Art News DFW Archive

Monday, May 14th, 2012 - Sunday, May 20th , 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.

Tuesday, May 15

 

AM I SEXY? exhibit opens

 

TAG Calendar Show opens

 

Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (Lectures)

 

Friday, May 18

 

Spring SWS Paint Out 2012 Denton TX

 

2012 Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show reception

 

HIDDEN TALENTS ART SHOW

 

92nd Annual National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit opens

 

SWA Spring 2012 Show opens

 

SWS Spring 2012 Signature Show opens

 

Saturday, May 19

 

Spring SWS Paint Out 2012 Denton TX

 

"Lost Treasure/Found Art" Sculpture Exhibit & Art Show

 

Creative Space@310 Group Art Show

 

Dallas Arts District Public Tour

 

Grand Prairie Farmers Market Juried Art Show & Sale

 

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 14

 

Arlington Visual Arts Association

 

Lake Granbury Art Association

 

Mesquite Creative Arts Club

 

Wise County Art Association, Bridgeport

 

Tuesday, May 15

 

Farmers Branch-Carrollton Art Association       

 

Fort Worth Quilt Guild

 

LGAA Photography Meeting

 

Mineral Wells Art Association

 

Richardson Civic Art Society

 

Wednesday, May 16

 

ArtLoveMagic Open House

 

Thursday, May 17

 

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, May 14

 

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

 

 

Irma Ward Oil classes

 

 

Barbara McFarland Monday evening classes

 

 

LGAA Free Drawing Session

 

 

Oil & Acrylic with Barbara McFarland

 

Tuesday, May 15

 

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

 

 

Irma Ward Oil classes

 

 

Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class

 

 

Watercolor with Bennie Wood

 

Wednesday, May 16

 

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

 

Irma Ward Oil classes

 

Acrylic with Kenneth Porter

 

Beginning Sculpture Workshop with Dale Martin

 

Brotherton Variations in Watercolor Wednesday Classes

 

LGAA Free Painting Sessions

 

Thursday, May 17

 

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

 

Friday, May 18

 

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

 

Merry-Lee Rae workshop on Cloisonne enameling

 

Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops

 

Calligraphy Class - The Joy of Calligraphy

 

Friday Open Art Nights

 

LGAA Free Experimental Art Group

 

Watercolor with Bennie Wood

 

Saturday, May 19

 

Merry-Lee Rae workshop on Cloisonne enameling

 

Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops

 

CPSA Workshop with Clark Gilliam: Art Fundamentals

 

Acrylic with Kenneth Porter

 

APT Workshop: Market Your Art

 

Figure Drawing Session with Michael O'Keefe

 

Irving Quilt Guild Workshops

 

Nature Walk at Village Creek Nature Trail

 

Sunday, May 20

 

Merry-Lee Rae workshop on Cloisonne enameling

 

CPSA Workshop with Clark Gilliam: Art Fundamentals

 

Encaustics with Junanne Peck

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