SUBJECT UNKNOWN: Portraits of Women by Galveston Artists Gallery Opening

Name: SUBJECT UNKNOWN: Portraits of Women by Galveston Artists Gallery Opening
Start: 2024-11-02T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-02T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 2310 Sealy St, Galveston, TX, United States, Texas 77550

Schedule

Sat Nov 02 2024 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2310 Sealy St, Galveston, TX, United States, Texas 77550 | Galveston, TX

We invite you to attend the Gallery Opening of Rosenberg Library's newest art exhibition "SUBJECT UNKNOWN: Portraits of Women by Galveston Artists."
This is a FREE family-friendly, come & go event that will feature a caricature artist on site, art stations for self-portraiture, and refreshments for guests.
*Gallery Open for Public Viewing from November 2, 2024 - April 19, 2025*
Detailed Description of Gallery: Throughout history, women have served as muses for artists of all kinds. Often, these women remained nameless, memorialized only through their appearance. For many centuries, those lucky enough to have their portraits painted and their names retained were usually wealthy or happened to be friends or family of the artist.

The portraits in this exhibition span a variety of women, from those whose names and identities are unknown, to those who are well documented in historical records. They are painted and drawn by both women and men. However, they all have one thing in common: they were painted by Galveston artists. By highlighting some of these wonderful local artists, as well as a few of the 100-plus portraits of women in the Rosenberg Library’s collection, we hope to shed some light on an area that often goes overlooked and under-exhibited.