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Professional chamber choir The Texas Voices continues its ninth season of public concerts with My Dear Heart: Christmas Lullabies and Other Holiday Favorites on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 6121 E. Lovers Lane. Celebrate the holidays with warmth, light, and joy as The Texas Voices bring you carols and lullabies, including Balulalow, The Shepherds Sing, Wassail, and Novo profusi gaudio—a vibrant nativity motet set to medieval text. Featuring chorus, handbells, organ, piano, and violin.  Individual tickets are $22 regular, $18 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.

About The Texas Voices

Founded in December 2002 by Artistic Director Alan Dyer, this 24-voice ensemble celebrates the choral tradition with a rich variety of music, from sacred to secular, classic to contemporary. To date, the chorus has premiered more than 35 original choral works. 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 is a respected choral director, performer, and educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In addition to directing The Texas Voices, Dyer is the music associate at First Unitarian Church of Dallas and the principal accompanist of the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas. He also accompanies the choirs at Lovejoy High School and Plano Senior High. 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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Professional chamber choir The Texas Voices begins its ninth season of public concerts with Emily and Sara: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sara Teasdale on Sunday, October 16, 2011. This concert features the extraordinary works of these time-honored and celebrated American poets, set to music by renowned choral composers such as Debra Scroggins, Ruth Watson Henderson, Kirke Mechem, Kenneth Neufeld, David Childs, and Tom Council.

The 24-member chorus, directed by Alan Dyer, performs its first concert of the season on Sunday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church Richardson, 319 La Salle Drive in Richardson. Season tickets are $69. Individual tickets are $22 regular, $18 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.

2010-2011 The Texas Voices Concert Season

Emily and Sara: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sara Teasdale

Sunday, October 16, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church Richardson

319 La Salle Drive, Richardson, TX

Immerse yourself in the extraordinary poetry of these time-honored and celebrated American poets. Their exquisite, poignant, and thought-provoking poetry transcends the hardship and ailments that plagued both women throughout their lives. This concert offers a glimpse into a collection of works that has inspired generations.

My Dear Heart: Christmas Lullabies and Other Holiday Favorites

Monday, December 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church

6121 E. Lovers Lane, Dallas, TX

Celebrate the holidays with warmth, light, and joy as The Texas Voices bring you the sounds of the season, including carols, lullabies, and the timeless mystery of a babe in a manger. Mark your calendar now for our first Monday night concert!

Via Crucis: The Stations of the Cross

Saturday, March 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

Lovers Lane United Methodist Church

9200 Inwood Rd., Dallas, TX

Experience this powerful 4^th Century Lenten tradition in a profound new way—in song. Seven of our composer friends are writing new pieces to go with each of the Stations of the Cross. Wind through the streets of Jerusalem as you follow the path that pilgrims the world over still travel in prayer.

Caledonian Air: Folk Songs of the British Isles

Sunday, May 20, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Mesquite Arts Center

1527 N. Galloway, Mesquite, TX

Embrace the rich musical heritage of the lands and peoples of the British Isles, including beloved folk songs from Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland. Whether you’re energized by a sea shanty, moved by songs of melancholy and nostalgia, swept away by songs of true love, or soothed by a lullaby, you’re sure to enjoy this eclectic musical journey.

About The Texas Voices

Founded in December 2002 by Artistic Director Alan Dyer, this 24-voice ensemble celebrates the choral tradition with a rich variety of music, from sacred to secular, classic to contemporary. To date, the chorus has premiered more than 35 original choral works. 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 is a respected choral director, performer, and educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In addition to directing The Texas Voices, Dyer is the 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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La Reunion TX, the developing artists’ residency program in west Oak Cliff, has announced the artists who will participate this fall in its new Art Chicos program and its highly successful Art Chicas program. Art Chicas brings together artists and high-school age students in an extraordinary art-making experience at an outdoor location in west Oak Cliff. The purpose of Art Chicas is to expose students to the possibilities of art, art-making and the career of an artist, while giving them the opportunity to be inspired by the natural world. This year, County Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia will serve as Honorary Chair.

The LRTX guest jurors selected the eight artists, which are Bernardo Diaz, Art Garcia, and Frankie Garcia for Art Chicos and Aralyn McGregor, Lyndsey Rieple, Emily Riggert, and Jennifer Sereno for Art Chicas. The jurors were Anne Bothwell of Art + Seek, Michael Corris of SMU’s Division of Art, and Katherine Owens of Undermain Theatre.

