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Midland, Texas has great museums. The Museum of the Southwest. |  |
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Museum of the Southwest Robert
Hillestad: Textiles Hillestad is Professor Emeritus, Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is internationally known for his “Celebration Coats” inspired by traditional Japanese Kimono’s.
Cristi
Branum: Vessels Midland’s own, Cristi Branum (b. 1955) paints and creates stunning jewelry using a variety of common and precious material.
Claudia
DeMonte: Female Fetishes Claudia DeMonte (b. 1947) is an artist and a tenured professor at the University of Maryland. She refers to her recent works as female fetishes because they play off such traditionally female icons as hand bags, high heel shoes and hand irons which are carved from wood and covered with silver or pewter milagros.
Teri Greeves:
Beadwork A variety of fascinating beadwork by Kiowa artist Teri Greeves, renowned for her bracelets and beaded tennis shoes. Teri grew up in Northwestern Wyoming, gaining exposure to traditional native American arts by helping her mother in the family trading post.
South Wing Galleries
Selected
Works from the Cowboy Artists of America Museum Four talented artists paint and sculpt variations of the Western theme, such as the mountain men, the Plains Indians, and the settlers. On loan from the Cowboy Arts Of America Museum in Kerrville, TX.
Global
Women’s Art Project Curated by Claudia DeMonte, professor of Art at the University of Maryland, the Global Women’s Art Project presents 177 women artists, from as many countries, addressing “the experience of being a woman.” Media ranges from embroidery to digital photography with painting, weaving, collage, and mixed-media.
Christmas
at the Mansion Decor The Museum of the Southwest’s annual holiday celebration of family and treasured memories. The Museum will once again feature holiday decor throughout each room, designer trees, teas, choirs, doll houses, a Christmas shop, Santa Claus, and more. The Southwest Express will honor and celebrate our collective memories of Midland in days gone by as several model trains make the rounds on a custom-designed 200 square foot layout. The littlest museum patrons will be entertained by an elaborate Playmobil exhibit.
Turner & Thomas Galleries
West By
Southwest; Selections from the Collection of the Museum of the
Southwest More than sixty works that showcase the Museum’s collection of stylistically varied, broad representation of historic and contemporary works.
From Tradition
to Mainstream: Prints by Native American Artists Selection of outstanding fine art prints by noted native American artists of the 1970s and 1980s from the collection of the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO. Included in the exhibit are works by Fritz Scholder, RC Gorman and others.
Collections/Christmas
at the Mansion Decor The Museum of the Southwest’s annual holiday celebration of family and treasured memories. The Museum will once again feature holiday decor throughout each room, designer trees, teas, choirs, doll houses, a Christmas shop, Santa Claus, and more. The Southwest Express will honor and celebrate our collective memories of Midland in days gone by as several model trains make the rounds on a custom-designed 200 square foot layout. The littlest museum patrons will be entertained by an elaborate Playmobil exhibit. |
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