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The Amarillo Museum of Art
Description
The Amarillo Museum of Art was formulated in 1967 by a local group of determined and dedicated community leaders for the purpose of creating and maintaining an art museum for citizens of Amarillo and the surrounding area. By 1970 the Board of Trustees joined with Amarillo College, a two year community college chartered in 1926, to raise funds for the construction of a Fine Arts Complex. The Museum, the Concert Hall/Theater and Music building opened to the public in October 1972. The Amarillo Museum of Art's facilities were dedicated to Betty Bivins Childers whose perseverance and dynamic leadership led to the realization of the community's goal of establishing a visual arts resource for the area.
The building and the surrounding complex were designed by noted architect Edward Durell Stone, who had previously designed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., as well as numerous government embassies around the world. The 24,000 square foot facility was built, in the late International style, of reinforced concrete and steel with exterior walls clad in brick. Six galleries are programmed with 16 exhibitions per year focused on changing loan exhibitions and art from the Museum's permanent collections. Loan exhibitions present works of contemporary art in all media, art historical shows of American and European master works, and art produced by a myriad of world cultures. Works shown from the permanent collection include early to mid 20th century modernists, photography, European paintings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Middle Eastern textiles, and Asian art from the 1st century B.C. through the mid 19th century.
Education programs enhance and complement the exhibitions. The Museum offers lectures, gallery talks, video and film, tours, symposia and publications to the public. Other educational programs include workshops for the surrounding Panhandle public school districts and a museum school. For more information see the MUSEUM SCHOOL page.
Contact
- Amarillo Museum of Art
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- Amarillo TX
- United States 79178
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- +1.9999999999
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