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Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA)

Celebrates its 25^th anniversary

with Party, Scholarship Exhibition,

Fall Gallery Walk, Panel Discussions, and Film Premiere

The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) celebrates its 25^th anniversary year with Fall Gallery Walk, an Edith Baker Art Scholarship exhibition, panel discussions for artists and the public, and an After Gallery Walk Party the weekend of Sept. 24, 2010.  In honor of the 5^th anniversary of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, the film 25 Years of Dallas Visual Art premieres Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St.

The festivities begin with a reception for the winner of DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund on Friday, Sept. 24 6-8 p.m. at Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.  The DADA Scholarship Committee juried the seven finalists chosen by visual art faculty members of the Dallas County Community College District. The reception is free.

The annual DADA Fall Gallery Walk will be Saturday, Sept. 25. It begins with panel discussions to educate the public and artists from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Bath House Cultural Center. The Walk (really a car ride) begins at 2 p.m. at any of DADA’s 37 member galleries, museums and nonprofit art spaces.  This FREE event goes until 8 p.m. and allows art lovers to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day.

Panel 1: “How to Start an Art Collection” is 10:30-noon. Panel 2: “How to Photograph Your Art” is 1-2:30 p.m. Tickets ($15) can be purchased online at www.dallasartdealers.org or at the door. Proceeds benefit the Edith Baker Art Scholarship.

An After Gallery Walk party will be 8-11 p.m. at the Dallas Contemporary, 161 Glass St. at Riverfront. In honor of the DADA art movement, the party will be multi-disciplinary with the arts of fashion, visual art, theater, dance, music, cooking, and bartending.  Paper City, Wendy Krispin Caterer, Inc., Darian Thomas Fashion, and The Dallas Conservatory are sponsors.  Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance at dallasartdealers.org or at the door.

Maps for the Fall Gallery Walk will be available at each location or at http://www.dallasartdealers.org as a downloadable pdf. Hours may vary; please see individual listings. Call 214.914.1099 or email info@dallasartdealers.org.

In honor of the 5^th anniversary of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, the film 25 Years of the Dallas Visual Art Scene premieres Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. The film will include interviews with Dallas artists, gallerists, collectors and administrators who look back and forward at the Dallas art scene. The screening is included with admission to the museum.

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, an educational resource for the community at large and as the facilitator of Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund that provides funding and career development for visual art students. The Dallas Art Dealers Association, founded in 1985, is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization. Visit www.dallasartdealers.org or e-mail info@dallasartdealers.org for more information.

ABOUT THE EDITH BAKER ART SCHOLARSHIP AND ARTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND

In celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2005, the Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) created the Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund honoring the respected owner and director of The Edith Baker Gallery in Dallas. One of DADA’s founding members, Edith owned and directed The Edith Baker Gallery in Dallas for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2004. The Edith Baker Art Scholarship benefits a student pursuing study of the visual arts through a cash award and career development activities such as a gallery show, a mentorship and an internship. Proceeds from individual donations, annual DADA events and collection jars at each DADA member location support the Edith Baker Art Scholarship, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  Visit www.dallasartdealers.org or e-mail info@dallasartdealers.org for more information.

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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, May 13 at 7 p.m. at The Magnolia Theatre, West Village, 3699 McKinney Avenue.

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 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.

www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org
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 13th season of lectures with distinguished architect and author Juhani Pallasmaa of Helsinki, Finland on Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium in the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas. This is the annual Rose Family Lecture. Lecture Benefactors are Dallas Architectural Foundation and Scott + Cooner. Reception Underwriter is Kathleen + Alan Munoz.

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 http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at http://www.taylormadepress.org, 214-943-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net. Season benefactors are: Briggs Freeman Real Estate; MODIA Home Theater Store | Mody & Mody; Museum Tower; SHW Group; The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel; and URBAN EDGE developers ltd. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP and RTKL Associates, Inc.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Juhani Pallasmaa has practiced architecture since the early 1960s and established his own office Juhani Pallasmaa Architects in 1983 after having collaborated with a number of architects for over 20 years. In addition to architectural design, he has been active in urban, product and graphic design.

Pallasmaa has taught and lectured widely in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, and published books and numerous essays on the philosophy and critique of architecture and the arts in over thirty languages.

Pallasmaa has held positions as e.g. Professor and Dean at the Helsinki University of Technology (1991-97), State Artist Professor (1983-88), Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture (1978-83), Associate Professor at Haile Selassie I University, Addis Abeba (1972-74), and Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki (1970-71).

