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Saturday, May 17, 2008

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

June 5, July 3 & Aug. 7- Bishop Arts District First Thursday (art, food & culture)
http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/

June 7, July 5 & Aug. 2 - Dallas Arts District Alliance Arts District Stroll, a free guided tour on the first Saturday of every month http://www.artsdistrict.org/

June 6, July 4 & Aug. 8 - Fort Worth First Fridays http://www.fwada.com/

July ? - Uptown Dallas Gallery Walk http://www.uptowndallas.net




Festivals & Art Sales

May 30 - June 1 - CADD Art Fair, Dallas; Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas http://www.caddallas.net

June 6 – 8 - Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Arlington http://www.texasscottishfestival.com/

June 7 - 8 - Gingerbread Trail Arts & Crafts Festival, Waxahachie, free admission http://www.rootsweb.com/~txecm/ginger.htm

June 7 - 8 - Art & Jazz Festival in Downtown McKinney http://www.downtownmckinney.com/

June 13 - 15 - CityArts Celebration, Dallas Arts District, free admission, including museums (100 artists - juried) http://www.dallascityarts.com/

June 14 - Denton Air Fair & Airshow http://denton.schultzairshows.com/

June 21- DeSoto: Best Southwest Juneteenth Celebration http://www.ci.desoto.tx.us/index.asp?NID=332

July 4th - The Art Market at Fair Park

June ? – Family Fun Day, Irving Arts Center http://www.irvingartscenter.org/kidsarts/

July 4 - Star Spangled 4th, Garland http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/StarSpangledFourth/default.htm

July 12 - Weatherford: Parker County Peach Festival http://www.durangotexas.com/eyesontexas/festivals/peach/parkercountypeachfestival.htm

July 19 & 20 - Grapevine Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival, Grapevine http://www.heirloompro.com/shows-grapevine-07-19-08.html

July 26, Aug. 2, Aug. 9, Aug. 16 & Aug. 23 - Dallas Video Festival, Conduit Gallery, 1626 Hi Line Drive in the Design District of Dallas http://www.videofest.org

Jul 25 - 27 -Gran Fiesta de Fort Worth (Latin music, food, and art on Main Street in Fort Worth) http://www.iemshows.com/fiesta/

Aug. ? – White Rock Arts Faire http://www.iemshows.com/fiesta/

Aug. 10 - Craft Guild of Dallas Fundraiser Sale http://www.craftguildofdallas.com

Aug. 15 - 23 - North Texas State Fair, Denton http://www.northtexasstatefair.com/

Aug. 17 - Etsy Dallas Show Pony Show. 11am - pm, Continental Lofts, 3311 Elm St., Dallas 75226 http://etsydallas.com

Texas Events and Festivals see also: http://gotexas.about.com/od/festivals/tp or
http://www.tourtexas.com/%40roundtexas.html or KERA Arts & Events Calendar http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/kera/events.eventsmain



Art Lectures & Conferences

June 5 - 7 - Great American Scrapbook Convention, Arlington Convention Center http://greatamericanscrapbook.com

June 6 -7 - International Conference on Critical Literacy in Visual Culture, the University of North Texas, College of Visual Art and Design. All conference events will be hosted by the Universities Center at Dallas (UCD). http://visualliteracyconference.unt.edu/

July 17 & 19 - David Keens: Reflection New Work in Glass: Gallery talk at the Arlington Museum of Art on Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm; a studio tour and demonstration at the UTA studios on Davis St.on Saturday, July 19 at 3pm. http://www.arlingtonmuseum.org

Dallas Architecture Forum lecture series http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org (on summer hiatus)

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

June 21 - Art Conspiracy’s 2nd Annual SEED fundraiser http://artconspiracy.org

Aug. 10 - Craft Guild of Dallas Fundraiser Sale http://www.craftguildofdallas.com

Aug. 23 - Art Heist, benefit for EASL (Emergency Artists' Support Leage), Artspace 111, Fort Worth http://www.easl.us/artheist.html

Online Store of Irving Art Association: http://cafepress.com/irvingart




Paintouts

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

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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