Breckenridge Texan

By Carla McKeown/Breckenridge Texan

With 80 pieces of artwork from six states and 32 Texas counties, the 32nd annual Juried Art Show has opened at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center. Accompanying the show is a separate exhibit featuring the pottery work of the show’s juror, Christopher Stanley of Odessa.

For the juried show, Doylene Land, who was serving as the BFAC’s interim director at the time, accepted submissions from artists around the country. An art committee selected those that would be in the show, and then Stanley chose the winners.

The artwork, on exhibit in the BFAC’s main gallery, includes oil paintings, pencil drawings, pastels, fiber art, mixed media, bronze sculptures and more. The Juried Art Show will be on display through Oct. 5, said newly appointed BFAC Director Rhonda Rogers Crawford. On Oct. 5, there will be a reception for the artists.

The winning artworks are:

• Best of Show – “The Artist” – oil – by Barbara Hack of Flower Mound
• First Place, the Shalon Taylor Wilson Memorial Award – “Reclining London” – oil – by Adam Lancaster of Denton
• Second Place, the Lester and Virginia Clark Memorial Award – “Balance” – pencil – by Jesse Lane of The Woodlands
• Third Place, the Beene Award – “Summer Santa” – oil – by Beverly Boren of Trophy Club
• Honorable Mention
  • “Aspirations” – oil – by Nora Dempsey of Fredericksburg
  • “First Saddle” – bronze – by Margaret Drake of Glen Rose
  • “The Jester” – pencil – by Kinsey Lane of The Woodlands
  • “Ocean Eye with tentacle wrap” – glass – by Rees Bowen of Dallas
• Special Mention – “New Years 2020, Spur Hotel, Archer City, TX” – oil – by Robert Hollis of Granbury

“The Artist,” an oil painting by Barbara Hack of Flower Mound, was named the Best of Show in the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center’s 32nd annual Juried Art Show. The exhibit will be on display through Oct. 5. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Salt fired platter with hand print stencil by Christopher Stanley of Odessa

On display in the BFAC’s east gallery are several pieces of pottery created the juror for the show, Christopher Stanley, an associate professor of art at the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa. His exhibited work ranges from the large “Rocket Pot II” to a platter featuring a stenciled hand print. A copy of his Artist Statement is displayed with the exhibit to give visitors to the BFAC some insight into his work.

In addition to teaching and creating art, for the past 24 years Stanley has been involved with the Permian Basin Empty Bowls fundraiser for the West Texas Food Bank. He and his students make hundreds of bowls for the event. More details about that project are also included in the exhibit.

The Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, which is located at 207 N. Breckenridge Ave., is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday during the summer months, with additional Saturday hours beginning in September. For more information, call the BFAC at 254-559-6602, visit the website at www.breckenridgefineart.org, or take a look at the BFAC’s Facebook page.

The 32nd annual Juried Art Show is on display in the main gallery at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Show through Oct. 5. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

“Dr. Cochran,” pastel, by Julie Jeter of Hurst

“Time Traveler,” oil painting, Larry Hamilton of Wichita Falls

The juried show at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center includes several mixed media, glass art and fiber arts works, in addition to traditional paintings. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Cutline, top photo: The 32nd Juried Art Show at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center opened last week and will be on display through Oct. 5, the date of a reception for the artists. Additionally, there is an exhibit of the artwork by the show’s juror, Christopher Stanley of Odessa, in the east gallery. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)