Links between art and language can be traced all the way back to the earliest prehistoric pictures and symbols drawn onto cave walls by our ancestors. Over time, these symbols evolved into our known alphabets and later into complex languages. In the old world, cuneiform pictographs were pressed into clay and parchment scrolls were used to document trade, events, and … [Read more...]
Abilene Performers Prepare Hello Dolly!
This June, just over 20 years after Hello, Dolly! first played the Paramount, this glorious musical will once again parade into the theatre for a new two-weekend run of laughs, dancing, and romance. Hello, Dolly! is the 29th Paramount Summer Musical. Set in both Yonkers, New York, and New York City during the 1890s, Hello, Dolly! follows Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widowed … [Read more...]
Abilene History in Art
The Center for Contemporary Arts is going back to its roots with four exhibits that honor the heritage, legacy, and stories of Abilene. All exhibits collide during the 37th Annual Western Heritage Classic on May 12 -14, 2022. Portrait of a Horse MARCH 17 - JUNE 4 WRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY Horses have been an ever present motif in art since the beginning of time - … [Read more...]
Steering the NCCIL: Director Blends Work and Play with Love of Stories
Molly Bellah and her children have found their “happy place,” and it’s the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in downtown Abilene. The children’s picture book museum has captured their hearts. “Long before I was hired, my kids and I loved visiting the NCCIL,” Bellah said of her twins, Greer and Ford, 8. “They love immersing themselves in books and … [Read more...]
NCCIL Celebrates 25 Years of Children’s Literature in Abilene
“If Art had one flaw, it was that he was often mean to his sister Esther. But that was all before the amazing Christmas of 1908. Before the Great Adventure. Before the mysterious box arrived and changed young Art forever.” - Santa Calls, William Joyce It can be said Joyce’s book, Santa Calls, arriving in Abilene in 1993, was the mysterious box that ended up changing Abilene … [Read more...]