Local jewelry and gift design duo Shoshannah Frank and Casey Melton are known better for their company name, f. is for frank. Beyond that, the metalsmiths are identified as the women behind the most stylistically interesting works of wearable art in Dallas. Now five years into the business, the team’s…
Local metal sculptures Casey Melton and Shannah Frank are known better collectively as f. is for frank, the Dallas-based duo behind the city’s most inventive accessories. But it didn’t start out that way. Originally their main focus was furnishings: gorgeously detailed wooden chairs and tables, as well as pewter-crafted lighting…
It’s well known that Snoop Dogg wasn’t “born” in the traditional sense. Instead he materialized, a wee Snoopling, on the set of a rap video, blunt tucked into his diaper. Dancers bounced him from breast to breast, letting him grab their giant earrings. They argued over who was allowed to…
I want this. While probably unintentional in its design, just glancing at this girl makes it look as though her body is being censored. The bikini is made by local design company Cover Sun Conscious Clothing, which specializes in sportswear and swimwear with built in UPF 50+ protection. In this…
Forbes posted its list of Top 15 Cities for Young Professionals this month, and Dallas didn’t make the cut. The rankings took job growth, employment rate, cost of living and median income into account, so it feels counterintuitive that Austin holds seat number 11 while Dallas warms the bench. Known…
Art Con 8 is coming from TZOM Films on Vimeo. If this video doesn’t get you amped up for Art Con 8, the 2012 installment of the popular non-profit fundraiser, then you’ve probably sprained your philanthropy muscle. Go ahead, rub that out. Now, try again. It’s a teaser for the…
A couple of familiar faces and a whole bunch of new ones filled out the line at yesterday’s auditions for Fashion Star. Aspiring designers tripped over dry cleaning bags and crunched portfolios under their arms as they shuffled through the second-floor furniture department at Macy’s in NorthPark Center, each hoping…
Let’s get our priorities straight: You want to spend your cash on important stuff, like cocktails. And you want to drink a lot of them. It’s death-ray hot out, and science tells us quite clearly that If you don’t chug margaritas like an aspiring sorority pledge, you will die of…
See also: The Pop Culture Cosplayers of Comic-Con It’s shocking the internets haven’t shut down. This is the weekend the world’s most accomplished geeks unite at Comic-Con in San Diego. Fan boys and girls don their finest tribute ensembles in effort to honor icons in gaming, film, comics and other…
See Also: Watch This Great Time-Lapse Shepard Fairey Video, By You+Dallas Local artists Jason Eatherly and Brandon Snow have been busy. First they collaborated on the above new mural, which decorates the northwest-facing wall of the new Smoke and Mirrors Gallery, at 406 S. Haskell. Then Snow wove this footage…
Saying that I stumbled into a homemade vending machine for art would be an understatement. I collided into it the same way I discover everything: knee first. With the grace of a bow-legged giraffe I hiked back up and focused on my assailant: It appeared to be a gun vault…
Hold onto your fishnets men and ladies, it’s going to be one hell of a weekend. Now that we’re back to the usual five-day office beat down, we’ll need to turn this thing out proper to really feel our souls again. No problem. We’ve got Bastille on Bishop (complete with…
We are perpetually lucky with the quality of production given to opera in Dallas, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t curious how performances are put together elsewhere. As part of the Dallas Opera’s Baritones and Beach Balls summer educational series, you’re invited to enjoy a classic opera tale the way…
Alison Marie Welsh creates a unique type of art. Macabre and beautiful, seductive and restrained, her ink-based images tell tales of curious ladies. They’re dangerous gals, be certain of it, and they’re the types of sketchy women Dali or Escher might have fallen in lust with. A self-taught creative, Welsh…
As you sit there, making out with that sandwich, there are people taking flight in Fort Worth. The Modern Dance Festival runs through July 21 and is filled with magnificently angular people doing explosively choreographed performances, and today you can see one of the best things of all: the local…
Distribution companies for Asian cinema have been in steady decline over the last decade, often citing illegal downloads and lackluster international market response when they fold. For lovers of the genre, this means fewer funds are being put toward the creation of new films, making it tougher for innovative talent…
Allen, Texas artist Tanner Lawley is painting the hell out of North America in a project called “UNIFIED, We Stand.” He began work on July 4th (duh) attacking one state per day, each on a 4’X4′ canvas, at this scheduled rate he’ll have the entire project completed by late August…
The Humane Society of Dallas has a cool, new gadget installed in its catitentiary. It puts us one step closer to existing in the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? And you know what? I ain’t mad about it. Just click this link and you’ll go…
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Bart Weiss is a man of many camera angles. He’s the artistic steering power behind the Dallas Video Festival (which enters its 25th installment this September), serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, and sits on the Board of Directors of…
Distribution companies for Asian cinema have been in steady decline over the last decade, often citing illegal downloads and lackluster international market response as the culprit when they fold. For lovers of the genre, this means that fewer funds are being put towards the creation of new films, making it…
Our local fashion designers spend their lives toiling over pleats and hemlines. It’s often a thanklessly driven mission. Long nights fine-tuning each stitch results in little payback unless the market drive exists to purchase those looks, and it should. Dallas is bursting at the seams with talent. This Sunday, July…
