Starving or not, North Texas artists may want to heed the call for entries to an award being offered by the Meadows Museum. The museum, located at Southern Methodist University, will take applications through Feb. 14 for its annual Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award, which is accompanied by a cash…
The act of looting cultural property such as art has been regarded as a significant problem during times of war, but most people don’t know that the practice also festers on a peaceful front. Case in point: Erin L. Thompson, professor of art crime ( by the way, imagine the…
It’s the beginning of a new year, and the South Dallas Culture Center is halfway through its gallery season. The institution is kicking off 2020 with a new exhibition called Punk Noir by Nigerian American artist, Dawn Okoro, which will run from Jan. 25 through March 21. Okoro’s art has…
Desiree Phillips Phillips creates glamorous looks that she shares with her 11K+ followers, but that’s just the beginning with her. She also has a clothing line she calls “MUA Black” as well as her own lash company, the Desire Lash Company. In addition, she provides personal shopping sessions to help…
These days, rock climbing seems to be becoming more popular by the minute as climbing gyms surface all over. Summit is establishing itself as a fitness giant — in the last few years, they’ve expanded their locations to include Dallas, Grapevine, Fort Worth, Denton, Carrollton, and even Oklahoma City and…
Earlier in December, a mysterious pyramid popped up in Arlington’s Globe Life Park parking lot. And while pyramids are all automatically mysterious, PY1 is a creation by Lune Rouge Entertainment, a production company founded by Cirque du Soleil creator Guy Laliberté. Even with that flashy calling card, the space exceeded…
A few Brookhaven College students made the most of their final art project this week inspired by a campus full of fallen leaves. They created Franklin the bear, who is the size of a cub, and who could be seen standing outside of the L Building on the steps of…
Understandably, finding these folks can be something of a challenge given the constant changes to Instagram’s discoverability algorithm. That’s why we’ve picked up the slack, bringing 20 Dallas accounts that exemplify whatever we think “good content” is.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri announced last week upcoming plans to remove the ability to see others’ likes from the platform in the U.S. On their quest to become the safest place on the internet, Mosseri provided reasoning to BuzzFeed that the decision was “about creating a less pressurized environment where…
Winter is coming, but instead of medieval zombies, let us picture vibrant, green life. Local artists are using these tiny things we call plants, and molding them into works of art, even giving them a voice to sing. The following eight artists are inspiring the next generation to care for…
In photography, there’s seemingly no room for industry progress, or in entrepreneurial parlance, “disruption.” Think about it. Professional photographers can take pictures that look more lifelike than life itself, and any layperson can take high-definition pictures and videos simply by pulling a handheld computer out of their pocket. How could…
The term “missing link” gets thrown around a lot in discussions about humanity’s lineage, but it’s incorrect for many reasons. One of the biggest misconceptions created by the term is that human evolution only followed one direction that never strays from its path. “If you want to think of human…
Digital media may be more convenient in terms of access, quality and storage space, but VHS and other forms of physical movies will have something that no streaming service or m4v file never will: the ability to brag about its size. VHS, DVD and Blu-ray collections are just like any other…
The Dallas Museum of Art’s newest exhibition is an interactive experience meant to trip us up in the most sensical of ways. How do we feel sound and touch taste? Sure, ’shrooms can help get us there, but there’s also speechless: different by design, which runs at the museum from Nov…
A bluish fog drifts past the gates of the Village on Front as darkness falls and the temperature hovers just above 40 degrees. A couple sits on a bench near a giant skull as they wait to enter the haunted experience happening in Arlington. The event, now in its first…
Has Instagram’s new algorithm been getting you down? Genuine content seems hard to come by these days, as advertisements and faux-influencers increasingly monopolize the feed, obscuring the photos that pertain to your true interests. But, fear not. It isn’t too late to prevent Instagram from muddling your perception of authenticity!…
Drew Merritt has been a busy man since returning to Dallas to work completing work on a new mural for the Virgin Hotel, in a little over four weeks before moving on to another project — a parking garage at The Realm and Castle Hills in Lewisville. The mural covers one…
Many things make us scared of old age. Youthful beauty vanishing into the deep creases of old skin, becoming obsolete among society, losing our mental and physical capacities, the mere pain of it all, and of course what all these things signify: the menacing closeness of death. Dallas-based artist Amy…
A father’s gaze wanders searchingly off in the distance as his wife dusts the binding of a book. Standing behind them, their son reads what his father has discovered. The vibrant painting represents the Kinsey family, whose collection is now on display at the African American Art Museum Dallas and…
If Frisco photographer Alisa Eykilis can make you pause your mindless scroll through social media, she considers her job well done. “In today’s world, it is so overpopulated with fast-moving images,” Eykilis says. “If I can make my viewer stop, look at the picture and say, ‘Wait, what?’ I think…
Deep Ellum is a neighborhood that thrives on putting on events and showcasing talent both local and from around the world. Yet in all the excitement of Elm Street’s bold new buildings and booming amplifiers, it can sometimes be difficult to see all Deep Ellum truly has to offer. On…
They arrived after dinner, as the cruel Texas sun was going to sleep in the perfect orange twilight. They carried skateboards, a cooler packed with Modelos and paintbrushes. From 7 p.m. to around 4 a.m., the small team of four friends painted the 4DWN Skatepark a vibrant blue, yellow and…
