{"id":614476,"date":"2026-09-04T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/614476\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:20:11","slug":"amarillo-art-institute-opens-route-66-centennial-art-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/614476\/","title":{"rendered":"Amarillo Art Institute opens Route 66 centennial art exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; The Amarillo Art Institute is opening a new exhibit Friday celebrating the Route 66 centennial. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The institute will hold an opening reception for \u201cThe Mother Road: Open Air, Open Road\u201d Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. at Arts in the Sunset, 3701 Plains Blvd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The opening reception is open to the public. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The exhibit features original works from 46 artists along Route 66 in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOur goal is to preserve the visual story of Route 66 through contemporary plein air painting,\u201d said Phyllis Gunderson, event chair. \u201cEvery plein air painting becomes a unique interpretation of one of America\u2019s most treasured byways, connecting artists with our treasured heritage and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The artwork will be available to buy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The exhibit will be on display through Oct. 3. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KFDA. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; The Amarillo Art Institute is opening a new exhibit Friday celebrating the Route 66&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-614476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}