Thirty high school students have been invited to participate, half of each gender. The program will take place each Saturday in October 2011 on the LRTX site: 35 privately-owned, heavily-wooded acres that serve as an outdoor gallery.  During a 90-minute orientation session the first Saturday, participants will meet, match up (four students per artist of the same gender), and talk about the creative process.  The work will be created in full-day sessions, one for girls and one for boys, the second and third Saturdays.  During lunch that day, a representative of the Dallas Art Dealers Association will speak to the students about careers in art.  On the final Saturday, October 29, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. artists and students will exhibit their work during a FREE reception to which family, friends and LRTX supporters are invited. In the previous four years of the program, student teams have come from the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, the Deaf Action Center, Buckner, DISD, Uplift Education and Pegasus Charter School.

Art Chicas and Art Chicos give these students the opportunity to participate in the creative process with an established professional artist, gaining a new outlook on art and artists and their life in general.  Research by the National Endowment for the Arts has shown that being involved in an art-making experience will make students better audiences for the arts in the future and greatly increase the possibility that they will become artists themselves.  It transforms the participating artists as well.

La Reunion TX is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to establish an artists’ residency in Dallas, inspired by nature, which will sustain and renew artists and community through art, education and outreach.

For application and other information, contact Catherine Horsey at LRTX: info@lareuniontx.org or 214 394-3150 or Lisa Taylor at Dallas Art Dealers Association: info@dallasartdealers.org or 214 914-1099

SELECTED ARTISTS

ART CHICAS

Aralyn McGregor is a Dallas based artist specializing in oil, acrylic, watercolor and dry media.  Aralyn holds a BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Texas School of Visual Arts.  She has taught middle and high school art at Williams Preparatory in Dallas and currently teaches AP studio art. Aralyn also creates freelance commission work for venues and individuals. Her most recent series of paintings deal with the flaws of memory and perception through atmospheric and figurative juxtaposition.

Lindsey Rieple always has drawn people and utilized the resources around her to design and create two and three-dimensional art. She lets materials and the human form direct and inspire her to create jewelry, drawings, and paintings. She is currently finishing her degree in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the University of North Texas. Her work decorates the body with organic forms and mixtures of materials such as brass, silver, wood, leather, and found or overlooked objects.

Emily Riggert was born in Dallas, Texas in 1986. She studied art at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work explores the persistent forces of growth and decay in the natural world, and has been seen at the Dallas Museum of Art, The San Antonio Art League, and the Michael and Noemi Neidorff Gallery at Trinity University. She currently lives and works in Oak Cliff.

Jennifer Sereno is a married mother of two who has dedicated her life to art. Born in Tacoma, WA she came to Texas as a child and has lived in Dallas for 11 years. Her original works are created using an amalgamation of nature’s offerings in a combination of stone, clay, glass and found objects. Her works are primarily additive in nature and are best described as earth’s elemental antiquity, represented in modern art. Her art is both tactile and visually stunning, tapping into the geology of the human soul.

ART CHICOS

Bernardo Diaz is a MFA Graduate from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and is currently serving as artist in residency with the Division of Art. Diaz’s studio work is a reflection of the synthesis of mainstream and alternative aesthetics, materials, concepts, and artistic processes. Additionally, Diaz currently is working with four undergraduate artists in developing a cultural arts curriculum by engaging with students at the Bataan and McMillan Community Centers of West Dallas.

Art Garcia is an artist and designer with 24 years of design and illustration experience.  Since 1990, Garcia’s artwork has been featured in national and international publications, and has been honored with numerous awards.  He has created art for the City of Dallas, the city of Southlake, the Meadows School of the Arts, The University of Texas at Dallas and The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.  He recently completed a solar installation for BRW Architects and the Dallas Fire Departments’ Station 33, a seating element at The Dallas Farmers Market and two murals for the Grawyler Park Branch of the Dallas Public Library.

Frankie Garcia is a self-taught artist, originally from southern California, but was raised in the inner city of Dallas.  He is a philanthropist, creative director and interior designer.  He has worked with Rutherford’s Designs and the Nasher Sculpture Center.  His style is abstract constructivism that uses numerous elements such as canvas, metals, wood, paper, mixed media and an array of industrial hardware.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce that its Chinese Architecture Lecture Series begins Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7 pm. with Thomas Campenella, the author of the book The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World. The Chinese Architecture Lecture Series will bring four of the leading voices on Chinese architecture to Dallas this fall. Organized in conjunction with the Rice University School of Architecture, the Rice Design Alliance, and the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture, the series will provide attendees important knowledge on China’s emergence as an international leader in urban development.  Chinese Series Benefactors are Corgan Associates, The Joule, a Luxury Collection Hotel, and National Endowment for the Arts.

Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID).  Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture.   Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture.  All lectures are at 7 p.m. at The Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. Call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

Founded in 1996, the Forum has grown to be one of the leading presenters in the country of lectures focusing on the built environment, with over 200 events since its inception presented by such luminaries as Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, Andree Putnam, Kazuyo Sejima, Karim Rashid, Rafael Vinoly, James Timberlake, Aaron Betsky, Peter Bohlin and Spencer de Grey.   It also collaborated with the ATT PAC to present Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas.  The Forum brings both emerging architectural leaders and well-known practitioners to speak to its members, believing it is important to let members hear from both.  The Forum is pleased that one of those whom they brought when their practice was still developing, Kazuyo Sejima, won last year’s Pritzker Prize, and that industry leader and recent Forum speaker Peter Bohlin received the AIA Gold Medal last year.   These two recognitions, the highest in the industry, attest to the quality and important messages of the speakers for our Lecture Series.

