This guide to special art events is organized by type of event and date of event:
Art Walks / Studio Tours
Festivals & Art Sales
Art Lectures & Conferences
Fundraisers
Paintouts
Art Walks / Studio Tours
Jan. 3 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture)
http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
Jan. 4 – Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
Jan. 5 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
Feb. 1 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
Feb. 2 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
Feb. 2 - LRTX Open House and Tree Carving. Tour the LRTX land with Master Naturalists from Texas Discovery Gardens. Watch artists carve undesirable "weed" trees designated for removal by Preservation Tree and the City of Dallas. http://lareuniontx.org/
Feb. 7 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture)
http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
Feb. 22 - Gallery Walk and Reception: Design District, 5:30 - 7 pm (special for CAA Conference) http://conference.collegeart.org/2008/special
Feb. 22 - Gallery Walk and Reception: Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD), 5:30 - 9 pm (special for CAA Conference) http://conference.collegeart.org/2008/special
Mar. 1 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
Mar . 6 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture)
http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
Mar. 7 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
Mar. 29 - 30 - Denison Spring Fine Art Tour http://www.smalltownBIGART.com
Mar. 29 - Fort Worth Spring Gallery Night 6PM - 9PM http://www.fwada.org/
Mar. 29 - 30 - Mineral Wells Art Association 2008 Juried Art Show and Sale http://mineralwellsart.org/
Apr. 3 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture)
http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
Apr. 4 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
Apr. 5 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
Apr. 19 - Spring Gallery Walk - Dallas Art Dealers Association 2-8 pm http://www.dallasartdealers.org
Apr. 24 - Uptown Dallas Art Walk 6-9 pm http://www.uptowndallas.net
Apr. 25 - 26 - Continental Gin Open Studios http://www.continentalginbuilding.com
April 26 - 27 - North Dallas Artist Studio Tour http://northdallasart.com/
May 1 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture) http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
May 2 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/
May 3 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/
May 18 - White Rock East Garden & Artisan Tour http://eastdallasartgardens.blogspot.com
Festivals & Art Sales
Feb. 29 - Mar. 2 - North Texas Irish Festival, Fair Park http://www.ntif.org/
Mar. 6 - Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture) http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/
Mar. 14 - 16 - Dallas 2008 Quilt Celebration, Dallas Market Hall, presented by Quilter’s Guild of Dallas http://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
March 15 - Flower Power Festival, Frisco Square 11am – 4pm http://vagf.org
Apr. 4- 6 - Deep Ellum Arts Festival http://www.meifestivals.com/deepspr.html
Apr. 5 - Spring Fling 2008: Go Wild with Art, Irving Arts Center http://www.irvingartscenter.org
Apr. 17 - 20 - MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival http://www.mainstreetartsfest.org/
April 18 - 20 - 2008 Spring ART MART, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas http://bathhousecultural.com
Apr. 25, 26, 27 - Denton Arts & Jazz Festival http://www.dentonjazzfest.com/
Apr. 25 - 27 - Southlake's Art in the Square http://www.artinthesquare.com/
Apr. 26 - Prairie Fest, Tandy Hills Natural Area, Ft. Worth http://www.tandyhills.org/prairiefest.htm
Apr. 27 - Family Funday and Art in the Garden, Irving Arts Center http://irvingartscenter.org
May 1 - 4 - Mayfest, Trinity Park, Fort Worth http://www.mayfest.org/
May 3 - 4 - Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson http://www.cottonwoodartfestival.com/
May 10 - Urban Street Bazaar, Bishop Arts District in conjunction with the Bishop Spring Block Party & Car Show! http://www.urbanstreetbazaar.com-a.googlepages.com/
May 16 - 18 - Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival, Richardson http://www.wildflowerfestival.com/
May 17 - Art Splash on the Square, Graham http://www.art-splash.com/
May 18 - Etsy Dallas Beer-B-Q - a festive trunk show, 1027 N. Windomere Avenue, Dallas (in Kessler Park) from 11am-5pm http://www.etsydallas.com
May 23 - 26 - Artfest, Fair Park in Dallas http://artfest500.com/
May 30 - June 1 - CADD Art Fair, Dallas; Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas http://www.caddallas.net
Art Lectures & Conferences
Jan. 17 - Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series with architect Peter Bohlin at Magnolia Theatre, 7 pm http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.
