Amy Miears Jackson - Artist.

Amy Jackson graduated from UT Austin in 1925 with a BS in Home Economics, then went on to attend the university law school from 1926-1928. Jackson was also a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, the American Academy in Rome, and the Academie Colarossi in Paris. Later, she taught at Amarillo College and UT. She taught at the Palo Duro School of Art in Canyon 1936-38. West Texas State College sponsored the Palo Duro School of Art during the 1930s and 1940s, with faculty that included Adele Brunet, A. W. Mack, Amy Jackson, Isabel Robinson, and H. D. Bugbee.

Feliciano Bejar

Was Born in 1920 in Jiquilpan, Mexico.  Because of illness and remoteness of his village, he had only three years of general education in the Salesian College, Guadalajara.  He has lived in Latin American, USA, and Europe for long periods and currently works in San Angel, Mexico City, on a piece of land he landscaped himself.  It’s filled with sculptures and constructions: houses, open-air theatre, and various studios. Indefatigable and with a passion for experimenting, he works in many media – tapestry, painting, prints sculptures in bronze, wood, stone, welding steel, plastic and crystal.  Since his first show in New York in 1948, he has numerous one man exhibitions in Mexico, U.S.A., Canada, El Salvador, England, France, Norway, Holland, and Switzerland. Participated in various international print exhibitions. In 1972 and 1974 he was an invited artist of the British Print Biennale.  He has permanent collections in more than 40 museums and institutions.