Nov 20
What: 6th Annual Cedars Open Studio
When: Saturday, November 22nd, 10am-6pm; after party begins at 7pm and ends at midnight.
Where: South of downtown Dallas - Cedars neighborhood (map it!)
Price: FREE!
Nov 18
What: Art and Jewelery Show featuring Brenda Bogart and Whitney Williams
When: Friday, November 21st from 2pm-8pm; Saturday, November 22nd from 10am-3pm
Where: 3636 University Blvd, Dallas, TX (map it!)
Admission Price: Free admission. Over 100 original pieces will be on display and the buyer names the price. Half of all art sales will be generously donated to the North Texas Food Bank.
It’s not very often I see pieces that make me forget about my surroundings and zero in on every detail of the solid, still movement in front of me. It’s nearly (if not completely) impossible to duplicate the reaction I get when I’m not in the presence of art that moves me, but I will try:
Nov 17
What: ArtLoveMagic Artist Reception & Open Mic Night
When: Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 8pm - 12am
Where: Mokah Coffee House & Art Gallery, 2803 Taylor Street, Dallas, TX, 75226 …(On the corner of Malcolm X and Taylor, FREE PARKING) …(map this!)
Admission Price: FREE!
{From ArtLoveMagic.com}
Have you ever wondered why an artist looks at the world in a certain way? What drives them to create a particular work?
VISION is a new gallery experience hanging at the Mokah Art Gallery in Deep Ellum. The show is curated by ArtLoveMagic’s founder Michael Lagocki and includes over 20 local artists. Hanging next to each piece in the show is an artists’ statement, describing why they chose their themes and why they created the work. Together, these works, these themes, create a full Vision.
Mokah Art Gallery and ArtLoveMagic invite you to experience a show that lets you do more than just look, it lets you connect, understand, and look through another’s eyes. The evening also includes open mic for musicians and spoken word.
The VISION show is currently open during Mokah’s normal operating hours.
Nov 15
What: 2008 Winter Art Mart
When: November 21-23, 2008
Where: Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX 75218 (map it!)
Admission Price: FREE!
Schedule:
Friday, November 21 (7pm-9pm) … Preview Reception featuring music by the Herbie Johnson Quartet
Saturday, November 22 (12pm-7pm) … Sale/Auction
Sunday, November 23 (11am-6pm) … Sale/Auction
[From bathhousecultural.com]
Come get a bit of wonderful art for yourself and your friends at the Bath House’s Winter Art Mart. Paintings, sculpture, photography, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, cards and other unique creations will be featured along with food, music, a silent auction and much more.
The Art Mart benefits the Bath House Cultural Center’s year-round visual and performing arts programs - so it’s a purchase that we all benefit from!
Participating Artists:
Elizabeth Amaro, Brenda Benson, Martha Boles, George Boyd, Geraldine Brettmann, Mary Brinson, Marla Cook, Dan Coppersmith, Suzanne Corey, Bebin Cypher and Paco Sutera, Charlotte B. De Molay, Dan and Lori Dudley , Barbara Erickson, Brad Foster, Rebecca Guy, Fred R. Hight, Mahlon Hight, Brandon Jenkins, Cindy Kelley, Carmen Kelley and Sylvia Mims, Dannelle LeBlanc, Charlotte Lindsey, Kayla Mick, Jo Moncrief, Pam Myers-Morgan, Lucky Nelms, Travis Rice, Gail Roberts, Marty Ruiz, Elisabeth Schalij, Tim Scheer, Russ Sharek, Claudia Sullins, Susan Tinkler O’Neal, Sheilah and Dave Unger, Alba Uribe-Sorrentino, and Mary Vanderwood.
For more information visit The Bath House Cultural Center website, or call the event hotline at (214) 670-8570.
Nov 09
November 12th at 7pm, artist Olafur Eliasson will be at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium to discuss the exhibition, Take Your Time, currently on display. Admission price is $15 and discounts will be available for members & students. Call 214-922-1826 to reserve your ticket.
