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| Where: Dallas Museum of Art | Phone: (214) 922-1200 |
The Dallas engagement of this exhibit provides insight into the life of Tutankhamun and other royals of the 18th Dynasty (1555–1305 B.C.). Tutankhamun was one of the last kings of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty and ruled during a crucial, turmoil-filled period of Egyptian history. All of the treasures in the exhibition are between 3,300 and 3,500 years old and this exhibit marks the first time these artifacts will be seen in the Southwest region. The current exhibition includes an extensive array of more than 130 extraordinary artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites. The return of the exhibition to the United States will include a selection of artifacts that are new to the exhibit and have never before been seen outside of Egypt.
- Roundup on the Range McKinney
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Friday, 10/17/2008 thru Saturday, 10/17/2009
Where: Myers Park & Event Center Phone: (972) 548-4792 Authentic chuckwagon cookoff, music & family fun!
- Reconstructing the Renaissance: Five Paintings from an Altarpiece by Fra Angelico Fort Worth
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Tuesday, 11/25/2008 thru Sunday, 02/15/2009
Where: Kimbell Art Museum Phone: (817) 332-8451 In this focus exhibition, shown only at the Kimbell, the Museum reunites its great Fra Angelico painting with the ensemble to which it originally belonged. The other four paintings in the group are on loan from prestigious collections in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Florence. The panels constituted a predella, which stood at the base of a now-dismembered altarpiece. They illustrate stories from the lives of Saints James, John the Baptist, Dominic and Francis, and Lucy, with a central panel showing the death of the Virgin Mary. Such a predella would have come from an altarpiece incorporating a central Virgin and Child and images of the saints or holy figures, although the other parts of this altarpiece have yet to be conclusively identified. The occasion for the exhibition is the Kimbell’s publication this fall of Laurence Kanter’s book Reconstructing the Renaissance: Saint James Freeing Hermogenes by Fra Angelico. Kanter brought the five altarpiece panels together for the first time in living memory in a Fra Angelico exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2005. Reconstructing the Renaissance is the second volume in the Kimbell Masterpiece Series.
- Saturday School: Introduction to Guitar Irving
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Saturday, 01/03/2009 thru Saturday, 02/07/2009
Where: Irving Arts Center Phone: (972) 252-2787 Saturday School offers professional and fun art instruction to students ages 6-14 years. During Session 2, students will learn the basics of music reading, practice notes and chords and explore various musical genres. Irving-based musician, Jeremy Emmert will also provide guitar lessons dependent on each student's previous musical experiences and skill level. Instruments will be provided.
- Behold the People: R.C. Hickman's Photographs of Black Dallas Irving
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Monday, 01/05/2009 thru Sunday, 03/08/2009
Where: Dupree Lobby Phone: (972) 252-7558 Selection of images by Dallas photographer R.C. Hickman, documenting the African American community in Texas from 1949 to 1961. Hickman's photographs depict a community thoroughly a part of mainstream America by virtue of accomplishment and lifestyle, but largely invisible to white Americans because of race. Exhibit organized by the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Ennis Czech Music Festival Ennis
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Saturday, 02/07/2009
Where: Sokol Activity Center, 2622 E. Hwy 34 Phone: (972) 878-4748 The Ennis Czech Music Festival is an annual event featuring 5 Czech bands. Come enjoy polka music at its finest in Ennis, Texas!
