The Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture invites you to a showcase of the natural history, fine art, and the unique heritage of the
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Arianna Kirk is an arts educator and currently working primarily in watercolor and acrylics.
“With Points of View, I sought to capture textural tones of the rural world, with paintings that exhibit close and distant perspectives. Abstracted outdoor imagery is created using encaustic, cold wax/oil mediums, and other materials including beeswax, linseed oil, and tree resin– underscoring a connection to nature. The wax, with its suspended pigments, creates translucent layers that provide a look into featured environments, both near and far.” ~Jane Cornish Smith
Originally from Canada, Texas resident Jane Cornish Smith’s nomadic childhood, along with her artist mother, fostered an appreciation for varied artistic expression from a young age. A versatile artist, Jane produces multi media artworks– oil, gouache, mixed media, cold wax medium, encaustic and collage– with equally diverse subject matter.
She received B.F.A. and M.L.A. degrees from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and her MFA degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce. She has completed artist residencies at the International School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She received Purchase Awards from the University of Texas at Tyler, Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Brookhaven College. Her work also hangs in the Museum of Encaustic Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Tenby Museum and Art Gallery in Wales, U.K.; the Cancer Support Community of North Texas, University Park Public Library in Dallas; and other public and private collections.
Words and Pictures features paintings, sculptures and installations from 1980-2019 by the nationally accomplished Texas artist Vernon Fisher. Fisher came of age in the twentieth century, characterized by cultural and theological scholars as the bloodiest and most brutal century in history. Like many artists of his era, including poets and writers who inspire him, Fisher explores what it means to be lost and searching in the face of indifference. His art is a personal expression of what life feels like. His paintings, typified by compositions of floating imagery and overlaid texts, present an unresolved narrative, intended to leave viewers with an overarching sense of emotion. Embracing postmodern humor, irreverence, and anti-closure, Vernon Fisher creates images of hopeful uncertainty.
Vernon Fisher, whose art has been exhibited nationwide, is recipient of three Individual Artist’s Fellowships from the National Endowment on the Arts; a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant; a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; and numerous other honors and awards.
Arianna Kirk is an arts educator and currently working primarily in watercolor and acrylics.
The Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture invites you to a showcase of the natural history, fine art, and the unique heritage of the Texoma region in one special exhibition at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU.
“Origin Stories from the Regional Museum Network” offers the opportunity to see sample exhibitions from the collections of area museums, connect children and families with history and creativity, and give educators ideas that support in-person and virtual learning.
Participating museums are part of the Regional Museums Network, established by the Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture to increase the visibility of the museums in Baylor, Clay, Wichita, and Wilbarger counties. This collaborative venture has been recognized by the Texas Association of Museums and is supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, local foundations, and individuals in every community represented in the network.
“Origin Stories from the Regional Museum Network” will be on view September 19-October 17 the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU. The museum hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday from 1-5 p.m.
Words and Pictures features paintings, sculptures and installations from 1980-2019 by the nationally accomplished Texas artist Vernon Fisher. Fisher came of age in the twentieth century, characterized by cultural and theological scholars as the bloodiest and most brutal century in history. Like many artists of his era, including poets and writers who inspire him, Fisher explores what it means to be lost and searching in the face of indifference. His art is a personal expression of what life feels like. His paintings, typified by compositions of floating imagery and overlaid texts, present an unresolved narrative, intended to leave viewers with an overarching sense of emotion. Embracing postmodern humor, irreverence, and anti-closure, Vernon Fisher creates images of hopeful uncertainty.
Vernon Fisher, whose art has been exhibited nationwide, is recipient of three Individual Artist’s Fellowships from the National Endowment on the Arts; a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant; a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; and numerous other honors and awards.
