The
Longview
Museum
of Fine
Arts
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was begun by the Junior Service League of
Longview in 1958, and held its first
yearly Invitational Exhibit in 1959.
Jerry Bywaters, Director of the Dallas
Museum of Art, acted as consultant to the
League and juror for that event. The
staff of Nicholson Memorial Library
sustained the Museum. In 1970, a Museum
charter was issued by the State of Texas
and the League's collection was place on
permanent loan. The Museum has been
located in five different locations since
1958. The present location on Tyler
Street was renovated in 1997. The
inaugural exhibit was held on January 17,
1998, with an opening and workshop by
world renowned photographers, Ruth
Bernhard & Michael Kenna. In 2005,
Ann Lowman donated property at the corner
of Tyler and Fredonia Streets to begin a
Sculpture Garden, with a piece donated by
Steel & Pipe Co., Inc. Charlotte
& John Wrather also donated their
property toward this space.Today
the Museum displays its permanent
collection in the Wrather Gallery, the
main gallery inside the front doors. The
Premier I and II Galleries adjoining host
traveling exhibits six times per year,
with private members' receptions the
weekend before opening to the public. The
Judge J.T. Smith Sculpture Garden rotates
exhibits annually.
LMFA has a permanent
collection of over 300 paintings,
etchings, woodcuts, photographs, works on
paper, lithographs, serigraphs, collages
and pieces of sculpture that are rotated
from the vault on a regular basis. It is
our privilege, and honor, to share these
works with the community, making Longview
a better place to live and visit.
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Would
you like to be a Museum Mania Sponsor?
We
are asking 50 people to give $100 to
sponsor one-hour each of our crazy
weekend June 27-29. All sponsors' names
will be placed on a black and gold
sponsor sign displayed on an easel in the
museum. Funds raised will go to pay for
the music, food, security &
incidentals to make the anniversary
celebration a success!
Join the below sponsors in
sponsoring what's going to be the
craziest, most memorable anniversary
party in town! Phone 903-753-8103 for
details!
| Barkley Creative |
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Shirley Griffin |
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Jamie & Donna
Sharp |
| Betty Bodenheim |
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Tiffany &
Jonathan Jehorek |
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Sally &
Charlie Stevenson |
| David & Laurie
Brown |
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Carol &
Richard Manley |
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George Preston
Thomas |
| Frank & Jill
Chaney |
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Glenn McCutchen |
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Lorrie Thomas |
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Eclectic Architecturals |
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Stephen McDaniel
(U.S. Title) |
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Danita Utsman |
| Tracy & Robin
Fruia |
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Ralph Pelaia Law
Center |
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Kasha Williams (Divine Care Home
Nursing Services) |
| Cindy Graham |
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John & Lisa
Ross |
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Charlotte &
John Wrather |
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