Feb. 1-3 - New Horizons in Fiber - Texas Federation of Fiber Artists Conference - Plano, Texas. For more information, call (972) 423-7809
Feb. 7 - Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series with Robert Hammond at Magnolia Theatre, 7 pm http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org
Feb. 16 - "Continuity and Change: Collecting the Fort Worth Circle" presented by Scott Grant Barker, cultural historian, and Jane Myers, senior curator of prints and drawings at the Amon Carter, at 11 am, Amon Carter Museum
Feb. 20 - 23 - College Art Association 96th Annual Conference, Adams Mark Hotel, Dallas http://conference.collegeart.org/2008/
Feb. 28 - Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series with architect Milton Braga at Magnolia Theatre, 7 pm http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.
Mar. 8 - Free Gallery Talk "Cardinal Points/Puntos Cardinales" with James A. Martin, Curator for the Sprint Art Collection. "Directions: Inclusion, Diversity and the Sprint Art Collection". Mr. Martin will touch briefly on the history of the collection, address the inclusion and diversity partnership that he undertook with Elizabeth Ferrer, and provide some background on the Cardinal Points exhibition and selected works in it. At 12pm at the Latino Cultural Center, Dallas http://www.dallasculture.org/latinocc
Apr. 1- Pricing and Marketing Art 6 - 8 pm presented by Humberto Saenz MFA , at the Frisco Arts Center http:// VAGF.org
Apr. 9 - Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series with architect Scott Johnson at Magnolia Theatre, 7 pm http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org
Apr. 12 - 13 - CASETA: Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art: 6th Annual Symposium on Early Texas Art at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth) http://caseta.org
Apr. 14 - Art Preservation presented by Troy Veluz owner of Arthaus custom framing at the Frisco Arts Center, 6 – 8 pm http:// VAGF.org
Apr. 19 - Re-paint Your Life: Making a Living in Art from 2-4 p.m. with local artist Connie Jordan, Irving Arts Center http://irvingartscenter.org
Apr. 24 - Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series with architect Patricia Patkau at Magnolia Theatre, 7 pm http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.
Apr. 29 - 'Make Space for Art' Panel Discussion (plans for La Reunion), Dallas Architecture Forum; Cunningham Architects 918 Dragon Sreet in the Design District, 6:30-8:30pm http://www.lareunion.org
May 3 - Benito Huerta Solo Exhibit; LCC Texas Artist Series presents Benito Huerta in a gallery talk to discuss his work May 3 at 12:00 noon, Latino Cultural Center http://www.dallasculture.org/latinocc
May 14 - Art Talk: Rocio Toral on Print making; McKinney Art Center http://www.the-mac.org
May 15 - Artist and Product Designer Brad Oldham to speak on “Collaboration, Not Isolation” at PanAmerican ArtProjects as Fundraiser for Video Association of Dallas http:://www.dallasvideo.org
May 20 - Public Meets Art: A Conversation with Gordon Huether; 10-11:30 a.m. in Room 412 at the Universities Center at Dallas (1901 Main Street). Co-sponsored by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Department and the Universities Center at Dallas. http://www.dallasculture.org/publicart.cfm
Lectures are also held at several local art museums:
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/Education/Lectures-Programs/Lectures.aspx?tid=1
Fundraisers
Jan. 11 - Benefit Auction for Parkinson's hosted by the Irving Jaycee Park Center for the Arts and the Irving Art Association in January. An auction of Connie Jordan’s work and the work of several local artists to benefit research for Parkinson’s disease and the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA). The auction and a reception will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 11 in the West Gallery. The auction will begin at 7 p.m. and last until the final bid is taken.
Jan. 11 – SHINE 2008 Preview Party, Arlington Museum of Art; tickets to the Preview Party are $25 for non-members, $20 for museum members.
