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.

Mentor Madres - Sponsor a girl today!

Our second annual Art Chicas Unidas program is just around the corner - November 8. This is our collaborative Fall program with Girl Scouts of NorthEast Texas and Dallas Art Dealers Association. ACU is an art and education program with high school aged girls and professional women artists. Our pilot program last year was funded by Dallas Women's Foundation. This year, we're engaging professional women in all walks of life to "sponsor a girl" and become a Mentor Madre. For only $50 you can take care of the supplies and expenses of one girl going through our day-long program in our Design District Gallery, located at 2129 Farrington Street.

WHAT IS IT - ART CHICAS UNIDAS
Small teams of high school aged girls will work with professional women artists selected by jury and create one of a kind art works based on materials from our 35 acres site in Oak Cliff. The finished art works will be on display that same evening and all proceeds from sales go back into the Art Chicas Unidas program. What makes this program unique? This year we are working with Deaf Action Center, socio-economically challenged schools as well as girls that are getting the full art experience like at Booker T. We engage all walks of life and backgrounds and introduce new skills and interests, from photography to guitar to encaustic.

We will honor our Mentor Madres this year with your names across our invitational postcard to the reception. Even if you can't make the reception November 8, please support this program today. Download the form and mail or email back. Deadline Oct 18 to be on the card! Don't delay!

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WHAT IS IT - LA REUNION TX
La ReUnion

Art Chicas Update....

This year the program is going to be spectacular. We have a home in the Design District to host the event, we have an inspiring natural setting from which to spark our ideas - whether they me music, collage, or poetry. Save the date. November 8, 2008. Open to girls 8-12 grade.

Call for artists here - FINAL%20call%20for%20artists%202008.doc

Adult mentor application here - FINAL%20Artist%20Application.doc

Student application here - FINAL%20Student%20Application%202008.doc

Second Annual Art Chicas Unidas - Call for Artists!

Who: La Reunion TX teams up again with Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and Dallas Art Dealers Association to produce Art Chicas Unidas, a program to engage artists in the Dallas area to become involved in the artistic development of high school girls. Women artists, minority artists and artists working in all media are encouraged to apply.

What: Artists will lead teams of 5 girls in a day long project (9am – 3pm) with the goal that the girls co-host an exhibit showing an artifact they have created. The plan this year to create works directly inspired from or using materials from our 35 acre site. Think dirt, limbs, found materials, poetry inspired from the site etc. Get creative!

An evening reception will be open to their families and public at the end of the day long workshop at La Reunion TX’s gallery located at 2129 Farrington Street in Dallas. During lunch, members of DADA will lead a demonstration of the real-life essentials of how to create an artist portfolio including an artist statement, a bio, and an exhibition resume along with examples of their work. The La Reunion TX artist selection committee is made up of Dallas area arts professionals who will choose artists for this program.

When: Artists interested must complete the application (word file below), required digital portfolio with a $20 processing/background check fee and return to La Reunion TX by Sept. 30.

Mail proposals to:
La Reunion TX
2129 Farrington Street
Dallas, Texas 75207

Important dates:
Sept. 30: application deadline
Oct 10 (?): interviews for selected artists and their proposal
Oct 15: artists notified of acceptance (or not)
Oct. 20: materials list due
Nov. 8: workshop date

Stipend: Chosen artists will each be paid a $225 stipend for their time and planning of the day-long workshop. A materials budget of $75 is available for each chosen program.

For more information, please contact La Reunion TX Executive Director Sarah Jane Semrad at sarah@LaReunionTX.org or DADA Executive Director Lisa Taylor at info@dallasartdealers.org.

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Art Chicas Unidas

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.