Guest blogger Lydia Regalado is an arts educator, crafter and blogger who writes about people who gather to make things.
Last year, New York Times reporter Andrew C. Revkin wrote about the international “Buy Nothing Day” advertising campaign. For today’s post, he proposes an alternative: Make Something Day. So how about it? what will you be [...]

Things are still quiet at Art&Seek HQ. But here are a couple pieces from our featured content to keep you entertained over the holiday weekend: An unusual holiday round-up, a Q/A with the author of a new children’s book about the Nasher Sculpture Center, and this week’s flickr photo winner, who takes art he hates [...]

The Art&Seek team has scattered across the country in search of turkey (or pie, for the vegetarians among us.) But Stephen, Betsy, Jerome and I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. We leave you with a couple recent posts from our guest bloggers and commenters, who reflect on the the arts-related things they’re thankful for this year.  [...]

I hate this time of year, and if given the opportunity I will spit in your hot chocolate and tell little children there is no Santa Claus. HOWEVER…
I am an avid fan of culture on the cheap, and by cheap I mean free. Behold this fine press release:

MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH ANNOUNCES
FREE SUNDAYS [...]

The top 20 symphony orchestras in the world, according to Gramophone magazine. No, the Dallas Symphony isn’t on it, neither is the Fort Worth Symphony. But then, the Philadelphia isn’t, either, causing a degree of whispering. One promising note for the DSO, however: In the #1 spot is the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. That’s where the [...]

With the economy the way it is, plenty of businesses have gone under. But when news came down yesterday that Western Warehouse and Boot Town are going out of business, the first thing I thought of was likely the first thought a lot of you had: There goes one of the most memorable, stick-in-your [...]

Guest blogger Sarah Jane Semrad is Executive Director of La Reunion TX.
First up – I am thankful for the artists in Dallas. It’s been a pleasure and an honor to serve the creative community for the last 5 years. Oh, you’re a cumbersome, emotional bunch at times, but I love you all the [...]

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith is a Dallas artist and arts conservationist.
I was out early Tuesday picking up some of the items on our Thanksgiving shopping list, items that will soon be transformed into numerous plates and platters of steaming, traditional goodness. The kind of food that after consumption turns even the loudest of our [...]

Guest blogger Julie Hwang is Community Relations Director for the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, which serves as our guest film blogger for November.
As a self-described film geek, I’ve seen A LOT of movies, but there have always been very notable lapses in my film going experience. I’ve only managed to see one [...]

As an editor at the Dallas Morning News, Mike Maza probably wouldn’t have called himself an advocate for the arts. My guess is he’d say Journalists only advocate for stories and readers. And when there were conflicts between the two – a few memorable calls from influential readers complaining about a restaurant or theater [...]