Inspired Minds Art Gallery
Featuring Local Artists

Inspired Minds Art Center is proud to promote the amazing artists who live all around us. The award-winning Inspired Minds Art Gallery displays and sells artwork created exclusively by local artists - from paintings and sculptures to weavings, paper creations and more. The gallery and opening receptions for new shows are always free to enter, and we welcome and encourage all ages to come and enjoy!
Gallery Open Hours are subject to change without notice.
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Next in the Gallery

PROCESS
From Concept to Creation
APRIL 4 - 26
Opening Reception
Friday, April 4
6pm-8pm
FREE
Please join us in the gallery to meet the artist, explore the exhibit, and enjoy drinks and small bites.
Artist Talk
Thursday, April 24
6:30pm-7:30pm
FREE
This is your chance to ask questions, connect with the artists, and gain deeper insight into the winding, beautiful road of artistic creation.
Art is rarely born fully formed. Every finished piece carries a history—a winding path of inspiration, trial, error, and discovery. Process invites you to step beyond the final strokes of paint, the last sculpted details, or the polished veneer of a completed work and witness the unseen moments that shape artistic creation.
This exhibition pulls back the curtain on the creative journey, offering a rare glimpse into the sketches, notes, color tests, failed experiments, and unexpected breakthroughs that accompany an artist’s vision. Each participating artist will present a completed (or nearly completed) piece alongside the raw and revealing elements of its making—journal entries, discarded drafts, material explorations, and alternate versions that illuminate the story behind the work.
By showcasing both the final product and the steps that led to it, Process transforms the gallery into a living studio, bridging the gap between artist and viewer. It is a celebration of persistence, experimentation, and the unpredictable nature of creativity.
Join us as we explore the beauty of art in motion—before the masterpiece, before the certainty, before the last mark is made.
Featured Artists:
Amy Davis, Anna Altice, Dana Sparks, Donna Knapp, Emily Hohertz, Gena Destri, Joy Bliss, Katie Lydecker, Kelly Bonsall, Mary Jo Cadiz, Nicky Nikolakis
2025 SEASON
INSPIRED MINDS GALLERY EXHIBITS
CONNECTIONS
Art Instructors of Hays County
January 10 - February 1
EDD OGDEN - SOLO SHOW
February 7 - March 1
5TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW
March 7 - March 29
"PROCESS" - GROUP SHOW
OPEN CALL
April 4 - 26
NELL ANDERSON - SOLO SHOW
May 2 - 24
INSTRUCTOR SHOW
June 27 - July 12
2025 BUDA ART BRAWL WINNER
July 18 - August 9
"SCULPTURE & VESSELS" - GROUP SHOW
OPEN CALL
August 15 - September 9
KELLY BONSALL - SOLO SHOW
September 12 - October 4
BUDA A.F. FESTIVAL FINE ART SHOW
October 10 - 18
WITCHES MARKET
October 10 - October 25
HUES & LORE
October 22 - November 15
BUDA A.F. PLEIN AIR ART SHOW
Buda Welcome Center
October 18 - November 29
HOLIDAY BAZAAR
November 21 - December 23
AMSTER
INTERNATIONAL
FINE ART COLLECTION

"Art is the root; life is the flower."
- James Roose-Evans
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"My hope/goal is that our art collection be donated to aid in the furtherance of quality art involvement to enrich the lives of the future"
- Susan Amster
To support arts education and contribute to arts enrichment for years to come, Susan and Stephanie Amster have donated their personal collection of over 150 valuable artworks acquired over the past 65 years that have been created by artists from around the globe. In the spring of '22, the sale of this artwork seeded the brand new non-profit, Tandem Arts Partnership, which provided access to the arts for our underserved communities.
The proceeds from sales funded arts education programs for the community through Tandem Arts Partnership non-profit.