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE

Thomas J. Campanella

September 29, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Bob James Memorial Lecture

Presented with support from the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation.

The Lecture Benefactor is Emily Summers Design Associates.

The Reception Underwriter is Workplace Solutions.

As author of the book The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World, Thomas Campanella introduces the Forum’s China Series. A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, he holds a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell and a PhD in Urban Planning from MIT. Currently at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has taught at Harvard, Columbia, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

http://planning.unc.edu/people/faculty/thomascampanella

Pei Zhu

October 6, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Reception underwriter is modmedia.inc // moderndallas.net.

Parallel to China’s gaining a primary place in world affairs, its architecture is doing the same. Educated at Tsinghua University and UC-Berkeley, Pei Zhu brings his long concern with both Chinese philosophy and contemporary architecture to his award-winning designs, including the control center for the Beijing Olympics. Other recognitions include a Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record, WA China Architectural Prize, and an award of merit from UNESCO.

http://www.chinese-architects.com/pei-zhu

Wang Shu

October 13, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Reception underwriters are Gromatzky Dupree & Associates and Megan + Casey McManemin

Brilliant at viewing modern architecture in light of China’s deep culture, Wang Shu incorporates vernacular, traditional, and recycled construction into thoroughly current buildings. His seeking a re-establishment of Chinese contemporary architecture can be seen in works such as two museums in Ningbo and the Ceramic Houses. Wang received the Shelling Architecture Prize in 2010 and the French Architecture Academy’s Gold Prize in 2011.

www.chinese-architects.com/amateur/awards.html

Qingyun Ma

October 20, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Lecture Benefactor is One Arts Plaza by Billingsley Company.

Reception Underwriter is Turner Construction Company.

As a young generation assumes leadership in ancient China, this transformation includes architecture. With degrees from Tsinghua and Penn, Qingyun Ma works effectively in both China and the US, where he is currently dean of the School of Architecture at University of Southern California. The projects of his firm, MADA s.p.a.m., have received worldwide recognition in publications and at exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and the Centre Pompidou.

http://archinect.com/features/article/68561/qingyun-ma-part-i-the-idea-behind-s-p-a-m

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. For more information on The Forum or their lecture season, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. The Dallas Architecture Forum is now on Twitter and Facebook! Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dallas-Architecture-Forum/139899379388425?ref=ts.  Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/DallasArchForum.

For press information and photos, please contact: Lisa Taylor, 214.914.1099 or Taylormadepress@gmail.com

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Fall into DADA! It’s time for art. Join us for • Panel Discussions about the Oak Cliff art scene • Tours of The Texas Theatre • Artists Gathering

This Fall the panels will focus on  Art of Oak Cliff: Then and Now.

Panel One

Oak Cliff Art Then, 10:30 a.m. – noon

Sam Ratcliffe, Bob Reitz, Stuart Kraft, David Hickman, Brendan McNally, Catherine Horsey, Scott Chase

Moderator: Bob Stimson

Texas Theatre Tour One The Texas Theatre, 12:30 p.m.

Panel Two

Oak Cliff Art Now, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Kenda North, Kayli House, Nicole Horn, Scott Horn, Julie M Kim, Charla Sanderson, Patricia Rodriguez, Steve Cruz

Moderator: Peter Simek

Artists Gathering The Texas Theatre, 2:30 – 4 p.m.

Texas Theatre Tour Two The Texas Theatre, 3 p.m.

Purchase Tickets

$10 per panel available online at  www.dallasartdealers.org or at the door.

Tours and Artists Gatherings are free.

Cash bar. Lunch available for purchase at OCCC.

Place

Oak Cliff Cultural Center, 223 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Parking is available on the street or behind the building.

DADA is pleased to be partnering with the Creative Arts Center for these panels — with funding provided by the Office of Cultural Affairs City of Dallas and the Texas Commission on the Arts.  Arts & Culture DFW is the media sponsor of the event, which benefits DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund.

ABOUT DADA

The Dallas Art Dealers Association is an affiliation of established independent gallery owners and nonprofit art organizations in the Dallas metropolitan area. As a professional and educational resource for the community at large, DADA facilitates the Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund, which provides financial and career support for visual art students. Organized in 1985 by June Mattingly of Mattingly Baker Gallery, the Dallas Art Dealers Association is a 501(c)(6) organization.

