The Texas Society of Sculptors Showcase 2005

by Nancy Cardozier

Twenty-six pieces by twenty members of TSOS were on display from August 25 through September 30 in the gallery of the Visual Arts building of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The juried show, encompassing the widest possible range of styles and materials, generated considerable publicity and attracted a large number of viewers. Artists in the show were: Reynaldo Alaniz, Ken Burns, Augusto Brocco, Nancy Cardozier, D. Childress, Bob Coffee, June Doerr, Stephen Dubov, Jose Antonio Garcia Guerra, Bill Jeffers, George McFarland, Valencia Mills, Mary K. Morse, Bobby Pearl, Dan Pogue, Scott Sustek, Laura Sturtz, Seth Vandable, Hank Waddell, and Gary Yarrington.

The afternoon of the closing reception, an interested group of art students and others assembled to hear presentations by Rey Alaniz, Bob Coffee, and Hank Waddell, who gave slide shows of their work. Also, a video was shown, depicting Bobby Pearl's series of sculptures on the story of her Russian refugee grandmother.

At the reception that evening, the president of the university, Dr. David Watts, and his wife attended and chatted with the sculptors present, who included George McFarland, Val Mills, June Doerr, Ken Burns, and Nancy Cardozier, beside those named above. One piece sold, but George McFarland said that it sold before it ever got to Odessa, when a visitor to his studio saw a picture of the intricate wood carving, entitled "Tectonic Plates of a Head."

Rey Alaniz has created a handsome Web page showing all of the pieces in the gallery: TSOS_SHOWCASE/PhotoAlbum51.html (external link, opens in new window). The gallery bears the name of Nancy Fyfe Cardozier, who devoted her energies to the art scene during the twelve years she spent there while her husband, Ray, was president.

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