Brazosport Art League gallery hosts Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Brazosport ISD Art Competition

One of the most popular annual art exhibits in the Brazosport Art League gallery is back this month! Swing by the art gallery between Thursday, January 5 and Saturday, January 14 to see the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Brazosport ISD Art Competition.

The exhibit includes art created by BISD students ranging from kindergarten up to 12th grade from schools across the district. Finalists will go on have their art judged in the HSLR art competition.

A reception to recognize the artists is slated for Tuesday, January 10 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM in the gallery. Attendance is FREE, but reservations are required. (RSVP here.)

Don’t miss out on this special show featuring the amazing creativity of our local students!

Gallery hours during the show are as follows:

Thursday, January 5: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Friday, January 6: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturday, January 7: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Sunday, January 8: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Monday, January 9: CLOSED

Tuesday, January 10: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Reception: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Wednesday, January 11: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Thursday, January 12: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Friday, January 13: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Saturday, January 14: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip with instructor Linda Strickland

Spring Dates:

  • January 13 – Songbirds
  • February 10 – Koi fish
  • March 24 – CANCELLED
  • April 21 – Flowers
  • May 19 – Hummingbirds
  • June 23

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Brazosport Art League studio

 

Tuition: $45

For beginners on up.
All watercolor painting supplies, instruction and a 16×20 mat are included.
Appetizers and bottled water provided. Feel free to bring adult beverages!

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip with instructor Linda Strickland

Spring Dates:

  • January 13 – Songbirds
  • February 10 – Koi fish
  • March 24 – CANCELLED
  • April 21 – Flowers
  • May 19 – Hummingbirds
  • June 23

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Brazosport Art League studio

 

Tuition: $45

For beginners on up.
All watercolor painting supplies, instruction and a 16×20 mat are included.
Appetizers and bottled water provided. Feel free to bring adult beverages!

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip with instructor Linda Strickland

Spring Dates:

  • January 13 – Songbirds
  • February 10 – Koi fish
  • March 24 – CANCELLED
  • April 21 – Flowers
  • May 19 – Hummingbirds
  • June 23

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Brazosport Art League studio

 

Tuition: $45

For beginners on up.
All watercolor painting supplies, instruction and a 16×20 mat are included.
Appetizers and bottled water provided. Feel free to bring adult beverages!

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip

Watercolor Paint-N-Sip with instructor Linda Strickland

Spring Dates:

  • January 13 – Songbirds
  • February 10 – Koi fish
  • March 24 – CANCELLED
  • April 21 – Flowers
  • May 19 – Hummingbirds
  • June 23

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Brazosport Art League studio

 

Tuition: $45

For beginners on up.
All watercolor painting supplies, instruction and a 16×20 mat are included.
Appetizers and bottled water provided. Feel free to bring adult beverages!

Brazosport Art League gallery exhibit featured in The Facts

The Facts published a feature in today’s (12/2) edition about Brazosport Art League‘s current gallery exhibit, the Members Show & Silent Auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Southern Brazoria County.
 
Much of the art, created by BAL members, is for sale and would make perfect holiday gifts, as well as the items available for bid in the silent auction. All proceeds from the auction, open through December 10, will benefit our local Habitat chapter. The exhibit runs through December 31. Read the story online.
 
Tickets to the gallery are FREE, but reservations are required and can be made when you arrive or in advance at bcfas.org/visit. Hours of operation are 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday and 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM on Sunday.

Join us for “A Cure for the Christmas Chaos” on December 19-22

Kids will be out of school the entire week before Christmas…and we all know it’s going to get CHAOTIC. Local parents are in luck because we’ve got the cure!

Join us Monday through Thursday, December 19 – 22, for A Cure for the Christmas Chaos at The Center for different shows and activities sponsored by our programs each day! Click the dates below for tickets!

