City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture

01/23/2023

Don't forget to RSVP for tomorrow's welcoming reception of the new City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture Director Martine Elyse Philippe at the South Dallas Cultural Center.

RSVP at [email protected]
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No se olvide de RSVP para mañana la recepción de la bienvenida a la nueva directora de la Oficina de Artes y Cultura de la Ciudad de Dallas Martine Elyse Philippe en el Centro Cultural del Sur de Dallas.

RSVP con [email protected]

01/23/2023

Don't miss the Oak Cliff Cultural Center new exhibition of "Punjabi Cowboy" featuring the work of Dallas-based artist Usama Khalid.
In Punjabi Cowboy, Khalid pays homage to immigrant fathers, who like his own, move their families in search of opportunity. The paintings layered with collaged photographs and fabrics “touch on pivotal moments in his father’s life”. Tender in their ex*****on, they embody the bond he has to Pakistan. His sculptural self-portraits further explore his Pakistani identity and the complex relationship to one’s homeland.

Exhibition through: NOW – February 11, 2023
Office Hours: Tuesday- Saturday from 12-6 p.m.
Where: 223 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, TX 75208

01/22/2023

01/21/2023

The celebration continues all weekend long. 🥳

Explore the DMA with a scavenger hunt and tours, create your own masterpiece inspired by our recently reinstalled Indigenous American Art galleries, and learn more about the history of the DMA with a peek into our archives. Learn more here ➡️ dma.org/120BirthdayCelebration.

01/20/2023

Tipton Park Public Art Survey

We want to hear from YOU! 🫵🙂
The Public Art Program invites you to share your input to inform new public artwork to be installed at Tipton Park!

The Public Art Program invites you to share your input to inform new public artwork to be installed at Tipton Park! Deadline for comments is February 28, 2023.

01/20/2023

TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY THROUGH ART, EXPLORATION, AND PLAY SO THAT IMAGINATION WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLDS. - Meow Wolf

Please join Meow Wolf for their upcoming COMMUNITY MEETING.


Meow Wolf is an arts production company that creates immersive, multimedia experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of storytelling. Our work is a combination of jungle gym, haunted house, children’s museum, and immersive art exhibit. This unique fusion of art and entertainment gives audiences fictional worlds to explore.

01/19/2023

Practicing Presence + Peace

ONE more day to sign up for the FREE workshops series PRACTICING PRESENCE + PEACE with Tyler Morgan.

Mindfulness invites us to be present with ease. Each class in the series will include a brief breathing and movement meditation. Parents will be guided through artful ways to experience plant therapy while gaining insight to support their style of parenting.

Visit link below to check out available dates to participate. ⬇⬇⬇

A Parent Support Workshop SeriesGuided by pracitioner Tyler MorganMindfulness invites us to be present with ease. Each class in the series will include a brief breathing and movement meditation. Parents will be guided through artful ways to experience plant therapy while gaining

01/19/2023

💋 Sexy Laundry 💋
This year, is all about Funny Business with Soul Rep Theatre Company, don't miss this romantic comedy about a couple trying to refresh their marriage and love life.

When: February 10 -12 & 15 -18
Where: Margo Jones Theater in Fair Park
1121 1st Ave, Dallas, TX 75210

Get yours today at www.soulrep.org

Up next for Soul Rep: Michele Riml's, SEXY LAUNDRY, an entertaining exploration of a middle aged couple's attempt to reinvigorate their marriage and love life! Starring a dynamic duo cast of Tonya Holloway, Soul Rep Co-Founder and Co-Associate Artistic Director of Film, and veteran actor, Bill Hass; directed by Co-Associate Artistic Director of Theater, Dee Smith.

The production runs just in time for Valentine's - February 10 -12 & 15 - 18 at the Margo Jones Theater in Fair Park. Tickets are $25 and are on sale now! Make it a date night and get yours today at www.soulrep.org

Soul Rep's season is sponsored in part by generous support from TACA (The Arts Community Alliance), City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, and Moody Fund for the Arts.

Photo by Malcolm H Photos

01/18/2023

Don't miss Fine Arts Chamber Players 4th Hallam Family FREE Concert - "Renaissance."

