Wax Tack Gallery Int’l. Art / Humanities
Over 14 years of promoting history!
Vol.6 April 2012
Wax Track Gallery International continues to create extraordinary methods to preserve history, inspire people who desire to participate in the arts, and preserve rare art traditions. Wax Track’s Director Adrienne Rison- Isom states their mission well. “We develop "Strategies to increase careers in the arts, increase admissions (people who attend historic exhibitions), exhibition Development and collaborative strategies for our arts organization and other smaller arts / historic societies which struggle to maintain an existence”.
In over 14 years of being sponsored , the City of Austin Cultural Contracts Dept, and TX State Commission on the Arts has aided Wax Track Gallery International (Arts / Humanities) to development an accredited apprenticeship program entitled “Art to Industrial Arts”. The program was based at Texas Empowerment Academy of Art and Technology located at 3613 Bluestein Drive. During its existence East Austin youth, and children attending from multiple areas of Austin (grades 5 to 12) were impacted, elevating them in education to participate on professional projects, for 8 years. (1998- 2008) Many of the former students have since pursued all areas of the arts, at the higher education level; including industrial (architecture – engineering) forensics, fashion, as well as medical arts (which was always conveyed as an aspect of art, such as plastic surgery). The gallery also trained adults to participate, showing them how to convert trades to art fields, and enhance art related gifts.
Wax Track in recent years has become popular enough that organizations in other cities have, consulted and commissioned the company to help them; build exhibitions, programs, create statues, fountains, and monuments in medias of bronze, wax, and concrete. (which was their original forte of notoriety) Wax Track, as well as its Director has received numerous awards as well as two Legislative Commendations for Artistic Merit and improving tourism for organizations and city’s, such as Crystal City, Texas.
BACK TRACKING.
Some of the Gallery’s most notable accomplishments have been three heroic size monuments created to be placed on the State Capitol lawn, and the most recent bronze of former World Heavy Weight Champion “Jack Johnson”, for the City of Galveston. (TBA 2012 summer unveiling)
For the past two years Wax Track has collaborated with “Museum of the Weird. A privately owned Wax, and unusual exhibition of displays facility located in the heart of downtown Austin, (6th Street). The museum is fashioned after Ripley’s Believe it or not. Wax Track has produced four full size wax statues including: Chang and Eng Bunker, Juliana Pastrana,. and Prince Randian. They also completed partial figures that museum owned such as the Elephant Man, Werewolf, , The Mummy, updated and repaired popular figures such as Bela Lugosi, and others.
2009 to 2011 Current Wax Track started development of the only Outdoor Museum in Texas (we know of) to be a model for smaller cities to use. Isom said, “We have found creative ways to display exhibitions outdoors. Currently we added enclosed exhibitions such as a miniature replica of: the Old Harlem Theatre, which was the only theatre African Ams, were allowed to attend at one time, quarter size statue of Mahalia Murchison, busts of George Washington Carver, Dr. Givens (former doctor, the City Park was named in behalf of) and an original marquette of the Juneteen Monument donated by renown sculptor Eddie Dixon. There are restored antiques which can endure the elements such as an old potbellied stove, and pump, as well as a mini fully stocked log cabin model. The gallery is hoping this will encourage smaller towns to develop such sites that free them from maintaining a building or docent staff”.
2008- Wax Track established a base location at the Southgate Lewis historic Victorian House used as a Museum in East Austin. They re-mounted and properly labeled over 100 exhibitions and items in the home. During that time the “Old Anderson High” organization approached, and commissioned the gallery to put an exhibition of their artifacts together. Wax Track created a professional pipe and drape exhibition encompassing at least 3000 square feet, turning the Doris Miller Auditorium into a giant East Austin Museum for a week! Exhibitions spanned at least 90 years worth of history. Wax Track also used Doris Miller to host an imported Tuskegee Airman Exhibition from Birmingham, Alabama. Both exhibits drew over 900 patrons and tourists separately. The Gallery also created genealogy exhibitions of several past presidents including Pres. Ford, Bush, and Truman, May 5th Hispanic Exhibitions, Senator sponsored at the State Capitol.
During the years from (1998-2011) Wax Track Gallery created over 40 life size wax, bronze, synthetic bronze, concrete statues, fountains and monuments for many organizations as temporary and permanent historic attractions. These figures were created to make attractions for the Dell Jewish Community Center, Dell Company exhibitions (Native American Heritage month, Geronimo, and Chief Joseph), sponsored exhibitions for TX State Capitol celebrations such as May 5th (Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez) ,the Asian American Cultural Center, and many more. Currently two wax statues are on view in the Southgate Lewis House (General John King one of only 4, four-star African Am. Generals and Emeritus) and Dr. Marie Gilbert (former founder of the first Afr. Am. Business College in Austin). John Mausebauch, German Pioneer, sits at the German TX Museum on 10th Street.
