With the start of September, new art abounds in North Texas. From the abundance of opening receptions to art talks and art walks, there’s little chance you’ll be able to see it all this weekend — but that’s not going to stop you from trying, is it? From the seasoned art aficionado to the uninitiated, September is one of the best times to discover what makes DFW such a thriving art scene.
Here are some of the weekend’s highlights in art happenings:
Alison Jardine’s first solo exhibition with Erin Cluley Gallery explores her love of nature and a concern for its future. Her current series, Urban Flora, consists of cement casts of plastic bags found in nature and imbued with charcoal and pigments.
When: Book signing @ 5 p.m./Reception @ 6 p.m.
Where: Erin Cluley Gallery, 414 Fabrication Street (Dallas)
Cassandra Emswiler Burd and Lucia Simek
The Art Beef collective presents an exhibition in their Expo Park gallery of new works from Dallas artists Lucia Simek and Cassandra Emswiler Burd. Emswiler Burd is probably best known for her tiled transformation of one of the gallery spaces at Dallas Contemporary. Both women have day jobs at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Cleaver runs from Sept. 2-30.
When: Reception @ 7 p.m.
Where: Beefhaus, 833 Exposition Avenue (Dallas)
Cedar Hill’s Sly Cat Gallery has a new show, Alter Ego, featuring works from Theresa Brooks, June Covington, Laura Davidson, Christine Engebretsen, Curtis Frederick, Sarah Graham, Sandra Morante, David Ross, Hannah Tyler, and Ricky Dean Wyrick.
When: Reception @ 6 p.m.
Where: Sly Cat Gallery, 206 South Broad Street (Cedar Hill)
CYDONIA will feature works from Michael Dumontier, Micah Lexier, Trish Tillman, and Emi Winter in the Homecoming exhibition, which is just one of the many shows you can catch as part of the Fort Worth Art Dealer’s Association’s (FWADA) Fall Gallery Night Saturday. Most FWADA member galleries will be open from noon to 9 p.m.
When: Reception @ 6 p.m.
Where: CYDONIA, 2955 Crockett Street (Fort Worth)
David Conn
The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), located in Fort Worth, hosts a collection of paintings and prints from local printmaker and Shaw Street Studio founder David Conn. Conn is an expert in the creation of linocuts, a printmaking technique where artists use carved linoleum blocks as a relief surface. The result is an intricate weaving of lines reminiscent of a dense forest. Paintings and Prints 2000- 2016 will be open from Sept. 8 – Oct. 26.
When: Reception @ 6 p.m.
Where: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1700 University Drive (Fort Worth)
Zhuang Hong Yi
Chinese contemporary artist Zhuang Hong Yi presents new works at an introductory solo exhibition at Laura Rathe Fine Art. His vibrant “flower bed” creations are constructed from rice paper, which Hong Yi paints and folds by hand. The result is richly-textured works which beg to be seen up close and from all angles.
When: Reception @ 5 p.m.
Where: Laura Rathe Fine Art, 1130 Dragon Street (Dallas)
More Saturday In Dallas:
Danny Rose & Haylee Ryan — Elsewhere at Jen Mauldin Gallery
Melinda Laszczynski — A Hole A Pool A Moon at Galleri Urbane
Casey Leone — Mr. Smith Goes to Washington at The Reading Room
Sidney Mullis — Preservation of Forgetting at Galleri Urbane
Leticia Huckaby — 40 Acres Gumbo Ya Ya at Liliana Bloch Gallery
ArtCult: An Exhibit of Contemporary Art from East Java at The Artists Showplace Gallery
Kevin Cole — Soundtracks of Color at Saigling House at Haggard Park
Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) Fall Gallery Walk — Samuel Lynne Galleries
Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) Fall Gallery Walk — Bath House Cultural Center
BONNIE & CLYDE: The End at PDNB Gallery
COWBOYS, COWGIRLS AND SOME INDIANS [sic] at PDNB Gallery
Freddie McCoo — Resurface: Artwork at Bath House Cultural Center
The Grid: Order in a Disordered World at SITE131
Geometric Investigations at LuminArte Fine Art Gallery
Acts of Aggression at SMU’s Pollock Gallery
Jen Pack — Resonant Fragments at Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art
Ira Greenberg — Embodied Algorithm: [Re]embracing the Analog at Hawn Exhibition Gallery
Saul Waranch — Visions of Lough Swilly: Lake of Shadows at Haley-Henman Gallery
Saturday in Irving:
BAM! It’s a Picture Book: The Art Behind Graphic Novels at Irving Arts Center
Saturday in Fort Worth:
The Fort Worth Art Collective at the Grackle Art Gallery
The Fort Worth Weavers Guild — Over, Under and Beyond at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Fall Gallery Night at Art on the Boulevard
Lee Hill — Forged Paint: Carefully Crafted at Gallery 414
Other Recent Openings:
Preservation is the Art of the City at Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Chrissy Fitch — Storms of Life at Elm Street Studio
Generations at Janette Keneddy Gallery
Edward Jean Steichen —In Exaltation of Flowers at the Dallas Museum of Art
Shafaq Ahmad — Lifting of Veils to Lights of Mystery at Irving Arts Center
