100 Dallas Creatives: No. 44 Artistic Integrator Erica Felicella

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Erica Felicella is endlessly likable. That she would be a driving force behind one of the city’s coolest art events comes as little surprise after spending an afternoon with her. This executive director of Art…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 45 Absorbing Artist Jeff Gibbons

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. The art of Jeff Gibbons defies definition. His work is anything but straightforward, often subduing any obvious meaning in its layers of media. His art spans genres and takes on an interior life that requires…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 46 Purposive Chef Chad Houser

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Chad Houser loves his job. The former co-chef-owner at Parigi in Oak Lawn is living his dream, and giving the same opportunity to disadvantaged youths everyday, as Executive Director and Head Chef of Café Momentum…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 48 Technological Painter John Pomara

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. John Pomara exhibited artwork before the Internet. With degrees in studio art, and exhibitions on his resume dating back to the 80’s, it was more than a decade into his practice before he took an…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 50 Dallas Arts District

The midpoint of this list seemed the appropriate time to acknowledge the Dallas Arts District. Decades in the making, the Dallas Arts District signals not only the city’s dedication to the arts, but is a significant promise to future generations. It’s reshaped how Dallas thinks and talks about the arts,…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 52 Flowering Fashioner Lucy Dang

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. 
By Michelle Foster Planted in Dallas and blossomed in New York, Lucy Dang is back to…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 54 Performance Pioneer Katherine Owens

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. Katherine Owens has made her mark on Dallas as founder and artistic director of the critically…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 56 Offbeat Intellect Thomas Riccio

About once a year, the city of Dallas is treated to the offbeat, immersive theater of the Dead White Zombies. Seeing one of the troupe’s shows is unlike any play you’ve seen before. You don’t settle into a plush, comfortable seat. There’s nothing comfortable about the shows at all -…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 57 Inquisitive Sculptor Val Curry

“I don’t know if I’ve made any significant contributions other than following the advice of an early mentor to ‘keep making art’,” says Val Curry, sculptor and installation artist about making art in Dallas. But he’s probably wrong about that. This guy is one of the most interesting people you…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 58 Man of Mystery Edward Ruiz

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. Edward Ruiz. Confetti Eddie. The man with the giant dinosaur outside of his studio. You might…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 59 Adventurous Filmmaker Toby Halbrooks

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. “Sorry if the reception’s bad, I’m headed into a national sequoia forest,” Toby Halbrooks says, answering…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 60 Rising Talent Michelle Rawlings

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. Michelle Rawlings is one of the emerging Dallas-based painters we’ll be able to say “we knew…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 62 Virtuosic Violinist Nathan Olson

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. When I meet him for coffee, Nathan Olson is sporting a new look — a thick…

100 Dallas Creatives: No. 63 Fresh Perspective Kelsey Leigh Ervi

Mixmaster presents “100 Creatives,” in which we feature cultural entrepreneurs of Dallas in random order. Know an artistic mind who deserves a little bit of blog love? Email lauren.smart@dallasobserver.com with the whos and whys. When Kelsey Leigh Ervi graduated from Baylor University, moving to Dallas would’ve been an obvious choice…