Galveston Arts Center

"The homes are stand-ins for figures. A home really represents what kind of person lives there. The brown homes are homes that I've inhabited myself, and the white homes I yearn to live in." 🎧️ Listen to Juan Carlos Escobedo's Artist Talk at https://youtu.be/t9FQHCIr5mg

Join us for this Thursday's Life Drawing Session 🖌️ This is an open studio with a model that people can work from in timed sessions, at their own pace and medium. Every class starts with gesture warm-ups and works up to longer poses. 📆 Thursday, October 27 | 5:30–7:30 PM ⚫️ Reserve your spot at www.galvestonartscenter.org/life-drawing-studio

The Galveston Arts Center will be closed for the Lone Star Biker Rally next Wednesday through Sunday, November 2 - 6.⁠ ⁠ We will be reopening the following Wednesday, November 9!

Create your own custom stamp block, and print your design on anything and everything. It's a work of art that keeps on giving! Bring a t-shirt, tote bag, or any article of clothing to personalize at this Saturday's block printing workshop! ⚫️ Learn more & sign up at www.galvestonartscenter.org/block-printing (link in bio!) -- 📷 @becjoyprints time lapse / real time / time lapse

Take a seat and transport into this art piece ✨ "I still have some anxiety about the house not being there, but the fact that it exists as an image that has been passed around the state soothes that anxiety a little bit. Even in the video piece in the vault - there is a scene of the tractor and shed. The shed isn't even there anymore." -Jamie Robertson, "A Hundred More" 📆 On view now till November 13 ⚫️ Admission is free, always! Open Wed-Sun, 12-5 PM

Explore our newest exhibition, "Party Line" by Kris Pierce ✨ Alongside his multimedia work Pierce also connects these themes through a series of paintings that reflect on identity and individualism in American culture, its history and ability to thread fictional archetypes into dangerous manifestations. ⚫️ Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/kris-pierce

Celebrate the autumnal equinox by bringing a bottle of wine to share in GAC's main gallery while enjoying the incredible music of Jo Bird, a self-composed electric violist. Small bites will be provided! $5 for GAC members | $10 for non-members Proceeds benefit GAC's Musician Fund! 🎟️ RSVP: www.galvestonartscenter.org/events/fall-wine-share-guest-musician-jo-bird - Galveston Arts Center is bringing back events and adding music for your listening pleasure. The selected music will vary for each event and will span a wide range of musicians. Your contribution to these events help grow GAC Musician Fund, so we are able to offer an equitable wage to every musician at each event for their time, energy, and talents. Thank you for supporting the arts!

Last month to see "Along Those Lines" ✨ Charles Mary Kubricht’s recent geometric works look to the sky and the cosmos to chart out mathematical and mythical formations. ⚫️ Learn more about the artists at www.galvestonartscenter.org/along-those-lines

New show! “A Hundred More” by Jamie Robertson ⏱ Robertson describes the landscape as witness to the fullness of Black life; the emergence of new generations and the retiring of older generations into the soil to become one with the landscape. Did you notice something special about the clocks? Comment down below ⬇️ —#houstonartist #houstonart #galvestonisland #galvestontx #visualartist #galvestonart #texasartist

x J.ESC • Assimilation Apparel by Juan Carlos Escobedo

Now on view! x J.ESC • Assimilation Apparel by Juan Carlos Escobedo ✨ Through these garments, Escobedo mimics landscapes and models the distinction between lower and higher socioeconomic spaces, revealing their residual ties to class and race. 📍 Galveston Arts Center | Open Wed-Sun, 12-5 PM

That’s another ArtWalk for the books 🎉 Thank you to everyone for supporting the Galveston Arts Center and our community. We had TWO incredible Artist Talks yesterday, so stay tuned for the official recording! 🗓 Mark your calendars - Saturday, October 8 is our next ArtWalk!

Galveston Island Humane Society has their Paw-cassos at work 🎨 Our furry friends are getting their masterpieces ready for the Art of Paws brunch on Sunday, September 25! 🐾 Looking for a new best fur-end? GHS is always looking for fosters and forever homes at www.galvestonhumane.org!

Grab a seat for "Come Sunday (I’m Crossing Over)" ✨ "There is such beauty in celebration, and the ability to be a part of a parade is very special. This piece is a video collage of the interlaying of different Juneteenth parades over the years." ⚫️ Last day to view is this Sunday, August 21!

