Artist In Process | Karla Garcia

Date and Time

• Saturday, Mar 28, 2026  1pm - 3pm

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In celebration of FWADA’s Spring Gallery Night, the Sid Richardson Museum invites you to experience Artist in Process, a unique opportunity to witness art in the making. Local artist Karla García will be working live in our front gallery, offering a rare glimpse into her sculptural practice rooted in clay.

Born in Mexico, Texas-based García draws inspiration from the desert landscapes of the American West and her borderland upbringing. Her signature cactus forms—symbols of resilience, continuity, and cultural heritage—evoke the same arid vistas central to both classic Western art and film, while reframing them through a contemporary lens. García’s work reflects themes of migration, identity, and survival, expanding the narrative of the West beyond Hollywood’s mythology to include the lived experiences of those who call it home.

Her live sculpting takes place alongside our exhibition, The Cinematic West: The Art That Made the Movies, which explores how artists like Frederic Remington and Charles Russell helped shape the imagery of the Western film genre. In this setting, García’s tactile, three-dimensional forms create a vibrant dialogue with the historic paintings, silent film clips, and vintage movie posters on view, inviting visitors to connect the cinematic imagination of the Western frontier with the lived, contemporary landscapes that inspire her work.

Stop by anytime between 1:00–3:00 pm to watch Karla García at work and engage with her creative process.