Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) Presents

Annual Spring Gallery Walk and Panel Discussion
Saturday, April 16, 2011

The annual Spring Gallery Walk was Saturday, April 16, 2–8 p.m. and featured over 35 of DADA’s member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces. This FREE event allowed art lovers to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day. A new part of the Spring Gallery Walk was the implementation of DADA’s Docents. Ten of DADA’s galleries hosted high school docents who helped educate the public about the galleries’ art.

As is customary, DADA offered educational opportunities via its panel discussions for artists and art lovers on the morning of Spring Gallery Walk. Panel 1 was entitled The Intersection of Fashion and Art.Panelists were Megan McQuery, Julie Michel, Jason Sheeler, and Darian Thomas. Moderator was Heidi Dillon. Panel 2 was entitled Selling Your Art—Galleries and Beyond. Panelists were Katrina Doran, Talley Dunn, Jacob Naasz, and Pamela Nelson. Moderator was Brian Gibb.

Recordings of the panels are available for $15 each. Emailinfo@dallasartdealers.org to order.Proceeds benefit DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund. The panel discussions were held at the Goss-Michael Foundation, 1405 Turtle Creek Boulevard. This year the Creative Arts Center is partnering with DADA to present these panels.

Norwood Flynn Gallery opened the Arts Magnet Spring Senior Show, a juried show featuring senior visual art students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, on April 9 with a reception on April 16, 6–8 pm.

All of the proceeds benefited the student artists and DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund. The gallery is located at 3318 Shorecrest Drive. The exhibition and reception are free. The exhibition continued through April 16. Call 214.351.3318 for more information on the exhibition or visitwww.norwoodflynngallery.com.

ABOUT THE EDITH BAKER ART SCHOLARSHIP AND ARTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND:
To celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2005, DADA created a scholarship honoring a respected member of the Dallas art community and one of its founding members, Edith Baker. Edith owned and directed The Edith Baker Gallery in Dallas for nearly thirty years before retiring in 2004. Every year, the Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund financially benefits a student pursuing the study of visual arts in college as well as presents Art Chicas at La Reunion TX, a career fair at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, juried exhibitions of Booker T and Dallas County Community College students\’ artwork, and biannual educational events.

ABOUT CREATIVE ARTS CENTER:
Creative Arts Center of Dallas (CAC) provides a nurturing environment for people to discover, develop, and express their artistic visions.  Located on a two-acre campus four miles east of downtown Dallas, CAC offers more than 500 classes and workshops per year in such disciplines as ceramics, clay sculpture, drawing, glass, jewelry, metal arts, mosaic, painting, photography, printmaking, and stone carving. CAC also offers free arts programming to disadvantaged children. Not only a visual arts school, CAC is also a thriving arts community for a diverse range of students from teens to seniors.

ABOUT THE GOSS-MICHAEL FOUNDATION:
The Goss-Michael Foundation is a nonprofit art space that exists in order to provide a forum for British contemporary art by presenting exhibitions, programs, and resources to educate, engage, and inspire youth and adult audiences in the Dallas area and abroad.