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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.
Monday, August 6
Society of Watercolor Artists 2012 Juried Members Exhibition opens
Tuesday, August 7
Dallas Arts District Public Tour
Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (Lectures)
Thursday, August 9
'Paintings from the Heart of Texas' reception
Gallery Talk Back on Ben Shahn
Keller Gallery Walk
Power Grid opening
Ruined State(s) No. 2 reception
Friday, August 10
Quilt Plano 2012
Saturday, August 11
Quilt Plano 2012
Dragon.Open Art Walk
Hideout 2012 reception
McKinney: Second Saturday on the Square
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.
Monday, August 6
Corsicana Art League
Dallas Stampers
Ellis County Art Association
Tuesday, August 7
Visual Arts Guild of Frisco
Thursday, August 9
Art Club of McKinney
Dallas Needlework & Textile Guild
Quilter's Guild of Plano
Saturday, August 11
Kaligrafos: The Dallas Calligraphy Society
Sunday, August 12
North Texas Polymer Clay Guild
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, August 6
Learning to Draw with Beverly Fuqua
LGAA Free Drawing Session
Pat Kochan Monday Watermedia Class
Tuesday, August 7
Learning to Draw with Beverly Fuqua
Bohlman Weekly Watercolor Class
Linda Rowe: Oil and pastel classes
Rockwall Art League Studio Days
TAC Sponsored Life Drawing
Teta Smith watermedia classes
TUESDAY SUMMER DRAWING WITH LIVE MODELS Vern Johnson
Watercolor with Bennie Wood
Wednesday, August 8
Learning to Draw with Beverly Fuqua
Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
IdeaFund session
LGAA Free Painting Sessions
Naomi Brotherton Wednesday Watercolor Class
WATERCOLOR WEDNESDAYS Sandy Rabbit
WEDNESDAY EVENING ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING Vern Johnson
Thursday, August 9
Learning to Draw with Beverly Fuqua
BUFFY'S CLAY CLASS THURSDAYS
Friday, August 10
Learning to Draw with Beverly Fuqua
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop
Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops
Calligraphy Class - The Joy of Calligraphy
LGAA Free Experimental Art Group
Watercolor with Bennie Wood
Saturday, August 11
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop
Encaustic Fri./Sat. workdays/workshops
Acrylic with Kenneth Porter
Fiber Painting Workshop
Laurie Pace – Palette Knife Workshop
Life Drawing
Society of Decorative Painters workshops
Sunday, August 12
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshop
Art Treks Workshop to Santa Fe, New Mexico
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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.
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
2012 Art Hop
2013 Materials: Hard & Soft, National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition
Thursday, September 13
Art in the City
Wednesday, October 3
Bishop Arts Saturday Market
Monday, October 8
Citation 2012 Exhibit
Wednesday, October 10
2012 Columbus Folk Fest Art Contest
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