To us, the perfect day is spent exploring and experiencing all kinds of art. That’s the idea behind AMA Art Hop!
We love to share information about other visual arts exhibitions and festivals so you can discover them, too. Throughout our event calendar and in our social media, if you see an AMA Art Hop event listing, that means it’s taking place outside of the museum and is being organized by a cultural partner, school/university, or professional visual arts venue or space in or near Arlington.
Something Else: A Retrospective, works by Bill Barter
We’re particularly excited to launch AMA Art Hop by sharing an exhibition hosted by Arts Fort Worth (Fort Worth Community Arts Center). The exhibition, entitled Something Else: A Retrospective, features works by Bill Barter, former AMA Board president and longtime AMA volunteer.
Bill got involved in Arlington’s art scene in the 1980s as a founding Board member of the Arlington Museum of Art, which at that time focused on the Texas contemporary art. He also served as president of the AMA Board twice and was a volunteer for decades.
Among his many notable contributions to the AMA was his leadership in organizing “Woodwork,” an exhibition in the early 1990s featuring Texas artists such as Otis Jones. In a conversation with Chris Hightower, President and CEO of the AMA, Bill acknowledged the support of gallery owners including as Pam and Bill Campbell, founders of Fort Worth’s William Campbell Contemporary Art, and Dallas’ Barry Whistler.
Something Else: A Retrospective
works by Bill Barter
February 3 – March 25, 2023
Arts Fort Worth
1300 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107
artsfortworth.org/post/something-else-a-retrospective
Let’s go art hop!
Public Art in Arlington
We’ve also been on the hunt for a directory of all the public art in Arlington. While these lists on their own may not be comprehensive, together they paint a great picture (see what we did there?) of how active our city’s public art scene has become:
Art in Public Spaces: arlingtontx.gov/residents/about_arlington/public_art
Murals and art in Downtown Arlington: downtownarlington.org/visit/arts-and-culture/public-art
Entertainment District Art Trail: arlington.org/things-to-do/arts-culture/entertainment-district-art-trail
Public art at the University of Texas at Arlington: uta.edu/academics/schools-colleges/liberal-arts/departments/art/news-events/galleries/public-art
Donna and OK’s awesome Pinterest board: pinterest.com/owencarter927/arlington-texas-public-art
