North Texas students soar in national art contest
Students from Dream Art Academy in Carrollton and Richland High School swept six of the top 12 places in the Texas Junior Duck Stamp competition, including Best of Show.
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
Art and Sculpture
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Kids and family events in Dallas-Fort Worth, November 5-11
Even though the slate of events is a little sparser than usual, there are still a few fun things worth getting out of the house for.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Marty Walker Gallery to present Eric Sall exhibition
Sall’s candy-colored compositions work to impose order via chaos.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art in Dallas to present Geometric Gala
There will be live music by The Texas Gypsies, fine wines, delicious food, and a silent auction which will include approximately 80 pieces of art.
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
Fort Worth’s art museums to offer The T riders discounts in November
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will offer $2 off admission, while Amon Carter and Kimbell will give 10% off in their museum stores.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
CorinthPark warehouse to present Function art exhibit
Function is an opportunity for artists to create large-scale or experimental work in an alternative space.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
Masterpieces from the Met in New York on view at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth
While these two paintings are in Fort Worth, the Carter has in return loaned two of its own masterpieces to the Met.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
The Catholic Foundation unveils winner of the 4th Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition
David L. Zvanut's piece will be on display for the next year.
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
UNT launches art institute
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga is the institute’s first artist-in-residence.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
John Spriggins’ “Paper Dolls” to debut at the South Dallas Cultural Center on October 24
Spriggins drafted some of his female friends and acquaintances to pose for a work that offers his take on female sense of self and how self perception is developed.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Exhibit review: The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners at Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas
Whatever the shape of Foster’s buildings, they seem to revel in the multiple reflections and reverberations the sky and wind enact overhead.
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Fort Worth museums to take art to the streets on The T’s buses
It’s a component of a partnership between The T and the museums to encourage the public to “Ride the T” to the Cultural District.
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Exhibit reviews: Wild Flowering and Yeohlee: Design for Now at the Crow Collection of Asian Art
A few hundred jade objects, permanent holdings of the Crow Collection of Asian Art, take the floor for the exhibit Wild Flowering.
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Denton artist Joan Hart to be showcased at Cafe Du Luxe throughout October
Hart’s magical world will be on display from 5-7 p.m. on October 18.
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts announces recipients of inaugural Meadows Prize
International arts residency awarded to two artistic groups for 2009-10, music ensemble eighth blackbird and artist collective Creative Time.
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
Aaron Brothers, based in Coppell, announces finalists for kids art contest
The contest charged kids to "Show Us Your America."
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
New Amon Carter Museum galleries, website spotlight Remington and Russell
The galleries feature Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell's oil paintings, watercolors and drawings.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Local Dallas artist to open new rent-free gallery
Jardine won six months of free gallery space and a $1000 gift card after winning the Elan Art Contest in July.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Kids and family events in Dallas-Fort Worth, October 15-21
This week brings pumpkins, paintings, cemetery tours, butterflies, and a Coppell festival.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Artreach offers painting classes to senior citizens in south Dallas
To further support the St. Philip's program, Boy Scout Jackson Solari, who attends Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas, made 10 painting easels for the center as his Eagle Scout Project.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Exhibit review: Future Vision at 4th Wall Gallery in Dallas
The exhibit will not only pique your artistic interests, their works may also disturb and delight you.
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
Episcopal School of Dallas to present artist invitational exhibition
Thirty-six artists from 11 area schools are participating.
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
Amon Carter Museum acquires landmark Charles Sheeler painting
Sheeler, long recognized as a founder of American modernism, was inspired and influenced by the country’s changing industrialism in the first half of the 20th century.
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
SMU’s Meadows Museum to present Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in the Meadows Collection
The exhibition will feature the museum's modern and contemporary sculpture collection.
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009
TV show The Buried Life helps Dallas homeless man go from streets to the studio
Sam Fuller’s art mixes vibrant reds, oranges and yellows, often depicting musical settings: dance halls, concerts, and nightclubs.
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
Photo gallery: The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners at the Nasher in Dallas
This exhibit is as much a celebration of the art of model making as it is of the buildings themselves.
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009
UT Arlington celebrating Semana de Cultura
Semana de Cultura is part of UT Arlington's Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
Illustration artists Calef Brown and Jason Limon present Future Vision
Limon is known for commercial logos, and Brown's illustrations have frequently been in children's books.
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
Richland College to present Hell Bound Road exhibition
Eddy Rawlinson will give a talk at an opening reception from 12 - 1 p.m. on Oct. 15.
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
Exhibit review: Piece Together at the 500x Gallery in Dallas
Lesli Robertson's art points, just like Aqsa Shakil’s Moleskin pages, to the journey toward an end. The process.
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
Gallery review: Views and Visions: Prints of the American West, 1820-1970
New exhibit at Amon Carter Museum focuses on artists' evolving perceptions of the western frontier.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Photo gallery: Dallas Museum of Art exhibit The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
Rohlfs was an actor who made furniture for art's sake. There's nothing else like it.
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Janette Kennedy Gallery in Dallas to host The Mystery of the Mask exhibit
This show of photographs and videos documents the re-introduction of the Chapeyoko ceremonial mask into the ritual traditions of the Tarahumara.
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
Exhibit review: Howard Sherman: Bloodthirsty Animal on Two Legs
Much of Howard Sherman’s work here is political, though it’s certainly riddled with the same chaotic, visceral energy as the others.
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
Fort Worth Latina group using art to help local Hispanic girls
The Hispanic Women's Network of Texas is aimed at keeping Latinas in school.
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
PanAmerican ArtProjects in Dallas to open Howard Sherman: Bloodthirsty Animal on Two Legs
Due to the sexual imagery in some of his work, looking at Sherman’s canvases can sometimes feel a bit voyeuristic.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Denton couples showing off artwork in new exhibition
Eight Denton-area couples are displaying creative projects such as paintings, photographs, metalwork, sculptures, and collages.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine visits Dallas — sorta
So it wasn't the actual guy, but the wax figure looked a heck of a lot like him.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Irving artist wins international award for her mosaic art
The winnings include a trip to Venice, Italy!
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Richland College to present Rebecca Coffey exhibit
Coffey’s art utilizes fabric, free-hand stitching and found media to create works populated with pin-up girls, geishas and other iconic imagery.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
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