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Events

(Exhibit Openings & Receptions, Art Walks / Studio Tours, Festivals & Art Sales, Art Lectures & Conferences, Fundraisers and Paintouts)

Click on Art Events Calendar to see full details and links.

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 or the Spring 2011 Art Festival & Special Events guide

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Meetings and Demonstrations

Click on the Art Meetings Calendar to see details and links.

Monday, February 13

• Arlington Visual Arts Association
• Dallas Stampers
• Lake Granbury Art Association
• Mesquite Creative Arts Club
• Wise County Art Association, Bridgeport

Tuesday, February 14

• Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild
• Henderson County Art Club, Athens http://hendersoncountyart.org
• Visual Arts League of Lewisville

Wednesday, February 15

• ArtLoveMagic Open House

Thursday, February 16

• Artists of Eastland County
• Irving Quilt Guild
• Visual Artists of Cedar Hill (VACH)

For the schedule for weekly ongoing art activity groups, see Painting, Drawing & Critique Groups.

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Classes & Workshops

Note that classes and workshops require prior registration. Click on the Art Instruction Calendar to see details and links.

Monday, February 13

• Stephen Quiller: From Working Sketches to Finished Paintings
• Irma Ward Oil classes
• Barbara McFarland Monday evening classes
• LGAA Free Drawing Session
• Oil & Acrylic with Barbara McFarland
• PAT KOCHAN Monday watermedia classes

Tuesday, February 14

• Stephen Quiller: From Working Sketches to Finished Paintings
• Irma Ward Oil classes
• Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class
• Intermedia Drawing Class
• Quilter's Guild of Plano Community Sew Day
• Watercolor with Bennie Wood

Wednesday, February 15

• Stephen Quiller: From Working Sketches to Finished Paintings
• Irma Ward Oil classes
• Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
• Brotherton Variations in Watercolor Wednesday Classes
• Don Mullins Portrait Painting Class
• Introduction to Studio Lighting
• LGAA Free Painting Sessions
• Life Drawing Sessions (live models)

Thursday, February 16

• Stephen Quiller: From Working Sketches to Finished Paintings
• Quilter's Guild of Plano Retreat

Friday, February 17

• Stephen Quiller: From Working Sketches to Finished Paintings
• Quilter's Guild of Plano Retreat
• Jackie Abrams - Weaving Paper Baskets
• Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops
• Friday Open Art Nights
• LGAA Free Experimental Art Group
• Watercolor with Bennie Wood

Saturday, February 18

• Quilter's Guild of Plano Retreat
• Jackie Abrams - Weaving Paper Baskets
• Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops
• "Loosening Up" painting workshop with Niki Gulley
• Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
• Irving Quilt Guild Workshops
• Kaligrafos Newbie workshop: Pointed Pen Variations with Betty Barna
• Mask Making with Catherine Snow
• Saturday Kids Workshop

Sunday, February 19

• Quilter's Guild of Plano Retreat
• Jackie Abrams - Weaving Paper Baskets
• "Loosening Up" painting workshop with Niki Gulley
• The Hands On Be a Better Photographer Studio Workshop

See also these listings:

• Recent art instruction announcements
• Guide to Art Instruction at Galleries, Art Schools, Artist Studios and Arts & Crafts Stores http://tinyurl.com/nqwpv2
• KERA's Art & Seek: Classes and Workshops Click or Art or Craft under Browse

For painting groups see: Painting, Drawing & Critique Groups

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Deadlines 

Calls for entries and artist opportunities. Click on Art Deadlines Calendar to see full details and links or for more deadlines.

Monday, February 20

• Society of Watercolor Artists 2012 International Juried Art Exhibition (CDs)

Wednesday, February 22

• Antifaz

Friday, February 24

• PAINT HISTORIC TERRELL

Saturday, February 25

• Society of Watercolor Artists 2012 International Juried Art Exhibition (online entry)

Monday, February 27

• Missions Art Exhibit

Thursday, March 1

• 2012 FWCAC Biennial
• RCAS 2012 Regional Show

Friday, March 2

• 2012 FWCAC Biennial

Saturday, March 3

• 2012 FWCAC Biennial

Friday, March 9

• PAINT HISTORIC TERRELL

Thursday, March 15

• NEXUS in Texas 2012 (Women Printmakers of Austin)

Friday, March 16

• Learn 2 Live Green

Monday, March 26

• IAA 2012 Annual Juried Show
• TONAL Watercolor 2012

Sunday, April 1

• International Artist/Health Residencies, Ratot, Hungary 2012
• Mars: the next Frontier

Tuesday, April 3

• Bishop Arts Saturday Market

Sunday, April 15

• Ring of Fire: the legend of Johnny Cash

• For more calls for entries and other artist opportunities in the DFW area, see the Dallas Arts Revue or Art&Seek.
• For outside DFW see Glasstire (Houston & Austin), ArtShow, Art Calendar, CallForEntry,  ArtPerk, and Art Deadlines List

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