GRANBURY, TEXAS—Tarleton State University is offering the Cross Timbers area a monthly adventure.
Led by retired schoolteacher Kathi Sale, Tarleton’s Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center will guide art lovers or novices on an Artful Adventure through Texas. Designed as a day trip with lunch included, the adventures are the perfect opportunity for a quick getaway.
“I am very involved in the Langdon Center activities. As a teacher, I involved music and art in education,” Sale said. “We feel like this is a great opportunity for people who are interested in art, but might not drive to a museum by themselves.”
The first artful adventure will be on Sept. 23 when the group will travel to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The featured exhibit is “Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons,” film installations by Philip Haas.
Commissioned by the Kimbell, Haas’ film installations interpret and elaborate upon selected works in the Museum’s permanent collection. Between seven and 20 minutes in length and running continuously, they are projected on screens of various unconventional formats and configurations.
Tentative dates for other art adventures are:
• Oct. 28 — Masterworks of American Photography exhibit at Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth
• Nov. 18 — Old Jail Art Center in Albany featuring an exhibit of Asian art and works from Klee, Picasso, Matisse, Grant Wood, Renoir and George Braque. Also a stop at Grace Museum in Abilene
• Dec. 5 — Home Tour and Christmas Arts and Crafts in Clifton, the Norwegian Capital of Texas featuring a day of German and Norwegian homemade sweets and treats and entertainment by folk dancers.
• Jan. 20 — Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth featuring 100 of the most important European paintings and sculptures ever held in private collections in Texas. More than 40 collectors will be represented and artists featured include Guercino, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Monet and Renoir.
• Feb. 17 — Texas Woman’s University exhibit on “First Ladies Historic Costume” collection
Space is limited for the artful adventures. Cost per trip is $50, which includes lunch and transportation. For more information, contact the Langdon Center at langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net or (817) 279-1164.
