2002, as part of the museum’s Permanent Collection.
Narrative Works from the Rosenfield Collection
Louise Rosenfield (who juried the 25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition in 2024) and her husband David have curated a collection of contemporary, functional ceramic art, comprised of over 4,000 objects. The Rosenfields also have established an online resource of this collection (rosenfieldcollection.com) for scholars or others looking for inspiration, to see and appropriate images of the artworks. To accompany the Ruth Wilson exhibit, a selection of around 100 items from the Rosenfield Collection, ranging from cups to teapots to salt and pepper shakers, will be on display at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. Each of these works has a narrative theme—it has been invested by its artist with a story to tell, whether through its form or its decorative surface or words written directly on the ceramic.
Generously sponsored by John Williams, the San Angelo Endowment for Ceramic Events, and Texas Commision on the Arts.
October 23, 2025 - March 22, 2026
Spirit of the Ranch: The Ranch Fellowship Exhibit
This exhibition features a curated selection of works by the 2025 EnPleinAir TEXAS Ranch Fellowship Artists: Kirsten Anderson, Zufar Bikbov, Lon Brauer, Durre Waseem, and Jeff Williams. The exhibition highlights contemporary approaches to landscape and ranch-inspired art created in West Texas.
February 14, 2025 - April 6, 2025
Where Children Sleep: Photographs by James Mollison
In this revealing series of photographs, James Mollison invites us into the diverse stories of children in many different countries and circumstances. Each studio-style portrait is accompanied by a detailed study of the child’s “bedroom,” which can range from elaborate sanctuaries to the barest spaces set aside for sleep. The photographs and their related materials convey the story of a universal childhood, full of insecurity, hope, pain, comfort, and doubt. Economic inequality, children’s rights, and how we are defined by our possessions and formed by our circumstances are some of the complex social, typological, and cultural issues that resonate in Mollison’s work. The project, in all its diversity, is frankly observant and often surprising. Mollison’s subjects convey the simple truth that all children, whether from a first—or third—world economy, need to be nurtured and protected. His call to action is that we might walk away changed, viewing every child we meet as an individual in need of love and care. As the very concept of sleep and personal space conveys, Where Children Sleep is, above all else, a portrait of vulnerability.
Organized by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Pasadena, California. Generously sponsored by Susan and Mort Mertz.
August 22, 2025 - January 4, 2026
The Global Language of Headwear: Cultural Identity, Rites of Passage, and Spirituality
With a special focus exhibit, from the collection of Suzanne Sugg, Chinese children’s hats and other headwear from around the world, The Global Language of Headwear: Cultural Identity, Rites of Passage, and Spirituality presents 89 hats and headdresses carefully selected from a private collection of more than 1300 extraordinary pieces of headwear from all over the world.
This exhibition features headwear from 42 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America, and is a tribute to the stunning diversity of the world’s cultures. With a few exceptions, the pieces are from the mid-to-late 20th century, and many are still worn today in parts of the world for revelry, ritual, and the rhythms of everyday life. More than utilitarian objects of material culture, each hat is a unique work of art—not merely because of the skill required to make it, but also as a singular expression of creativity and cultural meaning.
Jointly organized by Stacey W. Miller and International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Generously sponsored by Suzanne Sugg and Beverly Stribling.
2024 exhibits
October 18, 2024 – June 22, 2025
The Plein Air Landscape: Selections from the Permanent Collection
In the late 19th century, French Impressionists like Claude Monet revolutionized painting by taking it outside in the open air— en plein air— where the painting done outside was the goal, and not just a means to an end. American artists like Childe Hassam and Frank Reaugh studied in Europe and brought plein air painting back to the United States, where expansive vistas and dramatic landscapes provided ample inspiration. This exhibit traces plein air painting from its roots in Impressionism to today’s worldwide plein air movement, especially in Texas and right here in San Angelo.
September 28, 2024 - October 30, 2024
Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
The Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition features the work of the talented faculty members of Angelo State University’s Art Department. Each one of these dedicated instructors is an active and accomplished artist. This dynamic and varied exhibit features new works by Katherine Bunker (Kat Truth), Edwin Cuenco, Randy Hall, Ben Sum, Hayun Surl, John Vinklarek, and Leila Yarian, in a broad range of media including painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, video, and installation.
