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Rockport-Fulton is one of the
most unique coastal art communities
in the United States
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Aransas County has been an Art
Colony since the late 1800's,
with over 300
artists living here today
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Simon Michael, a world traveler born
of a Phoenician-Syrian-Lebanese
family, opened the 'Fulton School of
Painting' in 1948
- Al
Barnes, Herb Booth, and Steve
Russell are Nationally recognized
sporting and wildlife artists
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Jesus Bautista Moroles, 2007
Texas Visual Artist of the Year, and
one of the most recognized
visionary sculptors in the world,
has his foundry in Rockport
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Over 15 art galleries are open
to intrigue you with coastal and
wildlife art, contemporary abstract
artwork, and select Texas Modernist
art
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Rockport Center for the Arts,
comprised of three art galleries,
workshops, a gift shop and a
Sculpture Garden on Aransas Bay, has
been open for 39 years
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July 4th weekend in 2008 Rockport
will host the Rockport Art
Festival, one of the largest juried
art festivals in the U.S.
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One of the
wildest places in America, Aransas
National Wildlife Refuge,
is a 59,000 acre refuge which offers
extraordinary photographic
experiences
This is why Rockport-Fulton is
truly a Premier Art Destination!
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