Here’s a look at the artists who will be contributing a piece of work based on a taxidermy mounting board to Art Con’s Mounted event.

Today in the roundup: Why Dallas’ super-rich give back, a Fort Worth artist’s major prize and a local actor lands his dream role.

More than 200 North Texas artists were involved in staging and performing A Gathering in 2011. Now the producers of the one-night-only AIDS awareness benefit want to do it again. Jerome Weeks will be following their progress.

Taxidermy’s the theme at this year’s Art Conspiracy seed event.

Iron Man 3 looks to be another billion-selling, comic-book film. So we thought we’d roll out the PBS superheroes to save the network from cutbacks (again). Carl Sagan! Bill Nye! Bob Ross! Our own thoughtful, superhero action blockbuster! Yeah, that’ll work.

You can help get affordable housing for artists built here in North Texas. You’ve got until July 1 to fill out the survey, but hey, you’re online now, aren’t you?

A full serving in this roundup: Fort Worth Opera and Lyric Stage deliver music and laughs, a Texas banker extols the arts, while Pearl Cup will caffeinate them.

This is the first city council election since the completion of the Arts District — in District 14. So who will replace Angela Hunt (who’s not running because of term limits)? Will he or she be another point person for the arts? And what about arts funding?

60 grand to support the Nasher’s 10th anniversary, sculptures-about-town exhibition. Their first ever NEA. Cool.

Outside recognition appears at last.