Cynthia Salzman Mondell Talks about the Shoe Confessional at the Dallas Museum of Art

Filmmaker Cynthia Salzman Mondell tell us what to expect at the Shoe Confessional. Women can bare their soles this Friday, January 20, 2012, at the Dallas Museum of Art Late Nights event.

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Review of KAWS at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Kent Boyer reviews the paintings and sculptures in focus:KAWS on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. This is graffiti art at its best. focus:KAWS on view through February 19, 2012.

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Lets Art Party Mixes a Night Out with Painting

Claiming to be “the new night out,” Lets Art Party offers a new take on an old theme. The interactive art studio, operated by Leacy and Buster of the well-known Dave & Buster’s, combines art instruction with a BYOB setting, and purports to be “the ultimate painting party.” Yet for this attendee, the Plano location’s December 1, 2011, two-hour, Fall Cherry Tree class was heavy on art, but light on party.

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Pioneer Town at Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Under Construction

Pioneer Town is an exhibit in the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum (PPHM) located in Canyon, Texas. It stands as a replica of what pioneer life was like from 1890-1910.

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Stephen King Delights at the Majestic Theatre for Museum Fund Raiser

Stephen King made a rare stop in Dallas to promote his new book, 11.22.63: A Novel, and to show his appreciation to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for their assistance. The event, A Conversation with Stephen King, included a press conference, a special reception and a conversation with Lee Cullum, host of CEO on KERA.

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Review of Picasso and Braque at the Kimbell Art Museum

The Kimball Art Museum is exhibiting Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912. This avant-garde exhibit features the works of master painters Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Georges Braque (1882-1963). This is a fun exhibit and a great opportunity to view art by the two most influential artists of the twentieth century.

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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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Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color at The Women's Museum

Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color is in it’s final month hanging at The Women’s Museum in Fair Park. The show comes down July 23, so hurry to see it.

This exhibition was developed by the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, in collaboration with the Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust and toured by International Arts & Artists.

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Review of Just Between Us: New Works by Alejandro Diaz Ayala

Just Between Us: New Works by Alejandro Diaz Ayala is the current show at Deep Ellum’s Kirk Hopper Fine Art gallery. Alejandro Diaz is a Dallas visual artist in his mid-twenties who has produced 11 pieces for the show. All but one of them are paintings – oils and acrylics with other sketching media incorporated.

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The Dallas Morning News Reports on Mr. Holga's JFK Project

Today, The Dallas Morning News reported on Mr. Holga’s JFK project. The project, titled Death By Holga: 11.22.63, is a journey to photograph people, places and things related to the Kennedy assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

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Favorite Sites

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

Michael Roman — Painter, printer and photographers.
www.michaelroman.com

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