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Galleries

This list of galleries across the Southwest continues to grow as we add records to our database. Check back frequently for updates or contact our Webmaster to suggest an addition.


Texas

Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
http://www.blantonmuseum.org/
One of the foremost university art museums in the country and the leading art museum serving the city of Austin and Central Texas.

Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography
http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/wg/
Creative center and archives at Texas State University-San Marcos devoted to the photographic cultures of Mexico and the Southwestern United States.

Museum of the Southwest
http://www.museumsw.org/
Collections focus on art and archeology of the American Southwest. Exhibits include ethnographic materials relating to Southwestern cultures and regional works by artists from New Mexico and Texas.

Pearce Western Art Collection
http://www.navarrocollege.edu/library/westernart/
Works by new and established artists who represent the world of American Western Art housed at Navarro College.

Pearce Collections Museum
http://www.navarrocollege.edu/library/museum/
Two museums in one: the Pearce Civil War Museum exhibits and interprets letters, diaries, journals, photographs, and artifacts from the civilians, soldiers, military, political, and civic leaders of the era; the Pearce Western Art Museum exhibits original representational works of art by acknowledged masters of Western Art as well as recent original works. Located at Navarro College.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
http://www.panhandleplains.org/
The largest history museum in Texas; located on the campus of West Texas A&M University. Exhibitions dedicated to petroleum, Southern Plains lifeways, paleontology, transportation, and the art of the Southwest before 1945, including the Santa Fe, Taos, and Texas schools.

Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery
http://www.smu.edu/cul/hamon/gallery/
Exhibits work from the Jerry Bywaters Special Collections at Southern Methodist University. Works reflect the cultural history of the Southwest.

Longview Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.lmfa.org/
Exhibits changing collections and selections from its permanent collections, predominantly consisting of contemporary works by artists working in the Southwest.

El Paso Museum of Art
http://www.elpasoartmuseum.org/
Presents changing exhibitions that express the region's diverse culture. Exhibits selections from its permanent collection of art from Europe, Mexico, and the United States.

Museum of Texas Tech University
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/
Collections in the arts, humanities and sciences consisting of natural and cultural material from Texas, the Southwest, and other regions related by natural history, heritage, and climate. Exhibits selections from the museum's art collections and a variety of traveling exhibitions.

Mexic-Arte Museum
http://www.mexic-artemuseum.org/
Presents and promotes traditional and contemporary Mexican, Latino, and Latin American art and culture. Collection consists of works by emerging and established artists.

Museum of Western Art
http://www.caamuseum.com/
Preserves and promotes the heritage of the American West. Exhibits historical objects, photographs, works from contemporary painters and sculptors, and past masters such as Remington and Russell.

Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/
A hundred-year-old museum that features 23,000 art pieces from around the world. It also hosts many special events and exhibits, many of which showcase the best that the Southwest has to offer. Also provides special material for teachers and students to help facilitate a better understanding of art.

The Amon Carter Museum
http://www.cartermuseum.org
Houses the collection of western art amassed by philanthropist Amon G. Carter, Sr. Paintings included are from 19th-century landscapes by Hudson River School painters, New Mexico paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, scenes of the West by John Mix Stanley and Albert Bierstadt, etc. Also has extensive collection of photographs from the West.

Buddy Holly Center
http://www.buddyhollycenter.org/
The Buddy Holly center showcases various exhibits related to music, music history, and visual arts, with a particular emphasis on Texas and its artists. Also contains a permanent exhibit about the life and music of Buddy Holly.


New Mexico

National Hispanic Cultural Center
http://www.nhccnm.org/
Supports the cross-cultural appreciation and understanding of Hispanic culture by preserving and showcasing historic and contemporary Hispanic arts, humanities, and achievements over the past 400 years.

Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/inst.cgi?_fn=Inst&_instid=MFA
Home to more than 20,000 works of art, with an emphasis on artists working in the Southwest.


Arizona

University of Arizona Museum of Art
http://artmuseum.arizona.edu/
Houses a wide-ranging collection of over 4,500 paintings, sculptures and works on paper (prints and drawings) dating from the sixth century B.C. to the present.


Nevada

Western Folklife Center
http://www.westernfolklife.org/
A regional nonprofit folk arts organization dedicated to preserving, perpetuating, and presenting the folk arts of the West.

Nevada State Museum and Historical Society
http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/lv/vegas.htm
A state agency whose purpose is to advance the understanding of the history, pre-history, and natural history of Nevada, emphasizing southern Nevada and its relationship with surrounding areas. It collects, researches, interprets, exhibits, and preserves Nevada's heritage.



Now Available
Sensing Dobie's Shade: The Al Lowman Collection of J. Frank Dobie Publications in the Southwestern Writers Collection at Texas State University-San Marcos has been published in a limited edition of 100 copies.

 

In Print
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Southwest
Cover image of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of  American Regional Cultures: The Southwest
 
The Southwest Regional Humanities Center at Texas State University-San Marcos is pleased to announce the publication of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Southwest , edited by Center Director, Mark Busby, and published by Greenwood Press. [more]
 
  Photo © Laurence Parent, from Texas Mountains  published by University of Texas Press