Art News DFW Archive

Monday, June 4th, 2012 - Sunday, June 10th , 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 (and searchable) Google calendars:    Art Events * Art Meetings * Art Instruction * Art Deadlines  Don't forget to check out our associated websites: Art in DFW Gallery on Flickr Art Groups DFW Group on Facebook Art News DFW on Pinterest  ***NEW*** 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, June 5

Mystery and Discovery reception

Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (Lectures)

 

Wednesday, June 6

Cedar Springs 1st Wednesdays Wine Walk

 

Thursday, June 7

Bishop Arts District First Thursday

Dallas Arts District Public Tour

Hi-Gloss Initiative reception

 

Friday, June 8

Associated Creative Artists (ACA) Annual Award Show reception

 

Saturday, June 9

"A Walk with C.S. Lewis" tours

Dragon.Open Art Walk

Flags, UFOs and Bad Weather reception

Hot-n-Sweaty Open Show reception

McKinney: Second Saturday on the Square

Rembrandt: An Evolution of Etchings opens

 

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, June 4

Association of Grand Prairie Artists

Corsicana Art League

Dallas Stampers

Trinity Arts Guild

 

Tuesday, June 5

Visual Arts Guild of Frisco

 

Thursday, June 7

 Quilter's Guild of Dallas

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, June 4

Barbara McFarland Monday evening classes

Kids Korner Summer Camps

LGAA Free Drawing Session

Oil & Acrylic with Barbara McFarland

Pat Kochan Monday Watermedia Class

 

Tuesday, June 5

Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class

Rockwall Art League Studio Days

TUESDAY SUMMER DRAWING WITH LIVE MODELS Vern Johnson

Watercolor with Bennie Wood

 

Wednesday, June 6

Acrylic with Kenneth Porter

Kids Korner Summer Camps

LGAA Free Painting Sessions

Naomi Brotherton Wednesday Watercolor Class

WATERCOLOR WEDNESDAYS Margie Whittington

WEDNESDAY EVENING ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING Vern Johnson

 

Thursday, June 7

BUFFY'S CLAY CLASS THURSDAYS

Creative Studio Night Workshops

 

Friday, June 8

Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop

Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops

Woodcut Weekend

Calligraphy Class - The Joy of Calligraphy

Friday Open Art Nights

GOURD PAINTING WORKSHOP Martha Sue Meek

Kids Korner Summer Camps

LGAA Free Experimental Art Group

Maggie Ball "Bargello Quilts with a Twist" Workshop

Watercolor with Bennie Wood

 

Saturday, June 9

Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop

Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops

Woodcut Weekend

Acrylic with Kenneth Porter

How to Organize and Manage Your Art (TWIGS software)

Liz Hill – Mixed Media, Watercolor Workshop

Screenprinting Series

Society of Decorative Painters workshops

 

Sunday, June 10

Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture 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