After having to put the celebrations on hold for a couple of years, the OJAC finally hosted its 40th Anniversary Ruby Gala on February 26th.
One small part of the many preparations was for the Archives to search through the Institutional Repository collection and find images from across the years for a special slideshow. We had a lot of fun looking back, seeing old familiar faces and watching the museum grow before our eyes - the OJAC has come a long way!
1877 Shackelford County Jail Building before restoration, Undated
Co-founders Reilly Nail and Bill Bomar, ca 1982
Old Jail Foundation Membership Publicity Photo, 1982
Groundbreaking of First OJAC Addition, October 20, 1983
Bill Bomar with Jesus Moroles at installation of Sun Symbol in OJAC Courtyard, 1983
Admin Director Betsy Koch with Chinese tomb figures, 1984
OJAC Board Meeting, San Antonio, November 1985
Fort Worth Circle Artists attend Beyond Regionalism Exhibition, 1986
OJAC Staff - Wilma Jo Mitchell, Clint Hamilton, Judith Farmer, Joan Farmer, Dinty Bowman, December 1989
Peeler and Rose Christmas Puppet Show, December 1990
Nancy green tours Lady Bird Johnson through OJAC, June 1991
OJAC Board honors Reilly Nail at his retirement as Director, November 1992
OJAC staff - Dorothy Walker, Joan Farmer, Joeliene Magoto, Wilma Jo Mitchell, Summer of 1994
OJAC Expansion Groundbreaking, 1995
Art of Santera Exhibition, 1996
Betty Law and Ann Jones give a school tour, June 1999
20th Anniversary Gala - Nancy Green, Pat Jones, Patti Jones, Reilly Nail, Melanie McCarthy, Betsy Senter, November 2001
Docent Luncheon - Carolyn Musselman, Grace Leech, Lorene Mccomas, Florence Lynch, Ann Jones, Betty Law, and Margaret Edmison, January 2003
OJAC Staff at Silver Ball - Daniel Alonzo, Shelly Crittendon, Kathryn Mitchell, Holly Phillips, Margaret Blagg, Sage Yerger, Pat Kelly, Dorothy Walker, 2005
OJAC Expansion/Renovation, 2008
Student tour, John Frost Cell Series Exhibition, 2009
Western Swing Party - K.C. and Patti Jones, Margaret Blagg, 2009
Docent Mailout Committee, ca 2010
6 degrees - Permanent Collection Exhibition, 2012
Junior Docents at Student Art Show - Savannah Perez, Henry Kelly, Kelton Parker, Chloe Fields, Bailey Green, Tatum Calhoun, 2012
Cell Series Exhibition Artist Chris Sauter, 2014
Taco Tailgate, 2015
Biennial Art Auction, 2016
Archives Addition, 2016
Western Swing, 2017
Inmates after party - Kenna Hogan, Meredith Robison, Lauren McCarthy, Kelly Sherwood, February 2018
OJAC Courtyard
OJAC Jail Building