July 12, 2024 - September 15, 2024
In Conversation: Will Wilson
The exhibit features the work of contemporary Navajo (Diné) photographer Will Wilson, together in a dialogue with the work of Edward Curtis, best known for his portfolios of romanticized photos published as The North American Indian (1907-1930). Wilson’s Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) project, on the other hand, is dedicated to creating a contemporary vision of Native North America. Wilson employs a wet-plate collodion photographic technique, based on the nineteenth-century method, but he pushes the CIPX project into the contemporary with the inclusion of “Talking Tintypes,” which use augmented reality (AR) technology to bring photographs to life. For Wilson, CIPX is a way to create new conversations and emphasize exchange over problematic documentation.
In Conversation: Will Wilson is organized by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Generous support provided by Art Bridges
July 4, 2024 - September 29, 2024
New Acquisitions
The first public exhibition of nearly 40 new additions to the museum’s collection, including an important gift of works on paper by Otis Dozier and Velma Davis Dozier from Denni Davis Washburn. Ranging from early Texas prints and drawings to contemporary painting and sculpture, the gifts featured in this exhibition have enriched and broadened the museum’s collections of Texas art and Ceramic art, two of SAMFA’s focus areas of collecting.
The exhibition also includes works by Xavier Gonzalez (museum purchase with funds from Anne Shahan), Roger Allen and Akio Takamori (gifts of Pam Bladine in memory of Roger Allen), Jack Earl (a gift of John Williams), and Lee Albert Hill, Jesús Toro Martinez, Connie Connally, Tom Coleman and Frank Boyden (gifts of the artists).
April 19, 2024 – June 23, 2024
25th San Angelo North American Ceramic Competition
In loving Memory of Darlene Williams The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts hosts a juried ceramic competition every two years. The competition is open to all artists who are residents of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. All work completed within the last two years, both functional and sculptural, is eligible.
January 19, 2024 – March 31, 2024
Microscape: A Studio Art Quilt Associates Global Exhibition
Our known world stretches far beyond what we can see with the unaided eye. Microscopes, magnifying glasses, and virtual imaging techniques reveal a world of great beauty and complexity. That world contains the smallest particles, tiniest organisms, smallest landscape, or natural details and provides us with an abundance of artistic inspiration. The art quilts in the exhibit explore a corner of the world at high magnification, capturing tiny wonders at the microscopic level, or by zooming in on a larger object to show its smallest details.
January 19, 2024 – March 31, 2024
N.C. Wyeth and the Golden Age of American Illustration
This intimate selection of works from the collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg features seldom-seen paintings by N.C. Wyeth (1882 - 1945), the patriarch of the Wyeth dynasty of painters. The exhibit also includes works by his contemporary, Frank Schoonover (1877 – 1972), and their teacher, Howard Pyle (1853 – 1911).
The art in the exhibit is accompanied by the published works their paintings were created to illustrate. Best known for their iconic illustrations of adventure novels, Wyeth and Schoonover (and Pyle before them) helped to define the familiar imagery associated with pirates, Robin Hood, and other characters of popular literature. This exhibit also includes a loan from the Diamond M Collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University.
2023 exhibits
October 5, 2023 – February 14, 2024
Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting Produced by David J. Wagner, LLC, David J. Wagner Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, cars and motorcycles have not only been ubiquitous on the nation’s streets and highways, but also in film, top forty hits, and in painting. With the emergence of photo-realism in the 1960’s, motor vehicles assumed a special place of distinction as subject matter in the iconography of American art.
November 3, 2023 - December 31, 2023
San Angelo Small Sculpture Invitational
The exhibit includes the following artists: Elizabeth Akamatsu, Geoffrey Broderick, Danville Chadbourne, Susan Fitzsimmons, William Holmberg, Dewane Hughes, Peter Mangan, Colin McIntyre, Gigi Miller, Michelle O'Michael, Bobby Peiser, Raul Ruiz, Art Shirer, Kevin Stanford, Scott Sustek, John Vinklarek, and Ben Woitena.
