Browse Exhibits (2 total)
Ink & Dust: Unveiling Ney's Original Letters
The Digital Collections of the Elisabet Ney Museum contain correspondence and other materials that document not only the history of the museum but also the history of Ney herself.
This exhibition serves to highlight documents in the digital archive that Elisabet Ney either created herself or documents that were sent to her by her friends and associates. It focuses primarily on her personal friendships with people like the Bickler family and Emma Burleson, but it also includes more professional records such as a log of sittings for William Jennings Bryan and letters from Ney's business associates, Friedrich Ochs and Karl Dürck.
Women Carving Out History: The Texas Fine Arts Association
"On April 6, 1911, there met in the Ney studio a group of friends, devoted both to the memory of Miss Ney and to the best interests of Texas...and later the decision was confirmed at a meeting held in the parlors of the Driskill Hotel, that an organization should be formed, called the Texas Fine Arts Association and Elisabet Ney Museum." This quote comes from a 1912 pamphlet, created by the Texas Fine Arts Association to serve as a "Sketch of Elisabet Ney History, Purpose, Management, Officers, [and] Work Done."
This exhibition highlights documents in the digital collections that are related to or describe the Texas Fine Arts Association. The Texas Fine Arts Association was the earliest organization in Texas to promote art activity throughout the state and was founded in 1911 in honor of Elisabet Ney by some of her closest friends, including Bride Neill Taylor, Emma Burleson, and Ella Dancy Dibrell.