September 28 - January 19, 2014
In Anthony Sonnenberg's work, he uses Baroque approaches to make objects such as encrusted taxidermy animals using detailed ornamentation like pearls, crystal, and gold leaf. The taxidermy animal was chosen for its references to man's ability to conquer nature and the "trophy's" ability to elicit a sense of sympathy and pride.
September 28 - January 19, 2014
Celebrating the museum's acquisitions over the past decade, the Old Jail Art Center will feature a selection of works highlighting the breadth and depth of this endeavor.
The Old Jail Art Center presents West Texas Triangle: Danville Chadbourne.
This exhibition, drawn from both public and private collections, examines Lucien Abrams’s contribution to Texas Impressionism, as well as his links to the American and [...]
Austin-based Brad Tucker is an artist, musician, skateboarder, and teacher. He casually combines aspects of these varied disciplines to create work that is both [...]
Playful trees, flowers, and climbing plants cut from foam sheets.
A selection of artworks featuring prominent Texas artists including David Bates, Bill Haveron, Jim Woodson, Robert McAn, Joseph Havel, Bill Komodore, Michael Miller, Helen Altman, [...]
During the mid-twentieth century there were just a handful of artists exploring Modernist approaches to making sculpture in in North Texas. One of those pioneers [...]
In Carol Benson’s paintings the house, bowl and cocoon forms symbolize containment, security and fortitude, but the artist allows for various interpretations of the works.
Helen C. Kleberg, a self-taught photographer, and Toni Frissell, a well known New York fashion photographer and photojournalist, photographed the world-renowned King Ranch from the [...]
A re-examination of American nostalgia, traditions, folklore, music and literature by San Antonio multimedia artist.
The West Texas Triangle, an alliance of five art museums, presents the works of prolific sculptor Catherine Lee. Born and mostly raised in Pampa Texas, [...]
High art, low craft, and bargains galore as Bill Davenport’s mid-career retrospective appropriates the cells of the Old Jail Art Center as a working junk [...]
Objects rarely, or never, seen by the general public emerge from the inner vaults of Texas institutions. Accompanying each work is a short description explaining [...]
A new exhibit focused on the life and work of artist Evaline Sellors, a member of the Fort Worth Circle of artists, featuring original sketches [...]
Portraits from the collection, from the 17th century to the present, including many of well-known Albany citizens.
Minutely rendered graphite drawings of images appropriated from magazines, books and other print media are juxtaposed with sound tracks.
A region-wide exhibition of works by Dallas lawyer-turned-junk-sculptor George Tobolowsky blankets the West Texas Triangle of Museums this summer: the Ellen Noel Art Museum in [...]
Will Henry re-contextualizes selections from his 2009 Devin Borden/Hiram Butler show in Houston at the Old Jail Art Center. Signs, stars, and little fires punctuate [...]
The Old Jail Art Center showcases an exhibition of work by Ed Blackburn that was created in the last two years in Jumping Across (The [...]
Anne Allen takes everyday objects that have their origins in decorative craft or utilitarian use as her subjects for her exhibition Cell Series at The [...]
The Old Jail Art Center starts the Fall season with an exhibition of two artists in the new exhibition Natural Translation. Harry Geffert’s delicate cast [...]
John Robert Craft is an artist and rancher who lives and works in the panhandle region of Texas and according to him, this is a [...]
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, The Old Jail Art Center presents the exhibition Mexican Muralist Works on [...]
Sean Scully in Albany, Texas? WTF? The Old Jail Art Center presents three large-scale oil paintings and ten watercolors from the Collection of The Modern [...]
"Co-curated by OJAC staff, Patrick Kelly and Rebecca Bridges, 6° of Separation will showcase the relationships between artists and works from various areas of the [...]
"A Cell of One’s Own – John Frost is the fourth in a series of exhibitions featuring a contemporary Texas artist. Individual artists are invited [...]
Ft. Worth-born sculptor J.C. Pace, III‘s work could be descibed as a little quirky (i.e. the three giant avocados pictured), but definitely worth a look. [...]
55 years worth of work by the legendary Forth Worth School artist.
Hu is currently a Professor of Art at the UH, Clear Lake.
