January 2026
ArtWalk First Friday – January 2nd
Join us at the Art Center of Corpus Christi for an evening of art and community! Explore our new
exhibitions, shop with local vendors, and enjoy free family art activities
Don Weiner - The Eye of the Beholder | All Membership 2026 | Harbor Bridge Past and Present ​
CURRENT EXHIBITS
All Membership 2026
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The 2026 All Membership Show at the Art Center of Corpus Christi celebrates the creativity and diversity of its artist members. Featuring a wide range of media, styles, and perspectives, the exhibition highlights the strength of the local art community and offers members an opportunity to share their work with the public.
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JUROR: Elena Rodz
Assistant Professor of Art at Del Mar College
Elena Rodz grew up in Dallas, TX, where she discovered her love of art at the Dallas Museum of Art and the Amon Carter Museum of Art. She attended Washington University in St. Louis from 2003-2007, earning her Bachelor’s in Fine Art with a minor in Film and Media Studies.
In 2007, she moved to New York City where she eventually attended the New York Academy of Art, earning her Master’s in Fine Art, focused in painting. In 2013, she moved to the Texas Coast - first Rockport, then Corpus Christi. She found beauty in the flat landscape where you could see for miles, so different from the skyscraper-cluttered skyline of the City.
She fell in love with Corpus Christi, where every street corner triggers déjà vu, not for a specific place, but a stage of life. She teaches art at Del Mar College and lives with her husband in a house where the pets outnumber the humans 2-1.
Don Weiner - The Eye of the Beholder
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Unusual perspectives on everyday objects provide rich sources for inspiration to photograph. Subjects of photos in this show include the wrapper of a blueberry muffin, reflections of objects on the table at a hotel breakfast on a coffee pitcher, and reflections on a spoon. The Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve has offered beautiful sunrises, plants, and animals photographed during the course of many walks there. Construction material seen on a neighborhood walk became a photo that looks like pyramids seen from above.
My grandson struck a disturbing pose in a prison cell during a tour of Alcatraz. Home kitchen photos include round ice cubes in my freezer, hot oil in a skillet, and my wife’s hand wash. Reflections of a wall on a light switch at an eye doctor’s office turned into a beautiful diffraction pattern. Close-ups of an alligator, a sloth, an owl, two iguanas, and a bathing bull let their unique personalities shine through. The ceiling of a convervatory at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens highlighted interesting geometry, as did fractal patterns in a plant. I hope the photos in this show will stimulate your imagination to begin to see wonders in unexpected places throughout your day.
Harbor Bridge Past and Present
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Harbor Bridge: Past & Present explores the history and transformation of the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge — from its original construction in 1959 as a key landmark and transportation link for the city to the rise of the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge that opened in 2025. The exhibition highlights the bridge’s significance to the community, its role in commerce and daily life, and the changes in design and engineering that brought about the modern structure replacing the old through-arch span. The show reflects on both heritage and progress, illustrating how the bridge shaped Corpus Christi’s past while ushering in a new era of infrastructure and connection for the future.​
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