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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, October 1

• 11th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition opens
• 2012 Quilt Show
• DeSoto Art League Monthly Member Exhibits opens
• DeSoto Plein Aire Paint Out at Nance Farm
• IN GOD'S PRESENCE EXHIBIT opens
• May Beth Smith and John Hall Photography Exhibit opens
• Mimi Le: BFA Exhibition opens
• NETFAA Member Show opens
• NETFAA Miniature Show opens
• Texas Flora, Fauna & Cowboys! opens

Tuesday, October 2

• CVAD Students Curated group exhibition opens
• Gallery Exhibit featuring Tim Harding opens
• Tuesday Evenings at the Modern (Lectures)
• "MY TOWN" GAVA DEPOT DAY SHOW opens
• "The Elephant in South Dallas' Living Room: What Do We Do With Fair Park?"

Wednesday, October 3

• 2012 CPSA Dallas - Fort Worth Chapter Exhibit opens
• Art History Lecture

Thursday, October 4

• ACA "People's Choice" Award Show opens
• Annual High School Juried Exhibit opens
• Bishop Arts District First Thursday
• Paint the Cowtown reception

Friday, October 5

• ARLINGTON DOWNTOWN ARTS FESTIVAL
• Heart of Texas Arts and Craft Show
• Art-Hunger reception
• ArtLoveMagic's Art & Coffee
• First Friday in Denton
• Fort Worth First Fridays
• Tanya Synar and Molly Morin exhibit opens
• The Dan & Ginny Collinsworth Family exhibit opens
• Whitmore First Fridays Art Show

Saturday, October 6

• ARLINGTON DOWNTOWN ARTS FESTIVAL
• Heart of Texas Arts and Craft Show
• Cottonwood Art Festival
• 2012 Kessler Pumpkin Patch and Street Fair in Oak Cliff
• 2012 Richardson Civic Art Society Membership Show opens
• Bishop Arts Saturday Market
• CrissCrossingCorridors
• Dallas Arts District District Public Tour
• Dallas Arts District Public Tour
• Faces of Classical Music: Photographs by William McEwen opens
• Festival-in-the-Park/Ranch
• International Artists Exhibition "Imagine" opening
• LGAA Fall Festival of Art reception
• MusicArte de Fort Worth
• NEW CROP: 500X College Expo reception
• Ripfest 2012
• VAGF 2012 Fall Member Show: art'em reception

Sunday, October 7

• ARLINGTON DOWNTOWN ARTS FESTIVAL
• Heart of Texas Arts and Craft Show
• Cottonwood Art Festival

Poet Laureate Project 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.

Monday, October 1

• Association of Grand Prairie Artists
• Corsicana Art League
• Dallas Stampers
• Ellis County Art Association
• Trinity Arts Guild

Tuesday, October 2

• Associated Creative Artists (ACA)
• Visual Arts Guild of Frisco (VAGF)

Wednesday, October 3

• ArtLoveMagic Monthly Gathering / Open House
• Dallas Society of Visual Communications
• Mineola League of the Arts

Thursday, October 4

• Quilter's Guild of Dallas
• Visual Arts Society of Texas

Sunday, October 7

• 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, October 1

• Barbara McFarland Oil & Acrylic
• FUSED GLASS & GLASS ON METAL - on demand
• LGAA Free Drawing Session
• Mosaic Workshop
• Pat Kochan Monday Watermedia Class
• Barbara Hentzen classes

Tuesday, October 2

• ARLENEZART Pottery Classes
• Craft those Pins!
• Drawing - Beginner
• Midtown Artist Studios Classes
• Oil Painting - Beginner
• TAC Life Drawing Session
• Teta Smith watermedia classes
• TUESDAY MORNING FREEHAND DRAWING Vern Johnson
• Watercolor with Bennie Wood

Wednesday, October 3

• ARLENEZART Pottery Classes
• FIGURE DRAWING 1 with Michael Mentler
• LGAA Free Painting Sessions
• Naomi Brotherton Wednesday Watercolor Class
• SLR Photography Basics: Beginning SLR
• WATERCOLOR WEDNESDAYS--Margie Whittington
• WEDNESDAY EVENING ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING WITH VERN JOHNSON

Thursday, October 4

• ARLENEZART Pottery Classes
• Basic Class in Watercolor
• Creative Studio Night Workshops
• Midtown Artist Studios Classes

Friday, October 5

• Encaustic workdays/workshops
• Joe DiGiulio Acrylic Abstract Art
• Calligraphy Class - The Joy of Calligraphy
• Art in the Digital Age
• LGAA Free Experimental Art Group
• Paper for Water Origami Workshop
• Sue Spargo Greta Needle Case
• Watercolor with Bennie Wood

Saturday, October 6

• Encaustic workdays/workshops
• Joe DiGiulio Acrylic Abstract Art
• Brouillette HOLIDAY ACRYLIC WORKSHOP
• Multi-Pass Monotype workshop with Gretchen Schermerhorn
• Painting Flowers in Oils
• Sue Spargo Red Clover Quilting Workshop

Sunday, October 7

• Encaustic workdays/workshops
• Joe DiGiulio Acrylic Abstract Art
• Brouillette HOLIDAY ACRYLIC WORKSHOP
• Multi-Pass Monotype workshop with Gretchen Schermerhorn

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

Deadlines 

Monday, October 1

• DHSG Biannual Juried Show - Continuous Threads

Saturday, October 6

• 2012 Richardson Civic Art Society Membership Show
• Art in October First Saturday
• Open Show @ Art Hotel Gallery

Monday, October 8

• Citation 2012 Exhibit

Tuesday, October 9

• Trinity Arts Guild 2012 Members Only Show

Wednesday, October 10

• 2012 Columbus Folk Fest Art Contest

Thursday, October 18

• Rockwall Art League 2012 FALL ART SHOW

Saturday, October 20

• Morir es un Arte: The Art of Death

Thursday, November 1

• Mid Cities Fine Artists (MCFA) Members ONLY Judged Art Show