Splendora Gardens
26041 Midline Rd, Cleveland, TX 77328
Alton DuLaney is an artist, curator, consultant and television personality. Through his multi-disciplinary ART, Alton researches the conceptual ability of art to transform the perception of objects, images, and actions, as communicated through artistic expression, the relevance of site, the act of mark-making, and the identity of the artist. In his work ART is the subject, the medium, and the Message. In performance art, he has created the character of “The World’s Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist” who has appeared on multiple national TV shows and in his own show “ The Great Gift Exchange” on YouTube Originals, promoting creativity. He has written, directed, and starred in 5 gift-wrap-rap videos, rapping about Wrapping. Alton has shown his ART in numerous exhibitions in Texas, Los Angeles, and New York City as well as Europe and South America. He is in several museum collections and many important private collections. He has a BFA from the University of Texas in Austin, an MFA from the University of Houston, where he also taught Public Art. Alton is the Curator of Public Art and the Cultural Arts Program Director for the Houston Airports overseeing one of the largest public art programs in the aviation Industry. Alton lives in Splendora, Texas, where he ran for Mayor.
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Alton DuLaney
A Gift From The Bower is presented by DiverseWorks and the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens (LSCAN).
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Alton DuLaney is an artist, curator, consultant and television personality. Through his multi-disciplinary ART, Alton researches the conceptual ability of art to transform the perception of objects, images, and actions, as communicated through artistic expression, the relevance of site, the act of mark-making, and the identity of the artist. In his work ART is the subject, the medium, and the Message. In performance art, he has created the character of “The World’s Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist” who has appeared on multiple national TV shows and in his own show “ The Great Gift Exchange” on YouTube Originals, promoting creativity. He has written, directed, and starred in 5 gift-wrap-rap videos, rapping about Wrapping. Alton has shown his ART in numerous exhibitions in Texas, Los Angeles, and New York City as well as Europe and South America. He is in several museum collections and many important private collections. He has a BFA from the University of Texas in Austin, an MFA from the University of Houston, where he also taught Public Art. Alton is the Curator of Public Art and the Cultural Arts Program Director for the Houston Airports overseeing one of the largest public art programs in the aviation Industry. Alton lives in Splendora, Texas, where he ran for Mayor.
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Alton DuLaney
A Gift From The Bower is presented by DiverseWorks and the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens (LSCAN).