The mission of the Texas Visual Arts Association is to encourage artists and to promote art in texas.  From its inception in 1947 through 1986 the organization was known as the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Fine Arts Association.  With the reorganization that tool place in 1987, the group assumed an expanded state role and was renamed the Texas Visual Arts Association (TVAA).

 

TVAA promotes communication and cooperation between artists and the community-at-large by providing exhibitions in painting, sculpture, printmaking, pastels, watercolors, mixed media and photography, and by offering educcational workshops, seminars, and tours of major museum and gallery shows.  TVAA helped to promote the development of the Dallas Arts District and The Dallas Visual Arts Center and has a history of supporting worthwhile causes including the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the SPCA of Texas, the Make A Wish Foundation in Dallas, and Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity.

 

TVAA sponsors several annual exhibitions: a Membership Exhibition, a National or Regional Open Exhibition, exhibitions for Signature Members, and the Citation Exhibition in the fall.  In addition, a High School Competiton is sponsored each year by TVAA and the Dallas School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas.  The High School Competition encourages High School students from the Dallas area  to compete for awards and scholarships.  All these exhibits are juried by qualified art critics, museum directors and curators, gallery owners and art educators.

 

To continue its promotion of the visual arts in Dallas, TVAA depends on contributions from supporters.  Generous support has been received in the past from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation; Bank of America Texas; The Howard Rachofsky Foundation; Southwestern Bell Foundation; Eastman Kodak; the Dallas Arts District Foundation; the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs; Asel Art Supply; Grumbacher; the Frame Up; Binders Discount Art Center; Decor Frames and Art; and many others including Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Netherland, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Doolin, Nancy and Jake Hamon, and Mr. and Mrs. John Rauscher.  TVAA is grateful for the continued support from individuals, corporations, galleries and businesses of the greater Dallas area.

 

Student membership in TVAA is $18 per year, which entitles the student to enter all other TVAA exhibitions.  For more information about TVAA please contact:

 

 

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