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Published January 20, 2017 Friday Photos , Just for Fun Closed
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Have you ever explored your own city as if you were a tourist? While the Dallas Museum of Art will always be my number #1 spot to spend time in the Metroplex, I thought I would share a few of my favorite places alongside works from the DMA’s collection. You might just discover a new hangout in your hometown!

Klyde Warren Park

Located right across the street from the DMA in Downtown Dallas, this amazing urban park is built over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway. Pick up something tasty from one of the many food trucks, take a stroll with your pup to My Best Friend’s Park, or enjoy free public programming ranging from dance classes to outdoor concerts and films. What I love most about Klyde Warren Park is how it serves as a gathering space for the community.

Martha E. Keech, Baltimore, Maryland, “Album” quilt, c. 1861, Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous centennial gift
Adolf Dehn, Lake in Central Park, 1947, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mrs. Alfred L. Bromberg
Lunch from the Nammi Truck
Robert Philipp, In the Park, n.d., Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mrs. Alfred L. Bromberg

Dallas Farmers Market

When I travel, one of my favorite things to do is visit the local market. Happily, the Dallas Farmers Market is one of my all-time favorites with seasonal fruits and veggies, local goodies, and fun events. Visit The Shed at the Dallas Farmers Market on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to buy directly from farmers, ranchers, and artisans (if you’re lucky, you can also enjoy some samples!) The Market is open daily and offers local specialty foods and artisanal vendors. Where else can you pick up locally grown produce, honor Texas music with a Willie Waylon George & Beyonce t-shirt, and take a wine and cheese appreciation class?

“Cabbage” tureen and cover, sceaux factory (French, Born 1748), c. 1755
Gulf oysters from Rex’s Fresh Seafood in The Market
Adolphe Monticelli, Still Life with Sardines and Sea-Urchins, 1880–1882, Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection
Vendors inside The Shed
The Market
Isabel Bishop, Snack Bar, 1959, Dallas Museum of Art, Johnette Atkins Walp Memorial Fund
Gustave Courbet, Still Life with Apples, Pear, and Pomegranates, 1871 or 1872, Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection
Homemade pickled garlic
Goodies at Lone Chimney Mercantile

The Foundry & Chicken Scratch

I might be in hot water with my colleagues for revealing our favorite lunch spot, but Chicken Scratch is too good to miss! The fried chicken, biscuits, and coconut waffles are all a special treat (we’ve contemplated, but never ordered their big salad bowls…we’ll try them next time…maybe), and the design of the space is comfy and eclectic: shipping containers delineate the boundary of the patio and a stage made out of reused pallets created by Gary Buckner of Stash Design sits outside of The Foundry, the laid-back bar next to Chicken Scratch. Definitely give Chicken Scratch a try – just be sure to leave us a table!

Otis Dozier, Cactus and Crow,1947, Dallas Museum of Art, Ted Dealey Prize, Eighteenth Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 1947
Fried-chicken and coconut waffles
Napkin ring in the shape of a chicken, c. 1930, Dallas Museum of Art, the Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, bequest of Patsy Lacy Griffith
Lovely cacti on the patio
Janet E. Turner, Chickens, c. 1948, Dallas Museum of Art, Richard H. McLarry Prize, 2nd Southwestern Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, 1949
The FAST team enjoying lunch

As we move into the new year, I’m looking forward to visiting old favorites and playing tourist while exploring more of the Metroplex. What are your favorite places to visit in DFW?

Lindsay O’Connor
Manager of Docent and Teacher Programs

Friday Photos: Medieval and Marvelous

Published January 13, 2017 Friday Photos Closed
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Mesmerized by the Middle Ages? Stop by the Dallas Museum of Art now through March 19 to explore Art and Nature in the Middle Ages. Pick up the Medieval and Marvelous Scavenger Hunt when you visit and use clues to search the exhibition for textiles, jewelry, stained glass and more!

Image details courtesy of the Musée de Cluny, musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris
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Jessica Fuentes
Manager of Gallery Interpretation and the Center for Creative Connections

Friday Photos: Canines vs Felines

Published January 6, 2017 Friday Photos Closed
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Since the arrival of Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, the DMA has been serving some serious cat-titude. We’ve spent the past few months celebrating these awesome animal companions in several different ways: families could enjoy our Friendly Felines family guide while others could really get into the spirit of the exhibition with the Divine Felines Spotify playlist.

However, as a dog person, I think man’s best friend could use a little more attention. Here are a few of our dearest dogs matched against some of our favorite felines from the collection. Which would you prefer?

