One Hundred and Ten Degrees Opens at TractorBeam Gallery
Last Saturday night was burning HOT with the One Hundred and Ten Degrees opening at TractorBeam Gallery downtown. There are 10 artists showcasing their hottest work.
The Dallas Museum of Art Opens The Living Room with a Summer Installation by Visiting Artist Jull Foley
This summer the Center for Creative Connections (C3) at the Dallas Museum of Art moves into the museum’s fourth-floor Tower Gallery as construction begins on a new C3 exhibition and other renovations that will debut on September 25. While the first-floor location is closed, Susan Diachisin, The Kelli and Allen Questrom Director of the Center for Creative Connections, invited visiting artist Jill Foley to create a dynamic installation for the Center’s “temporary home away from home.”
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Showcases a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition
On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age of documentary photography in America. American Modern will be on view through January 2, 2011; admission is free.
RISING Gallery Opens I Am Women to a Packed Venue
RISING Gallery was pulsing like a crowded downtown nightclub for a full three hours on July 15, 2010, for the I Am Woman art opening. The FGIII Art & McKane organization who put on the exhibition packed the venue with great art, a DJ, string musicians, a beautiful crowd, and eighteen local smoking hot female artists. The show features a group of artists’ works benefiting Alley’s House, a non-profit for teen mothers and their children. The artwork is on 24 x 24 inch canvases all priced at $300 and based on the theme “feminity, love, beauty, passion and power”.
The Women’s Museum’s Dreams of Flight Exhibit Opening Coincides with Legendary Pilot’s Birthday, Amelia Earhart
The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future announces the opening of Dreams of Flight: A Journey through Air and Space on Friday, July 23, 2010, and runs through October 31, 2010. In a special twist, the opening of the exhibit coincides with one of America’s beloved pioneers of flight birthday, Amelia Earhart, born July 24, 1897. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight in 1932. In June 1937, Amelia began the infamous final trip that would mark the first around-the-world flight. She and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, completed almost two-thirds of their flight when they were lost at sea.
Southern Methodist University Features Works from the Stanley Marcus Collection and DeGolyer Library
In celebration of the centennial of the Mexican Revolution in 2010, the Mildred Hawn Gallery in SMU’s Hamon Arts Library is featuring an exhibit of historic books and portfolios from Mexico, on view through August 29. The items are part of the Stanley Marcus Collection at SMU’s DeGolyer Library. Marcus, from the family of the founders of the exclusive Neiman Marcus store, was a passionate book collector who assembled a truly remarkable private library, numbering about 8,000 volumes and ranging across the centuries.
The Kimbell Art Museum Presents Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea
Rarely does an exhibition offer an entirely fresh way of viewing the art of a great civilization. Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea does exactly that––by revealing and interpreting the importance of water to the ancient Maya. Shark teeth, stingray spines, sea creatures and waterfowl appear in works of stone and clay; supernatural crocodiles breathe forth rain; cosmic battles take place between mythic beasts and deities—all part of a new and vivid picture of the Maya worldview.
Famed Dallas Artist/Sculptor, Renato Mazza, to be Featured at Mary Tomás Studio Gallery
Renato (René) Mazza will be featured at the Mary Tomás Studio Gallery July 31, 2010 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The preview will be July 30 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Mary Tomás Studio Gallery is located in the Design District in building 1080 at 1110 Dragon St., Dallas, Texas 75207.
I am Woman: Group Exhibition to Benefit Alley’s House
RISING Gallery is proud to host a two week art exhibition here at the gallery titled I AM WOMAN. All proceeds from this exhibition will benefit Alley’s House, a wonderful non-profit Dallas organization. The mission of Alley’s House is to empower teen mothers and their children to achieve independence through support services, education and mentoring. Alley’s House strives to break the generational, economic, and social impact of teen pregnancy within the community. Please visit www.alleyshouse.org for more information.
What’s New at The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
Here’s is what’s new at The Brownsville Museum of Art. Be sure to catch a new exhibit by Oscar Alvarez and summer camp for children ages 5 to 17 years old.
Memories of the Swimming Days at White Rock Lake are Kept Alive in Photography Exhibition
The Bath House Cultural Center and the White Rock Lake Museum present We Used to Swim Here, an exhibition of historical photographs dating to the time when swimming was allowed at Dallas’ White Rock Lake. The exhibition will be on display at the White Rock Lake Museum (housed inside the Bath House Cultural Center) from July 10 to November 20, 2010.
What Texas Means to Me: 2nd Annual Art Awards Show Selects 40 Diverse Works from Inside and Outside Texas
Austin Art Space announced the selection of artwork to be featured in its second annual juried awards show and exhibit focused on everything Texas, entitled ‘What Texas Means to Me’ running July 2 – August 28, 2010. The show’s theme is built entirely upon artists’ impressions of any aspect of Texas’ past, present or future. And, those inspirations proved to be wide-ranging from abstract and contemporary to representational and traditional. Pastel, oil, watercolor, acrylic, collage, mixed media, photography and sculpture are among the media included.
Vertu Juried Art Exhibition at Artists’ Showplace with July 9 Reception
Artists’ Showplace gallery will host an exhibition of juried artwork from July 9 – 30, 2010. A free reception on Friday, July 9, 2010, from 6 to 9 p.m., is open to the public and includes wine and hors d’oeurves. The exhibition, titled Vertu (Latin for “a love or knowledge of fine art”) is sponsored by Collage, the arts ministry of Plano’s Chase Oaks Church, and submissions were open to the community. Juror Marie Renfro, nationally known artist from Allen, Texas, chose the works in the exhibition. A “People’s Choice” vote will be taken at the July 9 reception, with a cash prize awarded to the winner.
First Nationally Touring Exhibition of the Work of Gustav Stickley, Patriarch of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Organized by Dallas Museum of Art
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement is the first nationally touring exhibition to offer a comprehensive examination of the work of one of the leading figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley. Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), the exhibition will examine Stickley’s contributions to the American Arts and Crafts movement during his most productive and creative period, from 1900 to 1913. Ranging from furniture to metalware to embroidered textiles, the majority of the objects on view are from private collections and three-quarters have never been seen before by the public.
Review of Chris Panatier at RISING Gallery
One hot summer Thursday evening found me at the foyer of Rising Gallery admiring the custom mural on the wall. It is smashed with red paint, bracing itself for the compelling woman painted within. The painting grips you, holds you there for a moment and just when you think you are released, she imposes her will onto you as you walk through the works of Chris Panatier, Love Them Now, Always. He captures various moments in a person’s life on wood panel with oil paint. I inspect the series to try to understand his process, and realize that I need to meet this artist and ask him all the questions that came up during my tour of his series at Rising.
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Jennifer Grassman — Serpent Tales and Nightingales starring Jennifer Grassman. Lovely music.
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DFW Art Models — If you're itching to do some figure drawing, check out DFW Art Models for info, classes and gatherings.
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