24th Annual Art Connection Members Exhibition
Main & Focus Galleries Sept 14, 2024 – Nov. 9, 2024 Exhibition History and Background: Since 2001, each summer Irving Arts Center has held a non-juried exhibition featuring art created by our Art Connection members. During this show, artwork by students and professional and non-professional artists hangs side by side in the beautiful Main Gallery and […]
Behold the People: R. C. Hickman’s Photographs of Black Dallas, 1949 – 1961
R. C. Hickman was a Dallas photographer whose thousands of images produced from 1949 to 1961 document aspects of life in an African American community in Texas. Mr. Hickman worked as a commercial portrait photographer, a photojournalist for several black newspapers in Dallas, a freelance photographer for national black publications such as Jet, Sepia and […]
Holy Family Catholic Academy Student Art Show
Artwork created by students from Holy Catholic Family Academy in Irving will be on display. A reception for the exhibit will be held on Tuesday, March 26 from 3:45PM to 5:15PM. Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat from noon to 5PM Irving Arts Center’s galleries are open for viewing free of charge during regular gallery hours Tuesday through […]
Reclamation: Paintings by Diya Hegde
Diya is a high school senior at The Hockaday School in Dallas, and an active volunteer at Irving Arts Center, where she serves as a Teen Ambassador She describes herself as an intersectional feminist, Indian immigrant dedicated to sparking change in the world through her visual art and advocacy. Her artwork reflects her sense of […]
Annual Exhibition of Irving ISD Student Artwork
Elementary School artwork will be exhibited March 6-23 (Open House: March 8 from 5-6:30PM). Middle School artwork will be exhibited March 27-April 6 (Open House: April 2 from 6-7:30PM). High School artwork will be exhibited April 10-18 (Reception: April 18 from 6-7:30PM). High School Senior portfolio artwork will be exhibited April 23-May 4 (Reception: May […]
Pathways and Influences: Paintings by Jon Fontenot
Pathways and Influences: Paintings by Jon Fontenot features the work of local artist, Jonathan Fontenot. His latest work focuses on landscapes and fields of color. Working from photographs which help to capture color, texture and mood, Fontenot accepts the challenge of capturing and transforming an experience. He paints patterns of numbers, suggestive of some higher […]
Introspection! Annual Black History Month Exhibition Presented by the Irving Black Arts Council
The Irving Black Arts Council presents their annual Black History Month exhibition. Featured artists include: George Cephus, Jacqueline Jackson, Mikayla Magee, Jeffrey Morris, Willie Powell and Lakeem Wilson. Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat from noon to 5PM Irving Arts Center’s galleries are open for viewing free of charge during regular gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday from noon […]
Colors of Peru / Los Colores del Peru
Presented in collaboration with Terra Art, the exhibition features the work of Peruvian artists Jose Gomez, Joselito Sabogal, Wilbert Piscoya, Jorge Arce, Juan Carlos Zeballos, and Borka Sattler. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Jose Gomez: Born in Lima, Peru, Gomez’s paintings are nourished by people’s experience with the cities; buildings, crowded houses, cars, boats and mass traffic. […]
Matthew Cordell’s Neighborhood
Dupree Lobby Gallery Exhibit Dates: Nov 11 – Feb 24 Matthew Cordell’s Neighborhood features the works of author and illustrator Matthew Cordell. The exhibit was organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas. Cordell, the winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal, has illustrated many works of poetry, children’s books, and other […]
Close to Me, Far from Me: Paintings by Tuncay Topcu
Carpenter Lobby Gallery Exhibit Dates: Nov 4 – Feb 24 Opening Reception: Nov 4 from 2-4PM; artist talk at 3:30PM This exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Contemporary Islamic Art Forum (CIAF), features the art of Turkish artist, Tuncay Topcu. In his paintings, Tuncay Topcu reflects upon the empathy he has established with the outside […]
