Press Release - March 9, 2011:
Short Exposure is on exhibit at Longview Museum of Fine Arts March 5 - March 20.
 

Best of Show winner Jimmy Salmon will have one of his still life photography painting look-a-likes featured on the cover of the museum’s July newsletter, and he will be included in the July/August East Texas Regional Artists' exhibit. Second place winner was Paul Greenberg and third place winner was John Bridges. Forty-eight photographers participated in this show, which was juried by Prince Varughese Thomas, an artist and associate professor of art at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX.
 

Darden Smith will perform for the Live Music Fine Art concert series Friday, March 25 at 7:30.  Doors open at 7 pm. Tickets are $20 for museum members and $25 for non-members. Call 903.736.9531 for reservations.

The 51^st Annual Student Show opening will be Saturday, March 26 beginning with a gallery talk by juror Ray Daniel at 6:30, followed by presentation of awards in nine categories. Over twenty area high schools have been invited to participate in the exhibit.
 

Mr. Daniel, former curator of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, currently teaching at the University of North Texas, will have his paintings on display in the main (Wrather) gallery. All artwork will be displayed through April 30.

09/28/10 - New Look at LMFA! Longview Museum of Fine Arts is extremely excited to showcase its new awnings made possible by a grant from Main Street through the Longview Chamber of Commerce.  We've been installing all week....and will have a LIGHT SHOW this evening from 7:30 - 8 pm to show what all we can do with them!  Come on by for a beverage to celebrate with us--we'll be out front, admiring our new facade.   Drive by our windows on Tyler Street when you get a chance to take a look, especially when it's dark--we'll have "light shows" every night to keep things interesting downtown!

Downtown: Welcome signs of life on the streets of Longview

LONGVIEW NEWS-JOURNAL
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Here's the good news: Parking was a little hard to come by in downtown Longview last Friday night.

The cause for the congestion was the Live Music, Fine Arts Concert Series at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts on Tyler Street.

Parking was not impossible, but late arrivals found themselves walking a block or two to get to the museum - an experience one rarely sees in downtown Longview after the banks and the courthouse close.

Things are changing in our city's center. A few years ago, an upscale bistro and adjoining club opened on Tyler Street, bringing a touch of nightlife to downtown Longview.

Dante Hahn, a young entrepreneur who has begun acquiring and rejuvenating downtown buildings, has leased space to a Japanese sushi restaurant and says a nightclub is in the works next door. Across the street, another club is moving into the old Texas Furniture building.

Downtown Longview is still taking baby steps and traffic is once again hobbled by a street construction project, but we continue to see reason for hope that our city's hub is moving into a new, livelier phase.

The concert series at the art museum should help in the effort to breathe new life into downtown Longview. In doing so, it will help the community keeps its toe in the resurgence of interest in quality live music.

It's important to note and to appreciate that many of the changes coming in downtown Longview are thanks to the initiative and the drive of young members of our community, yet they are traveling a path first blazed by the people who came before them.

Jerry Russell, a long-time advocate for downtown Longview who closed his women's clothing store more than a year ago, was in the crowd at the first LMFA Concert. He said he was thrilled to see the new life downtown. The concert fits well with the vision he had as he worked with city and business leaders to shape the district's future.

With support from the old guard, the new wave of downtown enthusiasts will have a good foundation to build on. We look forward to seeing the results.