You don’t have to be a long-haired hippie to enjoy the 2009 Tony Award-Winning musical Hair. Sail back through time to rock ‘n’ roll loving days of the 60s with the story of a group of young people who explore their sexual identity, deny the draft and challenge societal restraints during the Vietnam war. It’s [...]
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Lakewood Summer Arts Fair (LSAF) was formed as a mission of Lakewood United Methodist Church in 2004. Every year LSAF brings together leading local artists and the East Dallas community in a family-friendly environment where patrons can view, enjoy and purchase fine art, fine jewelry and fine crafts. Each of the last seven years we [...]
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This early conceptual attempt at rendering the fourth dimension was a head-scratcher when it first appeared, and it is still cause for much explanatory heavy lifting. The cubist paintings made between 1910 and 1912 by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are considered the apogee of cubism, and that makes them the standard-bearers of this art [...]
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Meet Riordan, a San Antonio native, at Dallas Museum of Art’s BooksmART, a family-friendly festival celebrating literature. A passel of excellent children’s authors and illustrators will also be there, including Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth), Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak and Chains), Caldecott Medal winners David Wiesner (Flotsam, The Three Pigs, Tuesday) and Jerry Pinkney (The [...]
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The USA Film Festival’s 27th annual KidFilm® Festival opens this Saturday at the Angelika Film Center, Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX. Saturday’s selection features acclaimed animated films Eleanor’s Secret and Summer Wars. Also Saturday is your chance to meet the children’s book author Mike Thaler and illustrator Jared Lee, whose The Black Lagoon series is now [...]
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Vignettes from the USA film festival’s 26th annual Kidfilm . “Knuffle Bunny” and its creator Mo Willems’ presence added extra charm to this year’s event that featured a great line-up of children’s classics and a host of adventurous characters.
For centuries, bamboo baskets and folding screens have played important roles in everyday life, embodying the principle of fusing utility with beauty that permeates all Japanese art. The Modern Twist: Bamboo Works from the Clark Center and the Art of Motoko Maio exhibition features a selection of bamboo works by various artists from the Clark [...]
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Calling all art enthusiasts (and the more timid than enthusiastic)! Be there for the Arts Night Out, a free, noncredit art course Open House hosted at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts. Meet instructors, learn about fall classes, and enjoy demonstrations in ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, ballet, piano, art history, and more! Where: SMU [...]
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Curated by Ruth Anderson, the exhibit “Geometric Interpretations: Works Using Paper” at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, features inspired paper creations by more than 20 Dallas-based artists whose works explore the use of paper in both flat presentations and complex dimensional works, like Rusty Scruby’s impressive three-dimensional constructions. Admission is free to the [...]
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The Red Bull Art of Can exhibition has more than 50 unique artworks created from recycled cans, digital media and paint displayed at the event. Ranging from a full-scale racing airplane, an old world style painting, and a baby bull to a ball gown, all the artworks share a common thing i.e. the iconic blue [...]
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