October 1-3, 2010 area artists are opening up their studios and joining forces with local art venues and museums to offer an unprecedented cultural driving tour in the Brazos Valley. Over twenty five sites will be offered in October for art students, art lovers and collectors to experience the quality and diversity of art and culture in the Brazos Valley. 

Imagine taking your family or friends to a real potter’s workshop, and seeing a potter throw on the potter’s wheel, or a painter working in his own studio, or a sculptor fashioning a life-sized equestrian monument. And on the same day visiting our regional museums and art galleries who will be participating with related exhibits. And then topping it off by stopping at a nearby chocolate store for an especially artful treat. 

Highlights include The Art Step, an art walk in downtown Bryan Friday evening and Brazos Valley Natural History Museum’s annual Booneville Days on Saturday.

Maps with information about each stop will be provided at each site as well as on the website. There will be door prizes and other offers to make the tours fun and inspiring.

For more information: www.hwy6art.com or (979) 822-0496

Arts Council of Brazos Valley www.acbv.org  and the Navasota & Grimes County Chamber of Commerce www.navasotagrimeschamber.com are our partners for this event.

Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival is not a Frame Gallery event but it is a great event in downtown Bryan which the City of Bryan organizes. 

Be sure to find the Fine Arts area, courtesy of the Arts Council of Brazos Valley.

Follow the link below for more info on the 2011 event:

www.texasredsfestival.com

Help us raise money for the Brazos Valley Food Bank!
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 11am - 3pm
at The Frame Gallery

In return for a donation of at least $15:
-you may choose a ceramic bowl created by local potters and artists
-be served a simple meal of soup and bread
-keep the bowl as a lasting reminder of the ongoing problem of hunger throughout the Brazos Valley.

This is the fifth year we have gotten together to do this event here in this community  but the idea for the event started in Michigan in 1990 by a high school art teacher. Empty Bowl events have taken place all over the country since then. More info: www.emptybowls.net

Sponsors:
Many individual potters and artists as well as Joy Pottery, Mudcreek Pottery, Bluebonnet Pottery, U Paint It and The Frame Gallery.
Soup and bread will be donated by local restaraunts as well by individuals.