A r t s G u i d e Dallas Arts Section Association of College & Research Libraries American Library Association Midwinter Conference January 20 to 24, 2012 ArtsGuide Dallas 2012 i Welcome to the ACRL Arts Section’s Guide to Dallas! This selective guide to cultural attractions and events has been created for attendees of the 2012 ALA Midwinter Conference in Dallas, TX. Map of sites listed in this guide See what’s close to you or plot your course by car, foot, or public transit. Google Map version of this guide: http://g.co/maps/3y4mp Public transportation in Dallas Dallas and surrounding communities are served by DART, Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Bus and rail schedules can be accessed online: http://www.dart.org/ Where to search for arts & entertainment The Dallas Observer is Dallas’s alternative weekly: http://www.dallasobserver.com/ Guide Live is full of arts and entertainment listings: http://listings.guidelive.com/z/dallas_tx Dallas Arts Revue for arts listings and calendars: http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/ This Guide has been prepared by Editor: Rachel Martin Cole, Westwood College Contributors: Visual Arts & Museums - Sandry Varry, University of Central Florida Galleries - Gwen Dixie, Dallas Public Library Architecture - Rachel Martin Cole, Westwood College Theatre - Maryke Barber, Hollins University Music - Anna Walker, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago Dance - Jackie Bryan, Saint Leo University *Efforts were made to gather the most up-to-date information for performance dates, but please be sure to confirm by checking the venue web sites provided. ii ArtsGuide Dallas 2012 Table of Contents Introduction and Table of Contents i-iii VISUAL ARTS & MUSEUMS The Crow Collection of Asian Art 1 Dallas Contemporary 1 Dallas Museum of Art 1 Meadows Museum 1 McKinney Avenue Contemporary 2 Museum of Geometric and MADI Art 2 Nasher Sculpture Center 2 ARCHITECTURE Dallas Center for Architecture 2 Arts District Dallas Museum of Art 3 Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 3 AT&T Performing Arts Center 3 Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House 3 Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre 3 Sammons Park 3 Nasher Sculpture Center 4 Main Street District Adolphus Hotel 4 Magnolia Hotel 4 Thanks-Giving Square 4 Bishop Arts District 5 DANCE American Ballet Theatre 5 Plano Metropolitan Ballet 5 Sharp Show 5 GALLERIES Dragon and Slocum Streets (Design District) Craighead Green 6 Holly Johnson 6 Marty Walker 6 Conduit 6 Photographs Do Not Bend 6 ArtsGuide Dallas 2012 iii Table of Contents, continued Sun to Moon 7 Banks Fine Art 7 Deep Ellum Barry Whistler Gallery 7 Kettle Art 7 Uptown David Dike Fine Art 7 MADI Museum and Gallery 7 Dunn and Brown Contemporary 8 Further North Martin Lawrence Gallery 8 Kittrell Riffkind Art Glass 8 Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden 8 MUSIC Rock, Folk Country, etc. Palladium Ballroom 8 Sons of Hermann Hall 9 The Kessler Theater 9 Granada Theater 9 Jazz and Blues Pearl 9 Balcony Club 10 Classical Myerson Symphony Center 10 THEATER Addison Comedy Club 10 Dallas Children’s Theater 10 Dallas Comedy House 11 Dallas Theater Center 11 Pegasus Theatre 11 Pocket Sandwich Theatre 11 Stage West Theatre 11 Theatre Arlington 12 Theatre Three 12 page 1 ArtsGuide Dallas 2012 VISUAL ARTS & MUSUEMS Dallas Museum of Art The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) was founded in 1903. In The Crow Collection of Asian Art 1984 the Museum moved into its current location, as the first arts organization in the newly designated Arts District. The Crow Collection is a permanent set of galleries dedi- The collections contain over 24,000 works of art spanning cated to the arts and cultures of China, Japan, India and 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum is known for Southeast Asia. The museum offers a serene setting for its arts of the ancient Americas, Africa, Indonesia, and quiet reflection and learning. South Asia; European and American painting, sculpture, Location: 2010 Flora Street and decorative arts; and American and international con- Neighborhood: Arts District temporary art. Distance from Convention Center: 1.1 miles Location: 1717 North Harwood Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Neighborhood: Arts District Hours: Tuesdays–Thursdays 10am to 9pm, Fridays– Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles Sundays 10am to 6pm. Closed Mondays. Transportation: Red Line to Parker & Ross Admission: Free Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 11am–5pm, Thursday Website: http://www.crowcollection.org/ 11am–9pm, Friday*, Saturday, and Sunday: 11am – 5pm. Phone: 214-979-6430 Closed Mondays. *Late Night Fridays (third Friday of the Exhibitions/Events: Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives, month) the Museum is open until midnight. Fabled Journeys in Asian Art: East Asia. Admission: $10 for adults/$7 seniors and military / $5 stu- dents. Joint tickets with Nasher