Calendar of Local Events

• Family Fun Saturdays 11-03-2012 March 30, 2012
  NCCIL’s art educators help you create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge. […]
• Friends & Neighbors: The Art of Photographing People March 30, 2012
  The exhibition is a study in varying approaches to photographing people including formal portraiture, documentary, fine art and avant-garde photography. Whether the locale is the war torn Middle East or a bunk house in rural West Texas, the photographs in this exhibition viewed together remind us of the power of the camera as a tool in the hands of a dedicat […]
• Chautauqua Learning Series - Aug. 2012 March 30, 2012
  Speaker: Jay Moore. Topic: What Abilene & Buffalo Gap have taught me. Based on the Chautauqua movement which spread throughout the rural United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries providing educational lectures and entertainment for average Americans before the advent of mass media like radio and television. […]
• Sedrick Huckaby: Faith and Family March 30, 2012
  "We see them everyday; family members, old quilts, domestic interiors. To Sedrick Huckaby, they are worthy subjects for grand and complex paintings. Huckaby draws inspiration from his family history, faith and his African-American roots. The everyday aspects of his life act as a muse to his considerable artistic talents. With rich impasto painted surfac […]
• Arena Football: Abilene Ruff Riders vs. Amarillo Venom March 30, 2012
  Cheer on your hometown team and enjoy the Rowdy Bunch Kids Club activities, games and a whole lot of excitement! […]

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