Stephen M. Jones grew up in Albany just 34 miles northeast of Abilene in a family active in the oil and gas and banking industries and active in giving back to their community. He spent 30 years working in Austin, where he fostered a love for the arts and helped lead an effort to renovate and expand a contemporary art space called Arthouse and merge it with the Austin Art … [Read more...]
Abilene Sculpts Itself Into ‘Model Arts Community’
It’s turning into a banner year for public outdoor sculpture in Abilene. The city added its newest Storybook Sculpture Project piece in June - “Winnie” the bear in the Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden. In July, the city installed an edition of an international tourist attraction called “The Singing Ringing Tree” along with four other donated contemporary sculptures. And in … [Read more...]
The Abilene Philharmonic: Coming Events
The Abilene Philharmonic concludes its Classical Concert Series on April 21st with a program entitled “New World.” The concert includes Beethoven’s Consecration of the House, Horn Concerto No. 1 by R. Strauss (featuring guest soloist Greg Hustis), and the well-known Symphony No. 9, “New World,” by Antonín Dvořák. Dvořák, a Czech composer of the late Romantic musical period, … [Read more...]