Like the Art Dealers Association of America, membership in DADA is by invitation of the board of directors. In order to qualify for membership, a dealer or nonprofit space must have an established reputation for honesty, integrity, and professionalism among their peers, and must make a substantial contribution to the cultural life of the community by offering works of high aesthetic quality and presenting worthwhile exhibitions. DADA is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of ethical practice within the profession and to increasing public awareness of the role and responsibilities of reputable art dealers and nonprofit visual art spaces.

www.dallasartdealers.org.

www.facebook.com/DallasArtDealersAssociation

www.twitter.com/DADA25th

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, a 501(c) 3, financially benefits a student pursuing the study of visual arts in college as well as presents programs such as a career fair at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, two juried exhibitions of Booker T and Dallas County Community College students’ artwork, a docent training program, biannual educational events, and Art Chicas and Art Chicos at La Reunion TX.

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.  Visit CAC at 2360 Laughlin Drive in East Dallas or http://www.creativeartscenter.org.

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Fall into DADA! It’s time for art. Join us for • Annual Fall Gallery Walk • Panel Discussions about the Oak Cliff art scene • Tours of The Texas Theatre • Artists Gathering • The Edith Baker Art Scholarship Show • Tattoo Catwalk.

DADA Fall Gallery Walk

Featuring 40 of DADA’s leading member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces, Fall Gallery Walk is a free event Saturday, Sept. 24, 2–8 p.m. Art lovers of every description will have the opportunity to socialize and tour a full spectrum of galleries and special exhibitions — all in one day. Start at any member location and pick up a map or go online at www.dallasartdealers.org to print out a map. Hours at each gallery vary; please see individual listings listed below. Call 214.914.1099 or e-mail info@dallasartdealers.org.

The new DADA Docents program features high school and community college students who serve as exhibition hosts at select DADA galleries.

Art of Oak Cliff: Then and Now Panel Discussions, Tours of Texas Theatre, & Artist Gathering

As is customary, DADA will offer educational opportunities via its panel discussions for artists and art lovers on the morning of Fall Gallery Walk. This Fall the panels will focus on  Art of Oak Cliff: Then and Now.  Panel 1 will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon and is entitled Oak Cliff Art Then. Panel 2 will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and is entitled Oak Cliff Art Now. Tickets ($10 per panel) can be purchased online at www.dallasartdealers.org or at the door. Tours of the historic Texas Theatre (site of Lee Harvey Oswald’s arrest) will also be offered. Artists are encouraged to attend a social gatherings after the panels. Proceeds benefit DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund. The panel discussions will be held at Oak Cliff Cultural Center, 223 W. Jefferson Blvd. This year the Creative Arts Center is partnering with DADA to present these panels.  Funding is provided by Office of Cultural Affairs City of Dallas and Texas Commission on the Arts.

Tattoo Cat Walk

The fun doesn’t stop there. Join tattoo artist Jason Brooks and his tattoo models for a tattoo fashion show at DADA member Dallas Contemporary at 161 Glass Street in the Design District. The reception is from 9 p.m.–midnight. The show starts at 10 p.m. and is free. Call 214.821.2522 or visit www.dallascontemporary.org

Edith Baker Art Scholarship Show – September 9

The MAC, 3120 McKinney Ave., will showcase the finalists for the Edith Baker Art Scholarship at a reception on Sept. 9, 5–7 pm. All of the proceeds benefit the student artists and DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund. The exhibition and reception are free. The exhibition continues through Sept. 11. Call 214-953-1212 for more information about the exhibition or visit http://www.the-mac.org.

ABOUT DADA

The Dallas Art Dealers Association is an affiliation of established independent gallery owners and not-for-profit art organizations in the Dallas metropolitan area. DADA serves as a standard bearer for ethical practices in the art business, as an educational resource for the community at large, and as the facilitator of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund, which provides funding for visual art students. The Dallas Art Dealers Association, organized in 1985 by June Mattingly of Mattingly Baker Gallery, is a 501(c)(6) organization.

Like the Art Dealers Association of America, membership in DADA is by invitation of the board of directors. In order to qualify for membership, a dealer or nonprofit space must have an established reputation for honesty, integrity, and professionalism among their peers, and must make a substantial contribution to the cultural life of the community by offering works of high aesthetic quality and presenting worthwhile exhibitions. DADA is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of ethical practice within the profession and to increasing public awareness of the role and responsibilities of reputable art dealers and nonprofit visual art spaces.

www.dallasartdealers.org

www.facebook.com/DallasArtDealersAssociation

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.  Visit CAC at 2360 Laughlin Drive in East Dallas or http://www.creativeartscenter.org.

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The 24^th Annual VideoFest will open September 21 with a special screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s latest film Socialism. This special opening night event will be at 7 p.m. at The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. in North Oak Cliff. The remainder of VideoFest will take place at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station in Dallas, Sept. 22-25, 2011.

