2013 Member Activities

We like to feature our members' activities in the world of art on this website.  Please feel free to visit their shows and events!

  • Ann Ayres and Debbie Malone both have work on display at the Historic First National Bank Building (1001 Halsell Street) in downtown Bridgeport through the month of December.
  • Ann Ayres's sculptures are showing at the Old Post Office Museum & Art Center in Graham through November 30th.  November 23rd at 6:30pm will be a reception with art, music and stories told by Ann Ayres and Jim Clay; music by David Holland.
  • Larry G. Lemons and J.R. Cook participated in the "Light on the Land" Plein Air event benefiting the Montague County Child Welfare Board.  J.R. Cook's painting "Dirt Road Near Saint Jo" won First Place in the Wet Paint Show.
  • Gale Cochran-Smith won an Excellence Award for Works on Paper at the Small Town America Art Show.  Her watercolor painting is on display at the Bowie Public Library through December 19th.
  • Jesse and Gwen Coulson have opened the Bear and Swede Gallery in the Mason Street Mall in Bowie to showcase Jesse's photography and jewelry creations.
  • Gale Cochran-Smith won First Place in Portraits in the Lake Country Art Show at the Old Post Office Museum & Art Center in Graham, which runs through August 30th.
  • Jennifer Hammer had work accepted for the "22nd Annual Juried Show" at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center in Breckenridge TX, which runs from July 30th through September 7th.
  • Jack Milchanowski had work accepted for the "Art of the American West" juried art exhibition at the Red River Valley Museum in Vernon, TX, which runs from July 17th through September 17th.
  • Jennifer Hammer has work on display throughout the summer at the Rio Grande Club and Resort in South Fork, CO.
  • Ann Ayres and Debbie Malone open a new exhibit in the Bridgeport EDC building on July 20th, featuring their art work as well as other guest artists for a week. 
  • Don MacLaughlin will be teaching Beginning and Intermediate Oil Painting classes at NCTC this summer each Wednesday from 10am to 4pm. Cost is $50 per session. Limited to 10 artists.
  • Jan Reid had a painting accepted in the Texas Spirit Juried Art Show at the Old Post Office Museum & Art Center in Graham.
  • Larry Lemons opened The Art Gallery at the Texas Kings Hotel in Saint Jo, featuring his artwork as well as that of other CTAA members Jennifer Hammer, Jan Reid, Gale Cochran-Smith, Jack Milchanowski, Janet Everitt-Forté and other guest artists.
  • Don MacLaughlin opened The Art Gallery in Nocona, featuring his artwork as well as that of other CTAA members Ginger Walker & Janet Everitt-Forté and other guest artists.
  • Several of our members have joined with the Nocona Photography Club, which meets at 5pm on the first Monday of each month at the Tales "n' Trails Museum in Nocona.  For more information, email to noconaphoto@yahoo.com
  • Don MacLaughlin will be hosting a 3-day figure drawing retreat with the Montague Institute of Art April 12th, 13th & 14th.
  • Jack Milchanowski has several photographs on display at the Lazy Heart Grill in Saint Jo.
  • Janet Everitt-Forté and Barbara Larimore have a "2-man show" at the Dora Langdon Art Center in Granbury through February 20th.
  • Jennifer Hammer, Jack Milchanowski, Barbara Yerby, Jan Reid & Gale Cochran-Smith are all participating in the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center's 2013 Art Guild/Association Show, which runs from January 15th through February 22nd.
  • Stan Briney has been accepted for Associate Membership in the Western Writers of America
  • Judy Gelfert will be conducting the following oil painting workshops:
         January 12th - at the Kemp Center in Wichita Falls
         February 9th & 10th - at the Wenmohs Ranch near Marble Falls
         April 13th & 14th - at The Good Art Company in Fredericksburg
  • Jack Milchanowski has work accepted into the final jury round at the 2012 International Fine Art Photography Competition at the Grand Prix de la Decouverte in France.
  • Stan Briney has artwork on display at the Prellop Fine Art Gallery in Salado, the Blair House Inn and Gallery in Wimberley, and Blossoms on the Bricks Florist in Fort Worth.
  • Judy Gelfert has artwork on display at the Marta Stafford Fine Art Gallery in Marble Falls and the Good Art Company in Fredericksburg.
  • Larry Lemons, Don MacLaughlin and Gale Cochran-Smith both have artwork on display at the Tales 'n' Trails Museum in Nocona and Larry Lemons, Treva Tindol and Gale Cochran-Smith all have their books for sale at the Museum.
  • Debbie Malone and Larry Lemons have artwork featured in the gift store at The Kemp Center for the Arts in Wichita Falls.
  • Debbie Malone, Larry Lemons and Jan Reid all have artwork on display at her Funky Firefly Art Gallery in Chico.

 

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