Legendary Artists Dale Chihuly Brings His Iconic Artwork to Dallas Arboretum

Renowned artist, Dale Chihuly, brings his dramatic sculptures and installations to the Dallas Arboretum May 5 – November 5, 2012. The award‐winning, 66‐acre garden will display Chihuly’s transformative contemporary glass sculptures and installations.

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The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Presents the 7th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Featuring Isabel Wilkerson

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture will present the Seventh Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium on January 16, 2012, 7-8:45 p.m., in the Winspear Opera House in Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center.

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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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ArtScape Fine Art Show and Sale Blossoms to Three Days During Dallas Blooms March 18-20

Art collectors and those wishing to enhance their home will have an opportunity to see and purchase artwork when ArtScape comes to the Dallas Arboretum. On March 18 through March 20, the Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, will come alive with beautiful art from nearly 100 artists from around the country. This juried show is free with admission and takes place during Dallas Blooms, the garden’s spring floral festival which is sponsored by Capital One Bank.

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Children can Create Masterpieces En Plein Air at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden

On Saturday, Oct. 16, local artists will lead a series of children’s plein air workshops at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The workshops will give children the experience of creating artwork ‘in the open air,’ as was the style of mid-19th century French impressionists Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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North Texas Professional Artists Invited to Participate in Fifth Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition

The Catholic Foundation is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition and invites all professional North Texas artists to submit their artwork for consideration. The deadline for entries is 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 2, 2010.

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FuNcTiOn: Big Space, Big Art at Corinth Park Warehouse

On November 21st, Dallas artists Cathey Miller, Diane Sikes, Jonathan Brooks, Nicole Arendt, Oliver Bradley, Patrick Dowdy, Stephen Hartzler, and VET will be exhibiting new work in a group show entitled FUNCTION, curated by Nicole Cullum Horn and Scott Horn, and produced by Herschel Alan Weisfeld and Sarah Jane Semrad. The event will be held at the CorinthPark warehouse located at 1837 Corinth at Park. It is a part of the Cedars Open Studios Tour and will be open during the day from 10AM to 5PM for the tour and again from 7PM to 10PM for an artist’s reception on Saturday, November 21, 2008. More information is available at www.corinthpark.org.

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Vincent van Gogh Presented by University of North Texas Dance and Theatre Department

A young Vincent van Gogh arrives at a boarding house run by a widow in the London suburb of Brixton, where he falls in love with the landlady’s daughter. Vincent in Brixton by award-winning playwright Nicholas Wright explores the early years of van Gogh’s life, as the artist-to-be works for a European art dealer and deals with his tormented feelings. The University of North Texas Department of Dance and Theatre presents the theatrical portrait of the famed painter in a production directed by Marjorie Hayes, a UNT associate professor and a respected director around the world.

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McKinney Avenue Contemporary Opens Membership Exhibit

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC) held the opening reception for their annual Membership Exhibit this past Saturday, Aug. 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The MAC is celebrating fifteen years and so the theme for the reception and art was also fifteen. The exhibit displays works from 174 artists which will be on view through Aug. 29.

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Deadline Drawing Nearer for State Fair of Texas Creative Arts Competitions

Registration for the 2009 contests is well under way. The final date to submit entry forms and fees for this year’s events has been set as July 31 by 5:00 pm. Registration will not be accepted after this date.

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