Art Museum of South Texas Presents Home, Love, and Loss

The venue is the first of three Texas museums to debut the new exhibition from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art Cohort.

Vincent Valdez, El Chavez Ravine, 2007, featured in Home, Love, and Loss. Courtesy of the Art Museum of South Texas.

Corpus Christi, TX —The Art Museum of South Texas (AMST) is proud to announce the opening of Home, Love, and Loss, a deeply evocative exhibition that explores the cycles of family life and the universal threads of human connection. This exhibition opens February 14, 2025, and runs through April 27, 2025, with an intimate Member’s Preview on February 13 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Home, Love, and Loss is the third in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multiyear, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.

About the Exhibition:

The exhibition brings together more than 66 works from the esteemed collections of Art Bridges, the Amarillo Museum of Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Art Museum of South Texas, and the Ellen Noël Art Museum.

This powerful collection, comprised of paintings, photographs, works on paper, and video, delves into the milestones and challenges of family and community life—from birth to aging, and from the bonds of joy to the fractures of loss. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on how we form families and communities; how those relationships are disrupted by adversity, such as illness, poverty, or immigration; and how they are fortified through love, celebration, and resilience.

“Home, Love, and Loss is an exploration from multiple points of view that invites us to reflect on our bonds and relationships that form us into who we are,” says Deborah Fullerton, curator of exhibitions at the Art Museum of South Texas. “This exhibition examines many layers of living, depicting a wide variety of lives and what connects us through human experiences. These selections of art provide ways to connect to a broader appreciation for human connection through compassion, resilience and the power of memories.”

Whether exploring memories of ancestors, the rupture of families, or the joys of chosen companionship, these artworks prompt us to reimagine home and humanity in the context of life’s inevitable transformations.

After the exhibition closes at the Art Museum of South Texas, it will travel to the Amarillo Museum of Art from May 5 to September 14, 2025, and then to the Ellen Noël Art Museum from March 11 to June 16, 2026.

KEY EVENTS & DATES at AMST

To enhance the experience, AMST invites visitors to attend Art Unboxed. The Museum’s guest lecturers and lunch series, takes place on February 14 from noon to 2 p.m. This special event provides an opportunity to dive deeper into the exhibition and explore the works represented more closely.  Art Unboxed registration here.

Art Unboxed is open to the public with the price of admission. Those who wish to enjoy a box lunch from Elizabeth’s must prepay through the registration link above.

Lunch is available at $15 for members and $25 for non-members.

Take advantage of this unique occasion to become an AMST member and enjoy the myriad benefits.

Thursday, February 13 – OPENING RECEPTION AT AMST
5:30–7 p.m.

Member’s Preview at Art Museum of South Texas

Friday, February 14 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Home, Love, and Loss on view

Friday, February 14 – ART UNBOXED
12–2 p.m.

Featuring Sharon Kopriva, Elizabeth Payne, Jimmy Peña, and Ricardo Ruiz

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About Art Bridges

Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. Since 2017, Art Bridges has created and supported projects that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities across the United States and its territories. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of more than 240 museums of all sizes on nearly 900 projects—impacting 5.3 million people nationwide—to provide financial and strategic support for exhibitions, collection loans, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local communities. The Art Bridges Collection represents an expanding vision of American art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.

About the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) is a dynamic cultural resource that provides unique access and insight into the history and future of American creativity through its expansive exhibitions and programming. The Carter’s preeminent collection includes masterworks by legendary American artists such as Ruth Asawa, Alexander Calder, Frederic Church, Stuart Davis, Robert Duncanson, Thomas Eakins, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, and John Singer Sargent, as well as one of the country’s foremost repositories of American photography. In addition to its innovative exhibition program and engagement with artists working today, the Museum’s premier primary research collection and leading conservation program make it a must-see destination for art lovers and scholars of all ages nationwide. Admission is always free. To learn more about the Carter, visit cartermuseum.org. 

About Amarillo Museum of Art

The Amarillo Museum of Art is dedicated to enriching the lives of the diverse people of the Texas Panhandle area, bringing them together for the experience of art through exhibitions, education, and collections. For more information, visit amoa.org.

About the Art Museum of South Texas:
The Art Museum of South Texas is a vibrant cultural institution dedicated to enriching the lives of the residents and visitors of Corpus Christi and the South Texas region through the presentation of visual art. The Art Museum of South Texas advances awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of visual art by presenting exciting exhibitions, offering dynamic education programs, and actively collecting and preserving a vital permanent collection that educates all communities. For more information, visit artmuseumofsouthtexas.org.

About Ellen Noël Art Museum

The Ellen Noël Art Museum of the Permian Basin connects people with art by engaging the community through exhibitions, education, collections and outreach. For more information, visit noelartmuseum.org.

This exhibition is supported in part by:

Art Bridges + Amon Carter Museum of American Art
TAMU-CC
Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
City of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Arts and Cultural Commission

Affiliated with:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
American Alliance of Museums
Museums for All

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