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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14^th season of lectures with architect Rafael VINOLY of Rafael Vinoly Architects, who designed The Nasher Museum at Duke. Vinoly will speak Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at Horchow Auditorum at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m.  For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP, Humana North Texas, and Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships. Lecture Benefactors are bulthaup dallas and SHW Group Reception Underwriter is Smink.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Rafael Vinoly, FAIA, is a leading architect with a large body of award winning projects ranging in scale from residential to large cultural, educational and commercial projects.  Born in Uruguay, Vinoly began his New York based practice in 1978 and maintains multiple offices in both the USA and Great Britain. Among some of his best-known projects are the Tokyo International Forum, which is the most important cultural complex in Japan; the Kimmel Symphony Center in Philadelphia; the Samsung Tower in Seoul; Jazz at Lincoln Center; the Brooklyn Children’s Museum; and the Boston Convention Center.   His museum projects include an expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Nasher Museum at Duke University. Vinoly’s work has been widely recognized and honored, and in addition to being a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he is also an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.   www.rvapc.com

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields. This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100.  The topic is “On Collaboration.” Julie Cohn will lead the panel. Designers, architects and artists often times function as de facto therapists in the creative process. They facilitate dialogue between clients, product designers, manufacturers etc. enabling through collaboration the creation of a final product that is a seamless sum of its parts. It is no accident that the collaborative model is most often the underlying structure of a successful building, design, invention or work of art.

For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP, Humana North Texas, and Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships. Panel Season Sponsors are Hossley Lighting ASSOCIATES and Talley Associates. Panel sponsors are Wendy Konradi + Dee Dee Hoak.

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Texas Voices, one of North Texas’ premiere professional chamber choruses, will continue its seventh season of public concerts with Latin Love: Poetry and Song from Latin America on Sunday, Feb. 21 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Plano.   Classical guitarist Robert Harding will be guest soloist.

The 24-member chorus, directed by Alan Dyer, will perform its third concert of the season on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1919 Independence Parkway in Plano. Tickets are $22 regular, $15 for seniors (65+), and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thetexasvoices.org, at the door, or by calling 214-384-6336.

When it comes to matters of the heart, nothing says “amor” like the exuberant, vibrant music and texts of Latin American artists. This concert will feature songs performed in Spanish, Portuguese and English, and will include the exquisite How Do I Love Thee by Salvadoran composer Carlos Colón.

About The Texas Voices

Founded in December 2002, this 24-voice ensemble celebrates the choral tradition with a rich variety of music, from sacred to secular, classic to contemporary. Artistic Director Alan Dyer has gathered skilled singers from a broad range of backgrounds to create the first professional chamber chorus specifically serving North Dallas and Collin County. Dyer brings to the combination a musical sensitivity that places The Texas Voices among the top echelon of choruses nationwide.

About Alan Dyer, Artistic Director

Alan Dyer has been a choral director, performer, and educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for more than 20 years. In addition to directing The Texas Voices, Dyer is a member of the music faculty at Texas Woman’s University, is a music associate at First Unitarian Church of Dallas, and the principal accompanist of the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas. Dyer earned a master of music degree from Southern Methodist University and bachelor of arts degree in piano performance from Dallas Baptist University. He also has completed doctoral courses at the University of North Texas. Dyer is active in the American and Texas Choral Directors Associations.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14^th season of lectures with architect Gordon GILL of Smith Gill Architects, Chicago and Dubai. Gill will speak Thursday, February 18 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas.

Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m.  For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP, Humana North Texas, and Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships. Lecture Benefactors are bulthaup dallas and SHW Group Reception Underwriter is Smink.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Gordon Gill has designed award-winning architecture across the globe.  His work emphasizes a holistic approach to design that integrates all project disciplines.  The results are performance-based designs that work symbiotically with their natural surroundings, that contribute to the sustainability of cities, and that augment the built landscape creating an optimal user experience.  Among the firm’s many innovative large-scale projects are the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper and the first large-scale positive energy building. Gill has received numerous awards including recognition from the AIA and Architectural Record, and has written on the benefits of dense, sustainable communities.  
www.smithgill.com

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100.  The topic is “Artists Talk Architecture.” Ron Wommack, FAIA, will lead the panel of artists who will discuss their unique view of architects and architecture.

For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP, Humana North Texas, and Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships. Panel Season Sponsors are Hossley Lighting ASSOCIATES and Talley Associates. Panel sponsors are Wendy Konradi + Dee Dee Hoak.

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14^th season of lectures with architect Scott MARBLE of Marble Fairbanks in New York City. Marble will speak Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas.

Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m.  For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP, Humana North Texas, and Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships. Reception Underwriter is Balfour Beatty Construction.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Scott Marble is a founding partner of Marble Fairbanks and a faculty member at the Co­lumbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). His early engagement with digital technologies at Columbia University, teaching one of the first “paperless” design studios, has allowed Marble Fairbanks to pioneer innovative uses of digital fabrication and unique assemblies in their built work. Scott is a frequent lecturer in the areas of digital technologies and building information modeling (BIM). Scott received his Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University where he received the AIA Award and a William Kinne Traveling Fellowship and his Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University. In 2008 Marble Fairbanks was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to design a speculative project addressing the potentials of digital design and fabrication for the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.

www.marblefairbanks.com

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Cunningham Architects, 918 Dragon St.  The topic is “Working Space.” Thomas Feulmer, Director of Educational Programming for The Rachofsky House, will lead the panel.

Three people who work in buildings designed by well-known architects will discuss how they’ve come to understand the spaces in which they spend most of their daily lives. Their experiences of how these buildings function as practical, social, and poetic spaces will be the jumping off point for a discussion on how we develop relationships with architecture.

For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP, Humana North Texas, and Jennifer + John Eagle of John Eagle Dealerships. Panel Season Sponsors are Hossley Lighting ASSOCIATES and Talley Associates.

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Texas Voices, North Texas’ professional chamber chorus, will continue its seventh season of public concerts with My Spirit Rejoices: A Celebration of Advent and the Christmas Season on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. This holiday concert will feature the chancel choir from Northway Christian Church and the premiere of Debra Scroggins’ new cantata, Magnificat.

The 24-member chorus, directed by Alan Dyer, will perform its second concert of the season on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy. in Dallas. Tickets are $22 regular, $15 for seniors (65+), and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.thetexasvoices.org, at the door, or by calling 214-384-6336. Season tickets are $65 regular, $45 for seniors, and $25 for students.

The Texas Voices 2009-2010 Concert Season: Latin Love: Poetry and Song from Latin America

Sunday, February 21, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Resurrection Lutheran Church 1919 Independence Pkwy., Plano

When it comes to matters of the heart, nothing says “amor” like the exuberant, vibrant music and texts of Latin American artists. This concert will feature songs performed in Spanish, Portuguese and English, and will include the exquisite How Do I Love Thee by Salvadoran composer Carlos Colón.

Deep in the Heart: A Salute to Texas Composers

Sunday, May 16, 6:30 p.m.

Mesquite Arts Center 1527 N. Galloway, Mesquite

Whether Texas born or Texas bred, many talented composers call Texas home. Texas composers’ unique choral works display a wealth of creativity befitting our great state. This concert will feature selections from Composer-in-Residence Debra Scroggins, Tom Council, Paul Thompson, David Ashley White, Robert Young, and Ross Bernhardt. The Texas Voices will be joined by special guest artists, Camerata Winds.

About The Texas Voices

Founded in December 2002, this 24-voice ensemble celebrates the choral tradition with a rich variety of music, from sacred to secular, classic to contemporary. Artistic Director Alan Dyer has gathered skilled singers from a broad range of backgrounds to create the first professional chamber chorus specifically serving North Dallas and Collin County. Dyer brings to the combination a musical sensitivity that places The Texas Voices among the top echelon of choruses nationwide.

About Alan Dyer, Artistic Director

Alan Dyer has been a choral director, performer, and educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for more than 20 years. In addition to directing The Texas Voices, Dyer is a member of the music faculty at Texas Woman’s University, is a music associate at First Unitarian Church of Dallas, and the principal accompanist of the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas. Dyer earned a master of music degree from Southern Methodist University and bachelor of arts degree in piano performance from Dallas Baptist University. He also has completed doctoral courses at the University of North Texas. Dyer is active in the American and Texas Choral Directors Associations.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its FREE panel discussions on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rogers Frwy.  The topic is “Renovating Modern.” Svend Fruit, AIA, will lead the panel.

A discussion of the importance of saving Modern architecture for the context of the city – how to work with it and how to learn from it.  What are the inspirations of an architect, an interior designer and an owner in such work?

Architect Svend Fruit founded Bodron+ Fruit in 1998 with Interior Designer Mil Bodron as a design collaboration of Architecture and Interior Design. Bodron + Fruit seeks to create modern design that responds to the context of their surroundings through careful analysis of the site and clients needs. Over the last eleven years in addition to designing new residences and interiors Bodron + Fruit has had the opportunity to work on the renovation of several significant modern homes, including projects originally designed by Phillip Johnson, Edward Larabee Barnes, Howard Meyer and E.G. Hamilton.  Prior to founding Bodron+ Fruit, Svend Fruit worked in the office of noted Dallas architect Max Levy.

For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Panel Season Sponsors are Hossley Lighting ASSOCIATES and Talley Associates.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Fall Series Benefactors are The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel and Modern Dallas.

