The Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Exhibition (CCAN) is a national juried art competition at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Downtown Abilene. This is the seventh year for CCAN and in 2022 we received more than 350 entries from 20+ different states and just about every region of Texas! Artwork from across the United States is installed salon-style in the … [Read more...]

Kristy Kristinek says her own personal memory as a dancer contributes to the existing space she is creating through experiences of discipline, practice, balance, and relaxed fluid faculty of control.   “I try to capture this through various materials, the movement of my own body, as well as the memory of movement that can become distorted and transparent,” says the artist, … [Read more...]

Linda Stricklin grew up on a farm in Jones County on land that her great-grandfather owned and is still being farmed by her brother today. She finds influences for her art in the pastures and cotton fields she played in as a child, as well as the flora and fauna. A main staple of the pastures Stricklin grew up in are jackrabbits. The jackrabbit is the primary subject of … [Read more...]

In celebration of Earth Day, two local artists are creating an exhibit featuring trash, plastic, and other recycled materials at the Center for Contemporary Arts. Refuse Reformation, a two-person exhibition opening at the Center in late March, are works created by Kari Perkins and Larla Morales. The art featured in the exhibition is made entirely from recycled materials and … [Read more...]

The Center for Contemporary Arts is honored to host the Texas Photographic Society’s 35th Annual Members Only Show, juried by acclaimed photographer Keith Carter. The annual competition show is an international exhibition. Carter states on the Texas Photographic Society’s (TPS) site: “I tend to think of photography as the most important graphic medium of the last two … [Read more...]