Jean-baptiste Oudry, Water Spaniel Confronting a Heron, 1722, Lent by the Michael L. Rosenberg Foundation.
Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom, 1846-1847, Dallas Museum of Art, The Art Museum League Fund.
John White Alexander, Miss Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt (later Mrs. Langdon Geer), 1901-1902, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation in memory of Pauline Gill Sullivan.
Thomas Sully, Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire, 1843, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation.
Mythical aso, 19th century, Dallas Museum of Art, The Roberta Coke Camp Fund and the Museum League Purchase Fund.
Sword ornament in the form of a lion, mid-20th century, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.

Make sure you visit Divine Felines before the exhibition closes this Sunday, January 8!

Jessica Thompson
Manager of Teen Programs

Friday Photos: Family for All

Published December 30, 2016 Friday Photos , Just for Fun Closed
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It’s all smiles when you’re part of the DMA family!
Sensory play at the October Autism Awareness Family Celebration.
Meaningful Moments participant Sue and her granddaughter work on an activity in the galleries.

We know there’s no one definition of family.

There’s family we’re given and family we choose,
Family we luck into, family we couldn’t bear to lose,
Family that’s near and family we miss every day,
Family for hugs and reminding, “It’ll all be okay!”
From parents to grandparents, sister to brothers
(All those whom we couldn’t replace with any others),
Aunts, uncles, and cousins – the list never ends,
Coworkers and communities, good friends and best friends,
And let’s not forget pets! Dogs and cats, too,
For a friendly tail wag or nuzzle when we’re blue.
Let us wish for your holidays (should you celebrate any –
I won’t name them all for I know there are many):
Enjoy some time with your family, be it minutes or hours,
And please know we’re so grateful to count you in ours.

Drawing time together in Toddler Art.
Families know that teamwork makes the dream work.
Some of our littlest family members meet our bluest family member, Arturo.
Members of our All Access Art family!
Donna and Steve of our Meaningful Moments family decorate greek amphoras together.

With love,

Jennifer Sheppard (and everyone else at the DMA!)
Teaching Specialist

Friday Photos: Imagination Station

Published December 16, 2016 Friday Photos Closed
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Laura Owens, Untitled, 2004, The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art through the TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund © Laura Owens.

The Go van Gogh program brings the Dallas Museum of Art to Pre-K through 6th grade students in schools throughout North Texas free of charge. This week the Go Van Gogh team took one of their programs: Imaginary Worlds, to an after school program at the Salvation Army Pleasant Grove Center. The Students looked closely at works of art and created their own imaginary creatures, with their own worlds, inspired by Laura Owens’ Untitled.

The students really let their creativity and imagination shine and their creations were out of this world!

Go van Gogh is currently preparing for the spring semester of the school year. More information about how your class can enjoy the program can be found here.

Marta Torres
McDermott Graduate Intern for Visitor Engagement

Friday Photos: Message Received

Published December 9, 2016 Friday Photos 1 Comment
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Earlier this fall, the Center for Creative Connections installed various communication devices that span several decades of the 20th century. By displaying these works of art together, we encourage visitors to consider the ways that communication has changed over the years and to notice the design ideas that have remained the same.

Recently, we added a writing activity at a nearby table so that visitors would have the opportunity to put down their smartphones and take a moment to hand-write or type a letter. Visitors of all ages have been especially taken by the typewriter. It’s been fun to see the look of joy come over faces of visitors who are sitting down to use a typewriter for the first time, or revisiting an old, familiar experience.

The typed responses we’ve received so far are often cryptic and intriguing like these:

The Minotaur Pumpkin

Though my favorite response has been this hand-written jewel by a 9-year-old:

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Stop by the Center for Creative Connections during your next visit to the DMA and take a moment to share your thoughts or write a letter to a friend.

Jessica Fuentes
Manager of Gallery Interpretation and the Center for Creative Connections

Friday Photos: Egypt’s Youngest Queens!

Published November 18, 2016 Friday Photos Closed
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During our recent Divine Felines themed Arturo’s Art and Me Family Workshop, some of the participants pretended to be the ancient queens we learned about. Here they are in all their regalia!

The royal kiddos learned about how the Ancient Egyptians loved their cats so much that they gave them fancy jewelry to wear and turned them into mummies once they passed away. They then made their own bejeweled cat sculptures out of Model Magic and a personalized sarcophagus for them. Here are some of the finished kitties!

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Our next Arturo’s Art and Me Workshops take place on December 7, 8, and 10th. Click here for more info!

Grace Diepenbrock
McDermott Intern for Family and Access Teaching

Friday Photos: Feline Good at the DMA

Published November 4, 2016 Friday Photos Closed
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It’s been almost a month since Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt opened here at the DMA and it’s been purrfectly amazing how much our visitors have enjoyed the exhibition. In addition to over eighty ancient objects, the exhibition also features an educational space which offers interactive learning opportunities.

