The annual all-member exhibition highlights our family of artists and provides a chance to stand out as a Merit Artist the following year. An invited juror will chose five Merit Artists, and a sixth is selected by popular vote.
Sylvia Benitez trained at the University of Maryland in 1975-1979 under David Driskell, Pat Craig and Martin Puryear. After a brief stint in graduate School, at the Maryland Institute College of Art, she moved to the Lower East Side in Manhattan in 1980 and was part of the burgeoning art scene.
Born in Laredo, TX, Maricela Sanchez is an emerging talent with a fresh take on art and life. Her work centers on organic, ambiguous forms built of layers of found materials and applied colors.
Each year five Member Artists are chosen by juror and one by popular vote from the previous year's All Member Exhibition, Currents. The six artists exhibit together in a group show every summer. This year's artists and bios are listed below.
Poster Artists represent the Art Festival each year, and continue to represent the Rockport Art Community with their artwork, teaching, patronage, and friendship.
Deborah Males is a prolific artist with many talents, and her latest show of original paintings is a welcome return to the Art Center. J.P. Morton is a bit of a South Texas Legend.
The third annual statewide juried exhibition for graduate, undergraduate and continuing education students. Nowhere else in Texas can you see such a vivid example of the great art programs in our state!
"The unnatural, that too is natural." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Join seven contemporary artists using photographic processes to create worlds of intrigue, curiosity, and personal vision.
This year's poster artist exhibition will include Lisa Baer's colorful, experimental canvases. Work from past poster artists will be on display in the Garden Gallery.