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14^th season of lectures with the Executive Director of Philip Johnson’s Glass House, Christy MACLEAR for The Bob James Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas.

Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission, $10 for DMA members, and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m.  For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Fall Series Benefactors are The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel and Modern Dallas. Lecture Benefactors are Emily Summers Design Associates and Dallas Architectural Foundation. Reception Underwriters are TKO Associates and Megan + Casey McManemin.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Christy MacLear is the Executive Director of the Philip Johnson Glass House. She was brought to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to develop the strategy, assemble a team and prepare the site and Visitor Center to open to the public. With just nine months leadtime, she successfully launched the site in June 2007 with three sold out seasons. With the goal to “reshape the historic house museum model”, Christy has structured a “center for Modernism” to co-lead the National Trust’s investment in Modernist preservation, managed the NTHP board approval to purchase adjacent properties to preserve the Glass House view in perpetuity and developed the “conversations” series to continue the legacy of new ideas through diverse leaders on-site.

Christy is known for her ability to conceive of and lead largescale projects through opening and on-going operations.  She was the Manager of Strategy for the Walt Disney Company’s new town project called Celebration, was the Director of the Museum Campus in Chicago where she represented 3 museum boards through the re-location of Lake Shore Drive and the creation of a lakefront park, and was an independent consultant in Strategy & Visitor Experience to such clients as the Field Museum, the Cleveland Clinic and the leaders of the United Arab Emirates.  She has a degree in Urban Design from Stanford University and an MBA from Wharton where she received a Barnes fellowship.  She has been a professor in the graduate program of Arts Administration for the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and has served on the boards of Chicago’s Three Arts Club, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Steppingstones Museum for Children.

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ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14^th season of lectures with architect and founder of Studio Gang in Chicago, Jeanne Gang.  She will speak for The Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village of Dallas.

Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission, $10 for DMA members, and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m.  For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at Taylor-Made Press, 214-914-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate. Fall Series Benefactors are The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel and Modern Dallas. Lecture Benefactors are AIA Dallas, Dallas Architecture Forum, and the School of Architecture, UT-Arlington.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jeanne Gang is principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects, a 36-person architecture firm in Chicago, USA that has been recognized for its innovation and leadership in design. Ms. Gang’s work represents a diverse range of building typologies, from large-scale undertakings such as the 82-story Aqua Tower in downtown Chicago, which reconsiders the tall building as a site-specific structure, to the SOS Community Center on Chicago’s South Side, which visibly engages with the distinct material properties of concrete. In all of her projects, Ms. Gang explores new creative territory in materials, technology, and sustainability, and her work with Studio Gang has received national and international awards and recognition.

Ms. Gang’s design in the field of architecture is supported through a mode of working that combines practice, teaching and research. In addition to serving as an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology since 1998, she was a visiting professor at the Harvard Design School in 2004, held the Louis I. Kahn visiting professor chair at the Yale College of Architecture in 2005, and was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University’s School of Architecture in 2007. Ms. Gang was also chosen to lecture as one of the Architecture League of New York’s Emerging Voices in the spring of 2006, and she received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in the same year.

www.studiogang.net

ABOUT THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM

The Dallas Architecture Forum provides a continuing and challenging public discourse on architecture and urban design in – and for – the Dallas area. The Forum offers presentations of architecture through public lectures by designers, critics, and historians; through topical discussions; and through occasional study tours to buildings and cities locally and throughout the world. The Dallas Architecture Forum serves as an inclusive arena where people interested in and concerned with the built environment, non-professionals and professionals alike, may interact intellectually and socially.

Our membership comes from business, development, public affairs, education, the arts and from the design fields.

This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum’s programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.

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Artist Willie Baronet will exhibit a collection of his new work called Home? starting Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Hal Samples Gallery, 2814 Main St. in Dallas.  A opening reception is scheduled Nov. 11 6-10 p.m.  A portion of the proceeds from the show will be donated to The Stewpot. (Thestewpot.org).  The gallery is open by appointment only.  Call 214-334-4481 to schedule. The exhibition will close Nov. 28.

Baronet began engaging in conversations with the homeless who held signs asking for help in 1993.  He came to learn they had much to give him in exchange for the signs that he purchased from them along the way. Baronet was in the advertising design business for much of his career but seeks to shed light on the lives of those less fortunate by showcasing signs written by those in need.

“I see the signs now as signposts of my own journey,” says Baronet, “inward and outward, of reconciling my life and my judgments with the plight of the homeless, and even with the notions of home, goodness, and compassion. Part of the passion that drives me to share this work with others is so that they too might examine their own.”

