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  • Top artistsOil painters, glassblowers, photographers, jewelers, and woodworkers are just a few of the artists you’ll find in Salado Village, a center of artistic excellence located 50 miles north of Austin.
  • Contemporary Texas artistsTexas may not be the first in line in terms of American art destinations, but the Lone Star State has a wealth of credibility in the art world. It is the former home of Robert Rauschenberg and Donald Judd, among many other famous artists, and is home to a host of cultural institutions and private collections from the established Dallas Museum of Art to the trendy Marfa dance hall.
  • Styles of artistsTexas is also the site of nearly a hundred Works Progress Administration murals created in post offices in the mid-1930s and early ’40s by unemployed artists, many of whom crossed paths with Diego Rivera and Mexican muralists.
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Beth Consetta Rubel

Conroy Haley
August 21, 2022August 4, 2023

As an artist, Beth focuses on themes of race, gender, sexuality, and contemporary pop culture. She uses a mixture of colored pencils, pastel crayons, acrylics, and gouache, and uses a brown paper bag as her canvas.

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Jason Archer

Conroy Haley
January 16, 2022August 4, 2023

Jason Archer is an American visual artist and pioneer of the contemporary art scene in Austin, Texas. His work combines pop art and cultural archetypes to create contemporary myths that reinterpret historical events, natural phenomena, or existing rituals.

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Everett Spruce

Conroy Haley
November 8, 2021August 4, 2023

Everett Spruce was born on a farm in Conway to William E. and Fannie McCarthy Spruce. He came to Dallas at the age of 17 on a scholarship to study at the Dallas Museum of Art under Olin Travis and Thomas M. Stell, Jr. In 1931

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Olin Herman Travis

Conroy Haley
July 17, 2021August 4, 2023

Olin Herman Travis was a Dallas-based artist and teacher who worked intermittently in Arkansas for about twenty years.

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