Gail Sachson | July 23, 2008
Guest blogger Gail Sachson owns Ask Me About Art, she is Vice-Chair of the Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Public Art Committee in Dallas. She is a former New Yorker, but misses only the great bagels and egg creams.
THE AUDIENCE EFFECT: TWO NEW YORK EXPERIENCES
1. Audiences can annoy
A weekend in the Big Apple has [...]
Gail Sachson | June 30, 2008
Sunday’s New York Times had a lengthy article about supporting the Arts: “Arts Patrons, The Next Gerneration.”
Kathryn Shattuck wrote an informative article about the philanthropic legacy of arts-supporting families. She wrote of the 20-30 year olds who are “not merely passing through, writing a check and dressing up for a night in order to [...]
Gail Sachson | June 23, 2008
Guest blogger Gail Sachson is Vice-Chair of the Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission and an arts educator and advocate.
The DMA is for Swingers: Swingers who bounce and bop and hop! Celebrating the Sara & Gerald Murphy exhibition and the life-style of the 1920s, Friday’s Late night at the DMA featured Trella Hart singing the music [...]
Gail Sachson | June 2, 2008
Guest blogger Gail Sachson is Vice-Chair of the Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission and an arts educator and advocate.
And what a weekend it was! The Friday night opening of SICK by Zayd Dohrn presented by Kitchen Dog Theater at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary was riveting theater…opening wounds in the audience, while closing windows on stage. [...]
Gail Sachson | May 21, 2008
Homeless poet Lowell Smith, whose work is part of Windows to the Soul, an installation at the Dallas Homeless Assistance Center.
Guest blogger Gail Sachson is Vice-Chair of the Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Dallas Public Art Committee.
There could not have been a better choice than glass artist GORDON HEUTHER to create the [...]
Gail Sachson | April 28, 2008
Gail Sachson is Vice-Chair of the Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Dallas Theater Center’s board of trustees.
We’re invited to a party at the Dallas Theater Center! And what a party it is! There are baubles, balloons, champagne, friends-or are they foes?- frilly gowns and seriously fabulous shoes! And fans in constant [...]