Art openings and events: March ‘09

by Laura Seewoester

March 6 - 8

• Valley House Gallery is opening a show of plein-air paintings by Henry Finkelstein. The gallery is also featuring works by Gail Norfleet.
• Artspace 111 is opening American Landscape: Urban/Rural, a group show with Daniel Blagg, Dennis Blagg, John Hartley, Nancy Lamb, Leslie Lanzotti, Jo Ann Mulroy and Eric Stevens.
• 500X is opening Inter- (no, it's not a typo, the dash is supposed to be there) with new work by Natalie Macellaio and Lesli Robertson.
• The Public Trust is opening a show with vintage serigraphs and original paintings by Charley Harper.
• Haley-Henman Gallery is hosting a gallery talk with Paraguayan artist Maria Gloria “Maloloa” Echauri. Her paintings on porcelain tiles will be on display at the gallery from March 4 - 14.

March 13 - 15

• There is an artist's reception for Anne Bagby at Artists' Showplace.
• Kittrell/Riffkind is opening New Works in Glass Saturday afternoon.
• The Ice House Cultural Center is opening Journey (this is an art show, not the band) in celebration of Women's History Month. The show features works by Nancy Bass, Magi Calhoun, Sandra A. Moreno and Pam Stern and includes paintings, ceramics and mixed media.

March 20 - 22

• Centraltrak is hosting a Carnivale party. They will have a sound installation, impromptu dancing, live music and cotton candy. They had me at impromptu dancing.
• It's Late Night time at the DMA. This is also the last weekend to view Take Your Time by Olafur Eliasson.
• Trammell Crow is hosting a series of fun adult arts and crafts focusing on Japanese forms of expression (and when I say "adult" I mean mostly for adults, not arts and crafts that are "adult" in nature). Learn quilting, origami and calligraphy, among other fun crafts.

March 27 - 29

• The FWADA Spring Gallery Walk is Saturday at participating galleries and museums (don't forget the museums) across Fort Worth. Check the gallery schedules for specific events.
• The Irving Arts Center is hosting Art Adventure Fest, a kids event with music, art and Atom, the world's fasted painter.
• Holly Johnson Gallery is opening David Maisel's Black Maps, consisting of large-scaled photographs of environmentally impacted landscapes.
• Conduit is opening a show for Susan Kae Grant, Paul Greenburg, and Kate Rivers in the Project Room.
• Marty Walker Gallery is opening a show featuring works by Frances Bagley and Matthew Porter. Bagley's mixed media sculpture addresses aspects of the body and perceptions of absence and presence.

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