6th Annual High School Art Exhibit
Join the Tyler Museum of Art in commemorating National Youth Art Month with the 6th Annual High School Art Exhibit beginning Sunday, March 14. The exhibition, which will be on display in the Museum’s Bell Gallery through April 11, includes artwork by over 70 students representing 9 local high schools. The public is invited to join student artists and their friends and families for a free opening reception and awards ceremony at 2 p.m. on March 14. Light refreshments will be served in the Museum lobby, and special art activities will be provided in the TMA Classroom.
“This is a rare opportunity for young artists to experience not only the procedure of a professional art exhibition,” said Ken Tomio, TMA Head of Education, “but also the excitement of having their own works of art included in a true museum exhibition. We have come to look forward to this show as one filled with excitement for today and promise for the future.”
The High School Art Exhibit has continued to grow and this year features the works of an impressive 70 plus students. The works included in the extensive exhibition were originally selected for entry into the exhibition by the students’ teachers. Prior to the opening of the exhibition, the pieces will be reviewed by a panel of jurors selected by the TMA curatorial staff from local college art departments. Jurors included James Pace, professor of art at the University of Texas at Tyler; Chris Stewart, chairman of the visual arts department at Tyler Junior College; Curtis Watson, professor of art at Texas College; and Merrie Wright, assistant professor at the University of Texas at Tyler.
New for 2010, the Tyler Museum of Art announced a category called “Up and Coming.” Participating schools were invited to select a work of art from one non-graduating, freshman, sophomore and junior student and submit the work for exhibition. The TMA will make this a permanent facet of the annual High School Art Exhibition.
April 22, 2010
La Table des Artistes
European Brass
Featuring a selection of European brass from private collections. Intimate seated dinner in the Bell Gallery with premier Dallas caterer, GEORGE. Call 903.595.1001 for tickets and information.
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Babar's Museum of Art
June 6 - August 22
Original watercolors and studies by Laurent de Brunhoff created for the book Babar's Museum of Art will be on view this summer at the Tyler Museum of Art. Find out more about a program of exciting activities for the entire family.
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Judge B. Michael Chitty will present a lecture on the fabled Shroud Of Turin, a religious relic long thought by believers to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth. Don't miss this fascinating insider's look into the story of the Shroud.
Sunday, March 8 • 2 p.m.
$5 for TMA Members • $7 for non-members
Room 1104, Jenkins Hall on the Tyler Junior College Campus. Meet the speaker at a reception in the Museum Lobby following the presentation.
Join the Tyler Museum of Art and Texas Parks and Wildlife for "Project: Art in the Wild." Experience fine art and the beauty of nature as we take art into the wilds of the future site of the TMA!
Register now for the March 27 Art in the Wild adventure!
Call 903.595.1001 for tickets and information.
Visit the Tyler Museum of Art every first Friday of the month for a free art tour. The focus of the tour changes every month and is led by a member of the Museum's staff. First Friday Art Tours begin at 11 a.m.
Stay after the tour and enjoy a special homemade dish from the TMA Museum Café! Chef Lourdes Unzueta prepares a special meal every first Friday that is sure to make your mouth water. Have your art and eat it too!
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