The revamping of the arts district with the addition of the Dallas Center for Performing Arts is something we’re all looking forward to. But it’s easy to forget that part of the district redesign has already taken place with the renovation of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. On Saturday, [...]
The Dallas Morning News reports online that Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys and builder of the huge new stadium in Arlington that I’ve taken to calling “Jonestown,” is thinking about decorating the place with some art. And maybe even bringing some art-like events to the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. That way, [...]
Q: Is the novel dead? A: Oh yes. Very much so. Q: What replaces it? A: I should think that it is replaced by what existed before it was invented. Q: The same thing? A: The same sort of thing. Q: Is the bicycle dead? – from “The Explanation” by Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme was [...]
Winning design of Make Space for Artists: Design a Studio The ideal plan of a 16-square-foot artist’s space was revealed Friday night in the Center for Creative Connections as the Make Space for Artists: Design a Studio competition ended. And the winner is … duo Amy Wynne and Mark Leveno, [...]
Guest blogger Sarah Jane Semrad is Executive Director of La Reunion TX. Last week Make Space for Artists: Design a Studio wrapped, and Friday night (that’s tomorrow!) at 7:30 in the Center for Creative Connections the prize money is doled out. In case you missed it – La Reunion TX and Dallas Museum of Art [...]
George Strait will headline a country music mega concert that will serve as the opening for the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Jerry Jones announced today. Rumors that Strait would perform the venue’s inaugural concert have been swirrling for weeks now, but at a press conference Tuesday the remainder of the bill was announced. Joining [...]
Last week, architect Rem Koolhaas, co-designer of the Wyly Theater in the Arts District, suffered the loss of his major hotel in Beijing — one of the signature buildings of that city’s new skyline. It burned down. Now it’s Sir Norman Foster, the architect behind the Winspear Opera House, who got a major hotel design [...]
A GOOD CAUSE: More than 160 orchestras across the country are partnering in food drives next month as part of a promotion for the movie The Soloist, the AP reports. Among the participating groups are the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Chorus, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony [...]
“Cymbal of Peace” by Kevin Obregon In 1988, PBS debuted Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, a series of conversations between Campbell, a scholar of comparative mythology, and journalist Bill Moyers. The transcripts from those conversations were adapted into the bestselling book The Power of Myth. Of the many themes discussed in the book, one chapter, “Sacrifice [...]
Artist Erik Glissmann working on his piece Control Shift. Guest blogger Lydia Regalado is an arts educator, crafter and blogger who writes about people who gather to make things. Cultivating an outdoor space for creativity is hard work, but La Reunion TX has a unique, eco-friendly way to get the job done. Partnering with Preservation [...]
