McNay Art Museum Announces July and August Events
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, has announced events for July and August 2010. Events include lectures, tours, continuing education, concerts, films and other activities.
Texas Museums Offer Free Admission to Military Personnel and Their Immediate Family
The United States of America is giving military personnel and their immediate family another perk for their service. Through the Blue Star Museums partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, forty-two museums in Texas are offering free admission to military personnel and their immediate family. Free admission starts this Memorial Day, May 31, 2010, through Labor Day, September 6, 2010.
Dallas Art News Announces Guest Webcomic Artist Program
Dallas Art News is starting a webcomic section that will feature a new art related webcomic each week. We are inviting all established webcomic artists to participate via our Guest Webcomic Artist Program.
Assignment: Photographing Museums
As a reader, follower and / or friend of Dallas Art News, we would like to enlist your help. Dallas Art News is expanding our list of museums to include more venues in and around Texas. For each museum listed we would like to have an original photograph of the museum. Your assignment is to photograph your local museum and send it to Dallas Art News.
Grumbacher to Offer Painting Workshops
Grumbacher art supplies is excited to partner with a prominent retailer to offer fine art workshops in retail stores. These workshops will consist of two hours of instruction, during which time students will complete an acrylic painting. There are fo
Special Feature: Webcomics Imitating Art
Dallas Art News invited webcomic artists from the Dallas Webcomics Expo (DWEX) to participate in a special feature, Webcomics Imitating Art. The idea was for each webcomic artist to use their characters and style to recreate a famous work of art. We only expected to get about six works, but we lucked out and got nineteen webcomic artists to participate.
Web Comic Artists Wanted for Feature Article
Calling all Web Comic artists! Dallas Art News would like to highlight established Web Comics in a future article. The theme of the article will be “comics imitating art”, where artists re-create well known works of art using their Web Comic character(s) and style. The article, which will mostly be the images created by the comic artists and links to their sites, will appear during the first week of December 2009.
Bad Idea #1: Putting Your Art on Display at a Major Museum
Periodically, Dallas Art News is going to post what we consider to be a bad idea. By bad idea, we really mean a good idea. No, a great idea. An idea so potentially great that it may be consider devilishly bad. The grand scheme of our bad ideas is to bring Dallas Art News viewers and artists together to comment and discuss these wicked thoughts. Dallas Art News does not encourage anyone to carry out any of our bad ideas or the related comments and discussions. You should not do anything that is illegal or harmful to yourself, other persons, businesses or property. Just say no.
Dallas Art News Needs Reporters
Dallas Art News needs reporters. We are looking for individuals with a passion for art and the ability to write an honest review. Reporters should live in Texas (Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio areas) and can attend local museums and galleries.
McNay Announces Events for September and October
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has announced their calendar of events for September through October. Events include exhibits, lectures, learning programs and music.
Survey: What is the most important work of art in Dallas / Fort Worth?
What is the most important work of art in either Dallas, Fort Worth or around Texas? Enter your favorite work of art and its location in the Share Your Voice comment box for this post.
San Antonio Unveils Museum Reach with Down by the River
As summer gets into full swing, the San Antonio River Foundation has announced a partnership with the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) for “Down by the River,” a family event that will celebrate a segment of the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River Improvements Project. The event, which is part of SAMA’s “First Sundays for Families” series, will take place on the grounds of SAMA on Sunday June 7, 2009 from 12pm to 5pm.
Favorite Sites
Michael Roman — Painter, printer and photographers.
www.michaelroman.com
Jennifer Grassman — Serpent Tales and Nightingales starring Jennifer Grassman. Lovely music.
www.jennifergrassman.com
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