Do you have that one special little decoration that just makes your home feel like the holidays every year when you set it out or hang it up? Maybe it’s something you made as a child for your mom and dad, or something that your child made for you. Or perhaps it’s some tchotchke your best friend painted, or a great memorable piece your grandmother passed down from her own … [Read more...]
An Ode to Reading: Kaye Price-Hawkins Celebrated as a Champion of Literacy
To know Kaye Price-Hawkins is to know kindness and joy. Many people in our community have benefited from her big heart, generosity, and commitment to the arts and literacy. For these reasons, The Grace Museum selected her as the 2021 Grace Gala Honoree. Kaye never planned on becoming a teacher because she loved the performance art of music and theatre from the age of 5 … [Read more...]
Sherry Owens: Promise Me the Earth
Visitors to The Grace Museum will be in awe of what they find in the main gallery - a solo-exhibition filled with the dynamic work of Dallas-based artist Sherry Owens. Promise Me the Earth is a challenging sculptural commentary by Owens about the relationship between mankind and nature. “Remnants of personal stories, visions and observations in nature are the driving forces … [Read more...]
The Grace Museum Creates A Portal To Its Art Collection
When you think of a museum, you will likely envision artwork hanging on gallery walls or artifacts displayed in cases. Or perhaps carefully curated spaces that give visitors a close look into times past, or even a gaze into the future. But what about all of the other paintings, sculptures, objects, and oddities a museum collects? Where are they when they aren’t on view? The … [Read more...]
Creating a Community: The State Epileptic Colony in Abilene
For most of our human history, the perceptions of epilepsy and the people who suffered from it have been rooted in superstitious ideas. For centuries, epileptics were seen as carriers of a dangerously contagious disease, accused of demon possession, or simply viewed as insane. These beliefs may sound far-fetched to us now, but the study and observation of epileptic individuals … [Read more...]