In this concert of pieces for violin, viola, and cello, listeners trace the entirety of classical evolution, from the earliest, pre-instrumental works for voices alone to the revolutionary innovations found in modern string writing.

Register today to get your ticket ➡ https://bit.ly/3Wnvnov

01/18/2023

Thank you to everyone that attended Dallas D6 Arts “Get money. Make Art.” at Daisha Board Gallery and a BIG THANK YOU to our amazing panelist from City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, TACA (The Arts Community Alliance), Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District (DTPID), and the Emergency Artists Support League (EASL) that talked about opportunities for artist grants, funding, and emergency support for individual artists and arts organizations.

Side note please join us TODAY for an in Person Open Office Hours for Round 3 ArtsActivate at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (223 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208) from 4-6 p.m.

To learn and apply for ArtsActivate Round 3 visit https://bit.ly/3SeG2QY

01/17/2023

The renovation tv series is casting homeowners in the North Dallas area!

An incredible home designer and their team will transform your outdated spaces into a home that fits your needs. There are benefits for the homeowner if you are selected to be on the show!! If you’re ready for a stunning home transformation, we want to hear from you!

Apply to the application below, or email [email protected] for more details, and please share/tell your friends about this opportunity!
http://bit.ly/3XAPWPh

01/17/2023

Get money. Make art.

01/16/2023

Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Lets honor, celebrate, and reflect Dr. Kings's life and legacy.

Visit The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center website
http://www.dallasmlkcenter.com/ to check out their upcoming events.

01/15/2023

Photos from South Dallas Cultural Center's post

01/13/2023

The 2023 Equity Indicators Symposium

A BIG thank you to the City of Dallas Office of Equity & Inclusion for the updates and GREAT panelist. There is still plenty of work yet to be done but heading towards the right direction. Visit links below for more information and how you can be part of the Racial Equity Plan.

RACIAL EQUITY PLAN: http://bit.ly/3ZxCjC9
OFFICE INFORMATION: http://bit.ly/3CIhFFt

01/12/2023

Check out some opportunities and celebrations honoring the legendary Martin Luther King.

01/11/2023

Come and join us at the Latino Cultural Center on their first TIANGUIS Community Market!

¡Ven y visitarnos en el Centro Cultural Latino en su primer Mercado Comunitario, TIANGUIS!

and are teaming up to bring you the series! Our first market is from 3pm-7pm!
Vendors please send a direct message for more info!

01/11/2023

Photos from City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture's post

01/10/2023

Usama Khalid, PUNJABI COWBOY

Don't miss this weekend opening reception at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center of "Punjabi Cowboy" featuring the work of Dallas-based artist Usama Khalid.

In Punjabi Cowboy, Khalid pays homage to immigrant fathers, who like his own, move their families in search of opportunity. The paintings layered with collaged photographs and fabrics “touch on pivotal moments in his father’s life”. Tender in their ex*****on, they embody the bond he has to Pakistan. His sculptural self-portraits further explore his Pakistani identity and the complex relationship to one’s homeland.

When: Saturday, January 14, 6-8 p.m.
Where: 223 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, TX 75208
Exhibition through: January 14 – February 11, 2023

The Oak Cliff Cultural Center is pleased to present Punjabi Cowboy, featuring the work of Dallas-based artist Usama Khalid. The exhibition runs January 14 – February 11, 2023 at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center and opens with a reception and communal Punjabi BBQ on Saturday, January 14, 6:00 – 8:00...

01/08/2023

Photos from Oak Cliff Cultural Center's post

01/06/2023

Feliz Día de Reyes 👑👑👑

No se te olvide la semana que viene una variedad de actividades que incluyen pintura facial, música, un payaso, espectáculos de danza y más.

Cuándo: 14 de enero de 5-9 pm
Dónde: Latino Cultural Center
2600 Live Oak St Dallas, TX 75204

01/05/2023

Mayor's Suite Art Exhibition - City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Mayor's Suite Art Exhibition
Overview
The Mayor’s Office is looking for Dallas-based African American artists to participate in an exhibition to be displayed in the Mayor’s suite.
Apply today! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Mayor’s Office & The Office of Art & Culture are looking for Dallas-based African American artists to participate in an exhibition to be displayed in the Mayor’s Suite. Submission deadline: Friday, January 20, 2023, by 5 p.m. To read the Call for Entries and download the entry form, visit th...

