Art Dept. will open a new gallery on Berry Street

Fort Worth, TX

1/24/2008

TCU’s new space for contemporary art will open next month, according to Ronald Watson, chair of the Department of Art & Art History. Located at 2900 W. Berry Street at Greene Avenue, the 2,500-square-foot gallery will be known as Fort Worth Contemporary Arts.  TCU’s existing university art gallery, The Moudy Gallery, located in the Moudy Bldg. North, will remain in place, as will its schedule of programming.

This exciting addition to the University and Fort Worth community will provide a location to view challenging work by local, national and international artists. The TCU Department of Art & Art History has ambitious plans to make Fort Worth Contemporary Arts a significant cultural resource that will not only allow students to gain knowledge of the practices and issues related to exhibition organization, but also invigorate North Texas with exposure to the cutting edge of contemporary art.

In late 2007, TCU recruited Scotsman Gavin Morrison as curator, to develop a dynamic series of exhibitions and events for Fort Worth Contemporary Arts. The gallery’s programming will include a breadth of art forms, including new media and experimental works, and will be accompanied by the publication of catalogues and books to further the research interests of Fort Worth Contemporary Arts.

The first show in “the Contemporary” will be Material Culture, an exhibition of sculpture by mid-career and emerging Texas artists.* Dates are Feb. 15 – April 5, with an opening reception set for 6 – 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15.  On Tuesday, Feb. 19, TCU Art & Art History will host visitors attending the College Art Association of America conference being held that week in Dallas.

After Feb. 15, hours of operation for the new gallery will be 1-6 p.m. Thursdays – Sundays.

For more information about TCU Art Galleries, contact Ronald Watson at r.watson@tcu.edu or 817-257-7643 . For more information about the Material Culture exhibition, contact Frances Colpitt at f.colpitt@tcu.edu or 817-257-7643.

* Artists include: Helen Altman, Richie Budd, Margarita Cabrera, Bill Davenport, Jonathan Durham, Jessica Halonen, Lily Hanson, Joseph Havel, Polly Lanning Sparrow, Katrina Moorhead, Chris Sauter and Brad Tucker.