Our very first piece of mail after moving back to West Texas – an acceptance letter that this piece, Real Men Wear Masks, a 16×20 oil on canvas, will be featured in the Juried Exhibit at Lubbock Arts Festival – July 24-26, 2021. Looking forward to it!
This year, two of Chris Reecer’s paintings were accepted for inclusion in Cultura Del Vaquero Jurored Exhibition at The Fort Worth Community Arts Center which takes place during the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo from January 10 through February 23, 2020.
The exhibit embraces the spirit and theme of western based artwork. Artists from all 50 states have submitted works of a western theme for consideration.
Cultura del Vaquero
January 10 – February 28, 2020
Artist Reception Friday, January 10 at 6-9 p.m.
Cultura del Vaquero Juried Exhibition
Daryoush Ababaf, Brandin Baron, Kelly Berry, Pat Brown, Beverly Dennis, Anita Giraldo, James Edward Loveless Jr., James Neiswender, Charla Pavlik, Chris Reecer
The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the oldest continuously running livestock show and rodeo. It has been held annually in Fort Worth, Texas since 1896, traditionally in mid-January through early February. In March 1918, the Fort Worth Stock Show first went indoors at Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. A century later, the Stock Show Rodeo is held at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum and has been there since 1944.
The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, neighbor to the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, is dedicating January and February, 2019 to the spirit of the west. 9000 sq ft of gallery space will be dedicated to works that embrace the spirit and theme of western based artwork.
Chris Reecer’s painting “The Lone Pilgrim” will be featured in a Jurored Exhibit entitled “Cultura Del Vaquero” at The Fort Worth Community Arts Center during the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo during January and February 2019.
The Lone Pilgrim is the second piece in a homage to the artist Rene Magritte and Reecer’s own West Texas Heritage.
The exhibit embraces the spirit and theme of western based artwork. Artists from all 50 states have submitted works of a western theme for consideration.
Opening Reception 6-9pm, Jan 4, 2019
Exhibit Dates
Jan 4, 2019 – Feb 20, 2019
The Fort Worth Community Arts Center
(Front Gallery)
The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is the oldest continuously running livestock show and rodeo. It has been held annually in Fort Worth, Texas since 1896, traditionally in mid-January through early February. In March 1918, the Fort Worth Stock Show first went indoors at Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. A century later, the Stock Show Rodeo is held at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum and has been there since 1944.
The Fort Worth Community Arts Center, neighbor to the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, is dedicating January and February, 2019 to the spirit of the west. 9000 sq ft of gallery space will be dedicated to works that embrace the spirit and theme of western based artwork.
Two of Chris Reecer’s oil paintings have been selected for the TAC Impromptu Invitational at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. This exhibit will include other artist members of the TAC (Texas Art Coalition) who’s art is selected through a curatorial process by local arts professionals. He will be attending the artist reception Friday, July 6.
EXHIBITION DATES: 7/6/2018 – 7/28/2018
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, July 6, 2018 6-9pm
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