Written by Amanda Coers – Volunteers met at 9 a.m. on Thursday at the Depot Civic & Cultural Center to hang the 2017 Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit. This year’s exhibit saw 353 entries, with several very large art pieces and a high amount of sculptures, submitted from 143 artists from over 40 Texas cities. Of those submitted, 133 art pieces were accepted. For those not accepted, the Salon des Refusés will be held to showcase their work at the Brownwood Art Association Art Center, at 215 Fisk Avenue, from February 5th through 17th.
All of the art is available for purchase, with prices set by the artists themselves. The 19th Annual Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit will be open to the public February 5th through 17th at the Depot Civic & Cultural Center in Brownwood. There is no cost to view the exhibit. Along with the exhibit are daily demonstrations from selected artists. These demonstrations are also free and open to the public.
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A schedule of artist demonstrations for the week is posted below:
• Monday 6th
1. Jeremy Serna: Manipulating Acrylics And Color
2. Billy Edwards: Air Brush
3. Thomas Pettengill: Photography
• Tuesday 7th
1. Paula Vaughn: Pastel By Paula
2. Jacque Rider: Paper Mache
3. Kathryn Jones: Hands And Feet On Art (clay)
• Wednesday 8th
1. Susan Stepp: Zentangle
2. Claudette West Womack: Pastel Painting
3. Lark Terry: Soap Making
• Thursday 9th
1. Paige Shelton: Pottery
2. Betsy Johnson: Fun With Sharpies
3. Ginger Test: Watercolors
• Friday 10th
1. Paige Shelton: Pottery
2. Ken McFarlane: Verdaccio In Oils (Monochromatic Underpainting)
3. Kenneth Dees: Portraits In Acrylic
• Monday 13th
1. Sandra McSwain: Pastel Sketching (Portraits)
2. Julie Mize: Cyanotypes (Photographic Printing Process)
3. Tom Orsak: Plain Air Painting With Acrylics
• Tuesday 14th
1. Ted And Martha Shelton: Texas Wild Flowers
2. Kerry Boutell: WatercolorBatik
3. Robert Stacks: WoodAndPaperArt
• Wednesday 15th
1. Jeanette Long: Paper Mache
2. Suzanne Starr: Caligraphy
3. Christopher Gaston: GeometricArt
• Thursday 16th
1. Tony Brown: 3-D Techniques In Acrylic
2. Frank Griffin: Wood Carving
3. R.J. Barnett: Watercolors