Jan. 18 - 2008 VAST Gala 5-9 pm; Center for the Visual Arts, Denton
http://vastarts.org
Jan. 31 - Premiere Peek: 7th Annual Wish! Auction 7, 7 pm – 10 pm http://www.thecontemporary.net/wish_auction.php
Feb. 2 - SHINE 2008: BLACK & WHITE Annual Exhibition, Auction and Gala at the Arlington Museum of Art 6:30 pm – midnight; Individual tickets to the gala are $150 for non-members, $125 for museum members (open seating)
Feb. 2. - Sotheby’s celebrates Dallas Contemporary: 7th Annual Wish! Auction 7 pm – 11 pm. http://www.thecontemporary.net/wish_auction.php
Feb. 2 - ALLEY'S HOUSE 4TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION, 7-10 pm, American Fine Art & Frame Company, 1611 Dragon Street, Dallas http://www.americanfineart.com & http://www.alleyshouse.org
Feb. 9 - Texas Tornado supports VAGF: A fundraiser for the Rising Stars Project. The game is February 9 at 7pm. Display of the Rising Stars’ collection at the Star Center. Reception in the VIP room for FISD students that attend with teachers and family. Refreshments, projects and meet the players. Support the Arts in education in Frisco! For details contact Joyce Hardeman at joycehardeman0101@yahoo.com.
Feb. 23 - Vitro Modo (Glass Fashion)-Where Glass Rules the Runway; fundraiser for SiNaCa Studios: School of Glass; from 6PM - 9PM at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center http://www.fwcac.org
Mar. 8 - Sight & Sound Party: 8PM - 12 Midnight. Fundraiser for the Fort Worth Community Arts Center http://www.fwcac.org/
Mar. 15 - The Visual Arts Guild of Frisco will host a Flower Power Festival presented by Frisco Square 11am – 4pm to benefit community Youth Art projects by the Guild
April 18 - 20 - 2008 Spring ART MART, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas http://bathhousecultural.com
Apr. 26 - Affair of the Arts presents Gala de las Artes: benefitting Fort Worth's arts community through the programs of the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, 8 PM, Fort Worth Community Arts Center; for reservations call 817-298-3037
May 15 - Artist and Product Designer Brad Oldham to speak on “Collaboration, Not Isolation” at PanAmerican ArtProjects as Fundraiser for Video Association of Dallas http:://www.dallasvideo.org
May 16 - Art Splash on the Square National Competition, Graham; Reception and Awards ceremony at 6 PM; Fundraising Gala 7 PM http://www.art-splash.com/
Online Store of Irving Art Association: http://cafepress.com/irvingart
Paintouts
Apr. 11 – 19 - Plein Air Texas 2008; Outdoor Painters Society http://outdoorpainterssociety.com Schedule:
Apr. 11 – 13 Paint out at Fredericksburg
Apr.14 – 16 Paint out San Antonio
Apr. 18 – 9AM-Noon – Deliver framed work to Southwest Gallery in Dallas
Apr. 19 - Artist Dinner – Fri. evening at 7PM
Apr. 19 - Exhibition opens to the public and runs through May 16
Apr. 19 - Quick Draw competition and show Sat. 10 AM – 1 PM at the Dallas Heritage Village in Old City Park
Apr. 19 - Gallery reception – 3 – 7PM at Southwest Gallery, 4500 Sigma @ Welch, Dallas, Texas 75244 http://www.swgallery.com
Apr. 19 - Pastel Society of the Southwest Paintout, 9 AM; at Barbara Strasser's property in Fort Worth; http://pssw.info
Apr. 25 - 27 - SWS Spring Paint-Out in Tyler http://swswatercolor.org
Apr. 26 - Prairie Fest -- En Plein Air event, Tandy Hills Natural Area, Ft. Worth http://www.tandyhills.org/artevent.htm
Apr. 26 - 27 - Cecy Turner Plein Air Watercolor and Oil Workshop (May 10 - 11 ?), Ellis County Art Association and Fine Art Museum http://www.elliscountyart.net/
May - Dallas Arboretum May Flower Paintout http://www.dallasarboretum.org/(Apr. 1- 30 - Entry fee $20; on and after May 1 $35)
May 4 - Spring “Plein Air” Session 12:00 noon inWeatherford lakehouse http://www.swa-watercolor.com
May 30 - June 8 - 3rd Annual Paint Historic Waxahachie, sponsored by Ellis County Art Association. 10 day plein air event; Deadline for entries April 15 http://www.elliscountyart.net
May 31 - Paintout Workshop at the Discovery Gardens in Fair Park; instructor Cecy Turner http://cecyturner.com
Fridays - Friday Paint Out (9:00 am on 1st - 3rd Fridays) Tendaris Walling 817-563-5543 Free En Pleine Aire in different locations. Sponsored by Trinity Art Guild
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