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DART to Arts & Science

Sept. 18 Mark your calendars for Big Art Day presented by the City of Garland and Garland Independent School District. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18, enjoy the outdoor art education event in Downtown Garland featuring a community mural, live music and dance performances, steamroller art, make and take art, chalk art, the first annual Art Walk and much more. Admission is free and open to the public. Bring your own T-shirt as printing will also be available. A limited number of shirts will be available for sale for $5 each. Information: VisitGarlandTX.com.

• Via DART Rail Blue Line to Downtown Garland Station

Through Oct. 30 Kelly Steller Hrad: Make Room for Color is at the ArtCentre of Plano. Open House for this exhibition is scheduled for Saturday, September 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. Recently commissioned by the new Louis Vuitton Store in Legacy West to create an original painting, Kelly's works have been exhibited throughout the Metroplex and beyond. The Art Centre of Plano is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. -5 p.m. and located at located at 902 East 16th Street. Information: www.artcentreofplano.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line to Downtown Plano Station, then a short walk

Through Oct. 31 Museum of Memories is an interactive art exhibit centered around positivity, creativity, and nostalgia, designed by Steffi Lynn. The exhibit is an hour long experience and consists of over 15+ different art rooms and murals for you to explore to your heart's content, all inspired by childhood memories with a taste of the 90s. It's open for a limited time so go check it out before it's too late! The museum is located at 4428 Main Street, Suite #200. Information: www.museumofmemories.art.

• Via DART Rail Green Line to Baylor University Medical Center Station, then DART Bus Route 76 to Main @ Carroll

Through Nov. 13 Robert Batson: New Works (2019-2021). Robert Batson is an artist and retired architect with a degree in architecture from Texas Tech University and a Masters degree in art from the University of Dallas. He splits his time between Texas and New Mexico, with residences in the Taos Ski Valley as well as in Irving. He loves the landscape and architecture of northern New Mexico and has been painting and drawing it since he first started visiting the area. When home in North Texas, you'll often find Robert at Irving Arts Center, where he is very active, serving as a volunteer docent and summer camp art instructor. His exhibit is in the Courtyard Gallery at the Irving Arts Center is located at 3333 North MacArthur Blvd. Information: www.irvingartscenter.com.

• Via DART Bus Route 401 from Downtown Irving/Heritage Crossing Station

Sept. 19-Jan. 9 This fall, the Meadow Museum's first-floor galleries will feature a focused exhibition titled Image & Identity: Mexican Fashion in the Modern Period, curated by the museum's Center for Spain in America (CSA) Curatorial Fellow Akemi Luisa Herráez Vossbrink. Featuring photographs, prints, books and gouaches from the 19th and 20th centuries, this exhibition will explore Mexican fashion through images of everyday scenes, festivities, regional types and occupations. The Meadows Museum is located at 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus. Information: meadowsmuseumdallas.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line or Orange Line to SMU/Mockingbird Station, then Museum Express (Route 743) or DART Bus Route 521, then a short walk

Sept. 23 Thursdays on Tap at the Perot. Join in every Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. to experience the Perot Museum after-hours with a 21+ crowd and enjoy live music, drinks and food trucks from local businesses. Plus, get full access to all of the exhibit halls. This program is for ages 21+, so it is the perfect opportunity to experience the Museum without the daytime crowds. Admission is $10 for members and $25 for non-members. The museum is located at 2201 N. Field St. Information: www.perotmuseum.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to Akard Station, then an approximately 1/2 mile walk on Field Street
• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to West End Station, then Bus Route 52 or Bus Route 59 from Rosa Parks Plaza (return to West End Station via Bus Route 29 from the stop on Broom Street.)
• Via DART Rail Green Line, Orange Line or Trinity Railway Express (TRE) to Victory Station, then an approximately 1/2 mile walk
• Via M-Line Trolley

Sept. 24-Oct. 25 The Heart of Teaching is a celebration and recognition of Dallas ISD art teachers and in partnership with Dallas ISD and Dallas Summer Musicals. This juried art exhibition of 75+ pieces will be open for viewing at the Music Hall at Fair Park during the State Fair of Texas and will be a highly visible opportunity for our teachers' talents to be showcased. The free exhibition is at the Music Hall at Fair Park, 909 1st Avenue. Information: www.fairpark.org.

• Via DART Rail Green Line to Fair Park Station

Naudline Pierre, Lest You Fall, 2019, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Lay Family Acquisition Fund, 2020.8, © Naudline Pierre, courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York

Sept. 26-May 15 Naudline Pierre: What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared. The DMA presents the first solo museum exhibition of works by Naudline Pierre, whose vividly hued paintings portray opaque, otherworldly narratives through depictions of supernatural beings entangled in complex scenes of struggle and intimacy. Rearticulating historical tenets of religious painting, Pierre expresses the spiritual experience of transcendence through the means of an alter-ego figure who recurs throughout her works. This exhibition, which will feature the debut of five newly created paintings and the DMA's recent acquisition Lest You Fall, will consider the possibilities of speculation and fantasy in offering love, care, and routes for escape. The DMA is at 1717 N. Harwood St. in the Dallas Arts District. Information: www.dma.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to St. Paul Station, then about a 6-minute walk
• Via M-Line Trolley

Vincent van Gogh, Olive Grove, July 1889, oil on canvas, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands. Photographer: Rik Klein Gotink

