Texas Sculpture Garden
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David Iles,
HOP Rabbits |
Officially opened to the public in September 2001, the Texas Sculpture Garden celebrates the work of 41 prominent Texas artists. Recognized as the largest private collection of contemporary Texas sculpture ever assembled and made
available to the public, the Texas Sculpture Garden was created to benefit the Texas community by honoring the talent of homegrown artists and making their work accessible to everyone.
Craig Hall’s vision for the Texas Sculpture Garden is a continuation of his commitment to the arts, to art education and to facilitating connections between artists and community. Working closely with curator Patricia B. Meadows, Hall carefully and personally selected 40 works now featured in this new and unique setting. Chosen as demonstrations of the excellence and diversity of both materials and styles from around the state, the Texas Sculpture Garden sculptures were produced by artists living in large cities such as Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, and small rural areas such as Sanger, Bolivar
and Ovilla.
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| Betsy Daves Bass and Tim Nentrup, Bird
Window |
A variety of materials are represented in the Texas Sculpture Garden – metal,
stone, wood, concrete, glass; a mixture of tones – serious, humorous, formal and
casual; and a wide range of approaches – abstract, representational and
conceptual. The artists also are a diverse group with varying ages and
ethnicities and varying levels of recognition. The connecting thread is that
they are all excellent, dedicated, hard working, professional Texas
artists. Tour guides can be printed for a self-guided walking tour of the Texas Sculpture
Garden.
www.texassculpturegarden.org, and a 30-minute documentary,
Dances on the Prairie, were commissioned and completed to increase awareness of
the tremendous depth of talent alive and well in the Texas art community.
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