01 Mar Can You IMAGINE a World Filled with Art and Peace?

Photo by Round Rock Arts of IMAGINE, their annual Art Exhibition.

IMAGINE walking into Texas State University Round Rock campus this weekend and seeing hundreds of pieces of art from artists all over central Texas – paintings, sculptures, mosaics, fiber and more. You’ll see just that at the Opening Reception of the IMAGINE Art Exhibition this Saturday, March 4th, from 7 – 9:30 p.m.  And you’re invited!! The exhibition runs through May 6th.

This week’s Texture Tuesday gives you the full scoop on the IMAGINE 2017 Art Exhibition, and a sneak peek into some of the color and texture you’ll find there.  (Full disclosure: one of my textile art pillows below will be in this exhibition.)

To learn more about the IMAGINE art exhibition and what to expect at this gala benefiting Round Rock Arts, please read this post on Round the Rock.

La Centinella by Deborah Main, for IMAGINE 2017.

Round Rock Arts presents:

9th Annual Imagine: An Evening of Art and Music

Opening Reception is Saturday, March 4, 2017, 7 pm-9:30 pm

Texas State University – Avery Building

1555 University Blvd., Round Rock, Texas

For tickets, click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. General donation is $15 with cash bar and desserts and VIP Party is a much grander affair at a donation of $250/couple. To invite some of your friends on Facebook, please click HERE.

Also my friend April Sullivan, who is the director of VSA Texas, is a talented yarn painting artist and her work below, The Turtle, will also be in the IMAGINE Art Exhibition.  To see more of April’s yarn paintings, check out her website HERE.  I love all the color and texture in April’s artwork! I cannot imagine the patience it must take to create her beautiful pieces, cause I have zero patience. But I CAN imagine that it must be very meditative, and very peaceful to work with yarn in such a unique way. Congratulations April!

Turtle yarn art by April Sullivan. See this and more at IMAGINE Art Exhibition March 4th.  Photo by April Sullivan.

And while you’re at it, tune in to AMPLIFY AUSTIN on March 2nd starting at 6 p.m. and think about giving to VSA Texas, the arts organization of which I’m a member that helps artists with disabilities. April rocks at her job and does everything she can to promote awareness for VSA Texas! It’s all about the “I Live here I Give Here” campaign this week, so imagine and give to the ARTS on Thursday! To donate to VSA Texas click this link: https://amplifyatx.ilivehereigivehere.org/vsatexas/

Imagination is a beautiful thing. We all have it.  Doesn’t matter what race or religion you are, what country you live in, or even your gender for that matter.  Everyone who is born with a mind is also born with imagination.

Per Wikipedia: Imagination….is the creative ability to form images, ideas, and sensations in the mind without direct input from the senses, such as seeing or hearing.

Lemon yellow 1960’s gown I scored last weekend at a local vintage shop, Bloomers & Frocks, in Austin.

I’m in love with the fringed cuffs and collar and intricate details of the lace overlay and beading in this 1960’s gown, imagining the life of the lucky woman who wore this lemon beauty. Can’t wait to see where my imagination takes me on this one!

Take a walk sometime this week or shop local at a vintage shop to escape all the political hoopla and let your imagination take flight.  You’ll never know what you’ll discover.

Please stop by Saturday night at Texas State University for an evening filled with art at IMAGINE: A Night of Art and Performance. Buy tickets HERE and read more about this wonderful IMAGINE Artwork Exhibit event HERE.

I’d like to leave you with the lyrics of John Lennon’s IMAGINE, as we all could use more art in our life and a little of Lennon’s imagination in the world right now! XO PG

Imagine there’s no heaven

NOTE: This is not a sponsored post.  All images not noted are courtesy of Round Rock Arts. All opinions are my own.