Summer Exhibition Lineup Announced for East and South Texas Museums
Several museums across East and South Texas have unveiled their summer exhibitions for 2026. At the Rockport Center for the Arts, Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee's 'Magic Water' will run from April 15 to June 7, followed by Jennifer Arnold's 'A Layered Space: Coming Up For Air (v.6)' from May 7 to August 9. The 'Past Master Artists | Rockport Legends' exhibition featuring Elena Rodz opens on June 12. Meanwhile, in Beaumont, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas will debut Bill Pangburn's 'Printed Traces' and 'Dawn of a Century' on May 5, with a reception planned for May 8. Additionally, the Art Museum of South Texas will showcase two exhibitions starting May 14, and the Longview Museum will present 'Native Perspectives' from May 23 to September 12, with more exhibitions scheduled in Lufkin, Beeville, and McAllen.
Key facts
- Rockport Center for the Arts opens 'Magic Water' by Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee (mid-April to June 7), 'A Layered Space' by Jennifer Arnold (May 7 to August 9), and 'Past Master Artists' with Elena Rodz (June 12 to August 31).
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas opens 'Printed Traces – A Neches River Journal' by Bill Pangburn and 'Dawn of a Century' by Julius Stockfleth on May 5, with a free reception May 8.
- Texas composer Nathan Felix and the Symphony of Southeast Texas perform 'Tales of the Neches' on May 30 at AMSET.
- Art Museum of South Texas opens 'Woody Gwyn: Skylight On Water' and 'Soñadoras: Yuyi Morales' on May 14.
- Longview Museum of Fine Arts presents 'Native Perspectives: America 250' from May 23 to September 12, featuring 12 Indigenous artists including Chase Kahwinhut Earles.
- Museum of East Texas in Lufkin hosts Emmi Hasselbach's 'Suburbia' from June through September.
- Beeville Art Museum presents 'Texas Artists Exhibit' and 'Children Artists of Beeville' opening August 1.
- International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen opens 'Lowrider Culture in the United States' on August 15, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
Entities
Artists
- Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee
- Jennifer Arnold
- Elena Rodz
- Bill Pangburn
- Nathan Felix
- Julius Stockfleth
- Woody Gwyn
- Yuyi Morales
- Chase Kahwinhut Earles
- Martha Berry
- Jacqui Bullard
- Dylan Cavin
- Tom Farris
- Yonavea Hawkins
- Billy Hensley
- Bobby C. Martin
- Jeri RedCorn
- Moira RedCorn
- Tony Tiger
- Emmi Hasselbach
Institutions
- Rockport Center for the Arts
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas
- Symphony of Southeast Texas
- Art Museum of South Texas
- Longview Museum of Fine Arts
- Museum of East Texas
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- Beeville Art Museum
- International Museum of Art and Science
- Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of the American Latino
- South Texas College
- Glasstire
Locations
- Rockport
- Texas
- United States
- Beaumont
- Corpus Christi
- Longview
- Lufkin
- Beeville
- McAllen
- Amarillo
- San Antonio
- Galveston
- Houston
- Mexico
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma