AND TELL YOU HOW SHE IS HELPING
THE COMMUNITY, IS A CUTIE.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF MUSEUMS
HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, ONLY ONE
HAS A DISTINCTION OF BEING THE
FIRST . ONE THAT MIGHT SURPRISE
YOU.
KAREN BORTA TAKES US THERE IN
THIS WEEK'S WELCOME TO TEXAS
REPORT.
AT FIRST GLANCE, THE WORDS
OLDEST AND MODERN WOULDN'T SEEM
TO GO TOGETHER.
IN THE CASE OF THE WHO HAD EARN
ART MUSEUM IN FORT WORTH IT IS
A PERFECT FIT BECAUSE AS IT
ENTERS 1925th YEAR NOT ONLY IS
THE MODERN THE OLDEST ART
MUSEUM IN TEXAS, IT'S ONE OF
THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTRY AND
ALL DUE TO THE HE FORS OF
SOCIETY WIVES WHO -- EFFORTS OF
SOCIETY WIVES WHO WANTED TO
BRING CULTURE TO THIS TEXAS
TOWN.
TEXAS IS A GREAT STATE FOR
WOMEN LEADERSHIP.
WE HAD THE GREAT TRADITION OF
PROGRESSIVE THINKING.
THE END RESULTS OF THAT
PROGRESSIVE THINKING WAS THE
FOUNDING IN 18922 OF THE FORT
WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ART
ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THE
MUSEUM'S FIRST ACQUISITIONS WAS
AN APPROACHING STORM IN 1875.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS A
RELATIVELY NEW PAINTING.
IT'S KIND -- IT WAS A NEW IDEA
THAT WAS HAPPENING IN AMERICAN
PAINTING, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A
CONTEMPORARY OR MODERN -- YOU
HAD TO MOVE THAT DEFINITION
OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
CURRENT DEFINITION OF MODERN
IS POST WORLD WAR II AND THERE
ARE AS MANY INTERPRETATIONS OF
THAT ART AS THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO VIEW IT.
FROM THE ABSTRACT WORKS OF
FRANK STELLA ON TEMPORARY
EXHIBIT TO THE MINIMALIST I
CAN'T BE SKULL TOURS --
SCULPTURES.
EARLY JACKSON POLL LOCK TO
MASTER OF POP ART ANDY WARHOL.
WE HAVE INCREDIBLE WORKS OF
ART HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE A LOT
OF TIMES AFRAID OF MODERN ART
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
GIVE US A SHOT AND SET ASIDE
THOSE FEARS BECAUSE THERE
REALLY IS SOMETHING FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVEN THE BUILDING IS A WORK
OF ART.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GREEN
SPACE, ARTIFICIAL LAKE.
AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE DUCKS
EVERY SPRING THAT COME IN AND
ROOST AND BRING THEIR
DUCKLINGS, SO IT'S A NICE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUN WITH
NATURE BUT ALSO SEE SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT WORKS OF ART AS WELL.
