Each year the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center holds a competition for the Wildflower Days Poster Artist.

The Art Center is set to unveil and dedicate a sculpture by Charles Umlauf, generously donated by Mr. Cam Leonard. The dedication ceremony will take place on November 1, 2008, at 4:00 pm, in the Art Center's Sculpture Garden.

RCA Features Judith DeShong Hall in October's Member Spotlight.

For more information, contact artmuseum@tamucc.edu

The 2009 Rockport Art Festival Artist will be Rockport Artist Lisa Baer. Chosen by a special committee, Baer will be honored with a solo exhibition in the summer of 2009, as well as create the artwork for the official 2009 Art Festival Poster.

Over 30 Aransas County Artists celebrate Art and Environment at Rockport Center for the Arts, benefiting the Nature Conservancy.

Anticipating heavy demand on its resources in the wake of Hurricanes Ike & Gustav, CERF is reaching out to raise funds for its Disaster Relief Fund.

Wind Way Gallery opens an exhibition with art work by Anita Diebel, Mary Frazier, Mary Lou Lewis, Don Jackson, Caro Jackson, Elsa Lopez Mathews, and Karen Neyland on Saturday, August 30th. Please join the artists at the opening reception on August 30th from 5 to 8 pm. Wind Way will have extended hours during Hummer-Bird Festival.

The Margaret Sue Rust Foundation has donated a gift to the Art Center's Sculpture Garden in memory of Lola L. Bonner, a trustee of the foundation and a former president of the Art Center Board.

As the summer comes to a close, RCA welcomes back the Member Spotlight.

Sculpture Garden Founder Cam Leonard recently donated a sculpture by the late Charles Umlauf, whose work is in the collections of the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. The sculpture will be dedicated into RCA's Sculpture Garden in November.

Leo Osborne's burl wood original of "Return of Ancient Wisdom" is released; Osborne receives highest honor from the Society of Animal Artists

JOHN PEMBERTON "JACK" COWAN, considered a founding father of sporting art and Texas Coast Wildlife Conservation, died June 27, 2008, in Bristol, Tennessee at age 87. Cowan was born in Bristol, Tennessee on October, 20, 1920.

Congratulations to the 2008 Rockport Art Festival Award Winners, and to Best of Show Winner Robin Renee Hix of Wimberley, TX.

Chase Hosea, a Rockport-Fulton Middle School Student, created the winning design for the 39th Annual Rockport Art Festival Official T-Shirt.

Bob Coffee, an RCA member artist and president of the Texas Society of Sculptors, has been commissioned to create a bronze in tribute to the city of Georgetown's early settlers. A twin version of the sculpture will also be placed in University Park in Dallas.

The 2008 Rockport Art Festival Exhibitors' List is now available.

The 2008 Rockport Art Festival judges are Molly Rooke, Robert Hughes, and Nanci Barnes. See full story for more information.

Award-winning vocalist Dee Donasco returned to close the 2007-8 RCA Performance Series. Joining her was vocalist Will Douglas, a Rockport-Fulton High School Junior.

The Rockport Film Festival will return in 2008, thanks to the efforts of the Rockport Rotary Club and Rockport Center for the Arts.