The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts has endeavored to create a permanent collection of artworks to be used for study, research and exhibition. The collection was established for the purpose of providing the community with a greater understanding of aesthetic and artistic traditions and human achievement in the visual arts.
Around 1500 objects currently comprise the Permanent Collection. Among the Permanent Collection’s areas of concentration, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts has established a distinguished collection of contemporary American ceramics, many purchased from the San Angelo North American Ceramic Competitions held at the museum. The collection also includes historical ceramics and ceramics from all over the world. Other focus areas of the collection include early and contemporary Texas art, and Spanish colonial and 19th century Latin American art, and American manufactured glass.
The museum, as a matter of policy and as a central goal, is committed to the broadest possible exposure of and access to the collections. A unique feature of SAMFA is its visible storage gallery for selections from the collection, which is always accessible to visitors. We also have lent extensively from our collection to other museums without a fee, and are currently working to have the entire collections catalog eventually available online.
Ceramics Texas Art Spanish Colonial American Glass Outdoor Sculpture
We are working to expand the number of collections items represented on our website, with the eventual goal of making SAMFA’s entire collection accessible online. Downloading or saving any image from www.samfa.org implies acceptance of our Terms of Use, which are as follows: Images of artwork in the collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts will be used for research or educational purposes, and will not be reproduced for profit. A proper credit line—naming the artist, the title of the work, and stating “Collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts”—will accompany the use of the image.
