The Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 East Main Street, is a newly renovated 10,238 square foot downtown Nacogdoches building. The first floor contains a 2,933 square foot gallery, which contains a 120" x 160" drop-down screen. There is also a storage room and kitchen. The second floor contains a 1,332 square foot gallery with a 65" x 116" drop-down screen, a conference room with a 54" x 96" drop-down screen, two offices and a storage room. Exhibitions are presented year-round and are planned by the SFA Gallery Director. Fundraising is continuing to build an endowment that will support the exhibitions, pay for the daily operations and create a new Assistant Director/Curator of Public Programming. Individuals and groups from the university and the community are able to schedule social and educational events which are approved under the Gallery Usage Policy. Gallery hours are 12:30 - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Sunday.
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Exhibition Schedule 2008 - 2009
8/8 - 9/12 |
Maki Hajikano: Recent Work. Maki Hajikano joined the SFA Art Faculty in 2005. She received both her BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Oregon and has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S.A and Asia. This is her first solo show at SFA. Opening Reception Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. |
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9/12 - 11/9 |
SFA Faculty Exhibition. Recent works of art in a variety of media will be presented in this annual event by studio faculty, instructors and adjunct professors of the SFA School of Art. Opening Reception on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.
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10/3 - 12/12 |
Lynn Saville: Night Vision. Lynn Saville creates luminous photographs in the post-twilight hours. In these portentous urban landscapes Saville captures a darkness that is “comforting and threatening, soft and ominous,” thereby acknowledging the paradoxes evoked by these nocturnal sites. Saville will be present for the exhibit opening and will conduct a night photography workshop open to art students and the community. Opening Reception on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. |
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11/21 - 3/8 |
Texas Modernists: Selections from the Collection of Carl R. McQueary. An exhibition of nearly 100 works from the private collection of Carl R. McQueary of Austin. The show explores the development of the Modernist movement in Texas art. The artists featured in this exhibition are collectively some of the leading figures in the Modernist movement. Opening Reception Nov. 21 at 6 p.m.
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1/23 - 3/15 |
China Marks: Everything Old is New Again. Composed from fragmentary bits and pieces of commercially printed fabric, Marks's sewn drawings are formally sophisticated and psychologically vivid. Through her inventive and distinctive method, an improvisational of mind, hand and material, Marks arrives at fantastic creations that are at once in and out of this world. Opening reception Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. |
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4/4 - 5/17 |
TEXAS NATIONAL 2009 - Mel Chin, Juror. This annual juried competition and exhibition annually attracts entrants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It provides emerging artists an opportunity to have work juried by internationally acclaimed artists and presents new and innovative art to regional audiences.
Saturday, April 4
Opening reception, 5 - 7 p.m.
Gallery talk and winners announced by Mel Chin at 6 p.m.
The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House
329 East Main Street, Nacogdoches
Sunday, April 5
Film screening, 4 p.m.
Mel Chin's 9-11/9-11: A Tale of Two Cities. A Tragedy of Two Times.
The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House
329 East Main Street, Nacogdoches
Monday, April 6
Artist lecture, 9:30 a.m.
TEXAS NATIONAL 2009 Juror, Mel Chin
SFASU Baker Pattillo Student Center Theater
222 Vista Drive, Nacogdoches
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Contact
Phone: 936-468-5500
Exhibitions Archive
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