Organizers are getting set to host the 16th Annual Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit February 1-15, 2014 and encourage artists to prepare for the call for entries on January 24 & 25th at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center.
This year’s juror will be Benito Huerta, who has a B.F.A. from the University of Houston, and a M.A. from New Mexico State University. He was a co-founder and Executive Director and Emeritus Board Director of Art Lies, a Texas Art Journal.
Huerta’s work was featured in a one-person exhibition at William Campbell Contemporary Art in Fort Work this past September. His work was also the focus of a 20-year survey exhibition, entitled Intermission, at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago in 2011. Other recent one-person exhibitions, Spirits to Watch Over Me, 2012, at Avis Frank Gallery in Houston; Meaning of Sight, 2010, at the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa: Shock & Awe, 2009, at the University of San Antonio, and a 13-year survey exhibition, Sounds: Benito Huerta 1992-2005, 2005-2007, at the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, and the El Paso Museum of Art.
The exhibit itself will open to the public February 1st through 15th at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center in Brownwood.
The Salon des Refusés will open once again to artists to display their works that do not make the 2014 Stars of Texas Exhibit and will be held at the Art Center which is located at 215 Fisk Avenue. The Salon des Refusés will also be open from February 2nd through 15th.
An art talk will be presented by Ryan McKerley Potter, which will be free to Stars of Texas entrants. The Art Talk will be held at the Art Center, 215 Fisk, on Saturday at 1:30 PM.
Other important dates and times
- Saturday, February 1 – Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony – 7 to 9 pm
- Saturday, February 8 – Paint-Off Competition 9:30 to 10:30 am
- Saturday, February 8 – Digital Photo Shoot-Out Competition 11:30 to 3:30 am
- Saturday, February 15 – End of Exhibit – Pick up Art Work – 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit gallery hours Feb 1 – 15:
Monday-Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday, February 8th 10:00am – 4:00 pm; Saturday, February 15th, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Sunday 1:00pm – 4:00 pm