This Summer, the entirety of the first floor at the Center for Contemporary Arts will be filled with the art and beauty of Oaxacan Gold. Texas photographer, Greg Davis, presents his photography integrated with the art of six Master Oaxacan Folk Artists, Jacobo Ángeles Ojeda, Taller Manos Que Ven, Alejandro Vera Guzman, Magdalena Pedro Martínez, Carlomagno Pedro and Alex and … [Read more...]

The Center for Contemporary Arts presents a new exhibition by artists Casey LaRue-Chavez and LaRue in Gallery 3, on the upper floor. Vibrant washes of rich colors will fill Gallery 3 on the 2nd floor of the Center for Contemporary Arts this Winter. These new works combine the paintings of two expressive artists, Casey LaRue-Chavez LaRue. LaRue’s, like Casey’s work, is rich with … [Read more...]

The Center for Contemporary Arts will feature the first solo exhibition for artist Braeden Kuppin, titled Undergrowth. Gallery 4 will be transformed into a bio-diverse exploration of nature through soft sculpture as the vehicle. The exhibition will feature larger-than-life, biologically accurate soft sculpture, including functional furniture in the form of mushrooms and stumps … [Read more...]

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...]