01/04/2023

Women leaders of color are leaving arts groups. Here are 6 ways to change that

Women leaders of color are leaving arts groups. Here are 6 ways to change that

Women leaders in the arts from across the U.S. share what groups can do to retain leaders like them.

01/03/2023

Check out artist Andrea Tosten new exhibition "She Blinded Them With Science" at South Dallas Cultural Center.

She Blinded Them With Science continues Andrea Tosten's body of work using text and pattern to explore social constructs, binary thinking, and the nature of existence. Her works on paper incorporate the processes of hand-lettering, drawing, origami and the zoetrope. Working with a minimal amount of materials is important to her to convey a silent strength with a sense of the ephemeral nature of each moment in reflection upon a prominent figure of my culture, Queen Nanny, leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons, who was almost erased from history.

When: Exhibition through February 4, 2023
Office hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 9 AM - 5 PM
Where: 3400 S Fitzhugh Ave Dallas, TX 75210

01/03/2023

📢 ArtsActivate 2023 Round 3 starts TODAY!
Click link to join for a Virtual Information Session today January 3rd at 5:30 p.m.
➡ https://bit.ly/3GcVSqC

01/03/2023

Kalita Humphreys Theater Master Plan - City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture

New Year, New Plans! Check out the NEW Dallas Theater Center Kalita Humphreys Theater Master Plan.

A LETTER FROM DALLAS THEATER CENTER On December 27, 1959, fans of theater and architecture from around the world looked to Dallas, Texas, as a brand-new company, Dallas Theater Center (DTC), presented its first public performance. The play, Of Time and the River, was directed by the theater’s foun...

01/02/2023

Be More Chill

Moody Performance Hall is exited to bring you "BE MORE CHILL" presented by Junior Players.

Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about "The Squip" - a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most. But is being the most popular guy in school worth the risk? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi, Be More Chill takes on the competing voices in all of our heads. And ultimately proves, there's never been a better time in history to be yourself.

When: January 5-8, 2023
Where: 2520 Flora St.
Dallas, TX 75201

Get your tickets today at https://www.juniorplayers.org/events_tickets/junior-players-tickets/be-more-chill.html

Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about

01/02/2023

SDCC Music Lounge powered by Sofar Sounds

📢📢 Attention LIVE music lovers! South Dallas Cultural Center is partnering with Sofar Sounds through the month of January to bring an immersive live music, expect three local and diverse artists, great vibes, and a whole lot of magic.

For tickets and more information visit link below! ⬇⬇⬇⬇

SDCC Music Lounge powered by Sofar Sounds | Thursday, January 5 | Doors open at 7:00 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center | $20 per ticketLive music lovers! We’re partnering with Sofar Sounds through the month of January to bring an immersive live music experience to our space. Expect three local a...

01/02/2023

Theatre, poetry, music and more this January 2023!

01/01/2023

12/31/2022

Counting Down to 2023: Ring in the New Year at These Dallas-Fort Worth Events

Counting Down to 2023!
Check some NYE events happening around DFW.

It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023! Here is a list events happening across Dallas-Fort Worth for New Year’s Eve.

12/31/2022

The Oak Cliff Cultural Center is pleased to present Punjabi Cowboy, featuring the work of Dallas-based artist Usama Khalid. The exhibition runs January 14 – February 11, 2023 at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center and opens with a reception and communal Punjabi BBQ on Saturday, January 14, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.

A first-generation Pakistani-American, Khalid’s miniature paintings and self-referential sculptures address memory, identity, food, immigration, terrorism and Pakistani culture.
In Punjabi Cowboy, Khalid pays homage to immigrant fathers, who like his own, move their families in search of opportunity. The paintings layered with collaged photographs and fabrics “touch on pivotal moments in his father’s life”. Tender in their ex*****on, they embody the bond he has to Pakistan. His sculptural self-portraits further explore his Pakistani identity and the complex relationship to one’s homeland.

