The Grace Museum’s culinary camps have tickled taste buds for over two decades. Taught by the professional chefs of Cypress Street Station, children entering third grade through high school can attend these camps, which are offered a few times every summer and fill up fast. Working side-by-side, campers are introduced to the culinary arts and learn everything from kitchen … [Read more...]
Grace Exhibition Celebrates Black Artists
Artists must observe their surroundings very closely. Do you see that tree? Notice the different shapes of its leaves. Now, draw them. See those shadows on the ground? What colors are they? Now, paint them. Can you see the texture of that bird’s feathers? Really look… Professor Biggers often called attention to the importance of observation in his art classes at Texas … [Read more...]
Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now
"I invite everyone to the table. The language that I use in my art is universal as well as personal, and intimate. I share memories by storytelling through sewing, printmaking and painting." - Delita Martin Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now is curated to celebrate major contributions of Black artists of the past and present throughout the state. The creative … [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...]
New exhibition features work from couple who inspired generations of artists
By Judy Tedford Deaton, The Grace Museum [Linda Ridgway portrait] Photography by Teresa Rafidi “A Visual Epilogue: Linda Ridgway and Harry Geffert” will be the first and last two-person exhibition of works on paper and sculpture by two of the most prolific and widely-recognized contemporary artists who worked together in life and in the studio for decades. The original … [Read more...]