DART Student Art Contest Celebrates Local Young Artists
Everyday Heroes Ride DART
Collin Chon, a 5th grade student at Greenhill School in Addison, was this year’s Best of Show winner. Collin’s artwork, based on this year’s theme “Everyday Heroes Ride DART,” was selected from 688 entries from students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Heroes come in many forms and this year’s art contest gave young artists the chance to salute the hometown heroes that have kept our community going during the pandemic – everyday people that have made a positive impact in the lives of others.
The DART Student Art Contest is a 23-year tradition that helps promote the use of public transportation and is supported by community partners the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Contemporary and Half Price Books, as well as our media partners Al Día, Dallas Morning News, DFW Child, DFW Kids Directory, Local Profile, NBC 5 and Telemundo 39.
Deep in the heart of Heritage Auctions May 22 Texas Art Sale, something for everyone
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (American, 1853-1917), The Afternoon Walk. Hand painted porcelain tile, 39-3/8 x 55-1/8 inches. Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000.
DALLAS, TX
.- Seven months after David Bates painting Crab Legs set a world record for the Dallas artist, his hometown Heritage Auctions will offer yet another spectacular work in the upcoming Texas Art Signature Auction. Because it wouldn t be a Texas art event without a David Bates.
His Burning Leaves from 1983, a decidedly Lone Star scene set among the swirling smoke and chopped wood and burnt-orange of late autumn, serves as one of the centerpieces in Heritage s May 22 Texas Art event. It features a man at rest, on break, his back bent against the barren tree upon which he has propped his rake. He is clad in green plaid and khaki work pants, his hat slightly titled away from his brow. You can almost hear the crackle of the flame; you can al
After more than a year, mariachis in North Texas are singing again
The pandemic left band members almost jobless, but this weekend they’ll be busy at work.
Alexia Quintero of Mariachi Rosas Divinas performs at Legacy Hall in Plano on Thursday, May 5.(Anja Schlein)
“No songs, no music, no nothing”.
That’s how José Antonio Laguna described the months of March and April 2020, when the pandemic hit North Texas.
Laguna, director of Mariachi Mexicanísimo, has been a full-time musician since 14.
For him, and for several other mariachi musicians, 2020 was a year of few performances.
Although demand for mariachi music has increased this year, Laguna, who is from Guanajuato, Mexico, thinks his work schedule still won’t compare to what it was before the pandemic. Not until 2022.
Marriott opens Uptown
A new place to stay makes Oak Lawn even more of a travel destination
The new Marriott on Fairmount Street in the Uptown section of Oak Lawn is a warm and friendly new addition to the neighborhood and the first new option in where to stay in the area in several decades. Multi-floor windows in the lobby and a patio along the street invite the neighborhood inside. A mural behind the check-in desk is made of salvaged wood reclaimed from older buildings in the area.
Visitors to Dallas can get a great view of downtown from the fifth floor infinity pool deck. For anyone from Dallas who doesn’t hang out in Uptown, the area is unrecognizable from the days when Fairmount Street’s large homes had all been converted into antique shops. Today, Uptown is an extension of downtown divided only by Klyde Warren Park, Dallas’ very successful and always active deck park over Woodall Rodgers Expressway.
DMA exhibition reveals why Juan Gris is more important than you thought
‘Cubism in Color’ paints him as one of the key contributors to the movement.
Juan Gris 1915 painting Fantomas is among the works on display in Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris, on view through July 25 at the Dallas Museum of Art.(National Gallery of Art)
Early in the 20th century, a new development known as cubism took the art world by storm and changed the visual arts forever.
In the standard art historical narrative, cubism was pioneered in Paris by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, with less credit going to Juan Gris, a younger member of the group. Gris’ pivotal contributions are the subject of the new exhibition “Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris” at the Dallas Museum of Art.