Oct 25
One of Spain’s most important private collectors, Juan Abelló and his wife Anna Gamazo, have put their collection on loan for a brief period of time at the Meadows Museum. This exhibit marks the first time the Abelló collection has been shown in the United States.
The exhibit features 65 drawings from 45 of the most influential artists over the last 200 years. See works from three cultural art movements - Avant Garde, Post-Impressionism, and Surrealism.
Artists include: Manet, Degas, Dalí, Miró, Juan Gris, Julio González, Óscar Domínguez, Iturrino, Gargallo, Manolo Hugué, María Blanchard, Joaquín Torres García, Wifredo Lam, Cassatt, Pissarro, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Klimt, Schiele, Matisse, Van Dongen, Modigliani, Maillol, Brancusi, González, Moore, Giacometti, Ribera, Murillo, Goya.
The collection is on display through December 2, 2008. Admission is $8 and free on Thursday’s after 5pm! If you are new to art or have never really been influenced by any particular works of art, this is a great place to start if you live in Dallas.
This exhibition was organized by the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Meadows Museum, and the Abelló Collection and has been brought to Dallas by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.
View the collection through December 2, 2008.
My question for you: Are there any artists in this exhibit whose work you greatly admire?
Oct 22
Dahlia Woods Gallery PRESENTS:
w/ Kenney Mencher’s noir paintings and metal sculptures by Etty Horowitz. The opening reception is on Friday, October 24th from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. No admission charge and is open to the public. The showing will go through November 29, 2008.
Dahlia Woods Gallery
600 Cantegral Street
Dallas, TX 75204
ph: 214-827-0924
Hours:
Thurs, Friday, and Sat from 11am-4 pm
By appointment, Tues. and Wed.
Oct 20
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson at Dallas Museum of Art
The exhibit will begin November 8th and run through March 15th of next year. Eliasson is an internationally known artist with works having been displayed in Copenhagen, New York, and the Tate Modern in London. The DMA will be the third venue stop for the traveling exhibit. Previous venues have included the MOMA in New York City and SFMOMA in San Francisco where the exhibit first began back in 2007.
The DMA has a well written and researched summary online with reviews about the artist and exhibition. The NYT.com Arts section also has a page showcasing his art installations and a quick browse through some of Elisasson’s past exhibits. I have not seen Eliasson’s work in person, but I already cannot stop looking at his work online. His installations are large & extravagant - they are simple and calculated in design - it would seem therapeutic to surround yourself around them.
On Eliasson’s website you can download the .pdf of photographs taken in his studio while he was working on the Take Your Time show. They are all done in black and white and added to some are symmetrical lines & images to coincide with the object(s) captured. The picture below is my current desktop image. I have an infatuation with circular mirrored objects, or maybe just mirrored objects in general. I love reflections and the way the images in them take a contorted but still recognizable shape.
Oct 17
In the fall of each year, a unique art event takes place in neighborhoods near White Rock Lake. In its 16th year, the White Rock Lake Art Studio Tour of 2008 will include 45 professional artists and 5 art centers.
This popular event offers the public the opportunity to visit artists within their special working environments, to see local art exhibitions and to tour art schools. On the Tour this year are painters, sculptors, mixed media artists, potters, photographers, glass and mosaic artists, jewelers, fiber artists and printmakers.
From 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 18 & Sunday, October 19th. I posted the map below and found some artists that could be worth checking out. The weather is supposed to be beautiful this weekend - sunny skies with a high of 80 degrees!
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Information courtesy of Dallas Arts Revue
Oct 17
Image by Elisa Durrette
Annette Lawrence Free paper, October 24-December 13, 2008
Opening Reception for the artist, Friday, October 24 from 6:00-8:00pm
Artist Talk, Saturday, November 8 at 2:00pm
