Rio Brazos & PCPC

I would like to praise two institutions for their wonderful and tireless efforts on behalf of art and artists. The two organizations I am referring to are Tarleton University and Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

This past year has been the first time I have had the extreme pleasure to be associated with either organization, and I cannot express adequately with words how much I was impressed with both groups.

Park Cities Presbyterian Church recently concluded their second annual PCPC arts festival. Their festival’s theme, based on biblical creation, was entitled “Beginnings – Genesis.”

The opportunity to participate in a faith based art festival was one that I looked forward to for reasons I will delve into at some later point. I was; however, pleasantly surprised to find not only the quality of the art very high, but also the treatment of the art and the artists was impeccable.

The Cross Timbers Art Council and Tarleton State University sponsor the Rio Brazos Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibit is held each year at Tarleton’s Langdon Center in Granbury. These gracious hosts go above and beyond, not only in their efforts to expose the public to the highest quality art, but also to revere and honor the artists.

There is still time for you to enter artwork in this year’s juried exhibit. The deadline is August 18th 2008. You can see the prospectus at
http://www.tarleton.edu/~langdoncenter/RBAE/RBAEindex.html