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.
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 Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce is having a Poster Fanfare/Art Show at the Rialto Theater in Downtown Aransas Pass on Tuesday, May 13 from 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. Stay tuned for the acoustic jam afterward.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times ran a story in the Thursday April 24 Arts Section highlighting Rockport's recent honor of being named a "Top 10 Coastal Art Colony" by Coastal Living Magazine.
Nanci Barnes, ceramic artist and 2007 Rockport Art Festival Poster Artist, will exhibit in the 2008 Craft Texas at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft May 24-August 17, 2008. See full story for details!
Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude, a new, feature-length documentary film on the great American artist will screen Friday, April 25, at 7:00 pm at Texas A&M CC. Filmmaker Steven John Ross will be present.
On April 12, RCA Dedicated its newest sculpture into the Sculpture Garden, "Return of Ancient Wisdom." On another exceptional weekend for the Art Center, several honored guests spoke to the crowd and gave special significance to the event.
Saturday April 5, 2008 will be remembered fondly, as Texas State Artist Dalhart Windberg and emerging Texas artist Kyle Polzin spent the day with local patrons, artists, and Art Center members.
April's Coastal Living names Rockport a "coastal haven" of creativity, and one of its top 10 coastal art communities. See full story to link to Coastal Living!
On Tuesday April 1, an RCA Members' Preview of the Windberg/Polzin exhibition will take place from 2-4 pm. Artworks will be viewable online immediately following. See full story for more details.
"Lord of the Wind," a life-size bronze of a peregrine falcon by Austin, TX sculptor Bob Coffee, was installed and dedicated at the Chisos Mountains Visitor Center in Big Bend National Park on February 16, 2008.
