DANCE, DANCE: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of America’s premiere companies, is in the midst of a two-night stand at Bass Hall. To preview the shows, DFW.com caught up with AA’s longtime artistic director, Judith Jamison, who says that the performances will remind viewers of their last visit to Six Flags. “It will be [...]
Guest Blogger Gail Sachson owns Ask Me About Art, offering lectures, tours and program planning. She is Vice-Chair of the Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission and a member of the Public Art Committee. She has been a juror for “Scrap Can Be Beautiful” for several years and curated and coordinated this year’s exhibit. Scrap material can be [...]
Monday evening, TACA (The Arts Community Alliance) awarded 34 area arts groups $1 million in grants. The awards were announced at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, with special guest Kimberly Grigsby, an SMU grad and Broadway musical director. Six of the 34 groups received the full amount they requested (they were [...]
First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Worth brings Highland dancers, Scottish foods and 50 different tartan banners to its Kirkin’ of the Tartans worship service and celebration on Sunday. This kind of pageantry is irresistable to a girl whose middle name is Graham, yet I do not know what kirkin’ is exactly. The press release states: [...]
SING, SING SING: Some of North Texas’ better-known recording artists have new albums on the horizon. Burleson’s Kelly Clarkson releases All I Ever Wanted on March 10. And Fort Worth resident Pat Green debuts What I’m For today. DFW.com caught up with Green, who says the difference between this album and his previous efforts is [...]
Rush Hour, by George Segal One of the strengths of the Nasher Sculpture Center is the breadth of the collection. If you are looking for a survey of contemporary sculpture, the big names are all here. Sometimes, though, viewing one object leaves you wanting to know more about that artist’s work and how this piece [...]
The Austin Museum of Art’s $23 million downtown expansion project is one of the biggest casualties of the economic downturn. But all in the capitol is not grim. Jeanne Claire van Ryzin at the Austin American-Statesman checks in with this thorough report of how arts groups are faring in Austin. I wonder if we’ll see [...]
Sitting Tiger, 1777, by Maruyama Okyo, Ink and colors on silk; hanging scroll. Photo courtesy of the Crow Collection of Asian Art. Is it strange to note that Asian culture is having a moment in North Texas? Our area is home to a sizable Asian population, so it should come as no surprise that there [...]
Marlene Dumas, Moshekwa, 2006, oil on canvas While on a quick, freezing-cold trip to New York City over the holidays, we kept running into North Texas connections. First, it was at the Museum of Modern Art, which I confess I hadn’t visited since its renovation/expansion several years ago (said renovation being something of a disappointment, [...]
To help you make it through Christmas without such arts-world news items as these: Just like the Texas Ballet Theater, the Atlanta Ballet had to cut costs two years ago by nixing its live orchestra and going with taped recordings. Public scorn and a decline in ticket sales followed. Then two patrons donated $250,000 in [...]
