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TASTE Wine + Art
Category: Arts & Entertainment Art Galleries Shopping Art Galleries Art Galleries
213 N Nugent AveJohnson City, TX 78636
(830) 868-9290
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 12 pm - 5 pm
Fri-Sat 11 am - 6 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Kids:
- No
- By Appointment Only:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
2 reviews for TASTE Wine + Art
2 reviews in English
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Review from Kristen F.
Austin, TX
5/3/2007
My husband and I attended the After Dark Arts Festival '06 in November, and this was one of the stops of the festival. Here, we got a free print that's a beautiful watercolor in a vineyard. We saw these awesome prints of one artist who was going to give a talk, but had left for a few minutes to go to the next gallery on the tour, so the owner of the gallery showed us, because she was really nice like that.
The artist used a digital camera, would go out into the desert, and set up all these crazy lights with colored gels, then took pictures when there was a full moon, so it'd look like a burning bush/neon pink tumbleweed, etc., in the middle of the regularly colored desert at night. They were pretty incredible, but too expensive for us to buy one.
This gallery overall was interesting, a cool mix of high art and small town. -
Review from Amy B.
Harlingen, TX
7/24/2011
This art gallery is also a wine tasting bar. Well, not exactly a bar, but he does sell wine and have tastings. We were looking for one last stop before going back to the hotel and this was the only place open. Johnson City isn't a happening place on a weeknight, it seems. We enjoyed tasting here, but just couldn't find the right one to buy. Not for lack of trying, though! You could walk around and look at the art while sipping the generous sized portions he poured, but we mostly stuck close to the bar and chatted. I would go back again, he was friendly and the atmosphere was pretty nice.
Specialties
Contemporary art gallery specializing in 2D & 3D Contemporary Fine Art and a large selection of wines from around the world. Also screen porch overlooking a creekside sculpture garden Receptions open to the public every last Saturday of the month and every second Sunday, with live music, at 213 N Nugent (across from the Courthouse).
Artists include Mary Bechtol, Danville Chadbourne, Margie Crisp, Johann Eyefells, Jan Heaton, Eric Krause, Peter Mangan, Anna Marie Pavlik, Jack Ramsey, Doug Sweet, Ronnie Weeks, Rusty Yates,
History
Established in 2005
Kirchman Gallery opened featuring ever changing exhibitions of contemporary fine art in 2005. In October of 2009 a lush creek-side sculpture garden, complete with a screen porch overlooking it, was added.
In 2010 Wine Tasting, including wines from Texas and the world, added to this wonderfully eclectic environment. In order to reflect this addition, the name was changed to TASTE Wine & Art.
Happily the same friendly, professional attitude remains. The art is always a treat, enhanced now with the largest wine selection in Blanco County.
Meet the Business Owner: Susan K.
Susan retired from a career as a professor of photography at Texas A&M University. She has been exhibiting her art professionally for 30 years.
Warren had a long career as an aircraft designer and engineer.
In the gallery and tasting room, Susan is the art director, Warren is the wine expert.
