Featuring Local, Regional, and National Artists
The Arts Council has a variety of spaces and venues showcasing local and regional visual artists.
Exhibits encompass a full spectrum of artists’ professional experience: from beginning amateur to seasoned professional, our mission is to assist all levels of artist in continued learning through exhibition opportunity.
We have one outdoor and five indoor galleries: The NorthLight Gallery, Galleria At The Forum, West End Studio, What’s Up Downstairs, The Patio, and The Sculpture Garden. Throughout the summer we also have our free interactive kids' exhibit, ArtZeum.
All gallery exhibits are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE during regular open hours.
(See the bottom of this page for contact information on galleries.)
CURRENT EXHIBITS
Selena Mize: September 3 - November 6
This educational exhibit highights the creative process of local mural designer Selena Mize.
Eye Of The Beholder- ACWF Staff: August 9-October 16
Everyone sees the world differently. This exhibit proves that those differences are fueled by our individual imaginations.
Diana Beach-Stamper: September 10 - November 12
Diana is a member of the Chickamauga Cherokee, White River Band. Her work focuses on the celebration of her cultural heritage, particularly the importance and beauty of horses.
WFAA Members' Exhibit: August 20 - September 25
Annual juried exhibit open to all members of the Wichita Falls Art Association.
Sculpture Garden @ The Kemp
The Sculpture Garden is an annual, year-long exhibit featuring the work of artists from around the country. It's open free of charge to the public during all Kemp open hours.
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
Jim Livingston: October 22 – January 8
Jim Livingston has taken more than 2000 images of the Flora Kemp tomb over the past 40 years. This retrospective will feature some of his favorites from this collection.
SAQA Texas Quilters: October 28, 2021 – January 9, 2022
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a premier art quilt organization with chapters around the world. This travelling exhibit features the work of Texas art quilters.
PAST EXHIBITS
Kathy Smyers: January 8 - March 26
Larry Hamilton: January 15 – March 20
MSU Painting Students: January 29 – April 10
Marsha Wright-Reeves: January 8 - March 13
Serio-Hughes: March 26 - June 12
Adam Lynskey: October 30 - January 2
Jason Bly: October 30 - January 9
The Artistry Group: October 23 - December 30
Yasuyo Maruyama: April 9 - June 11
Kevin Appiah-Kubi: March 19 – May 22
MSU Drawing and Painting: March 19 – May 22
Kelly Land: April 16 - June 12
Refined White Flour: May 28-July 31
“Refined White Flour” uses satire in a TASTELESS examination of systemic racism.
Paula Savage: June 18 - September 3
Paula Savage is a Wichita Falls artist working with manipulated digital images.
At The Kemp
• The NorthLight gallery is dedicated to our most experienced artists.
• The West End Studio and What’s Up Downstairs Galleries typically feature a varying level of emerging artists and smaller professional exhibits.
• The Patio gallery and our other auxiliary spaces feature community programming. In addition, we’re pleased to highlight the work of our gift shop artists at our off-site space on Maplewood Avenue.
• The Sculpture Garden is the home to 11 permanent pieces, as well as our annual juried exhibit featuring 10 national and international artists. These pieces remain on the grounds for a full calendar year, changing each May.
At The Forum
• The Galleria at The Forum exclusively features women artists in reference to the building’s former history as the home of The Woman’s Forum.
