Ms. Shaw has been running the organization since 2018, when she succeeded Interim Executive Director Joanna Bremer.
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William Sarradet writes about three exhibitions currently on view at the Galveston Arts Center, featuring work by Shawne Major, Sarah Welch and James Beard, and DUAL.
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"I think deep down, I understood that this subject deserved a big shift from me."
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Five-Minute Tours: Adam Crosson, Amada Miller, and Britt Thomas at the Galveston Arts Center
by Glasstireby GlasstireThese are the current solo exhibitions on view at the Galveston Arts Center.
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The Galveston Arts Center (GAC) has announced the 2019 line-up for its annual speaker series, Conversations @ The Center, featuring artists and arts professionals who speak about and show images…
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Changes were made by the board with the goal of reducing the GAC's operating cost and freeing up funds for other uses.
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The Galveston Arts Center (GAC) has announced that it has appointed Lisa Shaw to take over as executive director. She succeeds the tenure of Interim Executive Director Joanna Bremer, who…
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The seeds of the duo’s collaboration were planted four years ago when Hodge listened to Malone’s 90.1 KPFT radio show and heard the Juneteenth history in a segment about slavery in Texas that Malone created and narrated.
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The Galveston Arts Center has been on a multi-month search for a new curator to replace Clint Willour, who is retiring after 25 years with the organization. Earlier today, the GAC announced…
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From their two different perspectives, Sara Kellner (a veteran arts administrator) and Dixie Friend Gay (a practicing artist) will discuss the use of public art in urban contexts and review the…
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It has recently been announced that this October, the Galveston Arts Center will move back to its long-time home at 2127 Strand. This historic building has housed the center for…
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Galveston Arts Center receives $1M to finish restoration of historic Strand building
by Glasstireby GlasstireNearly seven years after being devastated by Hurricane Ike, the Galveston Arts Center has received a grant for $1 million from the Moody Foundation to complete the restoration of their…
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The Galveston Arts Center, still in the midst of a years-long capital campaign for renovating its original building, has hired Elliot Lessing as interim director, and in his few weeks…
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Kellianne Vallee has been named Interim Executive Director of the Galveston Arts Center. Ms. Vallee will lead GAC in it’s efforts to return to the historic 1878 First National Bank…
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Alexandra Irvine, executive director of the Galveston Arts Center since 2007, has announced her resignation, effective September 15 to “move on to other professional challenges.” Irvine supervised the emergency stabilization…
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The Galveston Arts Center has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Preservation Trust Fund to help pay for a new handicapped-accessible elevator at the1878 First…
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William Sarradet reviews exhibitions by Christopher Blay at the Galveston Art Center and Masha Sha at the Galveston Artist Residency.
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Artists who have been selected for this year's program include the Philadelphia-based duo Andy Davis and Anne Lukin, the Houston-based Preston Gaines, and the Chicago-based Devin T. Mays.
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Texas Commission on the Arts Awards $15 Million in Grants & Designates Two New Cultural Districts
The Texas Commission on the Arts has awarded over $15 million to nonprofits and government agencies in more than 100 Texas towns, and has designated two new cultural districts in Garland and Granbury.