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INSTRUCTING, ILLUMINATING, INSPIRING Exhibitions, events, and research related to the Southwest

See the "ABOUT" section of the website for visiting information and hours:
www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu

09/16/2026

Today we're sharing this photo from Photography by Faustinus in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. This photograph is part of our extensive Southwestern and Mexican Photography Collection, dedicated to documenting the vibrant culture, history, and visual stories of our region.

📷: Faustinus Deraet, Orgullo a la Tex-Mex (Tex-Mex Pride) from El grito series, 2018

09/15/2026

We had a full house for today's artist talk with M. Jenea Sánchez, moderated by Dr. Adetty Pérez de Miles. On your next visit to The Wittliff Collections, view Sánchez's work on women’s labor, borderland identity, and community collaboration in the Wellspring | Manantial installation.

09/12/2026

"Felt good to get onstage wearing the same jeans I’d been wearing all damn day," Willie Nelson wrote in his autobiography. "As I look at it, I was turning exactly into the person I was."

When Willie Nelson moved to Central Texas in the early 1970s, he traded in short hair and suits for long braids, blue jeans, and his trademark bandanas. This bandana is on display in our 40 Objects exhibition celebrating 40 years of The Wittliff Collections.

📷: Portrait photo from the Jody Fischer Collection of Willie Nelson

09/11/2026

Photojournalist Antonio Turok captured this image on 9/11, shortly after the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7.

Today, we pause to honor the victims, survivors, and first responders of that tragic day.

📷: September 11, 2001 by Antonio Turok, from the Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection at The Wittliff Collections, on view in the Tesoros: Treasures of Mexican Photography gallery.

09/10/2026

Ada Limón, Texas State Department of English Distinguished Professor of Poetry and 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, will read her work at The Wittliff Collections on Thursday, September 17, 6-7 p.m., with a book signing to follow. Free and open to the public!

This is the inaugural event of the new Front Porch Series sponsored by the Texas State College of Liberal Arts. TXST Liberal Arts, Texas State MFA

09/09/2026

Join us for a borderlands photography event at The Wittliff next Tuesday, September 15 at 2:30p.m.

In this conversation with artist M. Jenea Sánchez, learn about her U.S.-Mexico borderland photography and her collaboration with the women's collective DouglaPrieta Trabajan (DPT). Following the presentation, Sánchez will join Dr. Adetty Pérez de Miles, who curated Wellspring | Manantial: Fronteriza Collaborations and World Making, for a public conversation about the experiences that inform community-based and socially engaged art.

RSVP here: https://www.thewittliffcollections.txst.edu/events/manantial-event.html

09/08/2026

🌟 Bradley Paul, Visiting Writer Event: Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series 🌟

EVENT DETAILS
Monday, September 14, 2026 · 3:30 p.m., The Wittliff Collections · Campus Reading
Note: Bradley Paul's Monday event will focus on his screenwriting. (The Wednesday event will be a poetry reading.)

WRITER BIO
Bradley Paul is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Plasma and The Animals All Are Gathering, from the University of Pittsburgh Press. His work has appeared in Smartish Pace, the American Poetry Review, Fence, and numerous other magazines. He lives in Los Angeles, where has written for television shows including Better Call Saul, Animal Kingdom, Lodge 49, and Tulsa King.

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2163 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

09/05/2026

The Wittliff has recently acquired, through purchase and donation, hundreds of documentary and fine-art photographs of the Southwest and Mexico. A selection of these new acquisitions are on view for the first time! Check out these documentary photography and creative works from 45 different artists on your next visit.

09/04/2026

This weekend, we are open Saturday and Sunday from 12:30-4:30pm, and closed on Monday, September 7 for the Labor Day holiday. We wish you all a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

09/02/2026

Confluence: Selections from the Cormac McCarthy Library and Archive is on view now at The Wittliff Collections on the 7th floor of Alkek Library at Texas State University. Admission is free and open to everyone.

This exhibition explores the creative process of the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Blood Meridian, The Road, and other acclaimed novels. By pairing volumes from McCarthy's personal reading collection alongside his draft manuscripts, working papers, and personal notes, this showcase maps how his extensive reading directly informed his work.

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Alkek Library, 7th Floor, Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
78666

Telephone

(512) 245-2313

Website

http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/

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