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04.10.2010

Get Pumped for the Oak Cliff Art Crawl

As many of you know, the Oak Cliff Art Crawl is this weekend. I’ll be visiting today — later today, as it is almost 2 a.m. now — and will be taking my very significant other David. To see exactly how kick-ass he is, you can go here or find his link on the bottom right of this site under “Art Dilemma’s Friends.”

Anyways, back on track: For the small price of $10, you can get discounts on stuff like beer and art. Awesome.

Included in the list of participating art galleries are Artisans Collective, Daniel Padilla Gallery, The Soda Gallery, Decorazon, and Mighty Fine Arts among others. Live music and poetry are also scheduled. There will also be an outdoor urban street bazaar offering more than 100 vendors. It doesn’t get much better than this. I’ll be there. Photos to come. Hope to see some of you out there too.

Categories: Art Events, Blog, Inspiration, Local Artists, Local Galleries, Music, Oak Cliff, Poetry — Valerie @ 2:13 am Comments (2)

04.05.2010

Last Day of The Deep Ellum Arts Festival

It was nasty outside today, but I made it into Deep Ellum. I set out to take some photos of the art and music, and I did. But I probably ended with more dog photos than anything — only because they had a dog adoption booth.

ArtLoveMagic, a local organization of creatives, had their own stage and area for live artists. I’m always impressed with what they have to offer. They host monthly events that include a combination of visual art, music, and spoken word.

There were very many talented artists this year. Among the bunch was David Pound, who designs custom miniature heads. I saw his work at last year’s festival for the first time and was blown away. Each of his clay characters have so much personality.

Also, there was Jamie Rood, who was showing his photo paintings. Think HDR photography meets the surrealism of painting.

I took several photos of the event today. I’ll be building a photo gallery tomorrow, so please check back.

Categories: Art Events, Blog, Deep Ellum, Inspiration, Local Artists, Painting, Photography, Sculpture — Tags: , , — Valerie @ 12:43 am Comments (0)

04.04.2010

Welcome to Art Dilemma!

At last, the day has come…

Art Dilemma is now live! It’s not completely finished, though. I hope to add more content this following week. So please check back in a couple of days to see what’s new.

And what perfect timing to start than the weekend of the Deep Ellum Arts Festival? Well, I happen to be going today. I’ll be taking photos and posting them later. Maybe I’ll be seeing some of you there.

Categories: Art Events, Blog, Deep Ellum, Inspiration, Music — Valerie @ 1:47 pm Comments (1)