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We are pledging to take these steps for your protection and ask that you please do the same when visiting out of respect for other visitors, our staff, and their families. News and announcements concerning GAC programs, classes, and events will be shared through here and our social media and email newsletter. Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you in the near future at GAC!
On Exhibit
Stephen Wilson: Boy Life in America
Stephen Wilson’s exhibition, Boy Life in America, features a new series of works on paper that present images of Black Americans as living extensions of contemporary, democratic possibilities. For generations, Black boys have exemplified an extraordinary method of adaptation toward unsettled situations, new experiences, diversity, and institutional change. The exhibition title and themes reference Albert Murray’s 1970 book The Omni-americans and music from Cody Chesnutt’s 2012 album, The Headphone Masterpiece. The works are a continuation of Wilson’s use of anonymous models from barbershop styling posters. He presents these figures not as abnormal, non-white people, but as innocuous creators of culture, observing the world and adapting anonymously.
Brown Foundation Gallery & Vault – November 21, 2020 – February 28, 2021
Steve Parker: Day is Done
Day is Done features sound sculptures by Austin-based artist Steve Parker. His work explores communal experiences that examine history, systems, and behavior. The exhibition features a new work inspired by Guy Taylor’s public performance of Taps each evening in downtown Galveston and the tradition being carried on by Constable Clint Wayne Brown. Parker’s site-responsive sculpture for Galveston is made from salvaged brass instrument bells that play a composition of collected recordings of the lyrics of the well-known Taps tune. This work reflects on its roots as a call to retire for the evening and metaphor for life and death. The exhibition also features Parker’s 2018 work Sirens in the second-floor vault, which reimagines the function of the contemporary civil defense siren. Rather than projecting conventional warning tones, Sirens plays intermittent recordings of songs of distress as a call to action.
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Upcoming Exhibitions:
Main Gallery January 30 – April 18, 2021
Ronald L. Jones: Wave (Goodbye)
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2021 ArtWalks
For 34 years, Galveston Arts Center has organized ArtWalk every 6-8 weeks. Presented in partnership with downtown galleries, artist studios, nonprofit arts spaces, and local businesses, this popular…crowded event has been a major economic driver for the cultural arts and tourism sectors of Galveston’s economy.
We take pride in this tradition and remain committed to promoting the business of artists and galleries through good times and challenging ones. It is in this spirit of solidarity that GAC presents, in lieu of ArtWalk, this Galveston Gallery Guide to help art lovers connect with local galleries, find virtual shopping options, and support working artists—independently or in small groups, any day of the year.
Nonprofit Exhibition Spaces
Galveston Arts Center
2127 Strand | 409.763.2403
galvestonartscenter.org
Open from Noon – 5PM Wednesday – Sunday
Galveston Art League
2117a Postoffice | 409.621.1008
galvestonartleague.com
Open weekends 2 – 6PM or by appointment | 409.938.1671
Galveston Artist Residency
2521 Mechanic | 409.974.4446
galvestonartistresidency.org
Open by appointment only
Proletariat
22217 Market | 409.356.9092
proletariatgallery.com
Open from 11AM – Midnight Sunday – Thursday
11-2AM Friday & Saturday
Rising Tide Projects
2510 Market | 409.974.4446
risingtideprojects.org
Open by appointment only
Galleries and Artist Studios
Affaire d’Art
2227 Post Office | 409.789.0079
affairedart.com
Clay Cup Studio
2219 Postoffice | 409.762.2529
claycupstudios.com
Derek Anderson Studio
2224 Church | 740.750.3773
derekandersonstudio.com
Elizabeth Punches Studio
410 23rd Street | 740.624.7797
elizabethpunches.com
From the HeART
2111 Postoffice | 409.300.3009
fromtheheart.gallery
G. Lee Gallery
2217 Strand | 409.370.7350
gleegallery.net
Island Framed
515 25th St | 409.256.0062
islandframed.com
MOD CoffeeHouse
2126 Postoffice | 409.765.5659
modcoffeehouse.com
Mock & Moore Gallery
2215 Postoffice | 409-209-2039
mockandmooregallery.com
René Wiley Gallery
2128 Postoffice | 409.750.9077
renewileygallery.com
Third Coast Gallery
2413 Mechanic | 409.974.4661
thirdcoastgalleries.com
Vacation on Canvas
2204 Postoffice | 409.974.4066
vacationoncanvas.com
The Water’s Edge
1302 21st Street | 409.762.1925
galvestonwatersedge.com
29° North Art & Consignment Gallery
2309 Mechanic | 409.539.9012
ArtWalk Sponsors
Friends of ArtWalk
513 23rd Street | 409.443.5551
antiqueson23rd.weebly.com
2113 Postoffice St. B
409.762.3300
2219 Postoffice | 409.497.2740
shrimpnstuffdowntown.com
Design by Hanna Gonzales.
The ArtWalk design theme “Under the Surface” incorporates photographic textures sourced from hidden or overlooked corners of Galveston’s streets, sidewalks, and alleys.