He has held visiting professorships at the Washington University in St. Louis (1999-2004), University of Virginia (1992) and Yale University (1993) and taught and lectured at numerous universities, conferences, and symposia around the world. His books include: The Thinking Hand: embodied and existential wisdom in architecture, London, 2009; Alvar Aalto Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban, co-editor, London 2007; Raimo Utriainen – The Resonant Line, Helsinki 2007; Encounters: Architectural Essays, Helsinki 2005; The Aalto House, Helsinki 2004; Juhani Pallasmaa: Sensuous Minimalism, Beijing 2002; The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema, Helsinki 2001 and 2007; Alvar Aalto: Villa Mairea, Helsinki, 1998; The Eyes of the Skin, London 1996 and 2005; The Melnikov House, London 1996; Animal Architecture, Helsinki 1995; Maailmassaolon taide [The Art of Being-in-the-World: essays on art and architecture], Helsinki 1993; Alvar Aalto Furniture, Helsinki/Cambridge, Mass. 1987; The Language of Wood, Helsinki 1987, and; Alvar Aalto 1898-1976, co-editor, Helsinki 1978.

Pallasmaa has received three honorary doctorates: University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, 1993 (in the arts); Helsinki University of Technology, 1998 (in technology), and, Estonian Academy of Arts, 2004 (in the arts). He is also Honorary Professor of the International Academy of Architecture.

Pallasmaa has received several awards: Silver Plaquette of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, 2006; Finland Prize, 2000; The International Union of Architects´ Award for Architectural Criticism, 1999; Fritz Schumacher Prize (Germany), 1997; Russian Federation Architecture Award, 1996; Helsinki City Culture Award, 1993; Finnish National Architecture Award, 1992.

ABOUT 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. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 13th season of lectures with distinguished engineer Guy NORDENSON, who is currently working with Renzo Piano on the Kimbell expansion, on Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium in the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas. Nordenson was originally scheduled for April 1, so this is a CHANGED DATE.

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. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit http://www.dallasarchitectureforum.org. Images are available upon request via Lisa Taylor at http://www.taylormadepress.com, 214-943-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net. Lecture benefactor is: David Griffin & Company Realtors. Season benefactors are: Briggs Freeman Real Estate; MODIA Home Theater Store | Mody & Mody; Museum Tower; SHW Group; The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel; and URBAN EDGE developers ltd. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP and RTKL Associates, Inc.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Structural engineering has been both example and partner in the making of modern architecture. In collaboration with designers like Steven Holl, Richard Meier, and Sejima + Nishwara, Guy Nordenson brings a dynamic logic to the physical reality of buildings. He began his career drafting for Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi; later he was with Ove Arup + Partners, and in 1997 opened his own firm. Guy Nordenson is currently working with Renzo Piano on the Kimbell expansion.
Web:    nordenson.com

Guy Nordenson is a professor of structural engineering and architecture at Princeton University and is a faculty associate of the University Center for Human Values. He is active in earthquake engineering, including code development, technology transfer, long-range planning for FEMA and the USGS, and research. Nordenson initiated and led the development of the New York Seismic Code from 1984 to its enactment into law in 1995. He is co-founder of the Structural Engineers Association of New York and organized the inspections by the SEAoNY of 400 buildings in the restricted zone around the World Trade Center after 9/11. In 2004, he co-curated the Museum of Modern Art’s Tall Buildings exhibition at MoMA QNS with Terence Riley. In 2004, Nordenson was the first recipient of a new award given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for contributions to architecture by a non-architect. Nordenson’s recent publications include the WTC Emergency Building Damage Assessments (2004) and Tall Buildings (2003), a companion to the exhibition at MoMA QNS.

ABOUT 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. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.

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The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 13th season of lectures with Chicago curator and critic Elizabeth SMITH on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas.  The Affiliate Sponsor is Preservation Dallas | Modern Committee.  The Lecture Benefactors are Emily Summers Design Associates and Caren Prothro. The Reception Underwriters are Armond + Cindy Schwartz

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, 214-943-1099 or lisatmp@swbell.net.

Season benefactors are: Briggs Freeman Real Estate; MODIA Home Theater Store | Mody & Mody; Museum Tower; SHW Group; The Joule, A Luxury Collection Hotel; and URBAN EDGE developers ltd. Spring Series Benefactors are Jackson Walker LLP and RTKL Associates, Inc.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

The California Case Study Houses are arguably the most important contribution by a group of designers to American architecture. Elizabeth Smith’s magnificent Taschen volume on these buildings and projects is definitive. She is the James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago; previously she was Curator at MOCA in Los Angeles. In addition to organizing exhibitions on art and architecture she serves on many national panels and juries.  For more information visit mcachicago.org.

ABOUT 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. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.org.