Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closed Mondays and major holidays

Mission Statement:
The mission of the Old Jail Art Center is to be the primary cultural resource for the region, providing visual art, performing art, and local history resources for residents and visitors alike, and fostering memorable experiences for all.

Exhibitions 2010:

Mexican Muralist Works on Paper: from the Blanton Museum of Art
June 5th – September 12th 2010

Opening this Summer at our annual Western Swing Party, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, will be “Mexican Muralist Works on Paper: from the Blanton Museum of Art.” This exhibition features works on paper produced by the Revolution-era mural artists and their compatriots who helped shape the face of public art in Mexico.


A Cell of One's Own: John Robert Craft
June 5th – September 12th 2010

Opening June 5th in the upper galleries of the 1877 jail building will be the cast-iron sculpture and site-specific drawings of John Robert Craft.


West Texas Triangle: Owens
June 17th – September 12th 2010
The Old Jail Art Center is pleased to join with its partners in the West Texas Triangle Consortium of Art Museums to present a region-wide exhibition of the work of Dallas Sculptor, Sherry Owens this summer!


25 September – 23 January, 2011

• The Work of Harry Geffert and James Sullivan
• A Cell of One’s Own

Permanent Exhibitions:

• Asian Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, augmented with loaned works
• • The museum’s Asian Collection has been re-installed in refurbished galleries in the 1877 old jail building of the Old Jail Art Center.
    
    
• W.O. Gross, Jr. Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
• • The Old Jail Art Center is also home of the W.O. Gross, Jr. Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. This extensive and important collection features earthenware vessels, votive figurines and tomb pottery. Among the numerous cultures represented in this collection are Chimu, Colima, Huastec, Jalisco, Maya, Mixtec, Nayarit and Teotihuacan.
    
    
• Sallie Reynolds Matthews Room
• • This gallery honors both its namesake, author of Interwoven, and her youngest child, Watkins (Watt) Reynolds Matthews. The room is a generic family gathering room based on two rooms at the headquarters of the Matthews' historic Lambshead Ranch. Some of the furniture in this room and a number of the artifacts involved with ranch life are from Lambshead Ranch. The remaining furniture and artifacts are from other ranches in the area.
    
    

Events

15th Annual Western Swing
June 5th 2010

Round up your friends and join us for the 15th Annual Western Swing, Saturday June 5th! Join the Old Jail for live music, dancing, great food, gallery and artist talks, and great company!

6 November
Dia de los Muertos Family Festival

13 November
10th Biennial Fine Art Auction