The 2013 Merit Artists are selected from the previous All-Member Show (Currents). Five are selected by an invited juror, and one by popular vote. All six artists display new work for the exhibition.

Poster Artists from year's past show recent work in the Garden Gallery to kick off Art Festival season!

Bonnie Lou Prouty was Art Director at Rockport Center for the Arts when the very first Art Festival poster was created in 1993.

2013 Resident Artists Judith Selby and Richard Lang collect plastic from a small beach in Northern California, making colorful and intriguing works of art out of the pieces they find.

Mimi Braniff has been part of the Rockport Art Center family since 1999. She was featured as a Merit Artist in 2001, in both Aransas Artists for Nature exhibitions (in 2005 and 2008) and was designated as one of Texas's Ten Best Craftspersons in 2005.

Well known and admired in the Texas Coastal Bend, artist Steve Russell's unique approach to painting is unmatched by any other Rockport-area artist, inspired by extensive travel and a burning curiosity for Texas history.

Every year RCA hosts a statewide juried exhibition for undergraduate and graduate students emerging in the visual arts. Prize winners are awarded to the top three artworks, selected by invited juror.

Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Lindsey Dunnagan eventually moved to Texas and received a Bachelor of Environmental Design Architecture from Texas A&M in 2007.  

Austin-based Ryan McKerley's work has been exhibited all over the U.S., and is known for his water carving technique that mimics erosion, resulting in unique patterns resembling organic geometry and abstract design.

The annual all-member show for members of the Rockport Art Association

The Art Center's first senior Artist in Residence, Ewoud de Groot shows current work after spending three weeks in Rockport.

Tami Bone grew up in deep South Texas where she spent a childhood oftentimes free and driven by her imagination. Her photographic work today pulls from these early beginnings, calling forth yearnings, hopes, fears and dreams that make their way into her narrative images.

John Skarda is known for his large, super-colored graphic portraits of fish. Originally from Houston, Skarda is now based in Rockport and represented by St. Charles Gallery.

Four artists pushing new methods and ideas in sculpture: Susan Budge, Kurt Dyrhaug, Phillip Shore, and Todd Van Duren.

Kevin Ramler is part artist, part musician. His work with ceramics often incorporates musical and interactive elements, pushing the limits of "functional ceramics." Ramler was selected as the Art Center's first student resident, and recently became director at large for the board of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.

Each year six member artists are selected from the annual all-member show for a group show: Five by juror, one by popular vote.

Pastel artist and twelve-year Art Festival veteran Bruce Bitter exhibits as the 20th Poster Artist for the 43rd Annual Rockport Art Festival.

Poster Artists from year's past show recent work in the Garden Gallery to kick off Art Festival season!

The Gentileschi Aegis Gallery Association (G.A.g.A.) is a not for profit organization run by and for women artists whose mission is to serve the women’s artist community of San Antonio. 

Professor of Photography at Texas A&M Commerce, Vaughn Wascovich shares the expressive capabilities of pinhole photography.