Artist Nathan Sawaya builds sculptures and wall paintings out of LEGOs, the toy building block that’s been a creative outlet for kids and adults and the bane of shoeless parents since the 1930s. Sawaya says his reproductions of classic pieces of art — which are on display at the Perot Museum of…
Grand Prairie is on the hunt for Texas artists to help transform lackluster traffic signal boxes into vibrant works of art. This year, the themes are “Celebrate the Environment” and “Celebrate Literacy and Libraries.” Artists from across the state can submit original work in the categories until 5 p.m. Friday,…
In a child’s hands, LEGOs can become a castle or tower. In artist Nathan Sawaya’s hands, they become a global attraction. “The Art of the Brick,” a touring display of life-size LEGO creations, makes its Texas debut when it takes up residence at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science…
Passing by the bars and restaurants that line Parry Avenue facing Fair Park, it’s easy to miss a new addition hiding among the old buildings. White with bold black trim, the outside of the building resembles a sketch of a storefront, and a quick peek into the window offers no…
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s annual SOLUNA International Music and Arts Festival is back for its fifth iteration, and with it comes some intriguing programming as always. In years past, SOLUNA has given us a mixed bag of sorts as it’s worked toward finding a true purpose within the DSO. Odd…
The cavernous Dallas nightclub Project AI will be transformed into a living art gallery later this month. Models with their bodies painted from top to bottom will be presented next to the artists who spent hours turning the visions in their heads into walking reality. The flashes of photographers will…
Experiential art exhibits are showing up around Dallas like mushrooms after a spring shower. Sweet Tooth Hotel, Psychedelic Robot, Eye Scream Wasted are all with their own brand of creative twists and interactiveness. Their creativeness is limitless, but their repeatability is almost nonexistent. One admission may only last 45 minutes…
Starting Jan. 1, the South Dallas-located NYLO Hotel will become the CANVAS Dallas hotel. Designed as a beacon to both artists and art lovers, CANVAS is the love child of an art gallery and a modern hotel. It’s a place for the Picasso at heart to spend the night, grab…
“I want people to know Native Americans are still here,” says Damon Neal, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Neal, whose mother is Apache and whose father is of Cherokee, Wichita, Caddo and Delaware descent, will turn 41 on Friday. He spends about 25 percent of his time making…
After nearly eight consecutive days of rain leading up to Figment Dallas’ scheduled debut on Oct. 20, the storm had finally broken. Unfortunately the event had been canceled the day before, just as the last portable toilet was being unloaded. “The city called us the day before the event at…
A lot can change in 20 years, and the Crow Museum of Asian Art is flaunting what’s new. “We’re actually coming up on our 20th anniversary this December, so I think it was the right time for us to consider renovations and construction,” says curator Jacqueline Chao. “It’s all leading…
During one of Kristianna Davied’s modeling shoots, Davied says a male photographer convinced her to take her top and bra off. Because she wanted to reach her full potential, the photographer was able to manipulate her into thinking she could not do that fully clothed, she says. “A lot of…
Michael and Karen Bivins discovered an entirely new Dallas when they moved back to town five years ago. After spending much of the previous three decades buying, selling and curating art across the globe, the couple saw a thriving art scene that’s ready to compete with the world. “When we…
Barefoot, nearly naked, sweating and seemingly disoriented, local artist Xxavier Carter carried a heavy weight on his shoulder during his Saturday performance of “Sweet Jesus.” He walked 10 miles from The Great Trinity Forest to White Rock Lake wielding a wooden cross almost twice his size. The performance was a…
For months, people have wandered the halls of the Sweet Tooth Hotel snapping photos, taking selfies in a tub and posing with giant lollipops on a bed made from leftover Nike shoe tread. Built By Bender, a Dallas-based custom fabrication shop, crafted five of the rooms for the Sweet Tooth…
The Deep Ellum mural depicting a group of soldiers break-dancing, previously painted and subsequently painted over on a wall at the Green Room Bar, has found a new home. Rudolph’s Meat Market and Sausage Factory in Deep Ellum has donated one of their walls to have the mural back up…
The Spanish term “maricón,” which translates to “faggot,” is in insult to gays in the Latino community. Some Latinx artists have reversed the insult and decided to embrace it through art. The nonprofit organization Arttitude is showing MaricónX, an exhibition that features eight LGBT and Latinx artists whose work covers…
Visual artist Leigha Lugo of Light Era Studios has teamed up with the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs for her musically infused art installation project called Play On, Dallas. Lugo has painted three pianos; one will be placed in Dallas Farmers Market, one in Pegasus Plaza downtown and at Love…
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Soluna International Music & Arts Festival moves out of the Arts District on May 12 and heads to Deep Ellum for a one-night music and art and tech extravaganza at the Bomb Factory and Canton Hall. Soluna is teaming up with Capital One to present Array,…
In the 1880s, the spot that is now the Dallas Heritage Village was home to the first public park, known to locals as Old City Park. Photos from the early 1900s show tree-lined streets and stately homes in this area of town outside of Dallas’ central business district. In 1905,…
Oftentimes artists find themselves in situations in which they have to take matters into their own hands, like when the system fails them in some way. That’s where the women of the Texas chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art found themselves last year when they weren’t getting the support…
Celebrating 25 years of the Dallas band Old 97’s, Jason Janik, a local photographer, will curate a visual history of the group from 6-9 p.m. April 13 at Kettle Art in Deep Ellum. Beneath a Quarter Moon: 25 Years of Old 97’s, will showcase photographs and artwork from past albums…
