This guide to special art events is organized by type of event and date of event:
- Art Walks / Studio
- Festivals & Art Sales
- Art Lectures & Conferences
- Fundraisers
- Paintouts
(For this week's art events, see the Art This Week in DFW feature.)
June through August 2010 art happenings:
Art Walks / Studio Tours
- June 4, July 7, Aug. 4- Cedar Springs 1st Wednesdays
- June 3, July 8, Aug. 4 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture) http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
- June 3, July 8, Aug. 4 - First Thursdays, the Dragon Street Association in the
- June 4, July 2, Aug. 6 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
- June 5, July 3, Aug. 7 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
- June 4, July 2, Aug. 6 - First Friday in
- June 11, July 8, Aug. 12 - Keller Gallery Walk (2nd Thursdays
- TBA- Art After
- June 11, July 8, Aug. 12 - Expo Art Night (2nd Thursdays, Deep Ellum/Expo Park
- June 12, July 10, Aug. 14 -
- June 25, July 30, Aug. 27 - Last Friday Gallery Night -
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Festivals & Art Sales
- June 3 - 5 - Great American Scrapbook Convention,
- June 4-5 - Historic
- June 4 - 6 - Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Maverick Stadium,
- June 5 & 6 - Gingerbread Trail Arts & Crafts Festival, Waxahachie, free admission http://www.rootsweb.com/~txecm/ginger.htm
- June 12 - Creekfest,
- June 19 -
- July 9 & 10 - 2010 fgirlShow - The Perfect 10 (8pm – 12midnight both nights, Life in Deep Ellum, 2803 Taylor Street, Dallas, TX 75226) produced by ArtLoveMagic.com
- July 10 - Weatherford: 2010 Parker County Peach Festival http://www.peachfestivaltx.com/
- July 2 & 3 - Texas pottery and Sculpture Guild Sizzling Summer Sale (July 2nd 5-9 / July 3rd 10-4); Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. Fort Worth www.tpsg.biz
- July 17 & 18 - Grapevine Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival, Grapevine http://www.heirloompro.com
- July 17 & 18 - Arts & Wonder; Latino Cultural Center http://dallasculture.org/latinocc
- July 31 - Lakeside Market Festival, Plano http://www.shoplakesidemarket.com/
- July 31 - ArtLoveMagic at Lakeside Market Festival, Plano http://artlovemagic.com
- Aug. 20 - 28 - North
- Aug. 28 & 29 - 7th Annual Lakewood Summer Arts Faire, Lakewood United Methodist Church, 2443 Abrams Rd., Dallas, TX 75214 http://www.lakewoodsummerartsfaire.org
- ? - Craft Guild of
Texas Events and Festivals see also: http://www.tourtexas.com/ and
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Art Lectures & Conferences
- Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org (on summer hiatus)
- June - Trinity Arts Conference,
- June 19 - Art Law Colloquium: Legal Issues Faced by Galleries, Museums and Artists; resented by Texas Wesleyan School of Law $25 http://law.txwes.edu/
- June 24 - "Nurturing the Artist Within", lecture by Peter Clothier, author of Persist: In Praise of the Creative Spirit in a World Gone Mad with Commerce. Thursday, June 24, 6-7 PM, TCU Moudy Building, Room 141. Texas Christian University School of Art,
2805 South University Drive, Fort Worth, Texas, 76129; contact Dr. Amanda Allison, a.allison@tcu.edu
Lectures are also held at several local art museums:
- McKinney Avenue Contemporary see http://www.the-mac.org/
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Fundraisers
- June 14 - Art Fusion 2010 fundraiser sponsored by Plano Art Association http://www.planoartassociation.com/
- June 24 - 25 - YArt Sale; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy (You can drop off your "unused" art Wednesday, June 23 or Thursday, June 24) Arts Council of Fort Worth http://www.artsfortworth.org/upcoming.html
- June 26 - Studio Rummagio (garage sale fundraiser for VAGF; Drop off: Friday, June 25, from 6:30- 10:00pm; Rummage Sale: Saturday, June 26, from 8:00 am - noon; Location: Frisco Arts Center, 6827 Main Street, Frisco) digitalcanvas@hotmail.com
- July 16 - Art Conspiracy's 4rd Annual SEED fundraiser: 7:00 p.m. at the Sons of Herman Hall located at 3414 Elm Street in Dallas. http://artconspiracy.org
- Online Store of Irving Art Association: http://cafepress.com/irvingart
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Paintouts
- Plein Air Southwest 2010 - 2011 sponsored by Outdoor Painters Society http://www.outdoorpainterssociety.com details at http://www.pleinairsouthwest.com Schedule:
- Coast of
- Location to be announced…late February or early March 2011
- Southwest Gallery.
- May 28 - June 6 - 5th Annual Paint Historic Waxahachie, sponsored by Ellis County Art Association admin@elliscountyart.net www.elliscountyart.net
- June 5 - 2nd Annual 'Plein Air on the Paluxy', at the historic Barnard's Mill in Glen Rose article
- June 12 - DeSoto Art League Plein Aire Paint (in conjunction with the Creekfest Festival in the
- June 12 - Visual Art League of Lewisville Plein Air Workshop; Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) 9am - 5:30 pm; contact mlmantha@yahoo.com
- Fridays - Friday Paint Out (
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