Heard-Craig
Historic Art Museum & Event Center

I am a big fan of Alberta Hunter, a 1920’s Jazz and Blues singer/pianist who sang well into her 90’s. In 1971 she taped an interview for...

Google defines the term “Renaissance Man” as an intelligent, knowledgeable, artistic person……....a person with many, many talents. Enter...

An artist is inspired by so many different things - - by people, landscapes, environment, culture....the choices are infinite. But when...

1978 was a great year in my life, so I get a big smile on my face when our museum receives a note from Artist Lynne Weinberger because...

The Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio provided a 365-day drawing smorgasbord for Artist Helen Bailey (www.helenbaileyart.com). “I lived across...

The Palos Verdes Art Center in California believes “in the power of art to ignite the imagination and be an agent for change.” So it’s no...

Printmaking. We all remember it from elementary school.....being given half of a potato, shown how to draw a design on it, carving it...

Being able to study under nationally-renowned artists like Gerald Brommer, Steven Quiller, Jane Jones, Bob Burredge, Mark Mehaffey, and...

The Six Dowell, The Blueprint, and The Square Round, are three of Artist Don Chesser's favorite custom ornament styles. A wood turner...

A year ago, when the weather was great and we were all outdoors instead of harboring indoors on quarantine, the Heard-Craig Center hosted...

"As a kid, I remember my dad saying that the only way for women to financially make it was to become a secretary," says 30-year-...

McKinney Artists have gathered and learned at the historic Heard-Craig house for close to 100 years, thanks to the vision of Kathryn...

For 50 years, the Heard-Craig Historic Home Museum Tours have featured "The Quarantine Room" - a room in the back of the house used to...

Yesterday was the 2019-2020 kick off session for the Art Club of McKinney, an organization originally formed over a hundred years ago in...

The Heard-Craig in McKinney, Texas was designed by J.E. Flanders, a famous architect who designed multiple buildings in Dallas and...

Heirloom pieces are passed down from generation to generation and sometimes they might not appear to be the prettiest thing in the world....

Throughout the Heard-Craig Center for the Arts in downtown McKinney, stained glass is scattered everywhere. The stained glass has...

I did not expect this to happen...... Walking up to the Heard-Craig Center for the Arts, an extravagant, yellow, and picturesque mansion...

In 2018, The Heard-Craig Center for the Arts formed a partnership with the Freya Frahm Haus (Laboe, Germany) for an international gallery...

On April 27, 28, and 29, 2018, the Heard-Craig Center for the Arts hosted McKinney's ART MEETS FLORAL regional design competition in the...