Category: Events

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Save the Dates in 2019!

October 29, 2018
From the Git-Go, art became an important element for the building and for the City. Art is everywhere in the building and the "Peoples' Gallery" really just means the inside of the building. Typically each local artist selected for the year's show submits a few works. Thanks to the work of Toni Cook and Lynn Myers, we will be able to display our complete Texas Bold Beauty exhibition of photographs. This is the first time a thematically unified exhibition of size has gone into the building and the curator is really excited to see it come together. And the exhibit will be up for a full year! We're aiming at 20 photographs and we have some concerns about timing. We need the digital images completed by the end of October and this means we have to accelerate our model recruitment. We'll need to prioritize speed over quality but we are doing multiple venues and you can replace one shot with a newer one. The reception is in late February and it draws 1,000 people including the mayor who speaks. Click the link to see a one minute time lapse video of the Gallery. And if you're in Austin, City Hall is open to the public.

Dates for the TEXAS BOLD BEAUTY PROJECT GALLERY OPENINGS

A year-long photography exhibit featuring beautiful Texas women, with courage, drive, passion and with disabilities that don’t hold them back. Twenty original images captured by talented Texas photographers tell the story of these wonderful women.
WIMBERLEY
Friday – Sunday, Jan 11-13
Opening Reception, Jan 12, 4-8PM
(Gallery Hours:  Fri: 1pm-4pm preview, Sat: 10am – 8pm, Sun: Noon-4pm)
Messina Inn
1000 Cypress Creek Lane, Wimberley

SAN MARCOS
Jan 12 – Feb 15
Open Weekdays 6am – 10pm; Saturdays 10am – 8pm
Opening Reception Jan 18 5-7pm
The Walkers’ Gallery
San Marcos Activity Center
501 East Hopkins, San Marcos

AUSTIN
Feb 5 – December 31
Opening Reception Feb 22 6-9PM
Receptions Monthly on Last Fridays 6-9PM
The People’s Gallery – 2nd Floor
Austin City Hall
301 West 2nd Street, Austin

AUSTIN
Apr 5 – May 1
Opening Reception Apr 5 5-7PM
Old Bakery Emporium- 2nd Floor Gallery
1006 Congress Avenue, Austin
Other Texas locations to be announced…

HOSTED BY THE WIMBERLEY VALLEY ART LEAGUE
with contributions from Thomas Printworks, Austin Bob and Zeina Cook, Wimberley For more details: texasboldbeauty.com and on Facebook… Read the rest

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First Event: January 11 – 13

October 10, 2018
Tina in Paint

The Texas Bold Beauty Project was born in the culturally rich community of Wimberley, Texas. It is only fitting that the opening exhibition will also take place in Wimberley.

Messina Inn will host this two-day event in its main building lobby. The project celebrates a group of incredible women who have not let disabilities, limitations, nor health challenges overpower their strengths and spirit.… Read the rest

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Favor for the Texas Bold Beauty Project

October 1, 2018
Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott

The Texas Bold Beauty Project is the latest installation of a visual arts exhibition which began in Miami, Florida, in 2006. That original exhibition focused on several incredible women affected by various disabilities and health challenges. It defied stereotypical concepts of “beautiful” and required the public to admire the true beauty found in each model as seen through the lenses of professional photographers.… Read the rest