The Madeline R. Samples Exhibit Hall

Do you appreciate Texas plants in bloom? BRIT Library’s latest art exhibition, Traveling through Texas’ Treasures, features watercolor paintings of Texas native plants by botanical artist Marie Wesby.  Many of these paintings would go on to be included in Wesby’s A Treasury of Texas Flora (2001), a comprehensive book detailing many native Texas plants’ growing seasons and […]

Join us to celebrate our current exhibition, Erika Huddleston: Prairie. The artist will be in attendance and give an insightful talk about her time painting our pocket prairie and the powers of observation. Prairie walks are encouraged. This event is open to all, with no registration required. Image courtesy Artspace 111, Erika Huddleston, Landscape Recording […]

Artist talk and reception: March 3 (5:30-7:30 pm) Erika Huddleston’s paintings take site and place as their subjects, specifically nature in urban public settings. Her oil paintings of the natural world stem from her training in landscape architecture; she investigates how people use outdoor space to better understand how observing changing natural processes in urban park […]

Imagine the many plants that populated the Aztec empire – its cities, courtyards, and countryside. Flora and fauna had deep meaning in the lives of the Aztecs: flower gardens were ubiquitous; large sculptures of plants abounded; and plants were used to make fibers for a variety of items, both utilitarian and artistic. While much of […]

As a part of our campus-wide celebration of Texas Hispanic culture and creativity this October, Celebramos!, we are proud to feature selections of craft and folk art from the Museum of the Americas. This exhibition, which features plant-based pieces such as functional basketry, native Mexican amate bark painting, and Zapotec woven rugs made with natural […]

FWBG | BRIT is proud to showcase a wealth of plant-inspired art by regional and international artists. Visit the BRIT building to see the verdant paintings of Texas-based artists Brenda Ciardiello and Camille Warmington in the Samples Exhibit Hall, then venture upstairs to enjoy an exhibition of historical botanical art of the 16th – 19th centuries.