Here’s the schedule:

  • Monday, December 19 – SOLD OUT! 
    • “Season of Light” planetarium show, space cookie decorating and space crafts in BASF Planetarium
    • TICKETS: $5/adults & $3 children
  • Tuesday, December 20: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    • “A Fun Band Family Christmas” with Tom’s Fun Band in the Dow Arena Theater (sponsored by Brazosport Fine Arts Council)
    • Join us for Christmas music and shenanigans with Tom & friends and get ready to SING ALONG!
    • TICKETS: Pay what you can (suggested $5 per person)
  • Wednesday, December 21: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    • “Lil’ Man Saves Christmas” presented by The Ensemble Theater in partnership with Young Audiences of Houston, in the Freeport LNG Theater (sponsored by Brazosport Center Stages)
    • When it becomes clear that his mom and sister won’t get their Christmas wish, Lil’ Man enlists the help of Santa’s wild elves to make sure the holidays are once again merry and bright. A play with music, silly elves and a lot of heart, “Lil’ Man Saves Christmas” reminds us that achieving your dreams takes community and courage and sometimes a little magic from old St. Nick!
    • TICKETS: Pay what you can (suggested $5 per person)
  • Thursday, December 22: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    • Christmas activities & crafts with Brazosport Museum of Natural Science & Brazosport Art League (FREE, but RSVPs are requested!)

We can’t wait to see you and for your family to experience the CURE for the CHRISTMAS CHAOS here at The Center!

Brazosport Art League opens holiday Members Show & Silent Auction

Brazosport Art League opens the annual holiday Members Show & Silent Auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Southern Brazoria County this week in the gallery! The show features art in various mediums from BAL members, as well as items from BAL members and Brazoria County Woodworkers to benefit Habitat’s programs. Bidding is open through Saturday, December 10 at 4:00 PM.

The league is hosting an opening week reception on Friday, November 18 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM in the gallery. Artists, their family members & friends, and community members are invited to attend. This event is free and open to the public.

This exhibit will run through Saturday, December 31, so be sure to swing by and see the art in the next several weeks!

Tickets to the gallery are FREE, but reservations are required and can be made when you arrive or in advance at bcfas.org/visit. Hours of operation are 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday and 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM on Sunday.

 

“Images From Life, Our Views” opens in Brazosport Art League gallery

A new exhibit in Brazosport Art League’s gallery, Images From Life, Our Views, opens today (Oct. 18)! Featuring more than 80 pieces of art created by BAL members Ron White and Lil’Anna Klein, the show includes numerous portraits, florals and still life in watercolor, ink, graphite and more.

Generously sponsored by 24HourNation, the exhibit runs this week through Sunday, November 13. An Opening Week Reception is slated for Friday, October 21 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM in the gallery.

Tickets to the gallery are FREE, but reservations are required and can be made when you arrive or in advance online. Hours of operation are 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday, and 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM on Sunday.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Ron White is a retired educator with 40 years’ experience teaching theater, music, English, speech, debate, bible, art and a scattering of other subjects (under the charge of “other duties as required”) to all grades in public and private schools, and at the college level. He holds several academic degrees and certifications, culminating in a PhD ABD, in Fine Arts.

He is primarily a sketch artist who dabbles in other art forms and is most interested, both in subject and style, in capturing the energy and variety of life in images on paper. Ron wants you to know nothing hanging on these walls by him made its way here without help from his Brazosport Art League friends and his brothers and sisters in faith. He appreciates you all.

Ron is proud and flattered to share this exhibit with his good friend Lil’ Anna Klein and encourages you to linger long over her skillful, beautiful, and sensitive works. He wants everyone to know that the arts, his family, friends, and faith are what sustains him.

 

Lil’ Anna Klein, a native of Lake Jackson, took art classes in the local school system, going on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Sam Houston State University. She first helped with Brazosport Little Theatre and in the Summer Musicals at Brazosport High School.  She began work at the Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences when it was established in 1976, soon joining the Brazosport Art League.

Having a strong sense of family, home, and her Texas roots, Lil’ Anna works primarily in graphite and watercolor and is known for her portraits of people and her portrayals of feline and flora.

She hopes you enjoy the show and return home remembering the common, everyday impressions of our shared world.