This exhibition is the culmination of an educational collaboration between the Art & Art History Department and TACO – the Texas Art Collectors’ Organization, whose members have generously loaned an assortment of amazing paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, and sculptural objects from their private collections. 55 diverse works by 40 artists spanning every decade from 1880 to 2021 and representing 36 collections were ultimately chosen for display as part of a multi-phase project involving Museum Studies students.

Organized around three large themes - Home is Where the Art Is, which features reminders of home life through work and play, A State for All Seasons that showcases the Texas landscape and its rich variety of flora and fauna, and A Cause for Concern, which focuses on issues that challenge our land, from the Dust Bowl era to today - If You Could See What I See: A New Generation Explores Texas Art presents a fascinating look at Texas and Texas art over the years.