The Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center will present ‘Textures and Tantalizing Turns: The Works of Eric McCue’ from August 22 through November 21, 2026, in the Hoag Gallery in Pueblo, Colorado. The solo exhibition will focus on the work of Eric McCue, a contemporary sculptor and painter whose practice centres on large whimsical public sculptures and interactive displays.
The exhibition is listed among the Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center’s upcoming exhibits for 2026. The centre’s programme includes rotating gallery exhibitions alongside educational activities and public events, with the institution also operating the Buell STEAM Children’s Museum and the Helen Thatcher White Galleries building. In its August newsletter, the organisation describes its broader purpose as inspiring, educating and connecting the community through the arts.
Available information about McCue’s exhibition is concise, but the centre identifies movement, texture and visual intrigue as key qualities of his work. Those terms also appear in the announcement for a September reception, positioning the exhibition around the physical and participatory aspects of sculpture rather than painting alone. The announcement describes McCue as working primarily with large-scale public sculpture and interactive displays.
A reception for McCue and photographer Peter J. Marchand is scheduled for Friday, September 4, from 4 to 6pm, during Pueblo’s First Friday Art Walk. Admission to the reception is free. Marchand’s separate exhibition, ‘Photography of Rural Mexico’, is listed as running from August 11, 2026, to January 16, 2027. The reception announcement presents the two artists together while keeping their practices distinct: Marchand’s photographs honour people, traditions and daily life in rural Mexico, while McCue’s work explores movement, texture and visual intrigue.
The McCue exhibition will be shown alongside other exhibitions in the centre’s 2026 programme. ‘Working the Land’ is scheduled to continue through December 12, while ‘Saddle Up: A Celebration of Southwestern Art’, featuring Kim Mackey, Amy Laugesen, Nathan Solano, Leon Loughridge and Tim Diebler, is listed through October 10. ‘Nature’s Edge’, featuring Bradley Bowman and Lance Rivera, is scheduled through November 14. The centre has also announced ‘Radeaux: A Retrospective’, opening November 17, and ‘Mark Gould: Prophets of Our DNA’, opening January 9, 2027.
‘Textures and Tantalizing Turns: The Works of Eric McCue’ opens August 22 and remains on view at the Hoag Gallery, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, in Pueblo, through November 21, 2026.
