Art News DFW Archive

This guide to special art events is organized by type of event and date of event:

•  Art Walks / Studio Tours
•  Festivals & Art Sales
•  Art Lectures & Conferences
•  Fundraisers
•  Paintouts

(For this week's art events, see the Art This Week in DFW feature.)  

March 2011 through May 2011 art happenings:

Art Walks / Studio Tours

• Mar. 3, Apr. 7, May 5 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture) http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
• Mar. 3, Apr. 7, May 5 -  First Thursdays, the Dragon Street Association in the Dallas Design District http://www.dragonstreetdallas.com/ 
• Mar. 5, Apr. 2, May 7 -  Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
• Mar. 4, Apr. 1, May 6 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
• Mar. 4, Apr. 1, May 6 - First Friday in Denton http://firstfridaydenton.com/
• Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14 - McKinney: Second Saturday on the Square http://www.downtownmckinney.com
• Mar. 20 - Art Tour No More (formerly Art in the Hood Studio Tour and Sale) http://www.artinthehood.com
• Mar. 25, Apr. 29, May 27 - Last Friday Gallery Night - 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Granbury
• Mar. 26 & 27 - Denison Spring Fine Art Tour http://www.smalltownBIGART.com
• Mar. 26 – Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Spring Gallery Nigh thttp://fwada.com
• Apr. 8 - 10 - Southwest Black Fine Art Show, African-American Museum of Dallas http://www.aamdallas.org/
• Apr. 15 & 16 - Continental Gin Open Studios 
• Apr. 16 - Spring Gallery Walk - Dallas Art Dealers Association 2-8 pm http://www.dallasartdealers.org
• April 16 - DEEP Art Walk 6 - 11 pm, in Deep Ellum http://deepellummedia.com  http://www.facebook.com/DeepEllum
• Apr. 23 - CADD Bus Tour #4 - Parking at Barry Whistler Gallery, where the tour will begin at 10:30am www.caddallas.net
• Apr. 30 & May 1 - North Dallas Artist Studio Tour http://www.northdallasart.com/
• May 14 - Oak Cliff Visual Speed Bump Art Tour 2011 http://www.chuckandgeorge.net/SpeedBump.html
• May 22 - White Rock East Garden & Artisan Tour, 11:00 - 5:00 http://eastdallasartgardens.blogspot.com

TBA:

• Apr. ? - 2nd Annual Oak Cliff Art Crawl (Oak Cliff galleries & Texas Theater 4pm – 9pm) http://oakcliffartcrawl.com/

Festivals & Art Sales

• Mar. 4 - 6 - North Texas Irish Festival, Fair Park http://www.ntif.org/
• Mar. 5 & 6 - Frisco Arts in the Square March www.FriscoSquare.com/AITS
• Mar. 11 - 13 - Dallas Quilt Celebration 2011, Dallas Market Hall, presented by Quilter’s Guild of Dallas http://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
• Mar. 12 & 13  - 3rd Annual Funky Finds Spring Fling (indie craft fair) Small Exhibits Bldg., Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W. Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76107) http://funkyfinds.com/events/springfling/2011/
• Mar. 18 - 20 - Artscape 2011 (during the Dallas Blooms festival), Dallas Arboretum http://dallasarboretum.org/artscape/index.htm
• Mar. 19 - Cowtown Indie Bazaar - Spring into Handmade sponsored by Etsy Fort Worth, Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth http://www.cowtownindiebazaar.com/
• Mar. 26 - Art on the Paluxy Show & Sale http://www.barnardsmill.org/artonthepaluxy2011.html
• Apr. 1 - 3 - Deep Ellum Arts Festival http://www.meifestivals.com/deepspr.html
• Apr. 1 - University of Texas at Arlington's annual glass art sale. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Studio Art Center, 810 S. Davis Drive, Arlington http://www.uta.edu/ucomm/mediarelations/press/2011/03/glass-art-sale-2011.html
• Apr. 8 - 10 - 2nd Annual Art in the Park Festival, Kennedale TX http://www.kennedaleartsfestival.com/
• Apr. 9 & 10 - IndieGenius The Bazaar, 7th & Zang near the Bishop Arts District http://www.beindiegenius.typepad.com/
• April 14 - 17 - Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival http://mainstreetartsfest.org
• Apr. 15 - 17 - 2011 Spring ART MART, Silent Auction & BHCC Fundraiser, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas http://bathhousecultural.com
• Apr. 15 - 17 - First Annual Show & Tell Art Festival, 1912 Wenneca Ave, Fort Worth, TX (EXIT 8th/Summit) http://showntellartfest.com/home.html

