“I was scheduled to move in, and it was the first day of quarantining in Travis County,” Tiemann said. “So, we had to postpone the move-in. As a small business opening ... COVID-19 has made things very difficult.”
Essentially, the pandemic has played a major role in the gallery’s operations ever since its opening, Tiemann said, but added that starting this April, she and her team have been producing an ambitious schedule of events.
Live music, lectures, date nights, exhibits, classes and dramatic readings comprise a smattering of what the gallery offers each month, but that is just one facet of what the business offers the community, Tiemann said.
Beyond live events, the gallery has a wide breadth of various genres of art on display at all times—mainly from Texas artists but sometimes work comes from beyond the state’s borders.
The gallery is located in Round Rock within a strip mall on Mays Street, and Tiemann acknowledges given the newness of the business, it is not yet a cultural staple in the city.
But, she sees the potential.
“This art gallery is to this community for fine arts and visual arts what Dell Daimond is to this community for sports,” she said. “[It’s] what Kalajari is to this community for family entertainment. That’s how big this could be as an asset for this area.”
Tiemann cites a recent Saturday evening art show as evidence of the fine art imprint her gallery already offers residents of Round Rock and beyond.
Artist Monica Puryear’s work was on display, complemented by live music played on a striking Steinway grand piano.
“It was nice, and it was all free,” she said. “I do everything but hand people a $100 bill to come here.”
The third facet of Tiemann Art Gallery is custom framing—a niche that can almost be described as its own cottage industry within the gallery.
Services offered within the gallery’s framing component include canvas stretching, float mounting, shadow boxes, museum glass and lace-mounted needlework.
A native of Dallas, Tiemann moved to Austin in 1971 and got her law degree at the University of Texas.
Amid a 35-year career practicing law, Tiemann said she and her husband also lived in Santa Fe in the 1980s, and that helped to fuel her love of art.
“What we’re trying to do ... is we’re trying to find the very best of Texas artists and put them on display,” Tiemann said.
Tiemann Art Gallery
1706 N. Mays St., Round Rock
512-551-9774
www.tagroundrock.com
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
