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TEXAS’ BIG
BEND: From the Pecos to the Rio Grande
Photographs by Michael Marvins
May 15, 2010 thru September 4, 2010Mike Marvins, a fourth generation photographer, has traveled Big Bend by
backpack, car and horseback for more than 20 years. He lives in Houston and
is a part-time resident of the Texas Hill Country. Mike has captured the
grandeur, remoteness, rich history, and dramatic ecological diversity of Big
Bend which has caused it to take on an almost mythological status for
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Officially founded in 1944, the
Big Bend National Park had never been captured in its entirety. Mike Marvin
has captured the entire region, including the Big Bend Ranch State Park, the
territory between the historic towns like Alpine, Marfa, Terlingua and Marathon, and the vastness between
the Pecos and the Rio Grande. |
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Western Art
Academy: Celebrating 27 Years of Western Art Education
May 15, 2010 –September 4, 2010
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Western Art Academy (WAA) of the Museum of Western Art began
twenty-seven years ago when three dynamic individuals Ethel Carruth,
Sandy Poole, and Griff Carnes sat on a piano bench at a party and
envisioned the WAA. Carruth and Poole were chairs of the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo School Art program. They wanted to offer
summer classes to deserving students interested in western art
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The shared vision of these founders continues as Western Art Academy
students are selected through juried competitions held by the school
art programs of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the San
Antonio Rodeo and Exposition. Judges base their decisions on the
portfolios of artwork submitted, as well as on the maturity level of
the finalists. All applicants participate in an interview process to
insure that the most dedicated young artists are chosen for the
program. WAA is an intense, three-week curriculum of advanced
art instruction. It offers young artists the rare opportunity to
receive one-on-one instruction in painting and sculpting from
well-known and respected professional western artists. This year,
the WAA has reached a pivotal point in that the students in the 2010
summer sessions will earn college credits.
The exhibition celebrating the WAA will include work by former WAA
graduates and current instructors. Most of the former students work
is on loan from the collection of Sanda and Ed Warren, who have
supported the academy for many years. The Museum of Western Art a
not only acknowledges the support of the Warrens but that of the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the San Antonio Rodeo and
Exposition and the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation.
The graduation ceremonies for the two 2010 sessions are Saturday,
June 26th and Saturday, July 31st in the afternoons. All are
welcomed to attend and see the work produced by the WAA students in
this most prestigious institution for the preservation of western
art through educating the future generations of western artists.
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Masterpieces from The Permanent
Collection
The Museum of Western Art’s exhibition; The Legend Lives II: Masterpieces
from the Permanent Collection. This exhibition will feature approximately 50
works of art by major American western artists, in particular Bill Nebeker’s,
The Legend Lives, bronze sculpture, which is the logo of the MoWA.
The collection of the MoWA is a testament to cowboy artists working from the
mid 20th century to today. Major artists whose paintings and sculptures will
be included are Roy Andersen, Wayne Baize, Joe Beeler, Oscar Berninghaus,
James Boren, Eanger Irving Couse, Fred Fellows, Bruce Greene, John Hampton,
Fred Harman, Oreland Joe, Robert Lougheed, Bill Moyers, Bill Owen, George
Phippen, Robert Pummill, Todd Richardson, Gordon Snidow, Grant Speed, and
Fritz White. |
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