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Photographed over the period of ten years, Ray Carrington's black and white images illustrate the artist's journey through Houston's Third Ward.  Photographing its history and citizens, Carrington's work includes urban still lifes, portraits of people of all ages, cemeteries and row houses. Since 1993, Carrington has served as the photography instructor for the Magnet School of Communications at Jack Yates Senior High School in Houston.  The department's Eye on Third Ward, an exhibition of student work, has been on view annually at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for the past eight years, and has traveled extensively.

• http://www.ns2000.net/webs/artview/ray_carrington.htm
• http://www.stia.org/carrington.html

A prominent figure in the Houston art community, Robert Weimerskirch now lives and works in Wimberley, Texas.  Much of his art, both painting and sculpture, is based on his "thoughts and improvisations," and rooted in classical themes.  A native of Luxenbourg, Weimerskirch received his art education from the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Bruxelles and the Academia di Beli Arti Brera, Milan.  Additionally, he has taught drawing and painting at the University of Houston; The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Houston Art League.
http://www.goldesberrygallery.com/weimerskirch.htm 

Best known for his "cameraless photographs," also known as photograms, Robert Blackmon has received glowing reviews for his work in exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York.  Born in Beeville, Texas in 1961, Blackmon graduated from The University of Texas with degrees in both Journalism and Radio, TV, and Film.  An accomplished photographer, he is something of a Renaissance man, with filmmaking and musician added to his list of accomplishments.
http://home.earthlink.net/~pajama/

Brad Braune's Western-theme watercolors highlight the life of the cowboy and the West with a softness not often associated with this genre. The work of this San Antonio-based artist and native Texan artist has been exhibited throughout the country and abroad. Braune received an architecture degree from Texas Tech University, where he also studied art and painting.  After practicing as an architect for many years, most notably with the prestigious firm of Ford, Powell, and Carson, he left his architectural career and began painting full time.  In addition to
designing the first Texas Folklife Festival poster, a now-familiar symbol of the nationally-recognized festival, he created the original scenic backdrop for the cult play, A Tuna Christmas.
http://www.bradbraune.com/

This show features the work of local wildlife photographer, Alex Kibler, and other "nature" photographers working in the South Texas today.

Geoff Winningham, a professor of Art at Rice University since1969, is one of the best known photographers in the Southwest.  His photographs are included in major museum collections across the country, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Dallas Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Additionally, during the course of his career, Winningham has received two fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and numerous commissions.  In 1996, he completed his eleven-year photographic study of Mexican fiestas, resulting in the publication of In the Eye of the Sun: Mexican Fiestas, a compilation of gorgeous color images from Mexico. Winningham's passion for the Mexican people and their culture continues through the photography workshops he offers each summer in Mexico.
http://www.geoffwinningham.com/

Ellen Berman's work speaks for itself...eloquently...in lustrous, exquisitely executed still life.  Berman has been in numerous one-person and group exhibitions in the United States. In addition, she has lectured widely and has been visiting artist at several universities. In 1988 she was awarded a Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts individual artist's grant. Berman has lived in Wimberley since 1997.
http://www.ellenbarman.com

One of the most important Latina artists in the United States, Santa Contreras Barraza's work has been featured in galleries and museums across the U.S. and Mexico.  Her "vivid and colorful acrylic paintings are filled with iconography drawn from the land and her culture." Currently, chair of the Art Department of Texas A & M University at Kingsville, Barraza received the annual Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association in 2001 for her book, Santa Barraza:  Artist of the Borderlands. 
http://www.almalopez.net/email/020202.html

Based in Houston, Texas, The Art Guys (Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing) present a blend of performance, conceptual, and visual art the "exploring the absurdities of contemporary life and poking fun at the art world."  The two artists began working together in 1983 at the University of Houston.  Since that time, they have created a multitude of artwork, performance pieces, and "art happenings," winning them a place in the heart of the Houston art community, as well as national recognition. 
http://www.theartguys.com/