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Gaultier Gives a Party at the DMA

Categorized Under: Dallas Arts District, General, Local Events, Visual Arts 1 Comment

Guest blogger Gail Sachson attended the opening part for the new Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. She files this report on the show.

Patti Smith Works Through Questions of Love in ‘Just Kids’

Categorized Under: Books, General, Music, Visual Arts 1 Comment

Guest blogger Gail Sachson writes that Patti Smith’s book Just Kids is an exploration of love lost and found.

The Jailhouse Rocks with Art

Categorized Under: Arts Funding or Budgets, General 1 Comment

Guest blogger Gail Sachson explains how an art program is helping female inmates.

Kevin Bacon Advises Booker T. Theater Students

Kevin Bacon visited Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet last week before talking at the Nasher. Guest blogger Gail Sachson boils down his advice to the students to 10 maxims from realizing that acting means saying ‘look at me!’ to the advantages of social media.

A Little Bit of Coney Island at the Bath House

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As the Festival of Independent Theatres rolls on, a piece of the Bath House Cultural Center’s past is rediscovered down below.

DMA’s Matisse Exhibit: A Study in Rejected Commissions

Categorized Under: Dallas Arts District, Fort Worth Arts, General, Visual Arts 1 Comment

Although it chronicles events of more than 50 years ago, the crowd-pleasing Matisse exhibit “Afterlife: The Story of Henri Matisse’s Ivy in Flower at the Dallas Museum of Art is relevant to the art world today.

The Creative Art Center Draws an Advisory Board

Categorized Under: Arts Education, General, Visual Arts 1 Comment

I’m the chair of the newly formed advisory board, and in an effort to increase visibility and recognition, CAC Executive Director Diana Pollak and I invited 24 leaders of the arts community to help position the CAC, a non-profit adult art center, as “the leading art school for adults in Dallas.”

Dallas Art Fair: Ones to Watch

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Guest blogger Gail Sachson guides you through some of the can’t-miss pieces at this year’s Dallas Art Fair.

Booker T. Washington Celebrates Dance

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Guest blogger Gail Sachson says if you are a dance fan, this weekend offers some must-see performances.

From Hatred to Hope: The Inaugural Art Show at the Holocaust Museum

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Guest blogger Gail Sachson speaks with the photographers whose work is on display at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance about their differing approaches to recounting a tragedy.

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