A Message from Luis Purón, Executive Director

Dear Members,

It’s summer!  It’s the 4th of July!  It’s the 53rd Annual Rockport Art Festival!  Rockport truly is the place to be July 4th weekend.  With the 4th being on Sunday this year, we are expecting extraordinary visitation to our beautiful slice of paradise.  The Wendell Family Fireworks this coming Sunday, promise to put a colorful cap to the 4th of July weekend.

If you have not gotten your festival tickets, you can stop by the Galleries at 401 S. Austin St. and pick up yours ahead of the event.  Tickets start at $10.  VIP passes are $15, and they get you inside the Festival Grounds one-hour before the gates open to the general public.  Did you know that many people do their Christmas shopping at the Art Festival?  It’s true!  In fact, you can find original works of art created by 126 of the finest artists and craftsmen from California to Florida.  There is truly something for everyone at the Rockport Art Festival.

While you visit the galleries to pick–up your VIP passes, you can view Robin Hazard’s solo exhibition, Follow Me, and acquire original work created for this exhibition.  You can also acquire the giclée or poster for the piece selected to brand this year’s festival – One Banana, Two Banana.  Robin’s work is exciting.  

Also on exhibit is the very special Sesquicentennial exhibition by past poster artists.  We have original works of art, from Rockport’s finest artists like Jesús Bautista Moroles, Herb Booth, Steve Russell, Carol Koutnik, Shirley Blackman, Anita Diebel, Jim Offeman, Flint Reed and more.  We are proud to help Aransas County celebrate its 150th birthday with this show curated by Elena Rodriguez.  Admission to the Galleries is always free. 

I look forward to providing you with a fundraising and tourism update in August’s column.

Yours,

Luis Purón
Executive Director