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Historical Connections: Working with Living Artists in the Museum Setting
Shirley Reece-Hughes, Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Works on Paper at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Maggie Adler discuss collaborating with living artists on projects at the Carter, including Natasha Bowdoin, Leonardo Drew, Letitia Huckaby and more.
The Janus House: Talley Dunn on Curating Art in Frank Welch’s Iconic Spaces
In the ever-evolving dialogue between art and architecture, few conversations are as compelling as the one that unfolds when Talley Dunn enters the scene. An exceptional gallerist with a deep understanding of both disciplines, Dunn has long been a steward of artistic expression and curating spaces. Her latest venture—a collaboration with Stacy Jacobsen of SJ Studio to transform a Frank Welch-designed home into a living, breathing gallery. In this interview, Dunn reflects on the nuances of curating within Welch’s iconic spaces, the considerations that guide her selections, and the harmonious interplay between the art and the environments it inhabits.
Women to Watch 2024: Arely Morales
The seventh installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, New Worlds, is presented by the museum with the integral partnership of our national and international outreach committees.
The exhibition showcases 28 contemporary artists who respond to our extraordinary times—the global pandemic, advocacy for social reform, and political division—by reimagining the past, presenting alternate realities, and inspiring audiences to create different futures.
Click below to read the interview with painter Arely Morales.
Art Influencers
Linda Ridgway was named one of Patron Magazine’s Art Influencers of 2024.
Women Artists Are Catching Up, but Equality Will Still Take a While
“An exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts features an array of artists sharing their views of an increasingly complex world.”
No Place Like Home: Kinfolk House as a Site-Specific Work
“Since opening to the public in early 2022, many exhibitions have been generated at Kinfolk House featuring artists who understand it is not a typical neutral site. . . It is a place with a history that invariably affects the art it contains.”
Artist Talk: Leonardo Drew
As part of the March 14, 2024, Second Thursdays, artist Leonardo Drew talked with Carter curator Shirley Reece-Hughes about his work commissioned for the Carter, Number 235T, and then participated in a Q&A with the audience.
Portraits of Persistence: National Portrait Gallery Spotlights Juneteenth Pioneers
The National Portrait Gallery event spotlighted the intertwined stories of art, history, and activism. Lee and Huckaby’s contributions continue to influence reflections on freedom and justice, their legacies enshrined in the gallery and hearts worldwide.
Vernon Fisher Breaking the Code Screening Q&A
On December 2, 2023, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth hosted a free film screening of Breaking the Code, immediately followed by a panel discussion moderated by former Chief Curator Michael Auping with Film Director Michael Flanagan and Artists Sedrick Huckaby and Linda Ridgway.
Breaking the Code is a documentary film about the life and work of Vernon Fisher. Enjoy this discussion about the film and Vernon Fisher’s impact on contemporary art.
Leonardo Drew: Fall 2023 Lenhardt Lecture
Fall 2023, Phoenix Art Museum presented acclaimed artist Leonardo Drew during the Museum’s Lenhardt Lecture, a key component of the David and Dawn Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative. Drew is known for using natural materials, such as wood, cotton, iron, and paper, and subjecting them to transformative processes like burning, rusting, and weathering to create sculptural works and freestanding installations that consider the cycle of life, decay, and rebirth.
Community activist and artist Vicki Meek isn’t slowing down anytime soon
She’s spent her life advocating for the Black community — and all underrepresented groups. Her latest endeavor is no different.
Talley Dunn Gallery Awards Latina Collective with its Equity in the Arts Fellowship
In 2020, the gallery launched the fellowship program to address some of the racial inequities in the art world, in which artists of color have been denied equal access to resources. . .This year marks a shift, as the gallery has selected a collective rather than individual artists to receive the fellowship.
The explosive, exquisitely composed art of Leonardo Drew is on display in the D-FW area
“It draws your eyes the minute you enter the the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: a force field of horizontal streaks lining the broad hall-like gallery straight ahead. . .In happy simultaneity, you can see much more of his work, from compact to expansive, at Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas.”
Ciara Elle Bryant, Tina Medina, Enrique Nevárez | 2022-23 TDG Equity in the Arts Fellowship
Meet the 2022-23 Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Cohort: Ciara Elle Bryant, Tina Medina and Enrique Nevárez.
The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship is a yearlong instructional and professional development program for emerging Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color. The fellowship provides artists with mentorship and resources to further their practice and artistic endeavors. Bryant, Medina and Nevárez each present a fresh, distinctive body of work emblematic of their outstanding respective practices in painting, installation, photography, and video. Enjoy this interview with each artist and learn more about the work in the exhibition.
View the group exhibition here.
Talley Dunn Gallery is Proud to Announce the Representation of Eva Lundsager
Letitia Huckaby Walks Through Bitter Waters Sweet
Photographer Letitia Huckaby discusses her most recent body of work Bitter Waters Sweet, which explores the legacy of Africatown, the historic community near Mobile, Alabama.
Kinship Amid a Loneliness Epidemic
Through multiple mediums, Kinship demonstrates the ways that a number of artists had to navigate COVID-19’s influence on their process.
‘“The thing that was so weird was that [the pandemic] caused you to think more deeply about family, etcetera, on the one hand,” artist Sedrick Huckaby pointed out in an interview in the book.”
Meadows Museum Names Vicki Meek 2023 Moss/Chumley Artist Awardee
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas has named Vicki Meek as the recipient of the 2023 Moss/Chumley Artist Award. The annual award is given to a North Texas artist who has exhibited professionally for at least ten years and has a record of community advocacy. This year’s prize includes a $3,000 cash award.
The New York Times: Artwork Inspired by an Abraham Lincoln Moment Is Reimagined
Seven artists explore “The Freedman” for a provocative new show at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth.
Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 43 Timelapse
See this time-lapse video of Gabriel Dawe and his team of assistants installing Plexus No. 43.
Video created by Filmmaker David A. Ross and Maere Studios.