• Apr. 16 - April in Paris Fine Arts Festival http://theplazagallery.com/april-in-paris-fine-arts-festival/
• Apr. 16 - Green Swap, April 16 9a-6p at Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway artcycletx.blogspot.com and livegreenexpo.net
• Apr. 16 & 17 - Japanese Gardens Spring Festival, Fort Worth Botanic Garden http://www.fwbg.org/festivals.htm 
• Apr. 23 - Día del Niño (Day of the Child) Latino Cultural Center www.dallasculture.org/latinocc
• Apr. 29 - May 7  - Spring Arts Festival at the University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ah/events/detail.html?id=1220117131
• Apr. 30 - Etsy Dallas: 3rd Annual Spring Bash; 11am-5pm, free admission. South Side on Lamar, 1409 South Lamar St., Dallas http://handmadebash.com/
• May 4 - Collin College Student Artist Pottery SALE, 9am – 8pm; Atrium of the Collin College Spring Creek Campus http://www.collin.edu/ 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX
• May 5 - 8 - Mayfest, Trinity Park in Fort Worth http://www.mayfest.org/
• May 7 - 8 - Cottonwood Art Festival, Cottonwood Park in Richardson www.cottonwoodartfestival.com

• May 13 - 15 –  Annual Artfest on the Green at Watters Creek, Allen http://www.watters-creek.com/SpringArtShow.aspx

• May 13 - 24 Hour Video Race (filming; screenings are at the Angelika) http://www.24hourvideoracedallas.com
• May 14 - Spring ArtsGoggle; southside Fort Worth 4-10pm http://www.fortworthsouth.org/FWS/artsgoggle.html
• May 14 - Homegrown Music and Arts Festival; Main St. in Dallas http://homegrownfest.com/
• May 17 - 19 - 24 Hour Video Race Screenings are at the Angelika) http://www.24hourvideoracedallas.com
• May 27 - 29 - CityArts Festival & ArtFest at CityArts, Dallas Fair Park http://www.cityartsfestival.com/
• June 4 - Etsy Denton Summer Bazaar http://www.facebook.com/etsydenton

TBA:

• May ? - Art in the Park, Arlington Highlands 12 noon - 5 pm; sponsor F6 Gallery http://www.f6gallery.org
• June ? - Creekfest, Desoto City Center http://www.ci.desoto.tx.us/ 

For more see Texas Events and Festivals http://www.tourtexas.com/ and KERA’s Art & Seek at http://artandseek.org

Art Lectures & Conferences

• Mar. 19 - Marileigh Schulte Juror Talk & Critique - 26th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition (held at the Irving Arts Center); 7 - 9pm http://texasandneighbors.com
• Apr.  8 - 10 - Dallas Art Fair Symposia (in conjunction with the fair) http://www.dallasartfair.com/
• Apr. 8 - 10 - DFW Fiber Fest; Grapevine Convention Center http://dfwfiberfest.org/
• Apr. 9 - SMU Conference: The Freedom of the City: Models of Urban Engagement & Creativity in the 21st Century: Join the conversation at a symposium with Meadows Prize winner Creative Time; Sat., Apr. 9, 2011 
10am-4pm.; 
Bob Hope Theatre - Owen Arts Center Register
•  Dallas Architecture Forum http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org

Lecture Series:

Mar. 10 - David Salmela

Apr. 14 - James Corner

Panels

Mar. 22  - Brad Goldenberg: “The Trinity River Project: An Update”

Apr. 5 - Doug Newby: “Location, Location, Location”

Symposia

Mar. 26 – Texas Regionalism Symposium

May 7 - Annual Members’ Meeting

• University of North Texas Art Gallery; http://art.unt.edu/gallery; Collections Series Lunch Lectures in the Gallery, Noon

Lectures are also held at several local art museums:

• Amon Carter Museum: see http://www.cartermuseum.org/calendar
• Dallas Museum of Art: see http://dallasmuseumofart.org 
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth see http://www.themodern.org/lectures.html 
• Kimbell Art Museum see http://www.kimbellart.org/
• McKinney Avenue Contemporary see http://www.the-mac.org/
• For more see the Worthgoing.com list of Lectures, Readings or KERA's Art&Seek list of Books, Lectures & Readings

