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The Malouf Abraham Family Art Center

Designed to increase cultural awareness and artistic heritage, the gallery was made possible thanks to the generosity of Dr. Malouf and Therese Abraham. 

An avid art collector and patron, Dr. Abraham designed the gallery space in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Institute. The result is one of the finest and most elegant galleries in the Southwest.

Students at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÊÓƵ and local community members take advantage of the wonderful opportunities the gallery provides. Season exhibits include a variety of shows featuring a full range of medias such as sculpture, metalwork, and acrylic and oil paintings, techniques and concepts. Exhibits feature works of both established professional and emerging regional artists, as well as showcases of nationally renowned collections.

NOW SHOWING:

SOMETHING LIKE A HELLO: CELEBRATING THE PICTUREBOOK ART OF LOREN LONG

 

The Abraham Art Gallery opens the 2025-2026 season with Something Like a Hello: Celebrating the Picture Book Art of Loren Long, an exhibit from the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature featuring 83 original paintings and sketches. The exhibit will be open from August 18 – September 27, 2025. Books will be available for purchase and all proceeds go towards the Art Scholarship Fund!

Illustrator and writer Loren Long grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. He earned a BA in Graphic Design/Art Studio from the University of Kentucky. After graduate-level studies at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Long worked at a Cincinnati greeting card company before striking out on his own as a freelance illustrator. Long has since received many accolades for his fluid Works Progress Administration (WPA) painting style of the 1930s and 40s.

The Society of Illustrators in New York awarded him two golden medals, and he has been frequently selected for their annual exhibition and book. His work has also appeared in many other major annual exhibitions held by prestigious journals and magazines. He paints mainly in acrylic, but also uses gouache, graphite and colored pencils, and monoprint techniques. Some of Long’s clients include Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Land’s End, Sports Illustrated, and HBO. Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture book series about Otis the tractor. He is the No. 1 NYT bestselling illustrator of President Barack Obama’s picture book, “Of Thee I Sing,” the re-illustrated edition of “The Little Engine that Could” by Watty Piper, “Love” by Newberry Medalist Matt de la Peña, and “Good Day, Good Night” by Margaret Wise Brown, author of the beloved classic, “Goodnight Moon.”

 The Abraham Art Gallery is located on the Atrium level of the WBU Library & Mabee Learning Resource Center at 1900 W. 7th St. For more information or to schedule a group tour, please call us at 806-291-3710. We hope to see you soon!

Our regular hours are Monday to Thursday 10am - 5pm, Friday 10am - 4pm & Saturday 2pm - 5pm.

 

 

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