Sculpture Center are $16 Dallas Contemporary for adults /$12 seniors and military / $8 students. A non-collecting art museum presenting new and chal- Website: http://dallasmuseumofart.org/ lenging ideas from regional, national and international Phone: 214-922-1200 artists. The institution is committed to engaging the pub- Exhibitions/Events: Encountering Space lic through exhibitions, lectures, educational programs and events. Dallas Contemporary is a not-for-profit Meadows Museum charity. The Meadows Museum has a large permanent collection th th Location: 161 Glass Street of 10 – 20 century Spanish Art. Also the Bridwell Library (on campus) has a collection of rare theological books. Neighborhood: West of Arts District Distance from Convention Center: 2 miles Location: 5900 Bishop, Southern Methodist University Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Neighborhood: University Park Admission: Free Distance from Convention Center: 6.5 mi. Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am to 6 pm, Sundays 12pm Transportation: Blue Line to Downtown Garland Station to 5 pm. Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, Thursdays until 9pm, Phone: 214-821-2522 Saturdays 10am-5pm, Sundays 1 pm-5pm Website: dallascontemporary.org/ Admission: $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for students. Exhibitions/Events: Rob Pruitt – large scale installation. Complimentary admission on Thursdays after 5 pm. Website: http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/index.htm Telephone: 214-768-2516 ArtsGuide Dallas 2012 page 2 McKinney Avenue Contemporary Nasher Sculpture Center The McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) is a non- Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center houses a profit organization that stands as Dallas’s advocate for collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is creative freedom offering the opportunity for experimenta- located adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art. The mission tion and presentation of art in all disciplines. It supports of the Nasher is to be an international focal point and the emerging and established artist’s role in society provid- catalyst for the study, installation, conservation, and ing a forum for critical dialogue with their audiences. This appreciation of modern and contemporary sculpture. relationship is cultivated through education and innovative Location: 2001 Flora Street programming. Neighborhood: Arts District Location: 3120 McKinney Ave. Distance from Convention Center: 1.2 miles Neighborhood: Uptown Transportation: Red Line to Parker Road Distance from Convention Center: 2.2 miles Hours: Sunday through Saturday 11am-5pm. Transportation: Bus 039 to McKinney & Sneed Admission: $10 Adults, $7 Seniors & Military, $5 Students Admission: Free. Performances are offered for a small fee. Website: http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/ Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 9pm Phone: 214-242-5100 Phone: 214-953-1212 Exhibitions/Events: The Nasher will be between main Website: www.the-mac.org/ exhibits, however the permanent collection and outdoor Exhibitions/Events: Eric Eley:Coincident Disruption; a col- garden will be open. laborative exhibition by Marilyn Jolly, Melba Northum and Susan Sitzes titled Transience: Imperfect, Impermanent, ARCHITECTURE Incomplete; Walter Nelson: Graffiti on Aspen Trees – Na- ture vs. Man. Dallas Center for Architecture Museum of Geometric and MADI Art The Dallas Center for Architecture offers guided walking tours of the Arts District and Main Street District, as well as In 1946 in Buenos Aires, Carmelo Arden Quin articulated architectural exhibitions and programming. the ideas of the MADI movement in his MADI Manifesto. The movement has combined complexity and uniqueness Location: 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100 with playfulness and whimsy. Focusing on geometric Neighborhood: Just north of the Arts District shapes that spill out of the traditional frame, and articu- Distance from Convention Center: 1 mile lated and mobile structures, MADI artists refuse to make Transportation: Bus 051 to San Jacinto & St. Paul the object representative, but rather focus on the object Hours: Tours of the Arts District are scheduled the first and and the colors themselves. third Saturdays of every month at 10am; a tour will take place on January 21. Tours of the Main Street District are Location: 3109 Carlisle Street scheduled the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Neighborhood: North of the Arts District Reservations and payment must be made in advance. Distance from Convention Center: 2.4 miles Admission: $10 for guided walking tours; admission to Transportation: Bus 039 to Bowen & Carlisle exhibitions is free. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am to 5 pm, Thursday –11am Website: http://dallascfa.com/ to 7 pm, Sunday 1 - 5pm, Monday - Closed Phone: 214-742-3242 Admission: Free Website: http://geometricmadimuseum.org/