PAST EXHIBITIONS
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NATURE RIGHT HERE
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Grand Hall Lobby
June 10 - August 28, 2025
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The City of North Richland Hills proudly presented Nature Right Here at the Grand Hall during the summer of 2025. A collection of artwork from a community-wide call for 2D artwork reflecting the nature that surrounds us in our own NRH neighborhoods. This exhibition celebrated the beauty of the outdoors through the eyes of local artists. Artists of all ages from NRH and the surrounding areas were invited to submit artwork that captured the benefits of spending time outside and moments that help us reconnect, reset, and re-energize. Featured artists include Denae Albin, James Anderson, Bonnie Binzer, Hadley Carlton, Cindy Flint, Kelly Gordon, Jeanna Helton, Betsy Horn, Toni Huneycutt, Lynda Krupa, Hannah Leist, M. Lee McGlothlin, P. J. Vigiletti, Janet Smith Winn, Judy Waitkus, and Teddi Zonker.
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A public reception was held on July 17, to honor the artists and celebrate National Park and Recreation Month. This exhibtion offers an opportunity for the community to come together in celebration of creativity and the power of nature.
COMMUNITY​
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NRH City Hall Lobby
​March 4 - April 18, 2025
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This collection of works showed that COMMUNITY is more than just a word but a concept that holds important meaning. Each artist brought their unique perspective and creativity to this space enriching our community through their art.
Twenty-one artworks were on display with one collaborative piece.
​Featured in the exhibition were twenty-eight artists in total:
Jeanne Akita, Betsy Allaire, James Anderson, Anthony Balfour, Bonnie Binzer, Donna Brown, Darla Cates, John (Tim) Clark, David del Solar, Linz Eagan, Jed Ford, Toni Honeycutt, Betsy Horn, Laura Hunt, Gabriel Kite, Jennifer Kite, Kathy Koons, Marty Kusmierski, Marion Lee McGlothlin, Kathy Renne-Allcock, Jesse Saaems, Genna Tucker, Haley Vasquez, P.J. Vigiletti, Judy Waitkus, Jeanette Whitehouse, Betty Williams, and Kurt Wright.
This exhibition is a wonderful reminder that Art Lives in Our City.
The Art of Teaching
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Grand Hall at NRH Centre Lobby
February 10 - March 28, 2025
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The Art of Teaching exhibition offered a rare opportunity to experience the creative visions of the dedicated art faculty from BISD. This compelling collection, displayed in the Grand Hall lobby, highlighted the diverse artistic talents of 10 local educators, each contributing a unique perspective on their craft and the role of teaching within the art world.
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Featured in the exhibition were Amber Beranek, Savannah Bunn, Summer Canfield, Michael Daniel, Ian Floyd, Theresa Hampton, Kelly Hurst, Shana Martin, Thai Nguyen, and Amanda Westmoreland.
This exhibition offered a glimpse into the artist that teach through the medium of art.
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NRH Cultural Arts was thrilled to showcase the work of these talented individuals who not only shape the artistic minds of their students but also inspire the broader NRH community with their creativity and vision.
LAURA HUNT:
MY EYES ON TEXAS
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Grand Hall at NRH Centre Lobby
June 28 - September 27, 2024
Artist Statement: My Eyes On Texas
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Growing up as the youngest child of Central Texas farmers, I developed a deep love for big skies, broad horizons and hardscrabble small towns. My deep connection to a place infused with a cultural concoction all its own has shaped my identity.
I aim to evoke the subtlety, the drama and the quirkiness I find on my road trips. The images reflect the play of light on fields and scrubby pastures under an ever-changing sky. Ordinary views and expansive ones hold equal attraction, speaking of an atmosphere that is better felt than explained.
Although my paintings have a naturalistic foundation, abstraction moves the work beyond mere representation. The application of marks and scrapes right across an almost completed work contributes emotional content and shifts the subject from specific to universal.
My Eyes On Texas is an ongoing exploration of both the ordinary and the iconic landscapes that characterize my home state. I invite you to view these paintings as expressions of a dynamic, changing entity that holds stories, memories, and a profound sense of place.
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Laura Hunt, 2024
2024 SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
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Grand Hall at NRH Centre Lobby
March 15 - Extended to June 26, 2024
6000 Hawk Avenue, North Richland Hills, Texas 76180
22 talented photographers from around our community shared their view of our world in this compelling exhibition.The 2024 Spring Photography collection was comprised of breathtaking landscapes and nature studies by James Austin, Braxton Chu, Jordan Flowers, Brandon Garner, Larry Jostes, Cathy Jostes, Bernice Mohanadhas, Mike Mullins and Stephanie Whitlock. Exquisite florals have been photographed by Janet Cunningham, Robin Doyle, Beth Wasson and Teddi Zonker. Stunning and colorful portraits of unusual subjects (a bright-faced mandrill monkey and a heron) have been captured by Trisha Baker and Marty Kusmierski. The exhibition also featured a deeply human study of two Amish brothers by noted national photographer F. Robert Openshaw. Kristyn Marrs, Drew Nelson, Sara Ocnaschek, Kenichi Ono, Shane Whitehead and Tiffany Williams rounded out the show with their remarkable studies of the complex and beautiful patterns found in the way light and color respond to man-made objects such as bridges, a birdhouse and mechanical systems. We were delighted to share these thoughtful and arresting images that express the unique vision that each photographer communicates through their individual work.
Betsy Times 2
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Betsy Horn & Betsy Allaire
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Grand Hall at NRH Centre Lobby
January 5 - March 8, 2024
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Betsy Horn interprets how she responds emotionally to her subjects through her unique use of color and line. Working primarily in acrylics, she uses color to either portray a subject so that it is recognizable or she exaggerates and abstracts what she sees. Outlines are used to define areas of contrast as in a stained-glass window. Highlights and shadows are added with short strokes and dots. The end results are remarkable explorations of the spiritual experiences that she has discovered within nature's colors and patterns.
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Betsy Allaire creates vividly-hued, nature-inspired visuals that she paints directly onto silk. Using special dyes, Betsy meticulously applies layers of intermixable thin colors onto a prepared fabric strip until she obtains an image with a bright and bold palette. Silk painting has a 3,500 year history in Asia and has been practiced for hundreds of years in Europe. Betsy's lively floral motifs are abundant in rich, swirling designs that build upon ancient tradition.
grand hall lobby exhibition
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ARTWORK ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 8 - NOVEMBER 3, 2023
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TWELVE OUTSTANDING ARTISTS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA FEATURED IN AN INAUGURAL EXHIBITION AT THE GRAND HALL AT NRH CENTRE
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James Anderson • Daniel Blagg • Kelly Gordon • Christy Hill • Betsy Horn • Jan Hulse • Laura Hunt • Nancy Lamb • Matt Sacks •
Foster Steinbrink • Amy Turner • Shane Whitehead
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