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Monday, July 30th, 2012 - Sunday, August 5th , 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!
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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, July 31
Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (Lectures)
Wednesday, August 1
Art History Lecture
DeSoto Art League Monthly Member Exhibits opens
Thursday, August 2
"buckets17" Alternative Photography Exhibit reception
Bishop Arts District First Thursday
Friday, August 3
"Birds, Beasts and Beauty" reception
2012 TAC Juried Membership Exhibit reception
ArtLoveMagic's Art & Coffee
First Friday in Denton
Fort Worth First Fridays
Saturday, August 4
Bishop Arts Saturday Market
Creative Arts Center 2012 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION reception
Dallas Arts District District Public Tour
McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) 2012 Membership Exhibition reception
New Texas Talent XIX reception
Vicki Smith artist 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
Meetings and Demonstrations
Click on the Art Meetings Calendar to see details and links.
Wednesday, August 1
ArtLoveMagic Monthly Management Meeting
Thursday, August 2
Quilter's Guild of Dallas
Saturday, August 4
Articrafters
Sunday, August 5
Texas Area Artists
For the schedule for weekly ongoing art activity groups, see Painting, Drawing & Critique Groups.
Classes & Workshops
Note that classes and workshops require prior registration. Click on the Art Instruction Calendar to see details and links.
Monday, July 30
Tony Minieri Workshop "Les Rubans Anciennes"
LGAA Free Drawing Session
Pat Kochan Monday Watermedia Class
Tuesday, July 31
Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class
Linda Rowe: Oil and pastel classes
Teta Smith watermedia classes
TUESDAY SUMMER DRAWING WITH LIVE MODELS Vern Johnson
Watercolor with Bennie Wood
Wednesday, August 1
Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
FUSED GLASS & GLASS ON METAL - on demand
LGAA Free Painting Sessions
Naomi Brotherton Wednesday Watercolor Class
WATERCOLOR WEDNESDAYS Sandy Rabbit
WEDNESDAY EVENING ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING Vern Johnson
Thursday, August 2
Rebecca Crowell Workshop - Abstract Paintings
BUFFY'S CLAY CLASS THURSDAYS
Creative Studio Night Workshops
Friday, August 3
Rebecca Crowell Workshop - Abstract Paintings
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop
Nancy Medina Painting Texas Flowers
Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops
Calligraphy Class - The Joy of Calligraphy
Colleen Wise "Emerald City" Workshop
LGAA Free Experimental Art Group
Watercolor with Bennie Wood
Zentangle Basics
Saturday, August 4
Rebecca Crowell Workshop - Abstract Paintings
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop
Nancy Medina Painting Texas Flowers
Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops
Tangled & Textured Art Paper with Susan Longerot
Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
Life Drawing
Nathalie Kelley – Watercolor Workshop
Sunday, August 5
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop
Nancy Medina Painting Texas Flowers
Tangled & Textured Art Paper with Susan Longer
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- 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
See also these listings:
For painting groups see: Painting, Drawing & Critique Groups
Deadlines
- 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
Calls for entries and artist opportunities. Click on Art Deadlines Calendar to see full details and links or for more deadlines.
Tuesday, July 31
McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) 2012 Membership Exhibition
Wednesday, August 1
2nd Annual Artseen Studio Tour in Frisco
Friday, August 3
Bishop Arts Saturday Market
Sunday, August 12
Seventh Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition
Funky Finds vendor applications for fall
Wednesday, August 15
Royal Lane Baptist Church Art Festival Show
Monday, August 20
11th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition
Friday, August 24
Irving's Main St. Event
Friday, August 31
Peace Project Show
Monday, September 3
Bishop Arts Saturday Market
LGAA Fall Juried Show
Friday, September 7
2013 Materials: Hard & Soft, National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition
Thursday, September 13
Art in the City
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