BrownwoodNews – Art lovers of all ages may view the Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit February 10-23 at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center located at 600 E. Depot in Brownwood. Show hours are Monday-Friday from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Saturday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Artwork that did not make the Stars of Texas Art Exhibit will be featured in the Salon des Refuses at the Brownwood Art Association Art Center, located at 215 Fisk Street during the above hours.
Demonstrations will also take place each day during exhibit hours from a variety of artists. There is no charge to enter the exhibit or attend the demonstrations.
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Thursday’s Artists:
1. Cindy McCarn – Art has always been an interest of Cindy McCarn. As a child, she enjoyed colors and playing in the paint. The messier, the better! Even when that included playing in the mud. As a public school teacher, Cindy incorporated art projects into many of her lessons. Even in retirement, she still enjoys working with students in the field of art.
Today Cindy enjoys playing with paint and trying new things. Most of her work includes water media. Many pieces are of mixed media as she enjoys combining the results that come from many different sources. At the Stars of Texas Show Cindy will demonstrate ideas of how different media may be incorporated into one piece of art.
2. Mike Lewis – Mike is a retired chemist from Minnesota who began pottery in kindergarten, took a 60 year break until he retired in 2012 when he moved from Brownwood to a retirement community in Georgetown Texas. After taking a “introduction to wheel throwing” class, he started spending nearly every day in the community pottery studio.
Mostly self-taught, he has taken workshops in wheel throwing techniques, raku firing pots, and has been responsible for firing the 5 studio kilns. He also has several kilns at his Blanket ranch where he hosts Raku Firing Days with up to 20 people.
He mainly makes functional stoneware pots such as bowls, vases and mugs, but once a year he throws a more “artsy” piece for entry into the Stars of Texas. Mike will be demonstrating a wheel technique to throw an enclosed form. After making an “orb” on the wheel, he will modify it into an apple and then cut it open to create a two-piece apple that can be used to keep trinkets. (or give to your teacher)
3. Jerry Bob Taylor – JB is from Brownwood and a graduate of Howard Payne University. He is retired from a career in ministry where he served as pastor of numerous Baptist churches in Texas; His last was Calvary Baptist Church in San Marcus. He has also served as the Royal Ambassador Director of Texas Baptist Men, and director of their Disaster Relief program. He was Director of Circle Six Ranch Baptist Camp and is a lifetime member of “the Texas woodcarving Guild”. He organized the “Mustang Draw Woodcarving Club” located in Midland, Texas.
JB is a self-taught artist of sculpture, he began his talent as a sculptor as a young boy. JB has attended and taught in workshops across Texas, he has received numerous awards for his work. His most popular piece is a Will Rogers sculpture, which is presented annually to the winners of the “Academy of Western artist”.
JB has demonstrated in the past with the “stars of Texas art show”.
2015 – Sculpture in wood carving.
2016 – Making a mold and casting of wood carvings.
2017 – Patinas and finishing of different sculptures.
This year JB will bring you a demonstration of clay sculpture along with a unique type of mold making and casting. His target audience will be the school students that attend.
JB invites everyone to come by and visit, during the stars of Texas art show.
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