July 20, 2023 - October 8, 2023
The Peacemakers: Works by Felice House and Dana Younger
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts presents College Station-based husband and wife duo, sculptor Dana Younger and painter Felice House, celebrating the Western landscape and reimagining the Western narrative in their thought-provoking artwork. “For more than a century the West has occupied a special place in the imagination of Americans, with perhaps only one foot in reality,” the artists write. “By subverting expectations, House and Younger are questioning a genre, not only in its historical context, but as a contemporary fantasy with roots so deep in American culture that they are quite possibly inexorable.” Felice House is a figurative painter who strives, through her portrayals of women, to provide a counterpoint to the passive female representations found in art historical tradition. She projects contemporary women into iconic roles formerly played by western movie icons such as John Wayne, James Dean and Gary Cooper. By placing women in these roles, she points a finger at the limited access of women to power in culture. House is an Associate Professor in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M. Dana Younger uses a wide variety of sculptural mediums to call attention to cultural heritage that warrants reexamination. His work juxtaposes romanticized Western conventions with real people and damage associated with westward expansion. Humor, beauty, and biting commentary combine in his work and invite the viewer to take another look.
June 10, 2023 - July 9, 2023
Celebrating San Angelo's Own Plein Air Artists
“Celebrating San Angelo’s Own Plein Air Artists” will be on display in the Coop Gallery. This exhibit features works by nine local artists, all of whom have been selected over the years to paint in the EPAT Competition, with a special tribute to the late Tom Orsak (1950-2020).
June 10, 2023 – July 9, 2023
For the Love of SAMFA: Exhibit & Sale
“For the Love of SAMFA: Exhibit and Sale” was on display in Gallery Verde. This exhibit and sale features a special selection of EPAT paintings reserved from 2022 and prior years, along with artworks given to the museum by generous benefactors to raise funds for SAMFA programs. With every $10 raised, SAMFA can give one local child a meaningful art experience. Since 2014, art sales from EPAT have benefitted more than 6,000 children per year.
February 16, 2023 – May 21, 2023
Take a Closer Look: Orna Feinstein and McKay Otto
A dazzling display by two cutting-edge Texas artists: Printmaker/sculptor Orna Feinstein and painter/sculptor McKay Otto at the Quartermaster Gallery, Fort Concho National Historic Landmark.
2022 exhibits
December 9, 2022 – February 5, 2023
Spanish Colonial Treasures
A large cross-section of SAMFA’s Spanish Colonial and Latin American collection, including the newest gifts from some exceptional private collections. These works were created between 1600 and 1900, from the time of Spanish rule to after Mexican independence. Some of the works were created by academically trained masters schooled in European traditions, and others by humble self-taught artisans. Some of the objects adorned magnificent monasteries and churches, and others were created for devotional use in private homes. All of the art in SAMFA’s Spanish Colonial and Latin American collection represents the unique character and importance of the Catholic faith in Latin America, and the deep devotion of its followers.
These works have made their home here in San Angelo thanks to the generosity of six major donors: Fred Pottinger, The Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation, Hamp and Bonnie Beesley, Richard Parkman, Thomas Duckworth, and Charlotte and Stephanie March, in memory of their mother, Laura Derby.
December 9, 2022 - February 5, 2023
A Passion for Teaching: Umlauf and His Influence
Works by legendary Texas artist Charles Umlauf (1911 – 1994) from the Dale HugginsJonathon Todd Collection, side-by-side with works by two of his most brilliant University of Texas students, Maurice Schmidt (b. 1936) and Margaret Stites (1910 – 2003). Charles Umlauf taught at the University of Texas, Austin, from 1941 to 1981. During his long career, he inspired countless students, some of whom, such as Farrah Fawcett, went on to other careers, and others who became world-famous sculptors, such as Luis Jiménez and Bob “Daddy-O” Wade. Alongside the exceptional Huggins-Todd collection of Umlauf’s works, this exhibit highlights two of Umlauf’s students who aren’t internationally known, because they chose to focus their careers on inspiring students in the way Umlauf inspired them. Margaret Stites and Maurice Schmidt helped establish the art programs at small rural colleges in Texas, Stites at Angelo State University and Schmidt at Texas A&M, Kingsville. Their extraordinary art has not often been seen outside of their communities.