The oldest and largest video and film festival in the nation, VideoFest shows a diverse range of works by regional, national and international video and film artists that are hard to find at the local video store, the movie theater or on Netflix. Because VideoFest is different than a traditional film festival or just going to a movie, expect something different!  This year we want to really show Dallas what VideoFest is all about; we want to rock the boat, push buttons, and take the new advent of media to the next level. We have opened a new category that we feel expresses exactly what we wish to achieve: The Subgenre. We are looking for music videos, skating videos, and similar projects that represent counterculture and subculture. These are the underground films, the Harriet Tubman’s, the Tyler Durdens, the middle fingers of cinema and television, if you will. For the fourth year in a row, the VideoFest will be presented thru iTunes.

Media Sponsor is D Magazine and Art + Culture.

Highlights of this year’s VideoFest will include:

the winner of the “Silence The Opera Singer” for Angelika theaters nationwide;

the winner of D Magazine’s “Dallas Stories” competition;

the winners of the 24 Hour Video Race;

the winner of 8^th Annual Albert Mayles Award for an emerging documentarian;

The Texas Show, a juried compilation of short film and video by Texas artists;

Guts N Glory, a live performance event where teams shoot 100 feet of film in sequence then VF develops it in time for event without the teams seeing it, meanwhile the teams create a performance piece to accompany their films

Siggraph Electronic Theater, the best selections from this annual computer graphics event;

The London International Advertising Awards, the best commercials from around the world;

and Slackers Dallas Style, marking the 20 Year Anniversary of the pivotal film Slackers by Texas Filmmaker Richard Linklater.

Patrons may purchase day passes ($25 or $35 depending on day) or All-Festival passes ($150) for over 150 programs making this Festival the best deal in town. Buy tickets online in advance or at the door day of show. Visit www.videofest.org for more information or call 214-428-8700.

ABOUT VIDEOFEST

VideoFest is now the oldest and largest video festival in the United States, and continues to garner critical and popular acclaim. Since 1986, VideoFest has specialized in independent, alternative, and non-commercial media, presenting hard-to-find works rarely seen on television, in movie theaters, or elsewhere, despite their artistic excellence and cultural and social relevance. Even in a Web 2.0 environment where everything is seemingly available on the Internet, the VideoFest provides curatorial guidance, a critical voice in the wilderness navigating the vast and diverse landscape of media, helping to interpret its cultural and artistic significance. The event still provides a communal environment for real-time, face-to-face dialogue between makers and audiences.

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 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, The Program at Conduit Gallery, the Texas Tour, the Youth Media Jam, Three Star Cinema, Rock n Reel, college showcases and other programs throughout the year.

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TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL VIDEOFEST

WHAT: Twenty-Fourth Annual Video Fest

Presented by the Video Association of Dallas

WHERE:

At the Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane

* At The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd.

WHEN:

Wednesday, Sept. 21 7 p.m.*

Thursday, Sept. 22 7-11:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 23 7-11:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24 noon-11:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 25 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

TICKETS:

All-festival passes: $150

All-Evening passes: Thursday or Friday $25

All-Day and Evening passes: Saturday or Sunday $35

Seniors (60 or older): $10 off

Some selected programs will be $6 per program available at event only

Tickets will be available at the door or online at videofest.org

INFO:

Video Association of Dallas

T: (214) 428-8700

E: info@videofest.org

http://www.videofest.org

Press: Lisa Taylor, 214-914-1099, taylormadepress@gmail.com

Sign up for the Video Association Newsletter and Videomaker’s Resource List: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001PATbu7Y33LGmUMkarkySZQ%3D%3D

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Dallas Architecture Forum, the non-profit organization dedicated to providing challenging and on-going public discourse about architecture, and the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will present a lecture by Los Angeles-based architect Steven Ehrlich and the 2011 AIA Built Projects Design Awards on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at
7 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas. This will be the opening lecture of the Dallas Architecture Forum’s 2011-2012 Season. Tickets will be $20 for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). The event is free for DAF and AIA Dallas members. 
Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture.

In his more than 30 years of practicing architecture, Steven Ehrlich has developed a signature style of modern global design that achieves sustainability through the integration of new technologies with strategies learned from indigenous builders.  Ehrlich Architects has won eight National AIA Design Awards and was named 2003 Firm of the Year by the AIA California Council. Ehrlich also lectures and teaches extensively.  Ehrlich is the Chair of the jury for the 2011 AIA Dallas Design Awards program that recognizes projects that have been constructed (“built” projects). The winning entries will be announced at the program.

