Currently, SMU DataArts is working on a new study about the arts in Houston.
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A $1 million gift from the Moody Foundation will support renovation of facilities at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University (SMU) Meadows School of the Arts, along with key education projects, reports…
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From growing up in a doomsday cult in Montana to almost accidentally (and deservingly) finding his way into a BFA and MFA from SMU by 2004, the acclaimed Brooklyn-based artist Lionel Maunz will…
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“On December 8, a group of Dallas college students will attempt to destroy the internet… .”
by Glasstireby GlasstireToday Glasstire received a mystery email announcing something called Media Burn 2016—presumably named in homage to (though not associated with) Ant Farm’s Media Burn from 1976—which will live stream from Dallas this Thursday.…
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Applications for SMU’s Meadows Museum‘s annual Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award opened in October and while the original deadline was November 30, the organizers are now giving applicants until December…
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Update: SMU Meadows Grant Comes Just in Time to Address Racist Nonsense
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAs Glasstire reported yesterday, Dallas’ Southern Methodist University (SMU) has received a three-year grant totaling $300,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the Ignite/Arts Dallas initiative at the…
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Today Southern Methodist University in Dallas announced that its Meadows School of the Arts has received a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the initiative Ignite/Arts Dallas.…
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In the past few years, there has been much discussion over the necessity (or even the feasibility) of a graduate degree in art, considering the expense versus the average income…
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The National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at Southern Methodist University has just released “new data and findings on the health of the U.S. arts and cultural sector,” and “incorporates…
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If you have an extra $40,000 laying around and want to travel the world, then SMU has something for you! They are now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 iteration of their Master of…
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Michael Craig-Martin, artist/former Goldsmith’s professor and so-called godfather of the YBAs, is on his way to Dallas for his big takeover of ten different venues. That’s hyperbolic, of course, but…
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SMU’s National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) has released its first annual Arts Vibrancy Index, which ranks towns according to their “vibrancy”, consisting of a complex mix of supply, demand…
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Via the Dallas Morning News: SMU’s Meadows Museum has announced that next year it will show a singularly impressive collection never before exhibited outside of Spain. In what will be…
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Those who make knee-jerk comments about the relevance and funding of arts organizations should watch what they say. The smart folks at the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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Why do some arts organizations fail, others thrive, and many seem to consistently remain in the middle of some nervous tightrope act? The National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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Only a Few Weeks Left to Declare an Outstanding North Texas Artist!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Moss/Chumley Award has been handed out to an “outstanding” North Texas artist since 1995 and the Meadows Museum at SMU is accepting applications through Monday, November 4 for this…
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Academic Shows That Made Me Curse With Joy: Artists’ Books at TWU; Ceramics at SMU
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisThe formats are traditional and the originality is through the fucking roof. Artists’ books at Texas Woman’s University; ceramics at SMU. Artistic boundaries are pushed and plundered. Academia. Who knew.…
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In collaboration with HEC Montréal and Bocconi University Graduate School of Management, SMU’s Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship program will finalize an agreement on May 30 to launch a new…
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SMU’s Meadows Museum is looking for North Texas artists with ten years of professional exhibitions and a proven track record as a community advocate for the visual arts for their…
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Arts philanthropist Nancy B. Hamon died Saturday at her home in Dallas. She was 92. Her gifts included a $20 million donation in 1988 to fund the 140,000-square-foot Nancy and…