Portraits of Dementia
Organized by the Mid-America Arts Alliance, “Portraits of Dementia” is a unique exhibition which destigmatizes those living with dementia through moving portraits and stories of lives well lived. Artist Joe Wallace has been a portrait photographer and storyteller for 20 years. Like many, Wallace has a deeply personal connection with dementia, as it has affected […]
Phases: Works by Toni Schuster & Richard Widener
Recent work by Irving artists and longtime friends, Toni Schuster and Richard Widener. Richard is now 97, living with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and painting up to 4 hours every day. He was featured in a one-person show in the IAC Focus Gallery in 2019. Toni is a graphic designer with an MFA in Visual […]
Rachel Black: Journeywork
Rachel Black is a principal lecturer and lead faculty member of the Foundations program at University of North Texas and a long-time Irving resident. This exhibition will feature recent landscape paintings inspired and informed by her travels throughout the American West during her faculty development leave in the Spring of 2024. “My current body of […]
Artistry Abounds: Selections from the Collection of Arthur Primas presented by Irving Black Arts Council
Each year in honor of Black History Month, the Irving Black Arts Council presents their Black History Month Exhibition. This year, they will be exhibiting selections from the collection of Arthur Primas. The Arthur Primas Collection is a taut balance of galvanizing content and brilliantly executed imagery. It contains a common thread, weaved through a […]
LeUyen Came Along: The Art of LeUyen Pham
The work of author and illustrator LeUyen Pham is featured in this exhibit, organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) in Abilene, Texas. Pham is most notably recognized for her popular Princess in Black children’s book series, the Vampirina Ballerina series, which went on to be an animated Disney series, Bear Came […]
32nd Annual Holiday Tree Exhibition
A Holiday tradition going on three decades returns to Irving Arts Center as the galleries are transformed into a wonderland of spectacularly decorated Christmas Trees and student artwork. Finding inspiration in this year’s theme, “Sweet Dreams of Christmas” various community groups and schools will put their decorated trees on display. You can see them in […]
MUMENTOUS: Football, Glue Guns, Moms, and a Super-Sized High School Tradition Born Deep in the Heart of Texas
Step into the heart of Texas tradition with MUMENTOUS: Football, Glue Guns, Moms, and a Super-Sized High School Tradition Born Deep in the Heart of Texas. This captivating exhibit explores the evolution of Texas high school homecoming mums from their humble beginnings in the 1920s through today’s highly varied practices. The exhibit’s photography and narratives touch […]
No Exhibits Through Sept 13 (Renovations)
Due to construction and facility upgrades, the gallery walls will be bare until Sept 14. Beginning Sept 14, the following exhibitions will be on display: The Art of Marty & Richard Ray Lane Banks: Geometric Paintings 24th Annual Art Connection Members Exhibition Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat from noon to 5PM Irving Arts Center’s galleries are open […]
The Art of Marty & Richard Ray
Richard Ray and wife, Marty, are Dallas-based artists who often collaborate on ceramic works (Marty’s specialty) and paintings (Richard’s primary medium). Richard and Marty’s unique collaborations merge design, themes and skills to create finished works of art in both mediums. The collection of pottery and paintings by this husband-wife team will be on view in the […]
Lane Banks: Geometric Paintings
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Lane Banks: Geometric Paintings, on view in the Dupree Lobby Gallery at Irving Arts Center from Sept 14, 2024 through November 30, 2024 features the work of Dallas-based artist Lane Bank. His work is insistently abstract, mathematical, conceptual in origin and geometric in appearance. It does not derive from perception, but is […]
