There is an art to having fun at Cottonwood! Join us for this spring’s show on May 5 & 6 in Richardson, TX at Cottonwood Park (map). This FREE semi-annual event features works from the nation’s top visual artists and has been a part of Richardson life for over forty years. The festival takes place on the first full weekend in May and the first full weekend in October each year.

The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival is a celebration of the arts in a community known for embracing and nurturing music, dance, choral, drama and the visual arts. The free event is produced by the Denton Festival Foundation, Inc. with the generous support of sponsors such as the Dallas/Fort Worth American Federation of Musicians Local 72-147 and the city of Denton. Held the last full weekend in April at Denton’s Quakertown Park, the event features seven stages of continuous music, fine art, crafts, and food, games and information booths in a beautiful, outdoor setting. The Festival Foundation uses proceeds from booth rentals and concession sales to support the arts throughout the city of Denton. Arts facilities, service organizations, and preservation projects have all been the recipients of the proceeds from past events, in addition to public art for the enjoyment of all.

Originally a fall festival established in 2017, the inaugural Turtle Creek Spring Arts and Crafts Festival will be held at one of the largest and most enthusiastic art buying communities in the Dallas metro area, Reverchon Park. On Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, 2018, The Foundation for Public Spaces will take over the […]

The Dallas Art Fair will take place from April 12-15, 2018, at the Fashion Industry Gallery. In celebrating its 10th anniversary, there will be an addition of almost 30 new galleries. Names include James Cohan Gallery, Van Doren Waxter, Casey Kaplan, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Rachel Uffner Gallery, Green Art Gallery, The Hole, Luhring Augustine and Praz- Delavallade, among others. The galleries join nearly 100 participants, from close to 30 different cities.

The Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival is scheduled for April 19-22, 2018. This is the largest, nationally ranked arts festival in the country. With a high tradition of providing top-shelf services to artists, artist awards totaling $10,500 and hundreds of thousands of affluent Metroplex buyers, Main St. continues to forge new ground in terms of increased sales for artists.

The Deep Ellum Arts Festival is proud to celebrate its 24th anniversary this year from Friday, April 6 through Sunday, April 8. Voted “Best Festival in Dallas” by local pools and ranked by participating artists among the top 50 arts festivals in the nation, the Festival begins at Malcolm X Blvd., and ends at Exposition Ave., outside the iconic Sons of Hermann Hall.

This last week and weekend I had the pleasure of attending Art Basel in Miami. For those that don’t know, Art Basel is a culmination of several events. It’s the art fair of art fairs where several major exhibitions dovetail. There are also artist meet and greets, behind-the scenes, and private parties. Here is a […]

Food in Fashion, one of the most creative foodies and fashionista events returns this forthcoming February for its second year. Last year’s event, featured a perfect fusion of restaurant, beverage and hospitality partnerships, a diverse mix of creative fashions that wowed the runway, and several guests fashionably adorned in their foodie themed cocktail attire. The […]

Check out the monthly calendar of art events in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the month of November below.

This year, the 41st Huffhines Art Trails will showcase the creative hand work of more than 160 artists and craftsman including 35 new artists, providing shoppers more to peruse, more to choose and more to buy.