CASETA’S 17th Annual Texas Art Fair and Symposium on Early Texas Art

March 29 – 31, 2019 
TCEA Conference Center 3100 Alvin DeVane Blvd Building B Austin, TX 78741 We look forward to you joining us!

REGISTER NOW! Go to the CASETA website at www.caseta.org to learn more and to register.

It is time to register for the 17th Annual CASETA Symposium and renew your membership at the same time. The Symposium and Texas Art Fair will take place in Austin on March 29 – 31 at the TCEA Conference Center. You will want to hear all of the great speakers and spend time with other collectors perusing the wonderful art work available at the Texas Art Fair!

Join other attendees on Friday afternoon for a Pre-Symposium tour of the Charles Umlauf home and studio along with a tour of the exhibit, James Surls: Without, Within at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum. Plan to attend the opening reception of the Texas Art Fair on Friday evening, and an Evening Reception and Private Viewing of the Ted and Sharon Lusher Collection of Texas Art at the Lusher home on Saturday evening. Here are the opportunities in store:     

INFORMATIVE SPEAKERS ON IMPORTANT TOPICS IN THE FIELD OF EARLY TEXAS ART 
Katherine Brimberry Co-founder and Director Flatbed Press and Gallery Austin, TX  Topic: Early Texas Artists in the History of the Flatbed Press
Michael R. Grauer  McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture/ Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City, OK Porfirio Salinas: Serious Artist or Potboiler Painter
Susie Kalil Author/ Independent Curator Houston, TX and Roger Winter Artist New York, NY Fire and Ice: A conversation with artist Roger Winter
Liz Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Art History Texas Woman’s University Denton, TX Coreen Spellman’s Abstractions
Bradley Sumrall Curator of the Collection Ogden Museum of Southern Art New Orleans, LA Topic: The Ogden Museum and Roger Ogden Collections
James Surls Internationally-known artist and sculptor Carbondale, CO Then, Now and Tomorrow
Ron Tyler, Ph.D. Former Director, Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fort Worth, TX  250 Years of Texas Art
Panel – So Much Art, Too Little Space:  What can Collectors Do with Their Artwork?   

• Sue Canterbury, The Pauline Gill Sullivan Associate Curator of American Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
• Ted Lusher, Early Texas Art Collector, Austin, TX
• Andrea Perez, Attorney specializing in art law, Kessler Collins Attorneys at Law, Dallas, TX
• Moderator – Bonnie Campbell, Director, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Houston

*Please check www.caseta.org for updates on schedule.

PRE-SYMPOSIUM EVENT – TOUR OF CHARLES UMLAUF HOME AND STUDIO/TOUR OF EXHIBITION, JAMES SURLS: WITHOUT, WITHIN
FRIDAY EVENING PREVIEW OPENING OF TEXAS ART FAIR FOR SYMPOSIUM REGISTRANTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS.
SATURDAY EVENING RECEPTION AND PRIVATE VIEWING OF THE TED AND SHARON LUSHER COLLECTION OF EARLY TEXAS ART AT THE LUSHER HOME
FRIDAY, MARCH 29 – PRE-SYMPOSIUM SPECIAL TICKETED EVENT – TOUR OF CHARLES UMLAUF HOME AND STUDIO/TOUR OF EXHIBITION, JAMES SURLS: WITHOUT, WITHIN  Friday afternoon before the Symposium begins, the private tour of Charles Umlauf home and studio with an extra special tour of the exhibition, James Surls: Without, Within. Light refreshments. *Umlauf home and studio not ADA compliant
$25 per person (limit 40 persons)

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 – PREVIEW OPENING OF TEXAS ART FAIR FORSYMPOSIUM REGISTRANTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS  Join Symposium attendees and special guests for the opening of the 2019 Texas Art Fair. Once again there will be a sterling exhibition of Texas paintings, all for sale by the state’s foremost art dealers. The opening reception is sponsored by Heritage Auctions.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30 – TICKETED SPECIAL EVENT – THE TED AND SHARON LUSHER COLLECTION OF EARLY TEXAS ART/PRIVATE VIEWING AT THE LUSHER HOME Saturday Evening after the Texas Art Fair closes for the day, the Evening Reception and Private Viewing will take place at the private home fo Ted and Sharon Lusher. Refreshments. $25 per person
Tour 1: 6:00 – 7:00 pm (Limit 75 persons)
Tour 2: 7:00 – 8:00 pm (Limit 75 persons)
LUSHER HOME VIEWING WILL BE SEPARATED INTO TWO TOURS. SPACES FOR EACH TOUR WILL BE RESERVED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

Transportation to the event can be by private vehicle or on bus for each tour. Must register to reserve bus seat for each tour. Bus for each tour will be limited to 26 persons.
Bus 1: To the Lusher Home $20/per person Bus leaves TCEA at 5:30 pm  Must register to reserve seat/ Limit 26 seats Tour 1 bus riders will be back on the bus at 7:00 pm to return to TCEA
Tour 2: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Bus 2: To the Lusher Home $20/per person Bus 2 leaves TCEA at 6:30 pm  Must register to reserve seat/ Limit 26 seats Tour 2 bus riders will be back on the bus at 8:00 pm to return to TCEA

TEXAS ART FAIR
A ONE-OF-A-KIND EVENT FOR TEXAS ART COLLECTORS

Texas art collectors and Symposium participants have free, on-site access to a sterling exhibition of Texas paintings, all for sale, of course, and sponsored by the state’s foremost art dealers. Dealers participating in this year’s Texas Art Fair include:
 Beuhler Fine Art  Early Texas Art and Prominent San Antonio Artists www.beuhlerfineart.com
Charles Morin’s Vintage Texas Paintings Early Texas Paintings and Fine Antiques  www.vintagetexaspaintings.comDavid Dike Fine Art 19th and early 20th century Texas Regionalists and Texas Landscape painters www.daviddike.com
Foltz Fine Art Texas art by prominent artists active in the state prior to 1945 www.reavesart.com
Heritage Auctions World’s third largest auction house with a vast array of Early Texas Art  www.ha.com
Jody Klotz Fine Art Mid-20th century Texas artists and  19th to mid-20th century European art www.jodyklotz.com
Kelly D Kennedy Fine Art Early Texas artists, American Regionalists,  and contemporary and historic works www.kdkennedyfineart.com
 Rainone Galleries Fine 19th and 20th century Early Texas Art www.antiquesandfineart.com/dealers   In addition a variety of publications on early Texas art will be offered by Texas A&M University Press. Kevin Vogel will provide information on Fine Art Estates.com.

FAIR HOURS
Preview Opening for Symposium Registrants
Friday, March 29, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Open free to the publicSaturday, March 30, 9:00 a.m.- 6:30 p.m.Sunday, March 31, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
 *Please check www.caseta.org for updates.