Two for Texas Art

Marcia Ball and Gordon Fowler

A CONCERT AND A POP UP ART EXHIBITION IN THE RANDALL EWING KEMPER HALL

VIP TICKETS: $60 (ADMISSION TO CONCERT AND INTIMATE SEATING AT COCKTAIL TABLE)
GA TICKETS: $30 (ADMISSION TO CONCERT AND FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED SEATS)

MARCIA BALL

RYTHM AND BLUES SINGER AND PIANIST

Award-winning pianist, songwriter, and vocalist Marcia Ball has won worldwide fame for her ability to ignite a full-scale roadhouse party every time she takes the stage. Born in Orange, Texas and raised in Vinton, Louisiana, Ball’s deep Acadian heritage and a lifetime of absorbing and performing Gulf Coast rhythm and blues is evident in her original songs and the classics she chooses to cover. This has made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music lovers everywhere. With each new release, her reputation as a profoundly soulful singer, a boundlessly talented pianist and a courageous, inventive songwriter continues to grow. Her love of the road has led to years of soul-satisfying performances at festivals, concert halls and clubs.

Presented by Roxann Day

Sponsored by Valley Keyboards & The Piano Gallery https://valleykeyboards.com/

GORDON FOWLER

PAINTER

Gordon Fowler is a native Texan, born in Austin ,TX where he currently lives with his rhythm and blues musician wife Marcia Ball.  Fowler served as a Marine combat correspondent in Vietnam where he was awarded two Purple Heart medals. He attended Schreiner Institute (1961) and University of Texas at Austin (1968).  Fowler has studied with Clay McGaughy (Kerrville) among others and has done printmaking at Slugfest Press and Flatbed Press.  His work has received awards from Waterloo Watercolor Group (1976), Louisiana Watercolor Society (1995), Masters of Montana (2000), and others.  Fowler taught Watercolor at Austin Museum and the University of Texas at Austin as well as many oil painting workshops and lectures. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums from Santa Fe to Kennebunkport and throughout Texas. 

“I have painted the Texas Hill Country and the Edwards Plateau outside of Austin for the last fifty years. I like to push my artwork toward a degree of abstraction, which I call ‘painterly realism’.”