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. For more information on The Forum or their lecture season, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

About The AIA Dallas Design Awards

The AIA Dallas Design Awards recognizes outstanding work by Dallas architects, both in the metropolitan area and around the world. The purpose of the awards program is to honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to achieve design excellence.  For more information, visit http://www.aiadallas.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=38

For press information and photos, please contact: Lisa Taylor, 214.914.1099 or Taylormadepress@gmail.com

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its new season of free panels that will present some of our areas’ thought-leaders moderating and serving as panelists on topics of importance to the North Texas region and beyond.  Designed to inform, educate, and create active dialogue, the panels are presented as a community outreach by the Forum.  Panels will begin Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. with Stephen Fox 
presenting the topic “The Critic’s Role: Judgment, Architecture, and Building the Good City” at the Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100. Panel Season Sponsors are Heather + Ray Balestri, Cindy + Armond Schwartz, and Talley Associates.

All panels are free. Call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

Founded in 1996, the Forum has grown to be one of the leading presenters in the country of lectures focusing on the built environment, with over 200 events since its inception presented by such luminaries as Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, Andree Putnam, Kazuyo Sejima, Karim Rashid, Rafael Vinoly, James Timberlake, Aaron Betsky, Peter Bohlin and Spencer de Grey. It also collaborated with the ATT PAC to present Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas. The Forum brings both emerging architectural leaders and well-known practitioners to speak to its members, believing it is important to let members hear from both.  The Forum is pleased that one of those whom they brought when their practice was still developing, Kazuyo Sejima, won last year’s Pritzker Prize, and that industry leader and recent Forum speaker Peter Bohlin received the AIA Gold Medal last year. These two recognitions, the highest in the industry, attest to the quality and important messages of the speakers for our Lecture Series.

PANEL SCHEDULE

Stephen Fox, Moderator

“The Critic’s Role: Judgment, Architecture, and Building the Good City”

October 25, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

What responsibilities do critics discharge in the realm of architecture? Is it just a thumbs up/thumbs down judgment on the design of individual buildings? Or do critics raise questions about what works, and doesn’t work, in the building of cities, stimulating public awareness and contributing to public debate and dialogue? This panel, dedicated to the memory of David Dillon (1941-2010), architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News from 1983 to 2006, will explore the role that architecture critics play in expanding public awareness of the quality of cities by formulating reasoned analyses of buildings and places.

Bob Meckfessel, FAIA, Moderator

“Pruitt – Igoe as a Failure of Modernism: The Ultimate Urban Myth?”

November 8, 2011
at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

Mesmerizing images of the 1972 demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project have become a iconographic visual shorthand for the failure of modern architecture. Working with varying agendas, critics, authors and filmmakers have used these images to condemn the Modern Movement and its practitioners. The reality, however, is much more complex, involving widespread failures of our society, government, economy, and culture. The award-winning film The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History, will “implode the myth” in the first half of this event. A panel of housing experts will then discuss the film and the current realities of public housing in our society and architecture.

Krys Boyd, Moderator

“Designing and Downsizing”

December 13, 2011 at 6:30 pm

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

As conventional energy sources diminish and more consumers demand environmentally sustainable design and construction, have we reached the end of the “bigger is better” aesthetic in residential and commercial architecture?   We’ll discuss what impact a desire for a smaller carbon footprint might have on average square footages of new homes and businesses, the challenges of reducing size, and energy and resource consumption without compromising form or function, and the ways in which these smaller spaces might affect how we live, work and interact in the future.

Andrew Vernooy, AIA, Moderator

“New Humanism: Taking a Stand—A Report on Ghost 13”

January 24, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

Within the context of New Technologies in Architecture—new materials, new geometries, and new structural strategies—Ghost 13 took a stand on the principles of Place, Craft and Community.  Initiated as a retrospective of Brian Mackay-Lyons’ innovative 12 years of physically engaged, yet theoretically driven, architectural production on his stunning site west of Halifax, Ghost 13 listed among its participants some of the most talented architects practicing today. Benchmarked by presentations from Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa and Glenn Murcutt, the week of inspiring discussions naturally lead to speculations about the larger agenda.  Was Ghost 13 merely a thoughtful reflection on beautiful architecture or did it make a claim for New Humanism within the context of an exceedingly technically driven culture. You decide, as attendants discuss the issues explicitly, and implicitly, generated by the conference.

Paul Field, Assoc. AIA, Moderator

“The Art of Building – Rethinking the Role of Architect”

February 21, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

The original definition of architect as master builder has been compartmentalized and the new role more narrowly defined as design professional.  Which role makes more sense for the architect of tomorrow?

Frances Colpitt Ph.D, Moderator

“A Conversation with Flavin Judd”

March 6, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

Panel Sponsor is Dee Dee Hoak + Wendy Konradi

Donald Judd’s unique understanding of art and architecture has left a significant and enduring set of distinctions between the two disciplines, as well as a formal vocabulary almost instantly recognized as singularly his. Join us in this dialogue with his son Flavin Judd, a founding board member of Judd Foundation, as he discusses his father’s ideas and legacy with Dr. Colpitt, who knew his father and has written extensively on his work.

