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Arts News You Can Use: Meet Sculptor Sherry Owens, Dancing In Libraries, Behavior In Theaters & More!


by Hady Mawajdeh 18 Dec 2017 11:24 AM

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A Quick Look At Art&Seek’s Reporting

  • Growing up, Dallas artist Sherry Owens spent summers in Houston, surrounded by Crape Myrtle. She loved the shape and the flowers of Texas’ favorite shrub. Now, decades later, the branches are the building blocks for her sculptures. In this week’s Art&Seek Artist Spotlight, I learn that those branches have become an obsession.
Danielle Georgiou Dance Group Dallas Things Missing Missed

The Dallas Public Library will become a forest for “Things Missing/Missed” Photo: Trenton Ryan Stephonson

  • “Things Missing/Missed” sounds like a typical offering from the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group. It takes place in an unusual space – the middle of the Dallas Public Library. And it’s surreal. Yet the performance marks a departure for the company. Art&Seek’s Anne Bothwell sat down with Danielle Georgiou for this week’s State of the Arts conversation and learned that the change was partially personal.
Joanie Schultz and Laura Fisher answering questions onstage (top) and immediately before Monday’s town hall began — standing before a SRO crowd at Arts Mission Oak Cliff (above). Photo: Jerome Weeks

Joanie Schultz and Laura Fisher answering questions onstage (top) and immediately before Monday’s town hall began — standing before a SRO crowd at Arts Mission Oak Cliff (above). Photo: Jerome Weeks

  • More than 120 theater artists packed a town hall meeting in Oak Cliff last Monday. They were there to hear about a new method Chicago theaters are using to address sexual harassment. The meeting came in the wake of the Dallas Theater Center firing an administrator over inappropriate behavior. Art&Seek’s Jerome Weeks says the takeaway was – that if a actor can memorize ‘Hamlet,’ he can remember where to keep his hands.

What Else You’ve Got To Know

CEO and General Director Keith Cerny Resigns From Dallas Opera

CEO and General Director Keith Cerny Resigns From Dallas Opera

What We’re Reading

Kalita Humphreys Theater Photo: franklloydwright.org

Kalita Humphreys Theater
Photo: franklloydwright.org

What We’re Listening To

LA Johnson/NPR

LA Johnson/NPR

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What We’re Looking At

Mass, an arrangement of 100 fibreglass and resin skulls, is a highlight of the National Gallery of Victoria's inaugural triennial Photo: Eugene Hyland

Mass, an arrangement of 100 fiberglass and resin skulls, is a highlight of the National Gallery of Victoria’s inaugural triennial
Photo: Eugene Hyland

Mike Olbinski's beautiful still of a lightning strike over the Grand Canyon took home third place in the Landscapes category.

Mike Olbinski’s beautiful still of a lightning strike over the Grand Canyon took home third place in the Landscapes category.

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