September 22, 2022 - November 27, 2022
True Texas II: Folk & Traditional Arts from the Concho Valley to the Rio Grande
This exhibit is the culmination of the second part of the museum’s True Texas project, designed to identify and showcase local folk and craft traditions. Makers featured in the exhibit include: Kevin Elkins, silversmith from May, Brown County; Jeremy Balderrama, duck call maker from Brownwood, Brown County; Bo McClellan, woodturner from Brookesmith, Brown County; Gloria Barr, landscape painter from Rochelle, San Saba County; Wayland Dobbs, metal fabricator from Cherokee, San Saba County; Travis Shannon, taxidermist from Cherokee, San Saba County; Jimmy Bray, walking cane maker from Brady, McCulloch County; Karlton Steffens, interpretive designer from Brady, McCulloch County; the Voca Quilting Club, hand quilters from Voca, McCulloch County; Chip Edmiston, hatter from Mason, Mason County; Charles Stuart, mesquite wood sculptor from Mason, Mason County; Gene Zesch, woodcarver from Mason, Mason County; Roxanne Fargason, portrait artist from Junction, Kimble County; Gary Neisemier, Western gear maker from Junction, Kimble County; Grady Douglass, leather crafter from Rocksprings, Edwards County; José Santos Gómez, master instructor in the La Catrina tradition from Del Rio, Val Verde County; Isabelle and Leticia Ramos, folk crafters in the La Catrina tradition from Del Rio, Val Verde County; and Myles Jakubowski, spinning wheel maker from Del Rio, Val Verde County. The research, fieldwork, photography, and accompanying catalog for this exhibit were completed by experienced folklorist Douglas Manger of Seguin, Texas.
September 22, 2022 - November 27, 2022
The Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
This exhibit features the work of the talented faculty members of Angelo State University’s Art Department. Each one of these dedicated instructors is an active and accomplished artist. This dynamic and varied exhibit features new works by Katherine Bunker (Kat Truth), Edwin Cuenco, Ralph Randall “Randy” Hall, Chris Stewart, Ben Sum, Hayun Surl, John Vinklarek, and Leila Yarian, in a broad range of media including painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, video, and installation.
July 14, 2022 – September 11, 2022
New Treasures from the SAMFA Collection
July 14, 2022 – September 11, 2022
Banjara Textiles and Jewelry from the Jerez Collection
The Jerez Collection of textiles and jewelry, handcrafted by the Banjara peoples of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, was lovingly assembled over the years by Sherry McDonald Stewart, Daphne S. Nallie, and Daisy S. Gill. A small but stunning selection from the collection is on display in this exhibit. “Banjara” is an umbrella term used by outsiders to describe multiple formerly-nomadic peoples living throughout India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, who are descended from a single group but now vary in language, in cultural norms, and in name, depending on where they live. There are an estimated 5.6 million Banjaras in India. The Romani of Europe also are believed to be descended from Banjara ancestors.
July 14, 2022 – September 11, 2022
Towards a 21st Century Abstraction
Towards a 21st Century Abstraction is a group exhibit of contemporary American Abstract Expressionist painters, organized by the artists themselves. The collection is made up of seven artists working in studios across the country. Their paintings have been exhibited and collected extensively across the United States and internationally. They include: Sammy Peters, Katherine Chang Liu, David Bailin, Connie Connally, Jeri Ledbetter, Brad Ellis and Doug Trump. In a period of art that values reproducibility, speed, and spectacle, these seven artists find a common ground and belief in the unique, the contemplative, and the inventive use of their materials.
April 8, 2022 – June 26, 2022
24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
2021 exhibits
September 24, 2021 – March 20, 2022
Majesty and Tenderness: The Art of Maurice Schmidt
A rich exhibit of paintings and works on paper by a skilled and prolific South Texas artist whose vivid colors and expressive portrayals of both daily life and religious subjects simultaneously charm and awe the viewer. SAMFA is pleased to introduce Schmidt’s work to San Angelo, especially because this collection of Schmidt’s work, which was created over the course of his long career, will be gifted by the artist and his wife to the museum following the exhibit.
“Majesty and Tenderness: The Art of Maurice Schmidt” is a rare glimpse into the genius of a very unusual Texas artist who finds the majesty of beauty in everything. His artistic vision of over seventy prolific years, peers through a unique lens of Judaism, claiming that over decades of study, he has become “one with the Torah." As an articulate academician, Maurice Schmidt candidly describes how his spiritual interpretations become a congruent mastery of beautiful craftsmanship and pure visceral expression that plays out seamlessly through his powerfully dynamic portrayals of daily life, agricultural landscapes and religious subjects.
