Page 4 - Texas Dimensional: Fine Art in Three Dimensions Catalog of Work

The San Antonio Art League is the oldest arts organization in the city. Founded in
1912, the League has had countless exhibitions over the past 110 years, but Texas
Dimensional is a wonderfully novel idea with a very different focus.

The exhibition is guest-curated by Andre and Virginia Bally, artists who have sponsored
dimensional arts and fine crafts across the state. Their passion is showcasing objects
that speak to aesthetics as much as (or even more than) function. Their own work
in clay and glass summons symbol and memory and abstraction through intricate
processes that require a great deal of technical expertise as well as conceptual
authenticity.

The Ballys are arts advocates in the best sense – they create community wherever
they go and immerse themselves in the active arts scene as leaders and innovators.
So when they talked with us at SAALM about creating a state-wide exhibit for artists
working in three dimensions, we jumped at the chance. Because of their stellar
reputation, they were able to call in artists from all over the state, particularly Houston,
but also other cities, to participate by invitation.

As the photographs of the submitted work began to come in on the SAALM website,
we grew more and more excited about the quality and the variety of the work. And
when the actual work itself started arriving packed in crates, wrapped in quilts, boxed in
unassembled sections to be unwrapped and revealed, we knew this was going to be a
one-of-a-kind unforgettable event. We believe you will agree.

We want to thank every artist to who has shared their extraordinary work with us in
this collection of dimensional delight. We profoundly thank Andre and Virginia for their
hard work and their boots on the ground in curating and physically arranging this show
so masterfully. And we thank all of you for coming to see it and sharing our excitement
about the boundless talent of these Texas dimensional artmakers.

Lyn Belisle Kurtin,
Texas Dimensional Committee Chair

SAALM Texas Dimensional Exhibition Committee

Lyn Belisle, Liaison and Chair
Vikki Fields
Nancy Kempf
Bill Kurtin

Claudia Langford, SAALM President

Catalog design: Lyn Belisle
Cover Artwork Detail: Roy Hanscom