Recent Gifts and Acquisitions 3/14 – 6/18/08
An outstanding exhibit of late 20th Century paintings, prints, and sculpture has been assembled from our collection of recent gifts and bequests. Also included are some works that have been acquisitioned into our collection in 2007. Works by Luis Jimenez, Tina Fuentes, Robert Colescott, Gregory Mahoney, Lucy Maki, and Dee Wolfe are among the list of artists represented in this exhibition
Mary Shaffer: Clear Vision, Reflections, Translucency & Glass
3/15/08-6/18/08
Shaffer pioneered slumped glass in the early seventies, which she used even then in association with found objects, but it is only one of a great many approaches she has taken to the medium. Having begun her career as a painter, she early on responded to the expressive appeal of glass and, not least, to its versatility. Working with every form of the material from fiber optics to monumental sheets of molten plate, she has fashioned intimate objects, narrative-driven room-sized installations, and fully abstract large-scale public commissions.
ECISD High School Exhibition and Senior Portfolio Competition
4/9/08 – 4/20/08
High Schools in Odessa exhibit their best scholastic art work in a variety of categories and media. This is a competition for ribbons and recognition. The senior art students exhibit portfolios of their best work which are chosen for college scholarship awards. They have a reception honoring the artists, their families, teachers and administrators on April 15.
ECISD Junior High School Exhibition
4/22/08 – 5/5/08
Odessa junior high school teachers choose the best work from their students to exhibit in this city-wide competition. The student’s work is awarded ribbons according to merit and scholarship. A closing reception is scheduled for May 5 for the artists, families, teachers and administrators.
Metal Arts
6/8/08 – 8/22/08
ENAM hosts a national juried metal sculpture exhibition. This year’s juror is Sherry Owens. She is a native Texan who lives and works in Dallas. She received a BFA from Southern Methodist University in 1972 and the Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award in 1999. She is a former president of the Texas Sculpture Association, has also served on various art boards and was a co-founder of the Emergency Artist Support League. Ms. Owens has been in numerous exhibitions throughout Texas and the southwest including solo exhibitions at Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas; Women & Their Work, Austin; Martin Museum, Baylor University; Irving Arts Center; and Southwest Texas State University. Most recently she participated in an invitational exhibit at the National Museum and Museum of Modern Art in Peru. Her work is in many corporate and private collections, including Stephan Pyles Restaurant, Dallas; American Airlines, Austin; Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas; the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii; Neiman Marcus, Dallas and Hawaii; and the Texas Sculpture Garden, Hall Office Park, Frisco, TX.
Art Guys: Cloud Cuckoo Land; Selections from 25 Years of Drawings, Proposals, Failed Schemes and Pipe Dreams 5/10 – 8/3, 2008
5/10/08 – 8/3/08
Michael Galbreth and Jack Messing are the creative collaborative team behind The Art Guys. For 25 years, this Houston based team has created a cross between performance and conceptual art, where generating playful ideas is the theme with many of their ideas going on to become anything from a performance piece to an installation in a museum. The final works are realized in a variety of media which are as plentiful as the ideas themselves. The idea for the art work came from a phrase Cloud Cuckoo Land, which refers to a Greek play, Aristophanes’ Birds. It is an idealistic place in the clouds, somewhere between heaven and earth. In this place anything and everything is possible.
Kay Crites
Publicist
Ellen Noël Art Museum
www.noelartmuseum.org
Exhibitions of sculpture from the Museum’s collections will be on display
throughout the year in the George and Milly Rhodus Sculpture and Sensory Garden.
Sight-assisted tours available upon request.
The Ellen Noël Art Museum gratefully acknowledges exhibition support from The Connoisseurs, foundations, corporations and individuals. Donors will be announced for each exhibit.
Gallery Hours Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays
Tours: Docented tours of the galleries and garden are provided by advance reservation. Sight-assisted tours are also available by advance reservation.
Educational Programs: Programs enhance exhibitions with workshops, lectures, demonstrations, classes, videos, Art-to-Go program, gallery concerts and other activities for youth and adult audiences.
ArtHaus ArtHaus expands gallery experiences by focusing on art resources and hands-on activities
Facilities: Facility rental available. Write or call for more information
Facilities are completely accessible.
