New Austin Art Space to Open in September

Tiny Park, a new exhibition series and art space located in central Austin, will present contemporary art exhibitions, readings, and film screenings by local and national artists. Functioning out of the organizers’ home located at 607 ½ Genard Street, Tiny Park will also utilize outside venues for larger exhibitions and events, and will collaborate with guest curators and other galleries to present conceptually and aesthetically diverse works.

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The Sixth Floor Museum Receives Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza received notice of a $40,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support Shared Stories, an in-depth exploration of the use of oral histories in museum programming.

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What Would Andy Do? at LuminArte Design Gallery

What Would Andy Do? at LuminArte Design Gallery in Dallas features Jason Reynaga, Penelope Fox, Kathy Seaboyer, Marisa Candaten, Jim Lively, Gini Walker, Liz London and Christopher Fuhrken.

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Fictional 2 at the Bath House Cultural Center

Fictional 2, the current gallery show at the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake in Dallas, runs through August 6, 2011. The exhibit coincides with – and takes its life from – the Thirteenth Annual Festival of Independent Theatres (FIT) running this month in the Center’s black-box theater.

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Boy Scouts of America Hires New Norman Rockwell Curator

The Boy Scouts of America announced it has appointed Norman Rockwell expert Corry Kanzenberg as curator of exhibitions and collections at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas.

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The Goss-Michael Foundation Announces 2011 Dallas and Statewide Art and Music Scholarship Winners

In its continuing efforts to support and encourage promising artistic talent, The Goss-Michael Foundation has announced the winners of four $5,000 scholarships – the George Michael Music Scholarship and the Kenny Goss Art Scholarship for students from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, the Goss-Michael Foundation DFW Art Scholarship for visual arts, and the statewide Goss-Michael Foundation Texas Art Scholarship for visual arts.

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Final Week of 9×9: Expect the Unexpected at the Dallas Museum of Art

This week is the final week of our 9×9: Expect the Unexpected. The Dallas Museum of Art will stay open until 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 28; Friday, July 29; and Saturday, July 30 with activities, games, music, dining, and more.

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Influence: Carlos Donjuan, Sedrick Huckaby, Marilyn Jolly at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center

Influence: Carlos Donjuan, Sedrick Huckaby, Marilyn Jolly opened recently at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center and runs through September 9, 2011. The show is aptly named; all three artists are “peddlers of influence” both as faculty members at University of Texas at Arlington and as busy exhibiting artists.

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Two On View: Benson and White at the Tyler Museum of Art

Works by Texas contemporary artists Carol Benson and Derrick White will be on view July 24 through September 11 at the Museum in its Bell Gallery at the Tyler Museum of Art.

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Amon Carter Museum of American Art Launches Photo Contest

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces a photo context for members of the community. Photographers are invited to submit photos of family and friends enjoying the museum. The contest will from from Aug. 1-31, 2011.

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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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