Art Chicas Unidas, a four way-collaboration between La Reunion TX, Dallas Art Dealers Association, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, and CityGallery was held on on Saturday, November 10, 2007. The day began at 8AM with La Reunion TX artist set-up at CityGallery. Artists chosen earlier in the summer by the La Reunion TX artist selection committee included Erica Felicella, Ivonne Acero, Loretta Gonzales, Linka Behn, Johanna Hulsey, Catalyna Mendez, VET, and Lizzy Wetzel. High school girls from select Dallas area high schools started arriving at 8:30AM. What happened next was magical.
The girls were divided up among the selected artists and an all-day workshop began. Each group started on a project and began a day-long process in a variety of media. From digital photography to felt-making, each group fully explored process, design, materials, camaraderie. At lunch, DADA made a presentation in different careers in art as well as how to get started in a gallery by presenting a comprehensive portfolio.
After the workshop was complete, all the art created over the course of the day was installed in the gallery and the general public started arriving at 7PM. All the art sold by silent auction and proceeds were re-invested in the Art Chicas Unidas program. Pending funding, we will replicate this program at a Girl Scout camping facility in a "Total Art Immersion" experience in late April 2008. Stay tuned.
Shout outs and thank yous are in order to the following generous souls:
Lara Arp, Mattie Jenkins, Teri Walker, Rebel Calhoun, Lenita Davis, Clare Dempsy, Kevin Nash, Allison Graham, Catherine Cuellar, Andrea Roberts, Leah Shafer, Cathey Miller, Lisa Zimmerman, Lisa Taylor, Laura and Fred Fregin, Caroline Finlay, Maloree Banks, Dallas Women's Foundation, Kroger, and Central Market. Last - all the girls and the LRTX artists.
2 comments:
Hi there! Just found out about La Reunion. I'm glad to see artists reaching out to the community. I wish I could be there to help out!
I blog about artist communities across the country. Come check it out, I featured you guys.
http://lifeartlovegod.blogspot.com/2007/11/la-reunion.html
Thanks MadHatter. I love the questions you pose in your blog post. Stay tuned. And I'll say this: We are community based and are committed to social change through art.
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