Oct. 17-Feb. 6 Van Gogh and the Olive Groves is the first exhibition dedicated to the legendary artist's important olive grove series, produced in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the final year of his life. Co-organized by the DMA and the Van Gogh Museum, this groundbreaking presentation will premiere in October in Dallas, the only North American venue, and then travel to Amsterdam. This unprecedented exhibition contextualizes the olive grove series within the artist's career and reveals exciting new discoveries on the artist's techniques, materials, and palette through works drawn from public and private collections. The DMA is at 1717 N. Harwood St. in the Dallas Arts District. Information: www.dma.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to St. Paul Station, then about a 6-minute walk
• Via M-Line Trolley

Free First Saturdays at the Nasher Sculpture Center presents child-friendly programming from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and free admission for all until 5 p.m. Look, learn and love your time at the Nasher every first Saturday of the month. Bring the whole crew to create, discover and make new memories together. Each month features a rotating schedule of things to see and do. Free First Saturdays is made possible by leading support from the Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A, Trustee. The Nasher Sculpture Center is located at 2001 Flora St. Information: nashersculpturecenter.org.

• A Message from the Nasher Sculpture Center: Out of concern for our visitors' health and safety, Free First Saturdays programming is now virtual. For more virtual family activities, visit the Art Activities and Lessons page of the website for fun projects to explore with your family.
• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to Pearl/Arts District Station or St. Paul Station, then about a 6-minute walk
• Via M-Line Trolley

The African American Museum in Fair Park has one of the largest collections of African American folk art in the country. The Billy R. Allen Folk Art Collection, named for a founding board member, has grown to include more than 500 objects. Dr. Warren and Sylvia Lowe of Lafayette, Louisiana, Sally Griffiths and Dr. Bobby Alexander of Dallas, Texas have been major contributors. Pieces from the collection are rotated, twice each year, in the Sam and Ruth Bussey Gallery. Artists include Clementine Hunter, Mose Tolliver, Reverend Johnnie Swearingen, David Butler, Sister Gertrude Morgan, and Isaac Smith to name a few. Information: www.aamdallas.org.

• Via DART Rail Green Line to Fair Park Station and MLK, Jr. Station

The Keir Collection of Islamic Art Gallery is the largest-ever exhibition of one of the world's most important private collections of Islamic Art. The collection includes luster pottery, painted miniatures and rare manuscripts dating back as far as the 14th century. This long-term loan to the Dallas Museum of Art makes it the third-largest repository of Islamic art in the United States. The DMA is at 1717 N. Harwood St. in the Dallas Arts District. Information: www.dma.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to St. Paul Station, then about a 6-minute walk
• Via M-Line Trolley

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The Being Human Hall. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science unveils its first completely transformed exhibit hall since opening in 2012. There are twice as many interactive displays, tons of innovative content, and dozens of experiences offered in English and Spanish. Explore what it means to be human! Highlights include a rare display of a human brain with an intact spinal cord, and a virtual reality journey into the South African caves where anthropologists discovered a new human relative. Speak into an interactive device that lets you "see" your voice. Use your brain waves to fire off pulsing lights. And marvel at a dozen authentic stone tool artifacts, some more than a million years old, displayed by a replica of our famous relative "Lucy." The Perot Museum is at 2201 North Field St. in Dallas. Information: www.perotmuseum.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to Akard Station, then an approximately 1/2 mile walk on Field Street
• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to West End Station, then Bus Route 52 or Bus Route 59 from Rosa Parks Plaza (return to West End Station via Bus Route 29 from the stop on Broom Street.)
• Via DART Rail Green Line, Orange Line or Trinity Railway Express (TRE) to Victory Station, then an approximately 1/2 mile walk
• Via M-Line Trolley

Fierce Loyalty: A Samurai Complete is at Crow Museum of Asian Art. This permanent exhibition devoted to the art and culture of the Japanese samurai showcases one of the Crow Museum's most recent and spectacular acquisitions - a complete set of samurai armor, one of the finest examples of its kind anywhere in the world. The suit of armor was originally created for Abe Masayoshi (1700–1769), the daimyo (a powerful landholding ruler) of Bingo province from 1715 until his death. In addition to components crafted by the best metalsmiths of the day, the armor includes a hoshi kabuto, or traditional Japanese helmet, made by the renowned armorer Neo Masanobu. The Crow Museum of Asian Art is located at 2010 Flora St. Information: www.crowcollection.org.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to Pearl/Arts District Station or St. Paul Station
• Via M-Line Trolley

Discover the Trinity River Audubon Center, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Blvd. Trinity River Audubon Center Trails are now open. Make a Trail Hike Reservation and enjoy the center Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Gates close promptly at 2 p.m.) Outdoor bathrooms are available. Information: trinityriver.audubon.org.

• Via DART Rail Green Line to Buckner Station,
  then a short ride on DART Bus Route 466 to Great Trinity Forest @ Longacre

First and Third Saturday of every month The Arts District Architecture Tour. Presented in partnership with the Dallas Center for Architecture, this 90-minute Dallas Arts District architecture walking tour is led by a trained tour guide and will examine buildings from the 1890's to the present day. You will explore the architectural detail of the District as well as the institutions, individuals and visionaries who are a part of this fascinating story. Tours are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the ceremonial entrance to the Dallas Museum of Art (Flora and Harwood). The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and is held rain or shine. More information: www.dallasartsdistrict.org.

Visit www.dallasadex.org to make your reservation. Reservations and payment must be made in advance.

• Via DART Rail Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line to Pearl/Arts District Station
• Via M-Line Trolley

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