Last weekend, Jack Massing hosted a one-day only exhibit dedicated his recently deceased partner Michael Galbreth. (They were the Art Guys.) The entire Houston art community showed up. I decided at some point to take phone photos of as many of the artists, collectors, etc., who were there. I missed a lot of people I wanted to photograph, but I got a few. And here they are.
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Britt Thomas. Thomas has an exhibit up at the Galveston Arts Center through April 12, 2020.
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Clint Willour
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David Aylsworth
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Dean Ruck. I've written about Havel + Ruck projects several times over the years.
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Debra Barrera. Here is a post that Dean Liscum wrote about a Debra Barrera exhibit.
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Dennis Nance.
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Elaine Bradford. Here's a post I wrote about Elaine Bradford.
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Emily Peacock. I've written about her several times over the years.
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Emily Sloan. Emily Sloan was one of the first artists in Houston I ever wrote about.
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Iva Kinnaird.
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Jack Massing.
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James Surls. I've written about this giant of Houston art several times.
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Jim Pirtle. Jim Pirtle has appeared in this blog many times.
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Joachim West.
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Julon Pinkston. Julon Pinkston has had several appearances on this blog.
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Neil Fauerso.
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Paul Kremer (l) and Phillip Kremer. I wrote about Paul Kremer's former collective (maybe it would be better to be call it a club), I Love You Baby.
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Paul Middendorf. Runs Space HL (formerly Gallery Homeland).
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Peter Lucas.
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Scott Gilbert.
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Sharon Kopriva (center) and Brad Barber (right)
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Susan Budge.
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Travis Hanson.
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Tudor Mitroi.
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William Camfield.
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Xandra Eden. Director of Diverse Works.
I only got to meet him once but I have loved the humor in his art and been inspired by his work since I was an undergraduate student studying art. He struck me as a kind soul when I met him and I felt privileged to be able to attend the event and to talk to so many cool people.
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