Unbound from working in the traditional mediums of art, Khalid began implementing cooking and social gatherings into his work as a graduate student. Alongside his exhibition of paintings and sculpture, Khalid will organize a communal gathering centered around Punjabi BBQ to coincide with the reception. Punjabi BBQ has its own identity fusing Texas brisket with Punjabi spices. Exploring the dichotomy of his identity as a Pakistani-American through food, Khalid feels he can “recall the joy of past family gatherings and bring a humanitarian aspect to his work”. It is an honoring of his father, his specific identity, and his homeland.

Usama Khalid was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1993, and raised in North Texas. He spent every summer in Pakistan through his childhood and teenage years. He received his BFA in painting from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2018, and his MFA in Intermedia from Southern Methodist University in 2021. Usama has presented his work in exhibitions, cookouts, and other events at the Dallas Museum of Art, SweetPass Sculpture Park, 500X Gallery and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his fiancé and three dogs.

12/30/2022

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Mayor's Suite Art Exhibition

Overview
The Mayor’s Office is looking for Dallas-based African American artists to participate in an exhibition to be displayed in the Mayor’s suite.

Apply today! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXDALLAS/bulletins/33f279b

12/29/2022

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Inc. presents Fathers of Black Soul.
Get your tickets TODAY! ⬇⬇⬇

Fathers of Black Soul Concert is coming to TBAAL and you seats are selling fast. Call 214.743.2400 or visit TBAAL.org and make sure you are in the building.

12/29/2022

First Steps with Avant Chamber Ballet: Ages 4 - 7

🩰 First Steps with Avant Chamber Ballet 🩰

South Dallas Cultural Center and Avant Chamber Ballet present First Steps, a free 10-week series of dance classes on Wednesday evenings. The classes introduce rhythm and expression through movement and is taught by ACB professional dancer Katie Puder.

Wednesday classes will be for ages 4 – 7. All First Steps programs are free with registration.

They also have a class for ages 8-10 on Fridays- https://form.jotform.com/223525867909166

Click link for more information and registration. ⬇⬇⬇

First Steps with Avant Chamber Ballet | Wednesdays from January 11 – March 15 | 4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center | FreeSouth Dallas Cultural Center and Avant Chamber Ballet present First Steps, a free 10-week series of dance classes on Wednesday evenings. The classes introduc...

12/29/2022

📢 ArtsActivate 2023 Round 3 starting January 3, 2023!
For more information visit: https://bit.ly/3SeG2QY

📢 ¡ArtsActivate 2023 Rounda 3 a partir del 3 de enero de 2023! Para obtener más información, visite: https://bit.ly/3I2isEW

12/28/2022

Auditions for FLAMENCO BLACK

Auditions for FLAMENCO BLACK

12/28/2022

American Indian artist Brian Larney uses a mix of art, activism to chronicle Indigenous history

American Indian artist Brian Larney uses a mix of art, activism to chronicle Indigenous history.

Larney, a Choctaw of Oklahoma and a Seminole Nation citizen, explores in his work the intersection of racial identity, cultural struggles, and the history of his native nations.

12/27/2022

Call for Entries – 2023 El Corazón Exhibition

🚨❤️🚨 ATTENTION ARTIST🚨❤️🚨

The Bath House Cultural Center and exhibition curator, Jose Vargas, invite Texas visual artists to submit entries for the 28th Annual El Corazón art exhibition.

Deadline to register is Saturday, January 7, 2023.
Register today! ⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇

Download a PDF version of this prospectusEntries Deadline: Saturday, January 7, 2023Applications close at midnight, Central TimeAll entries must be submitted online at https://dallasoac.awardsplatform.comRead the exhibition guidelines carefully before submitting your

12/27/2022

Be More Chill

Moody Performance Hall is exited to bring you "BE MORE CHILL" presented by Junior Players.

Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about "The Squip" - a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most. But is being the most popular guy in school worth the risk? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi, Be More Chill takes on the competing voices in all of our heads. And ultimately proves, there's never been a better time in history to be yourself.

When: January 5-8, 2023
Where: 2520 Flora St.
Dallas, TX 75201

Get your tickets today at https://www.juniorplayers.org/events_tickets/junior-players-tickets/be-more-chill.html

Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about