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...]
Mushroom Furniture Part of Exhibit Focusing on Art, Nature
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...]
Center for Contemporary Arts 7th National Juried Exhibition with Juror Letitia Huckaby
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...]
Imbalanced Parallels on Exhibition at the Center
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’s Jackrabbit Journey
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...]