Jan19
2021/2022 City of Wichita Falls Arts Grant Program Dates
The Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture will soon be accepting applications for the City of Wichita Falls 2021/2022 Arts & Culture Grants Program.
News
Jan13
Understanding the Save Our Stages Act
Resources for the Texas Music Industry Understanding the Save Our Stages Act: How Music Venues Apply For SBA Pandemic Assistance When: Thursday, January 21, 2021, 1:00 - 2:00
Jan08
Margie Reese Interviewed for “All Things Considered”
Arts and culture make up a huge, $877 billion industry that generates more than five million jobs across the country. But the amount of federal
Jan07
Top Fundraising Trends for 2021
Scot Chisholm of Candid. outlines the top trends for fundraising in 2021. The entire social sector learned a valuable lesson in 2020: even the most rigorous
Dec21
Arts Virtual Town Halls to Continue in January
Virtual Arts Town Hall Meetings return in 2021! Join us as we welcome Pam Gosline, Mayor of Vernon, and Amanda Lehman, Director of Tourism. They'll
Arts Calendar
Jan
21
Thu
Jan 21 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Color in Art, Color in Life: Prisms, Pigments, and Purpose
October 24 – January 30
Through interdisciplinary partnerships and works from the permanent collection, this exhibition demonstrates the purposeful language of color as it was discovered through scientific methods and as it plays a role in compositional design, meaning, and experience.
Image: Moses Harris, Prismatic Color Wheel, Illustration from “The Natural System of Colours,” c. 1766
Follow along in the creation Color in Art, Color in Life: Prisms, Pigments, and Purpose with curator Danny Bills to get an insider perspective of art exhibitions and a personal connection to the museum experience.
The Kemp is open late each Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Galleries and outdoor exhibits are available free to the public. We also have classes and programming scheduled for select evenings.
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Jan 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Grab a mask, your sketchpad and pencils, and drop by on Thursday evenings to relax and draw what you see.
Facial coverings are required for in-person events.
Jan
22
Fri
Jan 22 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Larry Hamilton is a contemporary realist painter working in Wichita Falls, Texas He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Midwestern State University in 1978 and his All Level Art Certification in Education from Midwestern State University in 1999. Having retired after 30 years in the business world, he taught art for 15 years and retired in 2013. He is currently a full time artist. His work explores the transitioning and advancement of technology as well as the consequences of innovation and its impact on our quality of life. His work depicts inanimate objects that have been displaced through the advancements of time and technology. The objects are worn, outdated, forgotten, obsolete, discontinued; many considered the detritus of yesteryear. As subjects, they have their own built in narratives and stories that anyone can interpret in their own way. He prefers to paint these objects as portraits to celebrate their past existence and the human ingenuity that they represent. It is his desire that viewers can find their own personal histories and stories through his works.
Jan 22 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Color in Art, Color in Life: Prisms, Pigments, and Purpose
October 24 – January 30
Through interdisciplinary partnerships and works from the permanent collection, this exhibition demonstrates the purposeful language of color as it was discovered through scientific methods and as it plays a role in compositional design, meaning, and experience.
Image: Moses Harris, Prismatic Color Wheel, Illustration from “The Natural System of Colours,” c. 1766
Follow along in the creation Color in Art, Color in Life: Prisms, Pigments, and Purpose with curator Danny Bills to get an insider perspective of art exhibitions and a personal connection to the museum experience.
Jan
23
Sat
Jan 23 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Larry Hamilton is a contemporary realist painter working in Wichita Falls, Texas He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Midwestern State University in 1978 and his All Level Art Certification in Education from Midwestern State University in 1999. Having retired after 30 years in the business world, he taught art for 15 years and retired in 2013. He is currently a full time artist. His work explores the transitioning and advancement of technology as well as the consequences of innovation and its impact on our quality of life. His work depicts inanimate objects that have been displaced through the advancements of time and technology. The objects are worn, outdated, forgotten, obsolete, discontinued; many considered the detritus of yesteryear. As subjects, they have their own built in narratives and stories that anyone can interpret in their own way. He prefers to paint these objects as portraits to celebrate their past existence and the human ingenuity that they represent. It is his desire that viewers can find their own personal histories and stories through his works.
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