December 9, 2021 - March 20, 2022
A Glimpse of Glory
An exhibit of paintings, works on paper, and multimedia works by a dynamic pair, Sedrick & Letitia Huckaby of Fort Worth, who draw from family, heritage, and faith to create their rich body of work.
September 24, 2021 - November 28, 2021
Hand Stitch 2021 / Works by Texas Artists
This exhibit is a survey of ten women working with thread and needle at a time when embroidery (and textile art in general) is experiencing increased international recognition as a medium of choice for serious artists. Each artist has a personal commitment to exploring ideas and materials and how both relate to contemporary art. Artists include Debbie Armstrong, Beth Cunningham, Janis Hooker, Lucia LaVilla-Havelin, Barbara Lugge, Kim Paxson, Miki Rodriguez, Mary Ruth Smith, Pamela Studstill, and Sue Anne Sullivan. Included in museum collections and publications, displayed internationally, and recognized for excellence, the work of these artists comes together in an exhibit of visual richness and social commentary.
July 15, 2021 - September 12, 2021
The State of Sculpture: 10th Anniversary All-Member Exhibition of the Texas Sculpture Group
Featuring works by some of the most celebrated contemporary sculptors in Texas, THE STATE OF SCULPTURE marks the 10th Anniversary of the Texas Sculpture Group with artworks from its roster of nearly 100 artist-members statewide. From traditional to cutting edge, small-scale to monumental, this all-member exhibition fills the expansive galleries of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, offering insight into the range of material, aesthetic, and conceptual possibilities that define contemporary sculpture.
February 23, 2021 – June 27, 2021
Light, Color, Beauty
A stunning selection of ceramics, Texas art, Spanish Colonial art, and glass to delight the senses and stimulate the mind.
April 23, 2021 – June 27, 2021
The 2021 San Angelo Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, featuring Ariel Bowman, Brooks Oliver, and Gregory Tegarden
February 12, 2021 – April 11, 2021
In the Steps of the Master: Frank Reaugh, Dean of Texas Artists and His Students
Featuring works by master Texas artist Frank Reaugh (1860-1945), and never-before-seen works by some of his most prominent students, from a private collection.
2020 exhibits
September 18, 2020 – January 31, 2021
True Texas: Folk & Traditional Arts of the Concho Valley
With generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, SAMFA presented a juried collection of fine craft and folk artistry from twenty-two makers across nine counties in the Concho Valley. From silverworked bits and and spurs to hand tooled saddles, from richly textured loom weavings to eye-catching patchwork quilts, the exhibit will explore the wealth of handwork that mirrors the character of the region.
September 18, 2020 - January 31, 2021
The Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
A selection of new work by the faculty members of the Angelo State University Art Department: Esteban Apodaca, Katherine Bunker (Kat Truth), Edwin Cuenco, Randy Hall, Chris Stewart, Devon Stewart, Ben Sum, and John Vinklarek.
Online April 17, 2020; open to the public June 12, 2020 - September 6, 2020
The 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
A biennial juried competition featuring artists from all over North America. This year's juror was Jo Lauria from Los Angeles, California, and the Invited Artist was Ginger Geyer from Austin, Texas.
2019 exhibits
December 13, 2019 – April 5, 2020
Celebrating the Givers in a Season of Giving: The Treasures of SAMFA’s Permanent Collection
Celebrate with us as we commemorate 20 years at 1 Love Street! The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1985, originally located in the historic 1867 Quartermaster Building at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark. SAMFA’s present facility, designed by Malcolm Holzman, was opened in 1999, and the distinctive architecture has received international acclaim.
Since then, we have filled our space with lots of great changing exhibitions and our quickly growing collections of ceramic art, Texas art, Spanish Colonial art, and American glass. This exhibit features the stars of our collections, from the time the museum opened its doors in 1985 to today.
