Time Lapse of Big Tex Being Lifted into Place at the State Fair of Texas

Mr. Holga, our walkabout photographer, captured Big Tex being lifted into place for the State Fair of Texas.

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MTV: RE:DEFINE Benefit Art Event Raises Over $750,000

The MTV Staying Alive Foundation today announced that the inaugural MTV RE:DEFINE art exhibition and auction, held in front of a sold-out VIP audience on Saturday, September 24 at the Goss-Michael Foundation in Dallas, has raised more than $770,000 for the charity.

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Nancy Clarke, Chief Floral Designer at the White House, Announced as the Art in Bloom League Luncheon and Symposium Guest of Honor

It was announced today at the Dallas Museum of Art’s League Membership Tea that former White House chief floral designer, Nancy Clarke, will be the guest of honor at the annual Art in Bloom League Luncheon and Symposium on Monday, March 26, 2012.

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Dallas Museum of Art Celebrates the Women of Jazz with a Month-long Tribute

Join the Dallas Museum of Art for a month-long celebration of the women of jazz music during Thursday Night Live’s Jazz in the Atrium program. Each concert features area and national ensembles with female bandleaders celebrating the history of women in jazz; from Mary Lou Williams to Ella Fitzgerald, from Dianne Reeves to Esperanza Spalding, female jazz artists have made many important contributions to jazz music.

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The Catholic Foundation Announces Winner of 6th Annual Artist Competition on October 13

The Catholic Foundation will announce the winner of the 6th Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition and unveil new larger-than-life artwork on the outdoor art wall during a dedication ceremony in the Dallas Arts District on Oct. 13, 2011.

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Call to Local Artists in El Paso

The City of El Paso Public Art Program seeks to commission a professional artist or artist team to design, fabricate and install an artwork or artworks for traffic circles being installed in existing intersections citywide in El Paso, Texas.

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Author Stephen King Hosts Museum Fundraiser at Majestic Theatre in Dallas

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas. If you had the chance to change history, would you? Stephen King’s latest novel 11/22/63, on shelves November 8, addresses this very scenario as the book’s main character travels back in time on a mission to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy.

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Hosts Graduate Student Lectureship Program

The Graduate Student Lectureship Program provides local art and art history graduate students the opportunity to research and present public lectures on works on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. These focused gallery talks discuss artworks within a thematic framework designed to provide new insights on familiar pieces.

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SMU Meadows School of the Arts Receives Award from Yamaha Corporation of America

The Yamaha Corporation of America, which marked its 50th year of operation in the U.S. in 2010, presented a 50th Anniversary Year Partnership Award to Southern Methodist University in a ceremony in Caruth Auditorium on September 23.

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Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives at the Crow Collection of Asian Art

A series of paintings becomes part of unique videos in Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives, a solo exhibition opening October 15 at the Crow Collection of Asian Art. Emerging Shanghai-based artist Qiu Anxiong uses a stop-motion animation technique to create an ever-changing series of hauntingly beautiful moving images that range from mythical stories to urban transformation. Two videos will be on view in the Garden Gallery and the Mezzanine, and a selection of Qiu’s paintings will be on display in LinkAsia. Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives will run through February 5, 2012.

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Mr. Holga — Mr. Holga is a die-hard film photographer specializing in Holga cameras.
www.mrholga.com

Laura Moore Fine Art Studio — A working artist's studio and gallery. Check this one out in McKinney, Texas.
www.lauramooreart.com

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