Kevin Sloan, ASLA, Moderator

“Unexpected in Dallas”

March 27, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

The new AT&T Performing Arts Center, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge by Santiago Calatrava and Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Thom Mayne, establishes Dallas as an architectural patron that’s ready for the next question.  If Dallas were to grow an architectural culture that is exportable, what would it be? Setting aside their own interests and personal ambitions, panelists will speculate on what Dallas already has that could form the underpinnings of an offering to architectural culture.

Etty Horowitz, Moderator

“Cross-Cultural Art and Architecture of Synagogues”

April 17, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

Dallas Center for Architecture, 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Suite 100

The design parameters and embellishment of Jewish sacred spaces follow millennia of precedent, from the actual dimensions of Solomon’s Temple to liturgical symbolism of Ark, Bimah and Menorah.  This panel will look at ancient worship places in Israel and discuss the relationships with contemporary architectural practice including projects in the North Central Texas area.

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. For more information on The Forum or their lecture season, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. The Dallas Architecture Forum is now on Twitter and Facebook! Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dallas-Architecture-Forum/139899379388425?ref=ts.  Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/DallasArchForum.

For press information and photos, please contact: Lisa Taylor, 214.914.1099 or Taylormadepress@gmail.com

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The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its 16^th season of lectures that bring leading architectural experts from around the world to Dallas. This season the Forum will present 10 lectures beginning with award-winning architect Steven Ehrlich on September 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

The season will also include four of the leading voices on Chinese architecture in its Chinese Architecture Lecture Series this fall. Organized in conjunction with the Rice University School of Architecture, the Rice Design Alliance, and the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture, the series will provide attendees important knowledge on China’s emergence as an international leader in urban development. The Dallas Architecture Forum also will present an engaging Panel Series focused on issues impacting Dallas, two symposia, its 365 Modern Home Reception series, and special members’ only events as a part of the season.  The season benefactor is Briggs-Freeman Real Estate.

Tickets are $20 per lecture for general admission and $5 for students (with ID). Tickets can be purchased at the door before the lecture. Dallas Architecture Forum members receive free admission to all regular Forum lectures as a benefit of membership, and AIA members can earn one hour of CE credit for each lecture. All lectures are at 7 p.m. at The Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave., unless otherwise noted. Call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

Founded in 1996, the Forum has grown to be one of the leading presenters in the country of lectures focusing on the built environment, with over 200 events since its inception presented by such luminaries as Shigeru Ban, Brad Cloepfil, Michael Graves, Daniel Libeskind, Thom Mayne, Andree Putnam, Kazuyo Sejima, Karim Rashid, Rafael Vinoly, James Timberlake, Aaron Betsky, Peter Bohlin and Spencer de Grey. It also collaborated with the ATT PAC to present Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas. The Forum brings both emerging architectural leaders and well-known practitioners to speak to its members, believing it is important to let members hear from both. The Forum is pleased that one of those whom they brought when their practice was still developing, Kazuyo Sejima, won last year’s Pritzker Prize, and that industry leader and recent Forum speaker Peter Bohlin received the AIA Gold Medal last year. These two recognitions, the highest in the industry, attest to the quality and important messages of the speakers for our Lecture Series.

FALL LECTURE SEASON

Steven Ehrlich, FAI

September 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

Presented in conjunction with the AIA Dallas Built Projects Design Awards, the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Dallas Museum of Art. AIA Members will be admitted for free.

For over thirty years Steven Ehrlich’s firm has approached design with a deep sensibility for people and place. This was nurtured in the 1970s by Ehrlich’s six years practice and teaching in Morocco and Nigeria. From private houses to the recently won competition for the new United Arab Emirates parliament, his projects span scales and cultures with a constant attention to the facts of building. Eight national AIA Honor Awards and several dedicated monographs speak to the work.

www.s-ehrlich.com

Steven Ehrlich is the Chair of the jury for the 2011 AIA Dallas Design Awards program recognizing projects that have been constructed (“built” projects). The winning entries will be announced at the event. The AIA Dallas Design Awards recognizes outstanding work by Dallas architects, both in the metropolitan area and around the world. The purpose of the awards program is to honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to achieve design excellence.  For more information, visit http://www.aiadallas.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=38”

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES

Chinese Series Benefactors are Corgan Associates, The Joule, a Luxury Collection Hotel, and National Endowment for the Arts

Thomas J. Campanella

September 29, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Bob James Memorial Lecture

Presented with support from the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation.

The Lecture Benefactor is Emily Summers Design Associates.

The Reception Underwriter is Workplace Solutions.

As author of the book The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World, Thomas Campanella introduces the Forum’s China Series. A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, he holds a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell and a PhD in Urban Planning from MIT. Currently at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has taught at Harvard, Columbia, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

http://planning.unc.edu/people/faculty/thomascampanella

Pei Zhu

October 6, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Reception underwriter is modmedia.inc // moderndallas.net.

