Galleries – Galveston Island Guide

June Rosenberg Treasure of the Month: Schmidt’s Garden

Pictured above: This photo is believed to have been taken at Schmidt’s Garden during Galveston’s 1876 Maifest celebration. During the month of...

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Downtown

March Treasure at Rosenberg Library: Maria C. Kimball

In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Rosenberg Library will celebrate the legacy of Galveston artist Maria Cage Kimball. Kimball is...

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Fine Arts

Explore 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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History

December Treasure of the Month: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” Diorama

This month, Rosenberg Library will exhibit a historic diorama which was originally created for the library’s children’s department in the early 1940s. ...

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Downtown

Galveston 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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Downtown

The 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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Downtown

“A Little Weekend Time Traveling” At Visker & Scriveners Handcrafted Quills, Books and Oddities

Written and Photographed by Michael Alan Basham One steps off of the warmer westward exposure of the more modern day Victorian Tremont...

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Downtown

The 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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Downtown

This 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,...