Ms. Isom stated, “Wax Track Gallery is the only organization that I know of that seeks out and supports multiple varieties of cultural / historic organizations to assist. We believe that everyone needs to learn everyone’s history, in order to be broad minded and obtain the highest quality of understanding, respect, and opportunity. Every organization which we have visited / collaborated with is still functioning and growing today”.
In over 14 years of being sponsored , the City of Austin Cultural Contracts Dept, and TX State Commission on the Arts has aided Wax Track Gallery International (Arts / Humanities) to development an accredited apprenticeship program entitled “Art to Industrial Arts”. The program was based at Texas Empowerment Academy of Art and Technology located at 3613 Bluestein Drive. During its existence East Austin youth, and children attending from multiple areas of Austin (grades 5 to 12) were impacted, elevating them in education to participate on professional projects, for 8 years. (1998- 2008) Many of the former students have since pursued all areas of the arts, at the higher education level; including industrial (architecture – engineering) forensics, fashion, as well as medical arts (which was always conveyed as an aspect of art, such as plastic surgery). The gallery also trained adults to participate, showing them how to convert trades to art fields, and enhance art related gifts.
Wax Track in recent years has become popular enough that organizations in other cities have, consulted and commissioned the company to help them; build exhibitions, programs, create statues, fountains, and monuments in medias of bronze, wax, and concrete. (which was their original forte of notoriety) Wax Track, as well as its Director has received numerous awards as well as two Legislative Commendations for Artistic Merit and improving tourism for organizations and city’s, such as Crystal City, Texas.
BACK TRACKING.
Some of the Gallery’s most notable accomplishments have been three heroic size monuments created to be placed on the State Capitol lawn, and the most recent bronze of former World Heavy Weight Champion “Jack Johnson”, for the City of Galveston. (TBA 2012 summer unveiling)
For the past two years Wax Track has collaborated with “Museum of the Weird. A privately owned Wax, and unusual exhibition of displays facility located in the heart of downtown Austin, (6th Street). The museum is fashioned after Ripley’s Believe it or not. Wax Track has produced four full size wax statues including: Chang and Eng Bunker, Juliana Pastrana,. and Prince Randian. They also completed partial figures that museum owned such as the Elephant Man, Werewolf, , The Mummy, updated and repaired popular figures such as Bela Lugosi, and others.
2009 to 2011 Current Wax Track started development of the only Outdoor Museum in Texas (we know of) to be a model for smaller cities to use. Isom said, “We have found creative ways to display exhibitions outdoors. Currently we added enclosed exhibitions such as a miniature replica of: the Old Harlem Theatre, which was the only theatre African Ams, were allowed to attend at one time, quarter size statue of Mahalia Murchison, busts of George Washington Carver, Dr. Givens (former doctor, the City Park was named in behalf of) and an original marquette of the Juneteen Monument donated by renown sculptor Eddie Dixon. There are restored antiques which can endure the elements such as an old potbellied stove, and pump, as well as a mini fully stocked log cabin model. The gallery is hoping this will encourage smaller towns to develop such sites that free them from maintaining a building or docent staff”.
2008- Wax Track established a base location at the Southgate Lewis historic Victorian House used as a Museum in East Austin. They re-mounted and properly labeled over 100 exhibitions and items in the home. During that time the “Old Anderson High” organization approached, and commissioned the gallery to put an exhibition of their artifacts together. Wax Track created a professional pipe and drape exhibition encompassing at least 3000 square feet, turning the Doris Miller Auditorium into a giant East Austin Museum for a week! Exhibitions spanned at least 90 years worth of history. Wax Track also used Doris Miller to host an imported Tuskegee Airman Exhibition from Birmingham, Alabama. Both exhibits drew over 900 patrons and tourists separately. The Gallery also created genealogy exhibitions of several past presidents including Pres. Ford, Bush, and Truman, May 5th Hispanic Exhibitions, Senator sponsored at the State Capitol.
During the years from (1998-2011) Wax Track Gallery created over 40 life size wax, bronze, synthetic bronze, concrete statues, fountains and monuments for many organizations as temporary and permanent historic attractions. These figures were created to make attractions for the Dell Jewish Community Center, Dell Company exhibitions (Native American Heritage month, Geronimo, and Chief Joseph), sponsored exhibitions for TX State Capitol celebrations such as May 5th (Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez) ,the Asian American Cultural Center, and many more. Currently two wax statues are on view in the Southgate Lewis House (General John King one of only 4, four-star African Am. Generals and Emeritus) and Dr. Marie Gilbert (former founder of the first Afr. Am. Business College in Austin). John Mausebauch, German Pioneer, sits at the German TX Museum on 10th Street.
Ms. Isom stated, “Wax Track Gallery is the only organization that I know of that seeks out and supports multiple varieties of cultural / historic organizations to assist. We believe that everyone needs to learn everyone’s history, in order to be broad minded and obtain the highest quality of understanding, respect, and opportunity. Every organization which we have visited / collaborated with is still functioning and growing today”.
