Thursday, December 25, 2008
La Reunion TX announces the Second Annual Tree Carving Event and Open House
La Reunion TX, a not for profit artist residency, will present its second annual open house on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. on its donated land in Oak Cliff. The site is located on West Jefferson Blvd, just west of Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas. The open house will include a tree-carving reception by area artists, an exhibition of winning plans from Make Space for Art, an international juried architecture competition La Reunion TX facilitated last year for the new art space, nature tours by docents from Texas Discovery Gardens, music, food and more. A public call for entries for artists was sent out to DFW artists who will work on their trees during the month of January and reveal them for the first time to the public at a reception and Open House on the La Reunion TX land in Oak Cliff. The La Reunion TX artist selection committee will choose the artists for this program.
La Reunion TX is a Texas non-profit established to create an artist residency program with a future home located on a generously donated 35 acre wooded property seven miles from downtown, very near the original La Reunion colony settled in Oak Cliff over 150 years ago. La Reunion TX has recently wrapped 'Make Space for Art' - a juried architecture exhibition – that generated 68 ideas from 19 countries for our ultimate structure which will incorporate sustainable design and renewable energy, providing a model to the community for green living. The "traditional media" studio and "new media" studio each with attached living quarters will accommodate four to one hundred artists per year with residencies ranging from one week to one year. The "Living Room" will provide intimate classroom, performance, exhibit, and installation space.
Source: La Reunion TX
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alexander troup says:
I went on out there some months back and found the old Cockrell Hill area quite an adventure, located by the old Interurban concrete rail tressel,by a creek that is a run off of the old Trinity river, and located not far from the old Cement City area...lots of work is needed in getting this forest area to become a artistic adventure location,..will see, bring your chain saw if you have the talent, until then...A/T..Chain Saw Observer.
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Catherine Cuellar says:
RSVP to <a href="mailto:sarah@lareuniontx.org">sarah@lareuniontx.org</a> for directions, and remember to wear long sleeves and pants as well as sturdy shoes. For a complete list of participating artists visit <a href="http://lareuniontx.org/Post.aspx?id=17">LaReunionTX.org</a> or check out photos of the site in the LRTX <a href="http://lareuniontx.org/Post.aspx?id=17">Flickr photo pool</a>.
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