Fine Arts
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Book Review – Confession by Michael Cordell
by Gini Rainey It’s been a while since I jumped on the ‘book-review’ bandwagon, but when the author personally requests his book...
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997GAC Adds New Classes this Fall
Check out GAC’s new classes! Discover a wide variety of courses, whether you’re eager to learn something new or refine existing skills....
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1.2KFree Things To Do Island Style
There are lots of things to do that do not cost a thing on Galveston Island. Here are a few of the...
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158ArtWalk’s Second Weekend Kicks Off Saturday, July 20th
1 storm < 2 ArtWalks! We had Galveston Artwalk as planned Saturday, July 13th and again on July 20th! Enjoy our AC...
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2.0KAt GAC: Opening of “Indian Removal Act I: American Progress” by Joe Harjo
October 7th, 2023 More Information, Participating Galleries & More Indian Removal Act I: American Progress by Joe Harjo Strand Gallery October 7...
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3.9KCheck out the ArtWalk Oct. 7th Downtown Galveston
Since 1986, the Galveston Arts Center has been the proud organizer of ArtWalk. Held eight times a year on Saturday evenings...
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9.3KGalveston is More Fun When it Rains
Courtesy of Galveston Convention and Visitors Bureau You’ve waited for your vacation at the beach and now it’s raining…what to do, what...
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10.5KProject S.I.T.: Transforming Benches into Enlightening Art Pieces
By Rob Lucey At 10.3 miles long, the pavement atop the Galveston Seawall is said to be the longest continuous sidewalk in...
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194Celebrate World Ocean Day June 12th at East Beach
Check out the line up for Ocean Day HERE. World Ocean Day is the UN-recognized day of ocean celebration and action. For...
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127The Bandits Take Galveston at Third Coast Gallery
It was January, 2020 when Krystal Brown, Gary Frisk and Richie Vios got together for a Paint-Out. The Pandemic was just starting...
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3.7KBryan Museum: Safe & Fun COVID-19 Activities
The Bryan Museum is located in the historic Galveston Orphans Home at 1315 21st St. in Galveston. Tours are given (no reservations...
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3.9KExplore Your Creativity with a Workshop
Discover your inner artist by taking a fun class on the island! These are for all ages and all experience levels!
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2.8KCreative Activities for All Ages To Do At Home
If you’ve got kids stuck at home bored out of their minds, this list of fun drawing tutorials might help. Perfect for...
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6.2KGalveston Art League Exhibits Special Art
The Galveston Art League Gallery is located at 2117A Postoffice St. in Galveston. For more info go to GalvestonArtLeague.com. The Galveston Art...
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9.8KThe Proletariat: Galveston’s Artists Celebrate New Multi-Use Venue
Written by Michael Alan Basham, Photographed by Sharis DeJaynes Forty years ago when things were just starting to coalesce on the Strand...
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5.4KThe Heard Gallery: A History of Art Downtown
By Terry Card Vincent Van Gogh/Ray Heard. How could those two names be linked in any way? What could they possibly have...
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8.0KThis Art Will Capture Your Soul: René Wiley Gallery
Painting Her Soul By Terry Card What makes the René Wiley Gallery successful? Located at Postoffice Street and 22nd, Galveston’s renowned attraction,...
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5.1KCoast 2 Soul: Voices of the Island
By: Lauren Elizabeth Ware On the first and third Tuesday of every month, people from all walks of life gather at The...
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6.2KRuth Downes Lays Down the Law for Painting
By Rob Lucey There are jokes about throwing lawyers in the ocean, but in at least one case, if you mix a...
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5.0KCome and Set a Spell, I’ve a Story to Tell
By George Douglas Lee Several months ago, I was commissioned to create one of the mosaics for the Seawall Interpretive Trail (Project...
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7.9KJack Morris: Over Five Decades of Art
Written and Photographed by Sharis Roe DeJaynes Welcome to a brand new year! “Deck the Halls!” is over and now it is time...
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9.7KCatherine Stroud: Beauty and the Brush
By Kimber Fountain Plato made the very wise realization that “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.” Of course, on the...
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13.5KBryan Museum: A Piece of History
By Terry Card “That man’s gone crazy! What’s he doin’ diggin’ for oil in front of the old orphanage? Does anybody know...
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16.2KJames Phillips: Inshore Sculpture, Original Wood Carvings
By Kimber Fountain James Phillips was first introduced to the world of art by his mother, who taught him how to draw...
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6.9KRobert Dampier: Illuminating the Shadows
By Kimber Fountain The relationship between darkness and light is one that has confounded the human race for the entirety of its...
