Main Exhibit ARCHIVE 

Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Old Master Paintings
from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation collection, housed at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, comprises more than 150 European paintings from the fourteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.  Highlights of the collection, including "Old Masters" from the Netherlands, France, Italy, and England, will be on view at museum through February 2003.  The Blaffer Foundation, established by Sarah Campbell Blaffer in 1964, is dedicated to making works of art available to people throughout Texas by serving as a "museum without walls."  Works from the collection have been exhibited in many museums and galleries across Texas, as well as nationally and internationally.

Side by Side:  The Tex-Mex Borderlands
  from the Collections of JP Bryan and the Visions of the West
 

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, August 8, 2002
6 to 8 pm
Beeville Art Museum
401 E. Fannin
361-358-8615

Special guest:  Mr. J. P. Bryan will lead a tour of his collection at 6:15 pm

Come view highlights from the Visions of the West collection at the Beeville Art Museum!   Equestrian objects from South Texas such as saddles, spurs, chaps, as well as Hispanic art from Mexico including 19th-century tin and wood retablos, religious objects, textiles, murals, and an elegant collection of sombreros, will be on view from August 8 to October 16, 2002.  Formerly known as the Torch Collection of Torch Energy Advisors, Incorporated, Visions is the largest private assembly of early Texana and fine art, including books, documents, firearms, maps, and other rare artifacts spanning the history of the North American West and  Texas under the six flags of Texas.  Selected by native Texan J.P. Bryan throughout his 30-year career in the energy industry, Visions of the West reflects the rich ethnic mix and geographic diversity of western North America.  

Don't miss the opening reception on August 8 at 6pm!

Elizabeth Payne Paintings
June 1 - July 30, 2002

This exhibition features approximately 30 works by Elizabeth Payne, including her still life paintings and watercolors from Costa Rica. Payne, who received her art education at Hunter College, N.Y., and The San Francisco Art Institute, has had her work exhibited at galleries and museums across the country.   Her work has also been included in The Whitney Biennial,

Opens on June 1, 2002.  Please join us for a reception for the artist on Saturday, June 1st, from 2 to 4 in the afternoon.  

See Photos of her work

Forces of Nature Arthur Turner