Join us for our self-directed life drawing class! There will be a live model but no instructor. All levels of skill and experience are welcome. It’s a chance to sharpen your skills, connect with fellow artists, and enjoy a relaxed, creative evening.
Easels and chairs provided. The fee is $15 to pay the model. Please RSVP via the lockhartlifedrawing account on Instagram. Hosted by Marie Tobola.
Michael Villarreal is a visual artist based in Lytton Springs, TX. In 2013, Villarreal received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX and a Master of Fine Arts in 2017 at the University of Nebraska. He has exhibited in solo exhibitions at Art Palace Contemporary Art Gallery, Houston, TX, and Project Project, Omaha, NE. He’s been in numerous group exhibitions including The International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE, Undercurrent in Brooklyn, NY, DATELINE in Denver, CO, Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston, TX, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, and LA Artcore: Brewery Annex Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been featured in several publications such as Huffington Post, New American Paintings, and Art Maze Magazine. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Villarreal currently teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX and is a member of ICOSA Collective in Austin, TX.
Michael Menchaca earned their MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015, and their BFA from Texas State University in 2011, concentrating both degrees in Printmaking. Menchaca’s works are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, D.C.; U.S. Library of Congress, D.C.; The National Gallery of Art, D.C.; Detroit Institute of Arts, MI; El Museo Del Barrio, NY; The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR; The San Antonio Museum of Art, TX; and RISD Museum, RI; among others. Exhibitions include the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI; The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH; El Museo del Barrio, NY; The Davis Museum, MA; The Chrysler Museum of Art, VA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, D.C.; The Benton Museum of Art, CA; The Contemporary Austin, TX; The Lawndale Art Center, TX; The McNay Museum, TX; North Carolina Museum of Art, NC; and The Print Center New York, NY. They have been an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, ME; Vermont Studio Center, VT; the Wassaic Project, NY; the Segura Arts Studio at Notre Dame University, IN; the Serie Project at Coronado Studios, TX; The Studios at MASS MoCA, MA, and a fellow-in-residence at The Fine Arts Work Center, MA. They are one-half of the artist collective Dos Xicanx. In 2021, the US Latinx Art Forum (USLAF), supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation, awarded Menchaca the inaugural Latinx Artist Fellowship.
Hollie Brown currently lives in Abilene, Texas. She is a member of the Center for Contemporary Arts and teaches at McMurry University. She received her M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of California, Riverside in 2017. Brown also runs Little Shop of Hollies, a “tiny” business she started in 2020.
Born in 1984 to an African American father and Mexican mother, Vollrath had a unique beginning with 11 siblings, a Mennonite background and a homeschool education.
She discovered her love of painting around the age of 8 and spent her free time exploring with the various art supplies her mother found at garage sales.
At the age of 15, Vollrath met the late Dr. Marilyn Daniels at an art opening. Upon seeing Vollrath’s portfolio, Dr. Daniels was amazed by the untrained, natural skill that was present in the work.
She immediately offered art tutelage to the quiet 15 year old. Credited to Dr. Daniels’ prodding and encouragement, Vollrath went on to receive her BFA from Howard University in 2011 and MFA from Texas Woman’s University in 2017.
Vollrath works primarily in oil paint and is currently focused on the sacred narratives. She is figuratively trained and began her early career as a portrait painter for hire. With her love of light, color and the figure, Vollrath tells familiar narratives of humankind’s eternal search for its connection to immortality.
Vollrath currently lives in Dallas with her husband and 2 daughters. She is a professor of art at Eastfield College.
Honoria Starbuck draws inspiration from the history of art, beginning with prehistoric cave paintings. Using art history as a foundation, she explores color, shape, narrative, and the endless possibilities of artistic materials and their interactions.
An active participant in the global Mail Art Network since 1989, Starbuck has exhibited her work in art festivals, Mail Art congresses, museums, galleries, and private venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale.
Her teaching philosophy centers on energizing students by connecting with their interests, such as video games, fashion, and animation. She guides students in exploring contemporary trends alongside art historical examples, helping them uncover lessons that align with their creative goals.
Starbuck’s artistic process embraces chance and unexpected connections, informed by art historical contexts, contemporary experiences, and material experimentation. Her works are gestural and calligraphic, incorporating watercolor, India ink, pastel, collage, graphite, rubber stamps, text, and acrylics. She also employs digital drawing tools, such as Paper53 on the iPad, to expand her creative practice.
Jessamyn Plotts is an artist living and working in San Marcos, TX. She is a Lecturer at Texas State University where he teaches drawing and foundations, and at St. Edward’s University where she teaches Visual Studies. She received her BFA from Texas State University in 2015 and her MFA from Southern Methodist University in 2019.
Clare Hu (b.1996, Norcross, GA) is a weaver and artist whose practice examines personal and familial experiences within the broader framework of the myths and narratives that make up the American South.
Hu has had solo exhibitions at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC and Dream Clinic Project Space in Columbus, OH. She has shown in group exhibitions at the Artists Space in New York, NY, the Chashama Project Space in New York, NY, Bob’s Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, and the Cohen Gallery in Alfred, NY. Hu is a past artist in residence at the Studios at MASS MoCA, Hambidge Center, and the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY. She was a Visiting Artist at the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, SC and took part in Alfred University’s inaugural Summer Residency Program. Hu completed her BFA with a focus in Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and is currently pursuing her MFA at Hunter College.