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Exhibitions
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As home to the Bill('35) and Irma Runyon Art Collections, the Galleries house one of the world's most extraordinary collections of English Cameo Glass, as well as 1,200 American and English glass objects and American Paintings. The Galleries feature over 9 exhibitions per year, host special events, and provide art programming in conjunction with the exhibitions.
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Past Exhibitions |
Regional Juried Art Exhibition
March 27 - May 11, 2009
This exhibition features 41 selected works out of 141 entries from artists in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. These creatve and inspiring works include paintings, sculpture, jewelry, mixed media, and glass.
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Art from Real Life: TAMU Students Collect
January 20 - March 13, 2009
This special exhibition features collections from the Galleries’ student docents. In addition to their academics here at Texas A&M University many of the docents use their free time to volunteer in the Galleries. They spend hours learning about the permanent collection, giving tours, attending Galleries events, and traveling on art related field trips. Outside the Galleries the docents also have collections of their own. Each student has their own collecting philosophy and moments that define the reasons for choosing each piece. Come see the students' collections and find out how and why they collect. |
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Pieces from the Heart:
Quilts from the Permanent Collection
January 20 - March 13, 3009
Handmade with love, quilts have been around for centuries. Quilts relate to us both a broadly shared and an intimately private heritage. This exhibition features 28 pieced and appliquéd American quilts from the 1840s to 1940s that gives us a special view of that heritage. |
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Guatemalan Maya Weavers: Colors of Tradition
Women of the Guatemalan highlands have been weaving clothing using handmade backstrap looms for centuries, yet no examples of Guatemalan textiles older than 200 years ar though to exist. The Forsyth Galleries are fortunate to possess an exquisite collection of Guatemalan apparel dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and representing a significant cross-section of the more that 100 villages found in the Guatemalan highlands. |
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