September 19, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Time Stands Still: Photos of Bus Stops from Michael Kruscha
We encounter them en route; on a journey, on the wayside, along a street that takes us to some other place, somewhere, and nowhere, into nothingness. They can be found all over the world, are familiar to us and are nonetheless alien, since they appear in a wide variety of forms in the most remote regions, off the beaten track and wonderful: Bus Stops—often unexpected and unprepossessing, or imposing, quirky. Michael Kruscha photographed bus stops while traveling over several years, in many countries, on many continents, around the world. His series comprises images from Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan and Armenia, the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East, northern and southern Africa, South America, and Asia.
September 19, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Where Do You Go Dancing? Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Jerolyn Bahm-Colombik
The human presence is woven throughout Jerolyn Bahm-Colombik's works that include painting, printmaking, drawing and sculpture. With reverence for the classics, she utilizes drawing as the foundation for her creative work. A simple gesture speaks worlds to her and provides the impetus to engage the subject for a short study. The act of drawing a stranger becomes a transformative experience as cultural barriers dissolve and a unique intimacy begins. Her favorite ice-breaking question and to add humor is “Where do you go dancing?”
July 18, 2019 - September 8, 2019
Frontiers: An Artistic Exploration of Space Travel, Technology, the Age of Discovery and More
This exhibit commemorates the first time in human history that we physically reached beyond our own planet and set foot on another world. That world was the moon, the space voyage was Apollo 11, and the first human to set foot there was Neil Armstrong of the United States. We always look to the future as something ahead of us, but technological advances have been so rapid we may have exceeded our ability to comprehend what their implications are. We will need to consider carefully the future ahead of us, and work toward the best possible outcomes. There could be no more appropriate way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
April 12, 2019 - July 7, 2019
The 2019 San Angelo Ceramic Invitational Exhibition
The 2019 San Angelo Ceramic Invitational Exhibit featured the work of six Texas ceramic artists: Alejandra Almuelle, Mary Fischer, Angela Gallia, Linda Gossett, Shikha Joshi, and Kym Owens.
2018 exhibits
September 20, 2018 – March 24, 2019
Inside Out
An exploration of women's status and roles in American society as reflected in fashion from foundation to silhouette. The exhibit explores three central themes:
The perceived roles of women in American culture as they have changed over time, from the Federalist period to the present, and how those roles have shaped—and been shaped by—what women wear.
Feminist ideas and movements since the nation’s earliest days, and the significant role of undergarments relative to those movements.
The outward appearance and silhouette of stylish American women over the centuries. The design, intention, and transition of women’s undergarments that helped create the silhouettes.
July 13, 2018 - September 9, 2018
Made in Texas! 25 Contemporary Quilts, presented by the Texas Quilt Museum
The 25 quilts of the Made in Texas touring exhibition celebrate the pioneering spirit, natural beauty, and artistic talents of the Lone Star State. From a first-time quilter to prizewinning artists, the makers in this comprehensive exhibition reside in all regions of Texas.
July 13, 2018 - September 9, 2018
The Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Featuring new work by ASU's art faculty members, Esteban Apodaca, Katherine Bunker, Edwin Cuenco, Randy Hall, Chris Stewart, Devon Stewart, Ben Sum, John Vinklarek, and Christopher Voss.
April 20, 2018 - June 24, 2018
The 22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
This year's invited artist was Randy Brodnax from Dallas, TX and juror was Peter Held from Chandler, AZ.
February 15, 2018 - April 8, 2018
Important New Gifts of Spanish Colonial Art, Texas Art, Decorative Arts, Ceramics, and Glass
Gifts received from major donors at home and around the country have expanded our collections and enriched its main focus areas.
2017 exhibits
December 15, 2017 – February 4, 2018
Gisela Colon: PODS (Exhibition organized through Katharine T. Carter and Associates)
December 15, 2017 - February 4, 2018
I Once Was Here: Ghosts and Memories Featuring works from Ben Livingston's Spirithouse series and a companion exhibit in collaboration with Fort Concho National Historic Landmark.
Glasstire wrote a wonderful article by Gene Fowler on Ben Livingston's exhibit.
October 5, 2017 - December 3, 2017
The Garden of Earthly Delights: Exhibitions Featuring the Work of Julie Heffernan and Kathleen Elliot (Elliot exhibition organized through Katharine T. Carter and Associates).
