Old Jail Art Center

10/14/2026

Don't forget to join the OJAC and Clear Fork Bank- Albany Office for our annual Taco Tailgate on the OJAC grounds.

Enjoy FREE tacos, sodas, water, cotton candy, pre-game activities and more! GO LIONS! 🦁 🎉 🏈

10/12/2026

🏈This week, we are gearing up for TACO TAILGATE! Join us Friday, October 16th @ 5:30 to prepare to cheer on the LIONS during the big game! 🏈
In the meantime, your kiddos will love crafting and personalizing their Albany Lion Puppet and taking it with them to ROAR with pride this Friday night!
Swing by and get your paws on a FREE craft kit today!

10/08/2026

From Larry Smith’s exhibition “Look at This!” at the OJAC. On view now!

10/05/2026

🎃🍂 Fall crafting is in full swing this week at the OJAC! Your kiddos will love turning colorful yarn into their very own pumpkin masterpiece! A little wrapping, a little creativity, and a whole lot of fall fun!

Swing by the Take-Home Activity Trunk outside the museum gates to pick up your FREE kit today!

10/01/2026

Hypermedia artist Mckee Frazior constructs an interactive installation “fed” by viewer interaction allowing them to become performer, producer, and product. He states, “The system takes something from you and stores part of it somewhere you can’t access, giving another version back to you as something familiar and pleasurable to interact with.”

Frazior’s “FDR” is on view now in the OJAC’s Cell Series.

Mckee Frazior

10/01/2026

Check out OJAC's October events! 🖼️ Plan your visit using the link in ur bio. ⬆️



The Cell Series is generously supported by Anonymous, Kathy Webster, and The Charles E. Jacobs Foundation with additional funding from the McGinnis Family Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas, Barbra and Jay Clack, and Dr. Larry Wolz.

LARRY SMITH: Look at This! is supported in part by Lynne and Clifford Teinert and OJAC Members.

Images:
MCKEE FRAZIOR, FDR. 2026. Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX.

LARRY SMITH, Look at This. 2026. Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX.

HEAD OF BUDDHA, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), cast iron with painted polychrome pigments, Gift from The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation. 2013.013.

09/28/2026

🐥🎨 Quack up some creativity this week! 🎨🐥
Your kiddos can paint and decorate their very own Ceramic Duckie! The duck is already shaped and ready to go—all they have to do is dream up a fun design and make it their own! 🌈✨
Pick up your FREE kit from the Activity Trunk outside the museum gates while supplies last!

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Each week, in our Community Take-Home Trunk, we offer free activity kits prepared for families and children aged 6-12.
Activities combine visual art with STEM, motor-skill development, Social Studies, or Language Arts themes, and include thoughtful connections to OJAC collections.
Available 24/7 at the trunk to the left of the museum front gates.
One per student, please! [*No interaction with museum staff required for pickup; call us with questions!]
Tag us with your creations to be entered in our weekly photo contest!

09/22/2026

The OJAC’s fall exhibits open this Saturday, September 26 with two diverse exhibitions sharing subtle affinities; featuring photographs by Larry Smith in “Look at This! and in the Cell Series, hypermedia artist Mckee Frazior’s interactive “FDR.”

Mckee Frazior

09/21/2026

Looking for a fun, screen-free activity for your kiddos? This week’s FREE Take-Home Activity Trunk craft lets them make their very own bouncy ball! Mix, mold, and bounce your creation to see how high it can go!

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Each week, in our Community Take-Home Trunk, we offer free activity kits prepared for families and children aged 6-12.
Activities combine visual art with STEM, motor-skill development, Social Studies, or Language Arts themes, and include thoughtful connections to OJAC collections.
Available 24/7 at the trunk to the left of the museum front gates.
One per student, please! [*No interaction with museum staff required for pickup; call us with questions!]
Tag us with your creations to be entered in our weekly photo contest!

09/15/2026

OJAC Fall Exhibitions debut September 26 with a members's event 5:50 - 7:30 pm.

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