Artists who like money now have until March 13 to submit an application package for the Dallas Museum of Art’s annual Awards to Artists. There are three separate awards with differing age and residency requirements, but each award can have multiple recipients (and usually do). Not only will you, Winning Artist, receive money, but the [...]

The revamping of the arts district with the addition of the Dallas Center for Performing Arts is something we’re all looking forward to. But it’s easy to forget that part of the district redesign has already taken place with the renovation of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
On Saturday, Booker [...]

The Dallas Morning News reports online that Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys and builder of the huge new stadium in Arlington that I’ve taken to calling “Jonestown,” is thinking about decorating the place with some art. And maybe even bringing some art-like events to the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. That way, [...]

TWO JOIN TEXAS DANCE THEATRE: A pair of new dancers has joined Texas Dance Theatre. Fort Worth native Tyler Patterson is a student at the University of North Texas. He’s previously performed with Casa Manana. Also joining the group is Lauren Collier from Oklahoma City. Patterson and Collier join the group in time for its [...]

Film professionals from across Texas will descend on Austin next week to ask for more incentives to draw movie and television productions to the state. The effort is being led by the Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA), which is busing in the citizen-lobbyists and setting up meetings with members of the state legislature. Texas [...]

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Another sign of the economic times: Master paintings and photographs are showing up in the art world’s equivalent of pawn shops. The New York Times reports this week that photographer Annie Leibovitz (above) is the latest name-brand artist to use one of these firms to raise money, to the tune of $15.5 million. While [...]

Guest blogger Bart Weiss sends this report. Bart is the Artistic Director of the Dallas Video Festival.
I hate the Oscars – it’s bad TV about film. The week before you hear talk show hosts that know nothing about film and have maybe seen two of the nominees talk in great length [...]

Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou is the Interviews Editor at UT Dallas’ Sojourn – A Journal for the Arts. She is also a Dance Lecturer and Assistant Director of UT Arlington’s Dance Ensemble. Danielle is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Arts and Humanities at UT Dallas, and her first book, The Politics of State Public [...]

A LITTLE CLOSER: DFW.com spotlights Denton act Oso Closo with a snazzy video feature on the blues rock band. The group formed at the University of North Texas and is currently in the home stretch of a month-long tour promoting its latest album, Rest. After the tour, it’s back to the studio to record the [...]

Theatre Three sends along word this afternoon that the current production of Don’t Dress for Dinner has been extended another week, through March 15. If you haven’t caught it yet, get thee to Theatre Three. As I said earlier, there are plenty of laughs to be had.
And there are two ways to see it on [...]