Past Exhibitions

Selections from the Bill Bomar Cross Collection
November 24th – January 16th 2011
The crosses in the exhibition are universal, representing different countries, religions and forms: the Latin Cross, the Greek Cross, the St. Andrew Cross or Saltire and such non-Christian forms (preceding Christianity in both East and West) as the primitive cruciform sign of the ancient Egyptian Tau cross shaped like the letter "T."
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Harry Geffert and James Sullivan: Natural Translation
September 25th – January 23rd 2011
Texas sculptors, Harry Geffert and James Sullivan utilize nature and natural materials in their work with less of a concern in depicting nature than utilizing it to create their own unique objects and images.
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Terri Thornton - Binary System, from the Cell Series of Exhibitions
September 25th – January 23rd 2011
Terri Thornton of Fort Worth, Texas, is the seventh in a series of exhibitions featuring contemporary Texas artists. Individual artists are invited to create an exhibition of their work within the upper galleries of the museum's historic 1877 old jail building.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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A Cell of One's Own: Nancy Lamb - The Business of Pleasure
February 6th – May 23rd 2010
"I paint people un-posed and off-guard. In trying to catch the true spirit of the moment, I introduce a penetrating quality that is created by slipping behind the social facade to uncover the mask society demands. I try to capture a still-life of the psychology of this suspended expression and combine it with textures, fabric and designs that go along with the visual rhetoric." --Nancy Lamb
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Sean Scully: Works from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
February 6th – May 23rd 2010
Sean Scully: Works from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth fill the Jones Pavilion and Hooker Gallery with three large-scale oil paintings from the Catherine Series and ten vibrant watercolors all from the Collection of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
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