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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Galveston ArtWalk - March 2010\nEvent Url: http://w
 ww.artshound.com/event/detail/37305/Galveston_ArtWalk_March_2010\nEvent Da
 te Begin: 2010-03-06\nEvent Date End: 2010-03-06\n\nFor over twenty years\
 , the Galveston Arts Center has produced ArtWalk on Saturday nights in the
  heart of the historic district. Now spreading to other parts of the islan
 d\, ArtWalk occurs approximately every six weeks.\nNot a street festival\,
  ArtWalk takes place in existing commercial galleries\, non-profit arts sp
 aces and what are called 'other walls\,' restaurants and retail stores\, f
 or example. Each exhibits art and welcomes viewers with open doors\, later
  hours and refreshments. One of the Galveston Arts Center's largest progra
 ms\, ArtWalk\, promotes visual art and artists\, offers alternative places
  to see and learn about art and hopes to bring newcomers\, as well as welc
 ome return visitors to the art community on the island.\nIncorporated in 1
 986\, the Galveston Art Center (GAC) is as an independent nonprofit organi
 zation that presents pacesetting contemporary art in a historic building o
 n Galveston's Strand donated by the Junior League of Galveston County.\nTh
 e Galveston Arts Center is the only visual arts organization in Galveston 
 with a permanent location\, a rotating exhibition schedule with free admis
 sion at all times\, and a full-time staff. Curator Clint Willour brings co
 ntemporary art from all over the state in approximately 25 exhibitions a y
 ear\, offering both emerging and established artists a home here. Over 50\
 ,000 visitors annually visit GAC exhibitions. In addition\, the GAC regula
 rly tours exhibitions to other arts spaces in the state and produces award
 -winning publications. Willour often draws insightful parallels among the 
 shows he installs in each of the three galleries\, presenting unique ways 
 of thinking about art.\nOne of the most rewarding programs of the GAC is A
 rt for All which provides art education outreach to various underserved po
 pulations in our community from children on extended hospital stays\, to p
 re-K children at a neighborhood community center to the elderly who live i
 n a local nursing home. These programs offer the joy and new ways of seein
 g that creative learning can inspire.\nThe Center also houses a museum sho
 p\, ArtWorks\, that presents a showcase for fine craft artists. The store 
 manager constantly looks for new artists and actively pursues supporting w
 orking regional artists through display and shop sales. Works are taken on
  commission and sold to support both the artist and the Arts Center.\nInit
 ial support for building renovation and programming was provided by: the J
 unior League of Galveston County\, the Moody Foundation\; the Kempner Fund
 \; the Houston Endowment and individual donors. Today Hotel/Motel taxes\, 
 individual donations\, memberships\, private foundations and corporate gra
 nts provide funding. Devoted volunteers support the GAC with the gift of t
 heir time. Agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts\, Institut
 e of Museum Services\, National Trust for Historic Preservation\, Texas Hi
 storical Commission\, the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Texas Commi
 ttee for the Humanities also have contributed to GAC programs.\n\nStart ti
 me: Most galleries 6pm-9pm.  Click here for details.\n 
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SUMMARY:Galveston ArtWalk - March 2010
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