Upcoming Events

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Arts History Lecture Series Spring 2023

Join us every Friday, through April 14, for our new lecture series with speakers Dr. Katharine Scherff & Bryan Wheeler, Ph.D.

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Monuments Men and Women

April 13, 2023 | 6 PM | Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium

Reception immediately following in the Helen DeVitt Jones Sculpture Court
The Auditorium and Sculpture Court are located on the West side of the Museum. Parking is available and free of charge.

Spend an evening with Texas Tech University alum, Colonel Andrew Scott DeJesse, Senior Heritage & Preservation Officer (aka Monuments Officer) for the United States Department of Defense. COL DeJesse has served in this role since 2019 when the program, originally formed during WW2, was revived as a new Army Reserve unit of art experts to preserve and protect the cultural heritage of nations currently in war zones.

For more information on the presentation and Colonel DeJesse, visit the website linked below:
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/events/MonumentsMenandWomen.php 

    The Illustrators Book Club

    April 18, 2023 | 6 PM

    $10 per person | Refreshments provided | RSVP by email: tracee.robertson@ttu.edu or calling (806) 834-8668

    Explore works of art in the Diamond M Collection by American illustrator artists, such as the beloved N.C. Wyeth. Read the book, see the painting, and then join Tracee Robertson, Helen DeVitt Jones Curator of Art, to tour the artwork, followed by refreshments and discussion about the story through the artist’s visual lens.

    This event will feature the novel Action at Arcanum by William Colt McDonald, 1958, and the painting, The Tucson Stage by Mort Künstler, 1978. Join us for a casual discussion led by Curator of Art, Tracee Robertson!

    You can access the book by purchasing a used copy online at

    Art of Seeing

    May 20, 2023 | 1 PM | Diamond M Collection

    Featuring artists who served in World War II and kicking off Blue Star Museums Summer

    Seating is limited. Reserve your seat by email: tracee.robertson@ttu.edu or calling (806) 834-8668

    Enjoy art and want grow in your knowledge? Let the Helen DeVitt Jones Curator of Art Tracee Robertson show you an easy and rewarding way to look closely at works of art and find meaning personal to you. In the process, you’ll build observation and communication skills and learn more about yourself.

      50 Greatest Wildlife Photos: Opening Gallery Talk with Karine Aigner

      May 23, 2023 | 6 PM | Main Gallery

      Kicking off the National Geographic exhibition, we will hear from 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Karine Aigner.

        Studio 360 with guest artist, Daniel Juarez – POSTPONED TO THE FALL

        TBD | TBD | Realism 1
        TBD | TBD | Realism 2

        Grow in appreciation of art by experiencing the media of art firsthand. A guest artist will guide you in a technique used in art on view at the Museum. No art experience is required!

        In this Studio 360, explore the style known as Realism in which many of the artists represented in the Diamond M Collection made their art. Part 1 starts in the studio learning basic drawing techniques, and Part 2 takes us into the gallery, where we will practice drawing a detail in a painting, such as a horse’s eye, using the techniques we learned. Designed for beginners, this workshop lets you experience a little of how artists can make paintings look so real.

        Daniel Juarez is a teaching artist with an expertise in drawing and dry media. He is based in Wichita Falls, where he guides participants in realistic drawing techniques at several community venues. Daniel serves on the boards of the Wichita Falls Art Association and the Wichita Falls Public Library after a 20-year career in advertising.

          Upcoming Exhibits

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          Land Arts of The American West

          Open February 17, 2023 – April 23, 2023

          Tradition Interrupted is an international group exhibition that explores the methods used by artists to conflate contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft in a range of media, from rugs and mosaics to metalwork and ceramics. The eleven artists in the exhibition hail from around world.

          The artists of Tradition Interrupted are merging age-old media and technique with innovation, and re-visioning culturally historic ideas to create new work that interrupt traditional practice but still collaborates with the past. For generations, traditional craft and art practices held steadfast and often visually defined a culture. Today, artists are unraveling certain traits and facets of these ancient customs to redefine or reclaim them for the contemporary world.

          Tradition Interrupted

          Open April 29, 2023 – July 23, 2023

          Tradition Interrupted is an international group exhibition that explores the methods used by artists to conflate contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft in a range of media, from rugs and mosaics to metalwork and ceramics. The eleven artists in the exhibition hail from around world.

          The artists of Tradition Interrupted are merging age-old media and technique with innovation, and re-visioning culturally historic ideas to create new work that interrupt traditional practice but still collaborates with the past. For generations, traditional craft and art practices held steadfast and often visually defined a culture. Today, artists are unraveling certain traits and facets of these ancient customs to redefine or reclaim them for the contemporary world.

          50 Greatest Wildlife Photographs

          Open May 2023 through August 2023

          For 115 years, National Geographic has pioneered and championed the art of wildlife photography, and captivated generations of engaged audiences with a steady stream of extraordinary images of animals in nature. From the very first such image to appear – a reindeer in 1903 – National Geographic Society’s publications have broken new ground and push the bar higher again and again, establishing an unmatched legacy of artistic, scientific, and technical achievement.

           

          Rodeo Girl

          Open August 2023 through January 2024

          Women and horses have been an integral part of the West Texas landscape since Anglo settlement.  This exhibit seeks to showcase the beautiful riding ensembles in the collection of the Museum of Texas Tech University’s Clothing and Textile Division as well as those borrowed from women competing in rodeo today.