Parallel to China’s gaining a primary place in world affairs, its architecture is doing the same. Educated at Tsinghua University and UC-Berkeley, Pei Zhu brings his long concern with both Chinese philosophy and contemporary architecture to his award-winning designs, including the control center for the Beijing Olympics. Other recognitions include a Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record, WA China Architectural Prize, and an award of merit from UNESCO.

http://www.chinese-architects.com/pei-zhu

Wang Shu

October 13, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Reception underwriters are Gromatzky Dupree & Associates and Megan + Casey McManemin.

Brilliant at viewing modern architecture in light of China’s deep culture, Wang Shu incorporates vernacular, traditional, and recycled construction into thoroughly current buildings. His seeking a re-establishment of Chinese contemporary architecture can be seen in works such as two museums in Ningbo and the Ceramic Houses. Wang received the Shelling Architecture Prize in 2010 and the French Architecture Academy’s Gold Prize in 2011.

www.chinese-architects.com/amateur/awards.html

Qingyun Ma

October 20, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Lecture Benefactor is One Arts Plaza by Billingsley Company.

Reception Underwriter is Turner Construction Company.

As a young generation assumes leadership in ancient China, this transformation includes architecture. With degrees from Tsinghua and Penn, Qingyun Ma works effectively in both China and the US, where he is currently dean of the School of Architecture at University of Southern California. The projects of his firm, MADA s.p.a.m., have received worldwide recognition in publications and at exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and the Centre Pompidou.

http://archinect.com/features/article/68561/qingyun-ma-part-i-the-idea-behind-s-p-a-m

Julie VandenBerg Snow, FAIA

November 16, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

Ken Roberts Lecture

Lecture Benefactors are AIA Dallas, the Dallas Architecture Forum, and the School of Architecture, UT-Arlington.

Reception Underwriter is TKO Associates.

Adept at finding elegance and clarity within the constraints of any project, Julie Snow has built a singular practice in the cities and landscapes of the upper Midwest. Recognized by an American Architecture Award, a Progressive Architecture Design Award, several General Services Administration Design Excellence Awards, her firm most recently received a national AIA Honor Award for the gracious and green, Warroads Port of Entry facility on the US-Canada border.

www.juliesnowarchitects.com

SPRING LECTURE SEASON

The Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP and Rogers O’Brien Construction Company.

Mark Sexton

January 19, 2012 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Reception Underwriter is Scott + Cooner.

Working for three decades in the demanding architectural culture of Chicago, the firm of Krueck and Sexton has set a standard by melding a lively and generous vision with craft and precision. Among their major works is Crown Fountain, done with artist Jaume Plensa, a centerpiece of Chicago’s magnificent Millenium Park along Lake Michigan. Educated at IIT, Mark Sexton brings to today’s work ideas an attention that reflect Mies’ long legacy.

www.ksarch.com

James Carpenter

February 8, 2012 at 7 p.m. at UTA’s Maverick Activities Center, 500 W. Nedderman Dr.

Presented with the School of Architecture, UTA.

Glass is the most characteristic and telling material of modern architecture. And as a master in working with glass, James Carpenter helps bridge the gap between art and architecture. After RISD he worked with Corning Glass Works on innovative products, then in 1978 began his independent studio practice. A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of many major design awards, Carpenter created the exquisite moving glass screen in Dallas’ Rachofsky House.

www.jcdainc.com

Jason Roberts

February 29, 2012 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Opposite to the ‘top down’ concept of urban design is BETTER BLOCK, founded in Dallas’ Oak Cliff by Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard. The Better Block project is a demonstration tool that temporarily re-visions an area to show the potential to create a walk-able, vibrant, neighborhood center. The idea and the charrettes to realize it have quickly spread to cities like Memphis, St. Louis, New York, and Boston. National media coverage includes NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.

www.BetterBlock.org

Mohsen Mostafavi

March 22, 2012 at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave.

Rose Family Lecture

Presented with support from the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation.

Lecture Benefactor is Maharger Development Company | Reggie Graham.

Reception Underwriters are Frank Aldridge and Studio Outside.

Guiding one of the leading design schools through our problematic times demands experience and knowledge. As the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Mohsen Mostafavi brings both.  He is the former Dean at Cornell and Chair at London’s Architectural Association, and is a scholar of urbanism and architecture. His books include Structure as Space, On Weathering (with D. Leatherbarrow), and most recently Ecological Urbanism. His research and design projects have been published widely in major international journals.

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/mostafavi

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. For more information on The Forum or their lecture season, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. The Dallas Architecture Forum is now on Twitter and Facebook! Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dallas-Architecture-Forum/139899379388425?ref=ts.  Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/DallasArchForum.

For press information and photos, please contact: Lisa Taylor, 214.914.1099 or Taylormadepress@gmail.com

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