WORKS ON PAPER
MAY 26 - JULY 29
The Works on Paper exhibition will include a variety of watercolors, drawings, prints, and photographs from AMoA’s permanent collection, alongside a number of artworks on loan from area collections. Highlights of the exhibition will include watercolors by Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Andrew Wyeth, and Elaine de Kooning along with prints and drawings by a number of artists including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Luis Jimenez. Photographs by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Linda Conner, Arthur Rothstein, Stephen Shore, and others will also be on view. Paper has played a vital role in arguably every artist’s practice since its creation, and this exhibition will explore the many ways it is used as a foundation for a variety of artistic processes.
BORDER CANTOS / SONIC BORDER
August 10 – December 9, 2018
Border Cantos/Sonic Border brings together the sights and sounds of the Mexican-American border through a transformative, multi-sensory experience. This unique collaboration between American photographer Richard Misrach and Mexican American sculptor/composer Guillermo Galindo, uses the power of art to explore and humanize the complex issues surrounding the United States-Mexico border. Misrach, who has photographed the border since 2004, documents landscapes and objects, including things left behind by migrants. Large-scale photographs highlight issues surrounding migration and its effect on regions and people. Responding to these photographs, Galindo fashioned sound-generating sculptures from items Misrach collected along the border, such as water bottles, Border Patrol “drag tires,” spent shotgun shells, ladders, and sections of the border wall itself. The sounds produced from Galindo’s four-hour composition give voices to people through the personal belongings they have left behind. This exhibition is organized by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, with generous support provided by Art Bridges.
ICONS & SYMBOLS OF THE BORDERLAND
August 10 – October 14, 2018
Icons & Symbols of the Borderland features works of art that serve as commentary on memory, ritual, nature, socio-political issues and personal experience around the theme of the United States-Mexico border. It is an exhibition that embodies the landscape and cultural legacy of the borderlands. Mesoamerican, Spanish, Mexican, and Native American elements are blended with the modern American cultural terrain. This exhibition is guest curated by Diana Molina and was organized by the Juntos Art Association whose mission is to promote cultural awareness through the arts.
THE LADD LECTURE
MAXWELL ANDERSON: The Quality Instinct: Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye
September 27, 2018
How do we judge what is good in art? Or more to the point, can we judge art? Author and art world veteran Maxwell Anderson enters the fray with The Quality Instinct. Part personal memoir, part thinking person's guide to the museum, The Quality Instinct is filled with wit and humor, anecdotes and insights from the author's 30 years in the highly competitive, often contentious art world. Anderson takes us on a grand tour of ancient and contemporary art, sharing five simple metrics of quality that help us to increase our "visual literacy" as we learn to see, not simply look-and yes, to judge.
12 x 12 EXHIBITION & SILENT AUCTION
Thursday, October 18, 2018
6:30 to 8:30 PM
The 12 x 12 Art Exhibition and Silent Auction is an annual event, held in October for one night only. It supports AMoA’s innovative art education programs and brings the community together to celebrate art and forge friendships. The artworks in the exhibition are sold via silent auction at a starting bid of $120. Fifty percent of the sale price goes towards educational programs at AMoA and fty percent goes to the artist. The generosity and support shown by artists and art collectors is vital to our museum and greatly appreciated by the Board of Trustees, AMoA Alliance, and AMoA Staff. Participation in this event enables AMoA to continue bringing rst-class art programming to area schools.
BURNING RING OF FIRE: 20 Years of Cast Iron Sculpture in Tucumcari, NM
October 26 – December 30, 2018
For the past twenty years, artists from across the United States have convened in the small town of Tucumcari, New Mexico to engage in a weeklong workshop making cast iron sculpture at Mesalands Community College (MCC). D’Jean Jawrunner, artist and MCC Foundry Director, began inviting artists to Tucumcari for an annual iron pour in 1999. The Mesalands Iron Pour is distinctive for its inclusivity, connecting a diverse group of artists across gender, age, and level of experience. This exhibition will include examples of at least 50 artworks created over 20 years of participation in the workshop, and will include works such as photographs, prints, and installations representing the artistic extensions of the medium. Video documentation of an Iron Pour in action will be included as a media component. Initial plans are being discussed for an on-site Iron Pour open to the public to view the process in action.
AMoA can be reached by calling: 806-371-5050 or 806-371-5392, or
e-mailing amoa@actx.edu.
Location address: 2200 S. Van Buren Street, Amarillo, TX, 79109
Mailing address: P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX, 79178
The Amarillo Museum of Art is open:
Tuesday through Friday from 10 am - 5 pm.
Saturday and Sunday the Museum is open from 1 pm - 5 pm
(except for exhibition installation weeks)
CLOSED on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
There is no admission fee.
The Amarillo Museum of Art publishes and distributes numerous fine art catalogues and posters. Southeast Asian and East Indian artifacts are featured as well as renowned modernist artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe and John Marin.
