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Looking
At Art is a
personal project of Marshal and Victoria Lightman.
The Lightmans moved (involuntarily, at first)
to Houston from Boston in 1985. By 1987, they had
started collecting the work of local artists…now,
they cannot stop themselves from educating and encouraging Houstonians to
support their local art community. Established in 1989, Looking At Art
visits artist's studios, galleries, alternative
spaces, museums, and collectors homes. Looking At Art is completely
independent and is funded solely by class fees. It is never involved with
commissions or sales of artwork—although collecting is always applauded.
Please take a minute to read about all of our programs.
Victoria Lightman served on the Texas Commission on the Arts
(2001-2007). You can easily support your local arts organizations by
buying a State of the Arts Texas license plate--visit the web site www.arts.state.tx.us. Victoria served on the board of the Cultural Arts
Council of Houston and Harris
County (2003-2006),
as first vice president and chair of the Grants and Services Committee.
Victoria chaired the local chapter of ArtTable
(2008-2010), www.arttable.org and
serves as vice president of the board of the Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft, www.crafthouston.org.
Marshal was elected to chair the board of the Houston Arts Alliance (July
2010) and previously served as vice president and chair of the Civic Arts
Committee www.haa.org. He is also on
the board of Diverse Works www.diverseworks.org.
Together the Lightmans serve on the board of
the Glassell School Core Fellow Program at the
Museum of Fine Arts, www.core.mfah.org.
They have been selected as Texas Patrons of the Year 2011 by the Houston
Art League, www.artleaguehouston.org
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