Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy (Photographs by Bill Wittliff)
Exhibition Dates: Sept 9 – Nov. 4 In the early 1970s, noted Texas historian Joe Frantz offered Bill Wittliff a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—to visit a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros still worked cattle in traditional ways. Wittliff photographed the vaqueros as they went about daily chores that had changed little since the first Mexican […]
Marking Space/Holding Time
Exhibition Dates: Sept 16 – Nov. 11 Reception/Meet the Artists: Sept. 16, 6- 8 p.m. A group exhibition featuring women artists who are currently working in Texas and/or have deep Texas roots. Their work, in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, mixed media, and sculpture, is a response to place, landscape, identity and the […]
Over, Beyond, Between: Landscape and the Transcendent (Paintings by Dawn Waters Baker)
Exhibition Dates: Sept 9 – Jan. 6 Reception/Meet the Artist: Sept. 16, 6- 8 p.m. Dawn Waters Baker was born and raised in the Philippines, moving to Dallas at the age of 19 to attend Dallas Baptist University. Through her art, Baker captures the emotional and spiritual landscape, translating our shared human story through the […]
Works by Benjamin Muñoz
Carpenter Lobby Gallery August 19 – Oct. 28, 2023 Reception/Meet the Artists: Sept. 16, 6- 8 p.m. Benjamin Muñoz (b. 1993) is a Dallas-based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, installation, and monumental printmaking. Muñoz grew up in the vibrant Chicano culture of Corpus Christi, Texas, which boasts the country’s largest Day of the Dead […]
23rd Annual Art Connection Members Exhibition
Main & Focus Galleries July 22-August 26, 2023 Reception / Meet the Artists and Bonus Summer Funday July 23, 2pm-4pm 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 […]
Texas Sculpture Group Membership Show
Exhibit Dates: May 13-July 8. Works by members of the Texas Sculpture Group will be on display in both the Main and Focus Galleries. Founded in 2010, the Texas Sculpture Group promotes Texas-based contemporary sculpture and supports the work of sculptors in Texas through exhibitions, publications, educational outreach, and programs. EXHIBIT RECEPTION: May 27 from […]
Creating for Change
Exhibit Dates: May 6-Sept 30. This exhibit features art created by Irving Arts Center Teen Ambassadors and Volunteers. 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 to 5 PM.
Daniela Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas MFA Thesis Show
Exhibit dates: March 11 – April 1 Daniela Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas is a Colombian immigrant pursuing her MFA in ceramics at the University of Dallas. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Studio Art and a minor in Art History and obtained her MA from University of Dallas. She focuses on organic […]
Annual Exhibition of Irving ISD Student Artwork
Elementary School artwork will be exhibited March 2-20 (Open House: March 7 from 6-7:30PM) Middle School artwork will be exhibited March 23-April 2 (Open House: March 28 from 6-7:30PM) High School artwork will be exhibited April 5-16 (Reception: April 11 from 6-7:30PM) High School Senior portfolio artwork will be exhibited April 21-May 1 (Reception: April […]
Windows: Works by Mark Goad
Mark Goad is an Irving native (an Irving High School and University of Dallas grad) who after many years in Austin, has returned to North Texas. Finding inspiration in the landscape of his native Texas as well as myriad other subjects, Goad creates unique works of art through a most unique process — essentially painting […]