October 5, 2017 - December 3, 2017
The Ehrlich Collection of American and British Ceramics
July 20, 2017 - September 24, 2017
Cathy Cunningham Little: Critical Angles
July 20, 2017 - September 24, 2017
Paintings and Sculpture by the Late Jimmy Don Cox
April 21, 2017 - July 2, 2017
San Angelo Ceramic Invitational Exhibition featuring Brian Molanphy, Bonnie Lynch, and Linda Lynch
Santa Fe based artists and sisters, Linda & Bonnie Lynch, will present a joint exhibition of drawings and large scale ceramics. Brian Molanphy, of Southern Methodist University, will exhibit a large-scale installation made up of small components.
April 21, 2017 - July 2, 2017
Classical and Ancient Ceramics from the San Antonio Museum of Art
A selection of Greek and South Italian vessels and ancient Egyptian ceramics from the spectacular collections of the San Antonio Museum of Art.
February 16, 2017 - April 9, 2017
Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art: An Exhibit in Cooperation with William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art
This exhibit, in Cooperation with William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, will premier at SAMFA before traveling to other venues in the state. It will showcase the works of 20 different contemporary Texas artists whose work celebrates the beauty of our Texas landscape and will focus on the preciousness of our Texas rivers.
February 16, 2017 - April 9, 2017
The Work of Abilene Visionary Clint Hamilton
Abilene native Clint Hamilton (1928-2001) was a prodigy who made a successful career in Dallas and New York. His friends and artistic collaborators included Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, at a time before they were well-known. This exhibit showcases a fascinating selection of Hamilton’s assemblages, collages, drawings, and window display designs from the collection of the Grace Museum.
2016 exhibits
December 9, 2016 – February 5, 2017
José Arpa: Spanish Painter in Texas
Arpa (1858-1952) was a major Texas artist and teacher who brought Impressionism to the Lone Star State. Organized by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, TX.
December 9, 2016 - February 5, 2017
John Raimondi: Drawing to Sculpture
A glimpse inside the mind of a master sculptor as he worked out his ideas on paper and in small models before executing large, public monuments. Curated Marisa J. Pascucci and organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
September 15, 2016 - November 27, 2016
The Arts of the Islamic World: Treasures from the San Antonio Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts Houston
A small but broad introduction to Islamic art, showcasing glass, ceramics, manuscripts, and other treasures from the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
September 15, 2016 - November 27, 2016
Frank Reaugh (1860 - 1945): Master of the Texas Landscape
Featuring a hallmark selection of pastel landscapes from the collection of the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum.
July 8, 2016 - September 4, 2016
To Soften the Flight of Time: Sculpture by Roger Colombik
A presentation of the West Texas Triangle consortium of museums. Colombik's work explores his seemingly endless travels and their influence upon his understanding of cultural identity and the synergetic relationship between memory and history.
July 8, 2016 - September 4, 2016
Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Featuring new work by ASU's art faculty members, Esteban Apodaca, Katherine Bunker, Edwin Cuenco, Randy Hall, Chris Stewart, Ben Sum, and John Vinklarek.
April 15, 2016 - June 26, 2016
21st San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
This year's invited artist was Ron Meyers of Athens, Georgia and juror was Christy Johnson.
January 29, 2016 - March 27, 2016
A Voyage Across Cultures: The Enduring Fascination of Chinese Export Porcelain
A Voyage across Cultures showcased hallmark and rare examples of exported porcelain produced between 1795 and 1850 from an important private collection in Dallas.
January 29, 2016 - March 27, 2016
BIG: Large-scale works from SAMFA's collections
Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and also Zanne Hochberg and Lois Lane (featured in this exhibit) reveled in working on large surfaces, because of the emotion and energy that could be transferred directly from the artist to the canvas, and remain in the artwork.
2015 exhibits
November 19, 2015 – January 10, 2016
Venetian Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
An exhibit spanning 300 years of Venetian master painters. Includes works by Tintoretto, Giorgione, and Tiepolo.
November 19, 2015 - January 10, 2016
Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Charitable Trust
Luminous paintings by American artists basking in the beauty of the Mediterranean in the time of John Ruskin and Henry James.
September 17, 2015 - November 8, 2015
Creative Energy: Art about the Texas Energy Boom
Sculptures and paintings by 3 different artists who depict the lives and work of oil field workers and the man-modified West Texas landscape. The artists are Joe Barrington, Jon Flaming, and Glen Smith.
