Local Honey door proceeds to benefit La Reunion TX! Thanks Kelly!!

When: Friday, Dec 19, 2008 at 7pm
Where: Lakewood Theatre in East Dallas, 1825 Abrams
Benefitting: La Reunion TX & Wilkinson Center Food Pantry

What:Kelly Brown's annual holiday concert features local musicians Mack Price, Reggie Rueffer, Doug Neil, Freddie Jones, Lawrence "Peabody" Ferrell, Kim Brown, Davis Bickston, Rodney Engelbosch, Dave Prez, David Castell, Dave Monsch, David Pierce, Karl Poettschke, Linda Proch, and George D'Ascenzo. $20 admission benefits La Reunion TX. Canned food will also be collected for the Wilkinson Food Pantry.

www.LocalHoney.org

We heart Kelly! Thanks lady!

Q: What do you get when an architect, sculptor, writer and historian head to the museum?

A: An interesting panel discussion, that’s what. La Reunion TX and the Dallas Museum of Art present a FREE event on Thursday, December 11 at 7pm in the Center for Creative Connections Theatre as a part of the collaborative program Make Space for Artists : Design a Studio. Our topic? The artist studio – historic and contemporary.

Well published graphic novelist David Hopkins knows a thing or two about working remotely and in collaboration with other artists to produce his artifact – the graphic novel. Designer Bang Dang was the winning architect for La Reunion’s architecture competition, Make Space for Art. He won, in part, for his “white box” studio design and lucky for us, he’s local. Established artist Frances Bagley is represented locally with Marty Walker Gallery and provides the panel with the perspective of a truly mixed media sculptor. Last, art historian Eric Stryker is a professor at SMU also happens to be an expert on Francis Bacon’s studio. (Photo above.)

We’re not sure exactly where the conversation will go, but we’re sure it will be interesting. KERA’s Jerome Weeks will moderate. See you then!

Originally published on Art&Seek here.

Second Annual ART CHICAS UNIDAS recap

Our second annual Art Chicas Unidas program in November was a great success!!! This year, the jury selected mentor artists gathered found objects from our 35 acre wooded site for use in the day long workshop. Inspired by these materials, forty teenage girls created and exhibited unique and wonderful works of art while learning what it means to be an artist. Thank you Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, Deaf Action Center Texas, Dallas Art Dealers Association, Central Market and our Mentor Madres for supporting this special program.

Special thanks to our artists Erica Felicella, Susan Graham, Diana Tate and Ivonne Acero. Shout out to Dahlia Woods for curating the evening exhibit and Tania Rivas for creating a recording studio onsite for the event.

Call for Artists + Site Tour Dates!

Mark your calendars for February 7th, 2009 for our Second Annual Tree Carving. Tour our site in West Oak Cliff with Master Naturalists from Texas Discovery Gardens and Preservation Tree and view the results of artists transforming non-native, dead or dying trees into ecologically beneficial site specific works of art. Shown here is Brad Ford Smith's tree.

Call for artists attached. Tours of the site for interested artists on Dec 13 and Jan 3. Email sarah@LaReunionTX.org for more info or to get on the tour. (You don't have to be an artist to come on the tour!)

Call for Artists Attached.
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Historic Uses of Trees Attached.
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It's Twitter time.

For those who wish to follow - LRTX is now on Twitter.

December events - SAVE THE DATES!

7 Dec - 11-6pm - DECK THE HALLS at South Side on Lamar. We have been offered free booth space to share what La Reunion TX is all about. Come visit our booth and support local crafters, designers and artists when shopping for the Holidays!

11 Dec - 7pm - FREE PANEL DISCUSSION at the Dallas Museum of Art, C3 Theatre - Join us as we explore studios historical and contemporary with a distinguished panel of guest including David Hopkins, Bang Dang, Frances Bagley and moderated by KERA's Jerome Weeks.

19 Dec - 7pm - LOCAL HONEY HOLIDAY MIX at the Lakewood Theatre - We are beneficiary of this super cool holiday music and variety show put on annually by the lovely Kelly Brown!

Make Space for Artists : Design a Studio - the video

Voice by Bruce DuBose. Original music by Neeki Bey. Video by Corgan MediaLab. Thank you to the Dallas Museum of Art for an awesome collaboration. Panel discussion Dec 11 in the C3 Theatre. Artists studio historical and contemporary. More info coming.

Bar Camp for Non-Profits

BarCampNPdallas is a gathering of folks in the non-profit (NP) world who are interested in learning and sharing, particularly on topics like using technology, social media, fundraising, public relations and building communities.

This BarCamp is focused on organizations and people who are dedicated to non-profits and will be held in an abbreviated evening session, on Tuesday November 25th, 2008 in the Design District. RSVP please! It's free!

The lovely and talented Cone Johnson has organized this event and will be leading.

Make Space for Artists : Design a Studio - RECAP of opening

Make Space for Artists opened Nov 6 to a crowd of about 50 people at the Dallas Museum of Art. Betsy Lewis wrote about it on Art&Seek here. Thanks everyone for being there! The new La Reunion TX site goes live in the next couple of weeks and we will have a large area on our site devoted to this exciting collaboration. Stay tuned and get thee to the DMA to participate!