Art News DFW Archive

Monday, May 7th, 2012 - Sunday, May 13th , 2012 What's happening in art in the North Texas area (with emphasis on nonprofit visual arts groups). Find out where to go to appreciate, create, meet or learn about art! For the complete calendar see the Winter 2012 Art Events Calendar   Don't forget to check out our associated websites: Art in DFW Gallery on Flickr Art Groups DFW Group on Facebook Companion newspapers DFW Arts Daily , DFW Artists Voice, and Art Spirit Daily TO ADD AN EVENT, contact moderator@artgroupsdfw.com or use the Submission Form. All notices are moderated.

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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.

Monday, May 7

 

Senior Level Communication Design Exhibition

 

Dallas Arts District Public Tour

 

Darla Bostick reception at Cafe Du Luxe

 

Tuesday, May 8

 

24-Hour Video Race Screenings

 

Art After 5 - Frankie Garcia III

 

Senior Level Drawing & Painting Exhibition opens

 

Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (Lectures)

 

Wednesday, May 9

 

24-Hour Video Race Screenings

 

Juried Art Student Exhibition; Awards Reception

 

Thursday, May 10

 

24-Hour Video Race Screenings

 

Keller Gallery Walk

 

Friday, May 11

 

Watters Creek Fine Arts Festival

 

Saturday, May 12

 

Watters Creek Fine Arts Festival

 

Dragon.Open Art Walk

 

McKinney: Second Saturday on the Square

 

Sunday, May 13

 

Watters Creek Fine Arts Festival

 

65th Annual TVAA Membership Exhibition reception & awards

 

RCAS 2012 Regional Show Reception

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

For more gallery openings see

• Jim Mathis announcements list: Dallas Art Openings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DallasArtOpenings/
• Dallas Art News Openings
• KERA's Art&Seek Opening Receptions
• DallasArtsRevue's Arts Calendar
• Joel Sampson's Dallas/Fort Worth Art Gallery Openings 
• ModernDallas.net's Art Page (scroll down to art galleries)
• Pegasus News' Arts Event Openings

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Meetings and Demonstrations

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

Monday, May 7

 

Association of Grand Prairie Artists

 

Corsicana Art League

 

Dallas Stampers

 

Ellis County Art Association

 

Trinity Arts Guild

 

Tuesday, May 8

 

Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild

 

Henderson County Art Club, Athens http://hendersoncountyart.org

 

Visual Arts League of Lewisville

 

Wednesday, May 9

 

Mid Cities Fine Artists

 

Southwestern Watercolor Society

 

Thursday, May 10

 

Art Club of McKinney

 

Dallas Needlework & Textile Guild

 

NorthEast Texas Fine Art Alliance, Terrell

 

Quilter's Guild of Plano

 

Saturday, May 12

 

Art Educators of North Central Texas (AENCT)

 

Colored Pencil Society of America, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter

 

Kaligrafos: The Dallas Calligraphy Society

 

Society of Decorative Painters. Yellow Rose Chapter, Dallas

 

Sunday, May 13

 

North Texas Polymer Clay Guild

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, May 7

 

Irma Ward Oil classes

 

Barbara McFarland Monday evening classes

 

LGAA Free Drawing Session

 

Oil & Acrylic with Barbara McFarland

 

Tuesday, May 8

 

Irma Ward Oil classes

 

Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class

 

Quilter's Guild of Plano Community Sew Day

 

Tiffany Stained Glass

 

Watercolor with Bennie Wood

 

Wednesday, May 9

 

Irma Ward Oil classes

 

Acrylic with Kenneth Porter

 

Beginning Sculpture Workshop with Dale Martin

 

Brotherton Variations in Watercolor Wednesday Classes

 

Introduction to Studio Lighting

 

LGAA Free Painting Sessions

 

TxLAC Zentangle Classes

 

Thursday, May 10

 

ArtTreks – Paris, France: Plein-Air Painting / Photography Workshop

 

Friday, May 11

 

ArtTreks – Paris, France: Plein-Air Painting / Photography Workshop

 

Calligraphy Class - The Joy of Calligraphy 

 

Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops

 

Friday Open Art Nights

 

LGAA Free Experimental Art Group

 

Watercolor with Bennie Wood

 

Saturday, May 12

 

ArtTreks – Paris, France: Plein-Air Painting / Photography Workshop

 

Acrylic with Kenneth Porter 

 

Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops

 

Society of Decorative Painters workshops

 

Sunday, May 13

 

ArtTreks – Paris, France: Plein-Air Painting / Photography 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