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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, April 9

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

Tuesday, April 10

• Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild
• Henderson County Art Club, Athens
• Visual Arts League of Lewisville

Wednesday, April 11

• Association of Oriental Artists (TAO)
• Mid Cities Fine Artists
• Southwestern Watercolor Society

Thursday, April 12

• Art Club of McKinney
• Dallas Needlework & Textile Guild
• NorthEast Texas Fine Art Alliance, Terrell
• Quilter's Guild of Plano

Saturday, April 14

• Art Educators of North Central Texas (AENCT)
• Colored Pencil Society of America, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter
• Kaligrafos: The Dallas Calligraphy Society

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, April 9

• Irma Ward Oil classes
• Barbara McFarland Monday evening classes
• LGAA Free Drawing Session
• Oil & Acrylic with Barbara McFarland
• PAT KOCHAN Monday watermedia classes

Tuesday, April 10

• Irma Ward Oil classes
• Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class
• Quilter's Guild of Plano Community Sew Day
• Technique Tuesday Classes
• Tiffany Stained Glass
• Watercolor with Bennie Wood

Wednesday, April 11

• Irma Ward Oil classes
• Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
• Brotherton Variations in Watercolor Wednesday Classes
• Color Theory Workshop by Dave Kramer
• LGAA Free Painting Sessions
• TxLAC Zentangle Classes

Thursday, April 12

• Janet Takahashi Sketchbook Techniques
• Intro to Sewing: Pillow Sham with Invisible Zipper

Friday, April 13

• Janet Takahashi Sketchbook Techniques
• Intermediate / Advanced Oil Painting with Michelle Torrez
• Shell Forming Techniques for Jewelry Workshop
• Friday Open Art Nights
• LGAA Free Experimental Art Group
• Watercolor with Bennie Wood

Saturday, April 14

• Janet Takahashi Sketchbook Techniques
• Intermediate / Advanced Oil Painting with Michelle Torrez
• Shell Forming Techniques for Jewelry Workshop
• Carol Simmons “Kaleidoscope Veneers”
• Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
• Society of Decorative Painters workshops
• Yupo Workshop

Sunday, April 15

• Janet Takahashi Sketchbook Techniques
• Intermediate / Advanced Oil Painting with Michelle Torrez
• Shell Forming Techniques for Jewelry Workshop
• Carol Simmons “Kaleidoscope Veneers”
• Suminagashi (marbling with inks on water) workshop
• 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, April 16

• Association of Grand Prairie Artists (AGPA) Art Party
• City of Wylie Public Art Project: Olde City Park Mural
• PAA's Asian Art Exhibit

Tuesday, April 17

• Trinity Arts Guild 2012 Open Juried Show

Wednesday, April 18

• Art Heist donations

Friday, April 20

• 2012 Design on Wine
• ACA Annual Award Show
• Oak Cliff Mural Project Project

Monday, April 30

• Art on the Edge
• Fort Worth Music Festival

Thursday, May 3

• Bishop Arts Saturday Market

Friday, May 4

• 2012 Art Conspiracy Call for Beneficiaries
• 24-Hour Video Race

Saturday, May 5

• TVAA Membership Show

Saturday, May 12

• Grand Prairie Farmers Market Juried Art Show & Sale

Monday, May 14

• Town of Flower Mound Independence Fest Art Exhibit

Tuesday, May 15

• “Ekphrasis: A Collaboration Among the Arts” 2012 Inaugural Conference
• Paint Historic Waxahachie

• 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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