Take a tour of "Come Sunday (I’m Crossing Over)" 🖼 🎧 Listen to Lauren Cross explain the exhibition in her own words. The Artist Talk is now live at https://youtu.be/RTELa4Zq8gU ⚫️ On view now till Aug 21. Free admission, always!

What do you 💗 about ArtWalk? We'd love to hear your answers in the comments below ⬇️ ⚫️ Our next ArtWalk is Saturday, August 27. Free and open to the public, experience the vibrant art culture of Galveston Island! Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/artwalk

Do you look at the bigger picture or the little details? 🔍 "My work has always been about space. I love the idea that you can appreciate my work from a distance, but I hope people will come up and look at the details. Because I created that detail!" -Cathie Kayser, "Liminal" ⚫️ On view now till August 21. Free admission, always!

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Take a look around 🔍️ Inspired by a New York Times article in July 2020 featuring the front lines of the pandemic, this series "Liminal" includes monotypes made from disposable paper gowns that Cathie Kayser reworked through drawing and cutting in order to isolate shapes within the folds. ⚫️ Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/cathie-kayser

Last chance! "Never Odd or Even" closes this Sunday, July 10. Explore the paintings and sculptures by Melinda Laszczynski, Kate Mulholland, and Erika Whitney. ⚫️ Open Wed-Sun, 12-5 PM. Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/never-odd-or-even

Take a seat and transport into this art piece 🎉 "There is such beauty in celebration and the ability to be a part of a parade. This piece is a video collage of the interlaying of different Juneteenth parades over the years - past, present, and future!" -Lauren Cross, "Come Sunday (I’m Crossing Over)" ⚫ On view till August 21. Open Wed-Sun, 12-5 PM!

In "Come Sunday (I'm Crossing Over)", Lauren Cross reimagines historic images and scenes of Juneteenth through the lens of her own ancestors. 🔍 Find their pictures or silhouettes throughout the exhibition! ⚫ Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/lauren-cross

Inspired by Cathie Kayser's Liminal? ✨ Our next Summer Art for Kids Workshop is an exploration of mono-prints, just like the ones you see in this new exhibition. Students will learn from local printmaker Sharon Hendry to draw, paint, and play with fluid inks! ⚫️ Class is on Friday, June 24! Sign up at www.galvestonartscenter.org/summer-art-for-kids

"My great-grandmother on my mother's side was a quilter, so I've incorporated a lot of her quilts that I have inherited into my work over the years. Embedded in the quilts are images of Juneteenth celebrations in the past." One of our newest exhibitions, "Come Sunday (I'm Crossing Over)" by Lauren Cross, is inspired by narratives of Black migration, emancipation, and freedom. ⚫ Stop by this Juneteenth weekend, and explore her family's stories and this historical date's importance.

When the light hits just right 🌈✨ Laszczynski’s paintings and sculptures highlight her magpie tendencies to accumulate and manipulate shiny films & painted textures, and it created a beautiful arrangement of playful and tactile surfaces! ⚫️ Free and open to the public. On view now till July 10.

Look at all the details while you can - May 29 is the last day to view "Critical Mass" by Joachim West! ⚫ Open Wed-Sun, 12-5 PM. Learn more about "Critical Mass" at www.galvestonartscenter.org/joachim-west

What's your favorite part: the colors or the textures? 🎨 In "Never Odd or Even," the pieces transform the longer you look and the more angles you view from. Tag a friend you'd like to see this exhibit with down below ⬇️ ⚫️ See all of our current exhibitions: www.galvestonartscenter.org/current-exhibitions

Our students are so talented ✨ Create your own artwork at our last Life Drawing session this Saturday. Each session features a model, and it starts with short, dynamic poses and ends with longer poses incorporating props/furniture. ⁠ ⁠ ⚫️ Reserve your spot at www.galvestonartscenter.org/life-drawing-studio -- 📷 @alionaprice_art Sanguine drawing from a live model at galvestonartscenter (20-25 minutes each)

What are you focusing on? 🔍 Joachim West draws inspiration from historical and contemporary references, such as overpopulation, social distancing, and more. Through these works, West juxtaposes the sentiments of being walked all over and standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. ⚫️ Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/joachim-west

For "Time After Time," each photograph is laid out in a particular manner. Artist Sebastien Boncy says, "I like to send them out as a specific network of images, so they exist in a specific relationship, somewhat of a hierarchy. They're working together!" ⚫️ On view till May 29. Learn more at www.galvestonartscenter.org/sebastien-boncy