Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Feature Photography Exhibition: Work
Masterworks of American Photography: Landscape
54th Annual Delta Exhibition
Building the Collection: Lino Tagliapietra
Ending Sunday, Jan 29th
Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood
Horizons Interrupted
Masters of American Watercolor
Fabled Journeys in Asian Art: East Asia
Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives
Qualities of Jade
David Jablonowski: Many to Many (Stone Carving High Performance)
Failure
Rob Pruitt
Encountering Space in the Center for Creative Connections
Form/Unformed: Design from 1960 to the Present
Ending Sunday, Jan 29th
Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk
David Taylor: Working the Line
Margarita Cabrera
Our Lady of Refuge of Sinners
Working the Line: Photographs by David Taylor
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection
English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century
Ending Sunday, Jan 29th
Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive
Matthew Buckingham “Where Will We Live?”
New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection
The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
Visions of Saints
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Frocks & Togs: Childrens Clothing from 1900 through the 1950s
Littlefield Murals
Try!: Rodeo on the Southern Plains
5,000 Years of Chinese Jade
Animal Instinct: The Photographs of Daniel Lee
San Antonio Collects: African American Artists
The Chinese Art of Cricket Keeping: The Ernest K. H. Lee Collection
Black and Gold Exhibit
Reflections on Water in American Painting: The Arthur J. Phelan Collection
This is your last chance to see Berlin-based artist Torsten Slama’s post apocalyptic worlds. The exhibition features a selection of approximately 35 large drawings, paintings, and works in airbrush on paper by this innovative artist.
Archstone, owners of The Èlan at Bluffview Dallas luxury apartments, announced today that artists Alison Jardine, Jennifer Jones and Wesley Chin from the Dallas area have been selected as finalists for the inspirational work they submitted in the first-annual Èlan Art Contest. Jardine was selected for her work titled “Trees Squared,” Jones earned finalist distinction with “Venetian Elephant” and Chin rounded out the finalist group with “Love Letter to Joan Mitchell.”
The Fort Worth Art Commission invites Fort Worth residents to a presentation and public hearing on the Draft FY 2010 Annual Work Plan (Public Art Fund) for the Fort Worth Public Art (FWPA) program. The work plan is developed annually by the FWAC in conjunction with Arts Council staff and the city manager and staff, with input from City Council members and the community. The Art Commission strives to ensure that public art is visible for the benefit of residents and visitors, fulfilling the goals of the Fort Worth Public Art program.
Tickets for a Simulcast presentation of the author event are still available for a reduced rate of $15 per ticket. Included in the price of each ticket is a screening pass for Julie & Julia. For more information or to purchase a Simulcast ticket, please call (214) 922-1818.
Invite your friends to listen to live jazz and sip a cool cocktail in the beautiful setting of the Kimbell Art Museum on Saturday, August 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event features music by the Mark Goodwin Trio, docent tours, gift giveaways, light hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar (featuring this month’s signature cocktail—the “Blood Orange,” plus wine and beer).
Dallas Art News owner and managing editor, Michael Roman, has completed his linoleum block print for the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC) Membership Exhibit 2009. The MAC is celebrating fifteen years since opening and made the number fifteen the theme for the exhibit. Drop-off deadline for art work is Saturday, July 25, between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. The MAC Membership Exhibit starts with a reception on Aug.1 and runs through Aug. 29.
Unsolicited Thoughts by Freddie McCoo and Soulful Melodies by Patrick Crouch have been extended. Mr. McCoo, a St. Louis transplant, exhibits dynamic paintings inspired by current and past events. Mr. Crouch, a Dallas painter, exhibits mixed-media works inspired by the rich African American musical traditions. Both exhibits now end July 31, 2009.
Popular illustrators of the American West carried the day in a $1.3 million Western & Texas Art auction at Heritage Auction Galleries on July 16. The auction also marked the second event to feature significant selections – 25 in all – from the Estate of Charles Martignette, which accounted for almost $500,000 of the auction total. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium.
Dallas Contemporary will honor four art legends on Thursday, September 17, 2009. Honors include Vernon Fisher, noted artist, teacher; Nash Flores, area patron who led the successful campaign to build the Booker T Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts, and philanthropists Arlene and John Dayton: John, serves as board member of the grand Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, and Arlene, president of Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Given annually for 17 years, Dallas Contemporary Legends 2009 Awards recognize individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the visual arts in Texas.
The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) is currently looking for interested individuals to serve on the Public Art Committee (PAC). Those eligible to apply include representatives of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Engineering, Construction, Development Industries, Visual Artists, Curators, Art Historians, Art Critics, and Arts Advocates or Collectors. Upon review by the Cultural Affairs Advisory Board (CAAB), two (2) new members will be appointed to join the committee of nine (9) and guide the development and implementation of the El Paso Public Art Program. To apply please visit www.elpasoartsandculture.org, click on the Public Art Tab, and select the “Public Art Committee” link.
Laura Moore Fine Art Studio — A working artist's studio and gallery. Check this one out in McKinney, Texas.
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Dead Photographers Society — Photographers who still find pleasure in taking pictures the old fashioned way with film, chemicals and a dark room.
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