TBA:

• Creative Arts Center of Dallas (CAC) Free Spring Lecture Series;1:00pm to 3:00pm; 2360 Laughlin Drive · Dallas · Texas · 75228 · 214/320-1275; Please call 214-320-1275 or via email info@creativeartscenter.org to attend any of the lectures. www.creativeartscenter.org

Fundraisers

• Apr. 7 - Dallas Art Fair Preview Gala benefitting Dallas Contemporary and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts www.dallasartfair.com
• Apr. 9 - 'FLOOD OF EMOTION'/Artists Healing JAPAN Fundraiser http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117049288373699
• Apr. 9 - YArt Sale; benefit the Arts Council and the Fort Worth Community Arts Center yart@artscouncilfw.org or 817.298.3037

• May 12 & 14 - Wish! Fundraiser: May 12 Premiere Peek; Wish! Art Auction May 14 - Dallas Contemporary Wish! Preview & Bid! Art available for online viewing & bidding http://dallascontemporary.org/wish2011.html
• Online Store of Irving Art Association: http://cafepress.com/irvingart

Paintouts

• Plein Air Southwest 2010 - 2011 sponsored by Outdoor Painters Society http://www.outdoorpainterssociety.com details at http://www.pleinairsouthwest.com Schedule:
  • Feb. 26 - Mar. 5 - Prescott Area of Arizona
  • April 7, 2011: Artists dinner
  • April 8, 2011, 6 to 9 pm: Opening reception and Awards Presentation at Southwest Gallery.
  • April 9, 2011: Quick Draw at Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens (Saturday morning,)
  • April 8 - 30, 2011 Exhibition at Southwest Gallery
• Fridays - Friday Paint Out (9:00 am on 1st - 3rd Fridays) Tendaris Walling 817-563-5543 tendarisw@sbcglobal.net  Free En Pleine Aire in different locations. Sponsored by Trinity Art Guild http://trinityartsguild.org
• Mar. 7 – 9 – Jill Carver Plein Air Oil Workshop; Ellis County Art Association & Fine Art Museum http://www.elliscountyart.net/ 
• Mar. 19 - 20 - Paint Historic Terrell; North East Texas Fine Arts Alliance http://clubnetfaa.com/activities.htm
• Apr. 1 - Paint Downtown Frisco (Artists of any age bring a blank 16"x20" canvas to Blue Door on 6975 Main St, Frisco-TX, to check-in on April 1st, 10am-7pm. The entry fee is $10 per painting) www.downtownfrisco.com For details and registration email: info@dianamoya.com or call Diana Moya at 972-375-3447
• Apr. 10 - One Day Paint Out White Rock Lake, Dallas; (RSVP by March 31 to Gaylord O’Con, SWS paint out chair; gaylord@gaylordocon.com 214 876 4851) Southwestern Watercolor Society http://swswatercolor.org
• Apr. 23 – Plein Air Paintout in conjunction with Prairie Fest, Tandy Hills Natural Area, Ft. Worth http://www.tandyhills.org/fest/art
• May 1- Society of Watercolor Artists Spring Paintout  http://www.swa-watercolor.com/
• May 13, 14, 15 - Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Paintout, Oklahoma; RSVP by May 1 to Gaylord O’Con, SWS paint out chair; gaylord@gaylordocon.com) Southwestern Watercolor Society http://swswatercolor.org
• May 14 - First Annual White Rock Alla Prima Plein air painting day
• http://www.whiterockdallas.org/ Contact: Lynn Rushton Lynn@lynnrushton.com)
• (May 14 - 8:30 am Gather: Meet at at the corner of Branchfield and West Lawther; 4 pm Reception: open air reception at the Big Thicket to view paintings)
• May 21 - 3rd Annual Paintout in Glen Rose: "Paint the Glen", starting at the historic Barnard's Mill in Glen Rose.http://www.barnardsmill.org/painttheglen2011.html
• May 27 - June 5 - 6th Annual Paint Historic Waxahachie, sponsored by Ellis County Art Association admin@elliscountyart.net www.elliscountyart.net 

TBA:

• Apr. ? - Plein Air Paint Out sponsored by Texas Visual Arts Association (TVAA) http://tvaa.org
• June ? - DeSoto Art League Plein Aire Paint (in conjunction with the Creekfest Festival in the City Center) http://desotoartleague.org