Exhibitions and programs are made possible in part by grants from the City of Wichita Falls as administered by the Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture, the Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts; the J.S. Bridwell Foundation; the Bryant Edwards Foundation; the Fain Foundation; the Lola Pitzer Endowment; and MSU Texas with support from the Museum Trust Fund and individual donors to Texoma Gives and the Museum Annual Fund.
Current Exhibitions
Deep Focus: A Series of Documentaries features two documentaries directed by MSU faculty and alumni. Rocketship, directed by Jonathon Quam, Associate Professor of Mass Communications, is a documentary film about the beauty of the human spirit. It examines poverty, trauma, violence, resilience and alcoholism through the experiences of a single man – Rocket ¬– who lives at the fringe of society in rural Wichita Falls, Texas. The Glass Age, directed by Colin Stephenson, Abby Jones, Gerrant Guiste and Javier Contreras, is a poetic short documentary exploring glass' transformative power, merging art and science.
Birds inspire us in endless ways through their flight, beauty, and delightful mannerisms. The 48th annual exhibition celebrates avian wonders through fresh interpretations in original paintings, sculptures, and graphics created in the last three years.
Wilderness Passing: The Hudson River Portfolio, 1820–1825 highlights one of the most important early American etching books produced in the 19th century. The portfolio was published to help make people aware of the beauty of the American landscape and to stimulate a sense of national identity, like the early novels of James Fennimore Cooper, short stories of Washington Irving, and poetry of William Cullen Bryant, all of whom will be presented in dialogue with the artworks on display.
Upcoming Exhibitions
In Follow the Waters, Delita Martin invites you to immerse yourself in a world where blue waters take center stage, holding within it spiritual connotations that resonate with the divine, wisdom, and protection. Through this solo exhibition, she explores the profound connection between the color blue and the spiritual element of water.
For a contemporary audience, Wichita Falls’ history mirrors our modern experience—a narrative of growth, struggle, innovation, and resilience. It shows us that our roots, grounded in the past, give us strength and direction as we face the future. In reimagining this history, we're reminded that the city's journey, like our own, is shaped by the people who dare to dream, adapt, and build a brighter tomorrow.
Working with Flatbed Press in 2023, Hawley created a series of monoprints which unfolds the often contradictory feelings of Motherhood, re-purposing the tools of the role into expressions of art to reveal a rainbow of emotive colors.