Dallas/Ft Worth
Focus: Fred Tomaselli
The art of Fred Tomaselli is refreshing in its clean, clear, unreconstructed negotiation of technology.
Acting in Texas: Justin Locklear
Justin Locklear is currently appearing in Mike Bartlett's COCK at Second Thought Theatre in Dallas through Feb. 22. A graduate of Baylor University with a BFA in Theater Performance, Locklear's recent regional credits include Dreams of Slaughtered Sheep and Best Seat In Town with the Ochre House Theater, and T.N.B. With the Dead White Zombies.
New Opera for a New Millennium
Imagine: it’s an evening in Spring, and stars dot the city sky.
In Touch with the “Cave-Wall Mindset”
Dallas-based artist David Bates is the subject of a two-venue retrospective at the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.
Museum in Transition
One of my most powerful art memories of 2013 is visiting the traveling exhibition 30 Americans, which presented important works by contemporary African American artists, on July 4, a free day at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Adela Andea – Zero Degrees Celsius
In her current body of work, Conroe-based artist Adela Andea uses lenticulars.
Hopper Drawing & Robert Smithson in Texas
A little Edward Hopper goes a long way with me, though I can’t picture American art without him.
Street Classical
The Pico-Union barrio in Los Angeles may seem a far cry from Sophocles’ Ancient Greece, but in Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus el Rey, the classic tragedy plays out on the streets.
Maverick Movers: Danielle Georgiou
Danielle Georgiou is a dance installation and video performance artist based in Dallas, TX. Her work has been shown across Texas, New York (Horton Gallery), California (Rogue Fringe Festival), Florida (Bosch Film Festival), and Oregon (Portland’s Experimental Film Festival).
Review: Theatre Three – On the Eve
A year ago in the tiny Margo Jones Theatre in Fair Park, a brand new musical swept up Dallas audiences into a time-traveling story.
8 Standouts in Dallas Theater in 2013
The sheer amount of theater in Dallas can be overwhelming. To make this list, I found myself re-reading reviews and poring through notes about the hundreds of shows performed in 2013 alone.