If there’s one thing that unites people, it’s music. It’s been called the universal language, because well, everyone can participate. As rebellious teenagers, we used it to explain ourselves; we create soundtracks for our daily lives; we get pumped up before a morning run. And in light of all of…
When I think of westerns, I think of sitting in front of my grandpa’s oversized television, chowing down on delivery pizza and watching John Wayne, or Poppa’s favorite, Bonanza. He had an unparralled love for the drawn-out fights between cowboys and Indians, and the melodramatic love stories of a handsome…
Remember when we looked at Austin with a glimmer of envy? I’m writing this down to remind the children. The ones who will remember seeing The Lego Movie, chomping down on good pizza, while their parents guzzled adult milkshakes. The ones who won’t remember movie theaters reeking of hot dogs…
Jesse Morgan Barnett & Jeff Gibbons It’s a rare opportunity to see two of the smartest artists working in Dallas in the same venue. Which is why you’ll want to head to the Goss Michael Foundation’s exhibition openings from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Jesse Morgan Barnett mines his own life to…
You pretty people made Saturday night memorable. Forever Artopia 2015 will live as a twinkle of good times that we’ll relive in photos like these by photographers Mike Brooks and Kathy Tran. You were there, taking selfies in front of the Love Me Back neon sign, designed to bring to…
Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. A long time professional dancer with Metropolitan Classical Ballet, Katie Puder has spend much of her life in Dallas on her toes. And like a good dancer, when it was time to take a step…
You’ll need to stop slacking now. There’s nothing left to think about. The weekend is here and if you want to party with us, you’ll need a ticket. And you want to party with us. Trust. Click over to ticketfly.com and buy that Artopia ticket now. We’ll wait. Need to…
I’ve not always been good at museums. Raised by a mother who understood the value of sticking her kids into artistic experiences in a family who liked to travel, I was more often the daughter piddling around the museum shop with my Dad, looking for a good souvenir to show…
Artopia 2015 Do some laundry, you’re going out this weekend! If you only make it to one art party a year, make it this one. Because if the Observer knows how to do one thing, it’s long form journalism… oh, and throw a bombass party. You’ll hear music from favorite…
“Wanna see some shapes?” this is the innocent question you’ll likely hear from artist Randy Guthmiller. To view the world as a collection of shapes is his modus operandi. For Guthmiller everything and nothing is a shape. (You’re a shape. I’m a shape.) And for his artistic practice he creates…
We want you to be at Artopia this year, truly. We want you to witness the splendor of music duo French 75 and the shape-shifting madness of George Quartz. We want Confetti Eddie to magically transform your evening before you explore the “Dr Gorilla” Interactive Art Forest by David Rodriguez…
They break down barriers and find new ways to communicate. They take risks, but maintain the self-discipline required to create. They venture to the boundaries of art to bring back new discoveries, and they dedicate themselves to preserving what’s already here and valuable. In countless ways, they keep Dallas’ culture…
In her early 20s, at the beginning of her career as a professional dancer, Katelyn Harris thought she knew everything there is to know about tap dance. Then she started attending festivals. Part dance workshops and part performances, these weekend long events aren’t just places to work with some of…
Carolyn Sortor’s Seismic Hive In a city with far too little video art, and an audience with little to no understanding of how to wade into the small pool that does exist, this weekend brings us exciting exhibition. Intermedia artist Carolyn Sortor works in whatever medium catches her interest. For…
Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Let’s just skip to the point we’d like to make about Jordan Roth, shall we? If a gallerist is his artists’ pimp, he isn’t your typical gallerist. Because Roth, who runs the downtown Ro2 Art…
This time last year, we were gushing over the Texas Theatre’s Life Aquatic parody. The favorite theater of discerning Dallas filmlovers, this Oak Cliff den of entertainment created the adorable sweded film as a promo for its first 2nd annual art auction/ Susie Sue/ Animal Charity fundraiser – an event…
Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Some of the best art shows in Dallas happen in the smallest spaces. Take The Safe Room at the Texas Theatre, the lovely little room turned gallery tucked away at the top of the mostly…
One of my first swings and misses at art was a small painting of a zebra. I’m fairly certain my big sister told me I got the stripes wrong. Black on white, not white on black, or something similarly absurd. Not that it mattered because it was barely recognizable as…
Flowers of War In grad school I spent one winter break in Los Angeles, which of course required a trip to Malibu to visit, among other sites, the Adamson House, known in some circles as the “Taj Mahal of Tile.” Since then, I’ve moved back to Dallas and fallen eyes…
Don’t be threatened. Just because the list of musicians and artists involved with Artopia grows cooler, doesn’t mean you won’t belong. This rowdy little art party belongs to all of us. It belongs to the hipsters of Bishop Arts, the fratty guys in Uptown, the cool cats in the Design…
I’ve never seen so many uncomfortable people in an art gallery on a Saturday night. RO2 Art’s display of Joachim West’s Mother Earth Is a Dirty Whore had people crowding around his drawings, pointing at penises and asking questions like, “Is that her ass?” or “He’s licking her where?” Some…
Finding Sərj is a little bit tricky. It’s tucked into a downtown building on St. Paul just off the DART line. It’s not a heavily trafficked area, with no businesses in the surrounding blocks open past quitting time. It opened at the end of October 2014 and our food writer…