At the sound wall, you can listen to stories of deities in Ancient Egyptian mythology, courtesy of our favorite storyteller Ann Marie Newman.

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The goddess Bastet, whose head is cat-shaped.

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Images (left to right): Cat’s Head, Egypt, Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.–3rd century C.E., bronze and gold, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.114; Sphinx of King Sheshenq, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22–Dynasty 23, c. 945–718 B.C.E., bronze, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.586; Standing Lion-Headed Goddess, Egypt, Late Period or later, 664–30 B.C.E., faience, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.943E

You can also smell the perfumes, oils and incense that played an important role in Ancient Egyptian daily life and the afterlife. Experience the scents a Pharaoh might have encountered in an ancient temple, or those the embalmer might have smelled while preparing a mummy for the afterlife.

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Reading Area and Scent Bar

You can also find a selection of objects in this area that are part of the Museum’s own collection, so be sure to hunt down the felines we have present all across the Museum!

Kathie Lostetter, Figure of Jaguar Goddess, 2016, lent by Anne Bromberg
Thomas Sully, Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire, 1843 Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation
Pair of guardian lions, Nepal, 1815, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of David T. Owsley via the Alvin and Lucy Owsley Foundation
Sword ornament in the form of a lion, Ghana Asante peoples, mid-20th century, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.

A selection of these works can be found in our Cats Across the Collection self-guided tour and our Feline Friendly Family Guide. And don’t forget to check out all the upcoming exhibition programs here. We’re not kitten around when we say a visit to the Museum is the purrfect fall activity for all our cat-lovers out there!

Marta Torres
McDermott Graduate Intern for Visitor Engagement

Friday Photos: A Better World Is…

Published October 28, 2016 Community Connection , Friday Photos Closed
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Claire Nilson’s vision for a better world.

What does a better world look like to you? Yesterday I joined my friends from The Stewpot Art Program for an afternoon of music, art, and fun at The Stewpot’s annual talent show in beautiful Encore Park Dallas. And to top it all, my mom is visiting from Charleston and had the opportunity to meet some of the amazing artists who participate in our Stewpot partnership here at the DMA.

The theme of this year’s talent show was “A Better World Is…” Members of the Stewpot community used their outstanding talents to explore their vision for a better world – categories encompassed fine art, spoken word, essays and poetry, voice, and instrumentals. We certainly did not envy the judges! The afternoon included original compositions, powerful meditations on the role each of us plays in creating a better world, and a rocking version of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.”

Suffice to say, we have some amazingly talented members of our North Texas community at The Stewpot! Please be sure to mark your calendar for The Stewpot Art Program’s upcoming show at the Dallas Public Library and check out other opportunities to support this wonderful community outreach program. As one participant observed, “A better world starts when we realize we’re here to learn to be better and make the world a better place.”

Sam Cooper’s “Eclipse.”
Hoover poses with his work.
The Stewpot Artists’ work on display.
Mystery poses with her work.
Charles William’s “Carry A Broken Spirit.”
Edwin Fuller’s “Dark Castle, Bright Skies.”
Donald of Dallas’ “A Better World Is Circles in the Sand and an Ice Cream Cone.”
Luis Arsipe poses with his work.

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Lindsay O’Connor
Manager of Docent and Teacher Programs

Friday Photos: #inktober

Published October 21, 2016 Friday Photos Closed
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Some of you might have noticed the #inktober hashtag popping up on your Insta feed recently. Inktober is an incredible project for artists and illustrators that occurs every year for the month of October. The creators set prompts for each day of the month, then artists create an original drawing using ink as the primary medium. It’s a great way to discover new ways of working and new artists to follow, and super fun to see how people from across the world respond to the theme of the day.

In honor of #inktober2016, this is my response to today’s prompt, big. I decided to do a sketch of one of the biggest pieces of art I could think of at the Museum: Ellsworth Kelly’s sculpture, Untitled.

Ellsworth Kelly, Untitled, 1982–1983, Dallas Museum of Art, commission made possible through funds donated by Michael J. Collins and matching grants from The 500, Inc., and the 1982 Tiffany & Company benefit opening, © Ellsworth Kelly.
This sketch was done with Pigma Micron Pens and a Faber Castel Brush Pen.

This sculpture is outside in our sculpture garden, surrounded by trees and beautiful water features. It’s a gorgeous place to sit and sketch, read, or just relax in the fresh fall weather!

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Reinforce your own positive drawing habits by participating with the remaining prompts this month. And if you’re a teen–or know a teen–interested in learning more about outdoor observational drawing, register for our Teen Workshop on the subject this Saturday!

Grace Diepenbrock
McDermott Intern for Family and Access Teaching

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