September 17, 2015 - November 8, 2015
Meditations
Religious and secular expressions of peace in art from around the world. Includes photos by National Geographic Creative photographer Greg Davis and selections from SAMFA's collection.
September 28, 2015 - October 3, 2015
Mystical Arts of Tibet
Mandala Sand Painting Live Exhibition and Sacred Musical Performance by the Tibetan Lamas of Drepung Loseling Monastery.
July 9, 2015 - September 6, 2015
Patricia Nix: Icon of American Art
Showcased spectacular examples created over the course of this native West Texan’s long and successful career.
July 9, 2015 - September 6, 2015
West Texas Triangle: Sculpture by Ben Woitena
A selection of wall, pedestal, and floor pieces by Houston sculptor Ben Woitena.
April 17, 2015 - June 21, 2015
Portraits of the Earth: Margaret Boozer and Juan Granados
An invitational ceramics exhibit featuring wall pieces, pedestal works, and installations by two cutting-edge contemporary artists.
April 17, 2015 - June 21, 2015
100 Years: A Celebration of Master Potter Otto Heino
In honor of what would have been his 100th birthday (April 20), this exhibit is a selection of Otto Heino’s signature works (along with works by his wife Vivika and their collaborations), on loan from the collection of Helen Heino.
April 17, 2015 - June 21, 2015
Ceramics from the Collection of John and Darlene Williams
Notable selections from a collection spanning several decades, now given to SAMFA by Dallas collectors and SAMFA patrons John and Darlene Williams.
February 14, 2015 - April 5, 2015
Art History Dog Fight: New Work by Nell Painter
Paintings, prints, and collages by award winning historian and author, now artist, Nell Irvin Painter.
2014 exhibits
December 11, 2014 – April 5, 2015
Mexican Baroque Masterpieces
Major works by some of the most important artists of the Spanish Colonial period, from SAMFA’s own collection. Featuring newly-restored canvases by Antonio de Torres (1667-1731) and large-scale, newly-framed paintings by Cristobal de Villalpando (c. 1649-1714) .
December 11, 2014 – April 5, 2015
West Texas Wunderkammer
This exhibit explores the Baroque origins of the modern museum—and gives it a Texas twist! The 17th century collectors’ cabinets (or wunderkammern—chambers of wonders) were eclectic compilations of paintings, sculptures, scientific and musical instruments, natural history specimens, and exotica from the New World. This exhibit recreates the atmosphere of a European wunderkammer, but showcases objects of beauty, curiosity, and wonder from Texas and Texas collections.
September 18, 2014 - November 20, 2014
Eastern Illumination: Japanese Masterworks and American Art Inspired by Japanese Traditions
A beautiful selection of traditional ink paintings by Shozo Sato, National Treasure of Japan, and contemporary sculptures by Kana Harada, Joan Son, and Linda Mihara.
July 10, 2014 - September 7, 2014
West Texas Triangle: Ken Little
An exciting selection of sculpture by acclaimed San Antonio mixed-media artist Ken Little. Organized by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts and other WTT institutions: The Grace Museum in Abilene, The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, The Museum of the Southwest in Midland, and The Ellen Noel Museum in Odessa.
July 10, 2014 - September 7, 2014
Angelo State University Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Featuring new work by ASU’s art faculty members: Esteban Apodaca, Katherine Bunker, Edwin Cuenco, Randy Hall, John Mattson, Ben Sum, and John Vinklarek. Organized by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
April 11, 2014 - June 29, 2014
20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
Juror: Léopold Foulem, Montréal, CA Invited Artist: Jason Walker, Bellingham, WA.
January 30, 2014 - March 30, 2014
Soul of the Frontier: The Paintings of H.W. Caylor
A first-of-its-kind presentation of the art of Big Spring artist Harvey Wallace Caylor (1867-1932), who lived the life of the Texas frontier and captured it in his paintings.
January 30, 2014 - March 30, 2014
Sculpture by Master Western Artist Gib Singleton
Western Art Sculpture on display by Gib Singleton, the foremost Western and Biblical sculptor in America – and, many critics and collectors argue, the world!
January 30, 2014 - March 30, 2014
The Muses: Art about the Arts
A unique selection of prints, drawings, photos, sculptures and paintings inspired by the arts.