Signature Gallery

​Eight years ago Dick Davis and Mary Carmen Olvera Trejo started a Mosaic Mural Project in the small town of Zacatlan De Las Manzanas, about three hours northeast of Mexico City.  The Pueblo (village) sits at the edge of a Barranca (canyon) which marks the beginning of the mountains that separate this region from the Gulf of Mexico and Vera Cruz.  The first Mosaic section was started under the guidance of American muralist Isaiah in his abstract style. The project was so well received that Dick Davis sponsored another section, wrapping up the street from the first area onto the cemetery walls with local Nahautl cultural motifs, then another with stories about the people and industries in this agricultural area, known for its Apples.  The walls around the cemetery were now full.  Local businesses in a nearby old section of town agreed to have more murals about the history of the town on the walls of their shops put into a series of pedestrian alleyways.  So much interest was generated that the town reworked the street leading from the main square to the mural project.  Word has gotten out. With nearly a mile of Murals Zacatlan is a popular destination well worth visiting.
November 4-27
Artists: 
​Margaret & Fred Fabo
Views of Zacatlan
Opening reception: 
Friday, November 11 • 6-8pm
2022 EXHIBITS
October 7 - 30
Artists: Jennifer Freesia, Kris Warrenburg,
​Brenda Warrenburg & Maya del Angel
Generations
Opening reception: 
Friday, October 14 • 6-8pm

November 4 - 27
Artists: Margaret & Fred Fago
​Views of Zacatlan
Opening reception: 
Friday, November 11 • 6-8pm)
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December 16-18
Holidays @ Frank Bette Center
Application deadline:  Sunday November 27
Selection notification by: Friday December 2
Intake day:  Sunday December 11, 11am-5pm
Reception:  December 16, 6-8pm
Pickup day:  December 18 after 5pm, or by agreement of the gallery.
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December 2 - 18
Artist: Ros Harper & Sheila Stuhlman
Wild and Whimsical
Intake: November 27 • 11-5
Opening reception:
Friday, December 9 • 6-8pm

2023 EXHIBITS

January 13-28
Susan Lea Hackett Retrospective
Intake:  December, 2022
Exhibit opens:  Friday January 13
Reception:  Sunday January 15: 2-5PM
Exhibit ends:  Saturday January 28
Takedown:  January 29

February 3-26
​TBD
Intake:  January 31
Exhibit opens:  Friday, February 3
Opening reception:  Friday, February 10, 6-8pm
Exhibit ends:  Sunday, February 26
Takedown:  Monday, February 27 
 
March 3-25
TBD
Intake:  February 28
Exhibit opens:  Friday March 3
Opening reception:  March 10, 6-8pm
Exhibit ends:  Saturday March 25
Takedown:  Sunday March 26, 11am-5pm
 
June 30- August 4
​Annie Haines
Intake:  June 27.
Exhibit opens:  Friday June 30.
Opening reception:  July 14, 6-8pm.
Exhibit ends:  Friday August 4.
Takedown:  Sunday Aug 6.

October 3-29
Shari deBoer
Intake:  Tuesday Oct 3.
Exhibit opens:  Friday Oct 6.
Opening reception:  Oct 13, 6-8pm.
Exhibit ends:  Sunday Oct 29.
Takedown:  Oct 30.

November 3-December 17
​TBD
Intake:  Tuesday Oct 31.
Exhibit opens:  Friday November 3.
Opening reception:  Nov 10, 6-8pm.
Reception:  Dec 15, 6-8pm. (pending)*
Exhibit ends:  Sunday Dec 17.
Takedown:  Monday Dec 18, 11am-5pm.
 
* Pending success of Holidays on these dates in 2022.
The Signature gallery in the Frank Bette Center for the Arts (FBCA) is located in a separate space from the Main Gallery and offers private exhibits administered separately from the Main Gallery. There are generally six one-month shows a year in the Signature Gallery: February, March, June, July, October and November/December. Signature gallery exhibits coordinate dates with Main Gallery exhibits and begin the first Friday of the month. Opening Receptions are held the second Friday of the month. After the exhibit, art is picked up on the last Sunday of the month. This arrangement may be adjusted by Signature gallery curators, who jury and oversee the Signature gallery exhibits.
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Artists are selected from FBCA members who apply to have solo or small group shows in the Signature Gallery. All applicants must be members in good standing of FBCA and remain so during the duration of their exhibit. You may become a member of FBCA any time of the year by paying membership dues. If you have any questions email BZ Meyers: