Current Exhibitions
Strand Gallery
January 10 - April 4, 2026
Bruce Lee Webb
CURIOS
CURIOS features the work of Bruce Lee Webb alongside a selection of objects from his collection that have inspired him. His studies of characters and culture have guided his fascination and research into topics including honky-tonk cowboy music, visionary art, occult oddities, fraternal order societies, and antiquarian books. Webb’s work features musicians, folklore, and locales of personal significance painted in ink on vintage cotton seed bags and waxed cotton. The stories of their stained and creased surfaces are augmented with line and text. His works serve as repositories for him to share his many curiosities, recording the things he is interested in and fascinated by. The characters tell histories and tall tales of Texas, spanning the state from the coast to the ranch.
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January 10 - April 4, 2026
Tim Kerr
Your Name Here
Pioneer musician and artist Tim Kerr’s exhibition, Your Name Here, features vibrant and colorful portraits of prominent figures with connections ranging from music to civil rights movements. He is influenced by his own musical career and the iconic voices of artists coming from the punk and DIY scene, to the blues, free jazz, and Irish folk music. His works are often inscribed with quotes from his subjects, sharing their messages as an entry point to values and ideas they share. Self-expression is central to Kerr’s work and the importance of uplifting ideas and voices through art. His works are signed “your name here” in an effort to instigate viewers to adopt his DIY spirit and make something.
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1878 Gallery
November 15, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Seth Damm
Dimensions Unknown
Dimensions Unknown continues Seth Damm’s exploration of tension and fluidity using rope as his primary medium. His installation moves away from the organic, bound, and draped qualities of his celebrated wearable works, into a more expansive dimension built on repetition and pattern. Dimensions Unknown examines the interplay between line and space, transforming two-dimensional forms into an immersive piece that responds to the gallery walls. This new direction in Damm’s work builds upon his collaboration with Ori House, seeking a spiritual and creative center between the process and the viewer. Drawing from techniques used in creating wearable design concepts, this installation expands into a larger scale, occupying the space independently while still implying the human form.
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Brown Foundation Gallery
November 15, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Barry Stone
Slow Bell
Barry Stone’s work explores the interplay between images and sound and their relationship to location and memory. His exhibition, Slow Bell, references the landscape of Galveston and memories of his mother. "Slow bell" refers to the signal once used in nautical navigation – a method for indicating the ship’s speed instructions between the ship pilot and engine room. It can also refer to a bell rung slowly at a funeral to signify sorrow and commemorate a death, a practice known as tolling. Stone’s photographs are often “data bent,” which involves manipulating the code of his digital images. The resulting photographs contain glitches and visual anomalies which mirror the spontaneous and unpredictable nature of the peripheral sounds captured in his audio recordings. His exhibition includes new work made in response to Galveston and the memories it evoked of his mother’s relationship to the island.
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These exhibitions are supported in part by a grant from Texas Commission on the Arts.