Pastelist Sherry Kelley works on a pastel painting of flowers. (Amira Van Leeuwen/Community Impact)
The Art Cottage Gallery and Working Studios, located at 307 W. San Antonio St., in New Braunfels, celebrated its 15-year anniversary March 28.
Two-minute impact
The gallery houses artwork from local artists who have lived in New Braunfels for decades. The Art Cottage Gallery showcases various art styles and mediums, including pastel, oil, acrylic and watercolor.
Sherry Wooley and Sherry Kelley opened the business in March 2011 before adding partners Kathy Perales, Vicki Smith and Tammy Manlove, Wooley said in an email to Community Impact
This oil painting is called "Come Sit A Spell" by artist Sherry Wooley. (Amira Van Leeuwen/Community Impact)
The gallery was housed in a smaller stone original German fachwerk building for two years before outgrowing the space. Then, the Art Cottage Gallery and Working Studios moved to a larger building next door. Both buildings were constructed by one of the city’s founding fathers for his family in the 1850s, the email states. The building still has the original walls, floors and windows.
In their own words
Wooley said celebrating 15 years was “sensational.”
“It is a milestone not many art galleries can say. We love being a local business in the old historical section of New Braunfels,” Wooley said in the email.
