At that time, the Texas art community was just developing. The first annual exhibition of the Fort Worth Art Association was held in 1910. From 1912 to 1932 she ran the annual art exhibits of the Dallas Women's Forum, which were influential in introducing collectors to Texas artists. Aunspuagh and her students formed the Vivian L. Aunspaugh Art Club in 1945; it held its first exhibition in 1946. In 1956 club members exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. It ceased operations in 1986. Her work has been included in a number of museum exhibitions, such as "Early Texas Artists, 1900-1950" (The Grace Museum, 2006) and "Lone Star Still Lifes" (Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum, 2009). She continued to teach art until shortly before her death in 1960. Aunspaugh left a bequest to the University of Virginia, which still has an Aunspaugh Fellowship for graduate students in art.