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Design on Dragon returns for its fifth year on Thursday, Nov. 5 6-9 p.m. Live music, food and drinks will be part of the FREE street celebration, that will be part of the new First Thursdays on Dragon. Shuttles will be available for transportation. For more information call (214) 647-5681 or visit www.DragonStreetDallas.com. Proceeds from the event will benefit Big Thought.

Design on Dragon spotlights the great variety of art galleries, antique stores and home décor stores found on one street in Dallas: Dragon Street.  Visit Craighead Green Gallery, Banks Fine Art, HCG Gallery, Joel Cooner Gallery, Antique Floors, Art of Old India, Artizen Fine Arts, Inessa Stewart Pittet Architecturals, Dallas Flooring & Design, Martin & Martin Design and Samuel Lynne Galleries.

In the heart of Dallas’ Design District, near Oaklawn and 35, Design on Dragon is produced and sponsored by Modern Luxury Dallas, Park Place Motorcars, Three Sixty Events, Cork and the Dragon Street Association.

ABOUT MODERN LUXURY DALLAS

Modern Luxury Media, LLC (“Modern Luxury”) is the largest publisher of city-regional magazines in the United States, currently publishing 34 magazines across 13 major metro markets including: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Honolulu, San Diego, Orange Co., CA. and Napa/Sonoma, CA. Focused on “luxury lifestyle” including fashion, jewelry, dining, travel, design, automotive, art and architecture, Modern Luxury specifically targets the affluent reader. Modern Luxury magazines distribute more than 1 million copies nationally each month, reaching more than 5 million readers per month.  The company was founded by brothers Michael and Stephen Kong in 1993 in the city of Chicago.

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Dallas, TX –  The 22^nd Annual VideoFest will be held at the Angelika Film Center Nov.5-8, 2009. During the festival, the winning teams from the 24-Hour Video Race in June, 2009 will also be screened.

The Annual VideoFest is the oldest and largest video festival in the nation and continues to exhibit a diverse range of works by regional, national and international video artists.

Since 1986 The Dallas Video Festival has specialized in fiercely independent, imaginative, unusual, provocative and sometimes description-defying electronic media.  In fact, we’re the oldest and the largest video festival in the nation.  In our 22 year history, we’ve screened or hosted over 4,000 different programs ranging from imaginative 30-second television commercials to mesmerizing video art, compelling documentaries, surrealistic animation, innovative digital features, intelligent, kid-friendly fare, thought-provoking panels and narrative shorts that surprise, inspire and entertain.

ABOUT VIDEO ASSOCIATION of DALLAS:

The mission of the Video Association is to promote an understanding of video as a creative medium and cultural force in our society, and to support and advance the work of Texas artists working in video and the electronic arts.

The Video Association of Dallas (VAD) is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated on April 25, 1989. It began in 1986 as a weekend event, “Video As A Creative Medium”, presented at the Dallas Museum of Art by independent curators Barton Weiss and John Held. That first event, which included two nights of video by selected local and national video artists, was a great popular success, which led to the founding of the Dallas Video Festival (DVF) in 1987.  Video Association of Dallas presents the 24-Hour Video Race and other programs throughout the year.22nd22

For press information, please contact Lisa Taylor at 214-914-1099.

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Dallas, TX – The VideoFest has kicked-off its CALL FOR ENTRIES and hunt for cutting-edge work for its 22nd celebration of video and electronic media.  The 22nd Annual VideoFest will be held at the Angelika Film Center Nov.5-8, 2009.  It is the oldest and largest video festival in the nation and continues to exhibit a diverse range of works by regional, national and international video artists.

Since 1986 The Dallas Video Festival has specialized in fiercely independent, imaginative, unusual, provocative and sometimes description-defying electronic media.  In fact, we’re the oldest and the largest video festival in the nation.  In our 22 year history, we’ve screened or hosted over 4,000 different programs ranging from imaginative 30-second television commercials to mesmerizing video art, compelling documentaries, surrealistic animation, innovative digital features, intelligent, kid-friendly fare, thought-provoking panels and narrative shorts that surprise, inspire and entertain.

If your entry will push some buttons, we want you to send it in right away!

There are no thematic or content restrictions.  Categories include any style or genre — experimental, documentary, animation, music video, feature, multimedia.  We are also accepting entries shot and finished in high definition video.  Texas entries under 25 minutes are eligible for a special program called the Texas Show.

Additional festival rules and information can be located at www.videofest.org.  Entry fees  $20 and up.

Deadline for entries is August 3, 2009
Late entries can arrive by August 11, 2009 for an additional fee.

Register online at www.videofest.org

And send entry to:
4329 Belmont Ave
Dallas, TX 75204-3033

E–mail festival@videofest.org or call 214.428.8700 for more information.

For press information contact Lisa Taylor  at 214-914-1099.

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