Thedra Cullar-Ledford
Thedra Cullar-Ledford, the only child of two struggling artists, was born in Abilene, Texas, later moved to Mexico City, and then to Eagle Pass, a dusty little noplace on the Texas/Mexico border. At just 16, she was emancipated in order to move to Dallas by herself to attend the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. From there, she received a full scholarship to California College of the Arts, where she met Stephen on the very first day. They were married by age 21. She received a BFA cum laude in painting and then attended the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford University in the UK for a masters in printmaking and sculpture. The family moved 16 times in 20 years before settling in Houston to establish her practice and build Independence Art Studios, which provides studio spaces to other Houston artists. They have two sons (one grown, the other in high school), a dog, two cats, and six chickens.
Houston Airports Provide Layover Entertainment Through their Artist-In-Residence Program
In the Terminal A Connector Gallery at George Bush Intercontinental Airport amid the throngs of passengers rushing to their gates is an elevated platform where artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford has set-up shop for the next three months.
Sitting among her collection of mis-matched dolls that are regularly featured in her paintings, Cullar-Ledford paints during busy travel days offering the opportunity for travelers who pass-by to watch her work.
She is a part of the second rotation of the AIR Program, an artist-in-residency program that was launched in September 2022 at Bush and Hobby airports, said Alton DuLaney Curator of Public Art at Houston Airports…
