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Ahead of Chris Schanck's get-go major museum presentation,Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil by Chris Schanck, we asked the artist a few questions about his formative years in Dallas, his artistic practice, and what he hopes visitors will reflect on when experiencing the exhibition. Read what he had to say and seeCurbed Vanity, on view February seven through August 29, 2021.

How was your high school experience at Booker T. formative for you as an artist?

"Good morn and welcome to Booker T. Washington Loftier School for the Performing and Visual Arts, the almost unique schoolhouse in Dallas"—that's how our principal, Dr. Watkins, addressed the student body over the PA arrangement every forenoon; I tin can still hear the optimism in his voice. For a student like me, who often managed to observe trouble, I am thankful for the patience and persistence that Dr. Watkins gave me—each day was a new solar day, a new run a risk. He gave me plenty room to be creative and make mistakes, but he also helped me stay on the path.

Booker T. was the most critical educational experience of my life. My teachers offered me a sanctuary of stability and mentorship. Nancy Miller, Patsy Eldridge, Polly Disky, George Mosely, Charlotte Chambliss, Lolly Thompkins, Josephine Jones, and Sylvia Lincoln together gave me a strong fine arts foundation.

My painting teacher, George Moseley, changed my life forever. Mr. Moseley is a swell artist, an inspiring educator, and a trusted mentor. I, along with many of my peers, idealized him for the leadership he showed us in our youth. I know without a uncertainty that my life and career are forever indebted to him and those scattering of teachers who helped me find the conviction to believe in myself.

What does having this show at the Dallas Museum of Art mean to you?

My high schoolhouse was but down the street from the DMA and I visited endless times in those impressionable years. The Museum always had the familiar feeling of visiting a friend'southward home; I felt welcomed and I knew my way around. At the aforementioned fourth dimension, the DMA was my temple. Information technology didn't matter who I was in the Museum—anybody is equal before fine art.

The Museum was my gateway to art history. In one afternoon, I could visit with Aztec gods, Jackson Pollock, and Frida Kahlo—and I could start to encounter the connections and conversations between them all. I didn't have a lot growing upwards, but the Museum and my high schoolhouse gave me exactly what I needed. They showed me from a young historic period that art gives everything else significant.

I'thousand grateful for the back up of the Museum and the friends of the Museum. The DMA's collection is the closest drove to my heart and to be a part of it is the greatest accolade.

How does the transformation process of institute objects into article of furniture inspire your artistic practise?

The found objects I work with have very disparate characteristics and I don't accept one specific method for grouping them. For each piece of work, I beginning build a simple structure and use that as an armature to explore the relationships betwixt the objects and the fabric. The procedure of transforming the objects into class is driven by intuition and practical constraints. Many times, I'm following a hunch that ii distinct things belong together, while other times I'm exploring rigid dimensional constraints between manufactured generic objects whose original intent is a mystery.

It feels like a collaborative attempt betwixt myself and the material—I have a notion of where to brainstorm only the objects bring the project into focus.

William C. Codman,Martelé dressing tabular array and stool, 1899, silver, glass, fabric, and ivory, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., in honour of Dr. Charles L. Venable, 2000.356.a–b.McD

What was your first run across with the DMA'southwardMartelé dressing tabular array like?

Like encountering the sword Excalibur; its presence is magical in form and reflectivity—it's a formidable piece of work to talk to.

What feel do you want visitors to take away fromCurbed Vanity?

I'd like them to know that I find my corner of the world inspiring and beautiful in it's everyday characteristics. I promise the work inspires viewers to enjoy the subtle and unconventional beauty in their own communities.

Today the DMA was honored to host 49 individuals from 21 countries as they became U.S. citizens in the Museum's fourth annual Naturalization Ceremony. The e'er touching ceremony included performances of our national anthem andAmerica the Beautiful by Booker T. Washington Loftier School for the Performing and Visual Arts pupil Brittany Hewitt, followed by a reception in the DMA Cafe and tours of the American art drove. Here are some images from today'southward ceremony.

Ane of the many things I've enjoyed since joining the DMA Intern Form of 2016 is working with Booker T. Washington seniors to develop their own projects for community appointment at the DMA. A few times a week, the students walk downwards the street to visit the Museum. Nosotros've been discussing different learning styles and how to appeal to all the diverse learners that visit museums. While profitable students with their projects is my main focus during their visits to the DMA, I cannot assistance but also pay special attending to their style choices. From week to week, each educatee'due south individual manner has inspired me.

So for today'due south post, I wanted to highlight some pieces in the DMA's collection that feature elements of these students' manner. Possibly they will inspire you lot as well!

From the stage to the runway, septum rings have moved beyond counterculture to mainstream fashion.
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Find these nose rings at the DMA on Level iv in the Aboriginal American galleries.

Carefully taut buns, messy half-up tiptop knots, and lots of little Bantu knots—this unisex hair trend can exist styled in so many different means. Like it or knot, buns are here to stay.

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For pinnacle knot inspiration, look to Bodhisattva in the South Asian gallery and Monju (Manjusri) in the Japanese gallery, both on Level 3.

Ane-piece swimsuits and leotards take been back for a few years now. But with some of the Booker T. girls, I've noticed them equally daily wear with skirts and sweaters or even cut-off shorts and a flannel shirt wrapped effectually the waist.

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This Bather in a one-slice carries off the look with some attitude. She's a music video waiting to happen. Catch her on Level 4 in the American galleries.

Men's patterned shirts mirror many of the patterns in our permanent collection. Some of the young men at Booker T. take been seen sporting stripes and floral prints on their push downs. The DMA is domicile to many intricate textiles as well as paintings that feature patterns that may inspire your own style.

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You tin can see these 3 men in patterned shirts in the folding backgammon board in the Level 3 S Asian galleries; the shirt for the effigy of a saint is found on the Level 4 outside the Aboriginal American galleries; and Leon Polk Smith'due south asymmetrical work Homage to Victory Boogie Woogie #1 is in the American galleries on Level 4. The paisley pattern is a detail of Alfred Stevens' The Visit, found on Level 2 in the European galleries.

End by the DMA soon for your next style inspiration.

Whitney Sirois is the McDermott Graduate Intern for Gallery and Customs Instruction at the DMA.

Images: Grouping of nose and ear ornaments, Columbia, Sinú, c. A.D. 500-1550, golden, Dallas Museum of Art, The Nora and John Wise Collection, souvenir of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison 1976.W.451-454, 456-458,460; Nose ornaments, Columbia, Sinú, c. A.D. yard-1550, gold, Dallas Museum of Art, The Nora and John Wise Collection, souvenir of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison 1976.W.468, 810, 605; Maitreya, India, Kushan period, 2nd–3rd century, schist, Intended bequest of David T. Owsley; Monju (Manjusri), Nihon, Nanbokucho, 1336-1392, ink, color, and aureate on silk, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Clan Purchase, 1970.8; Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Bather with Cigarette, 1924, oil on canvass, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Fine art Association Purchase Fund, Deaccession Funds/City of Dallas (by exchange) in honor of Dr. Steven A. Nash, 1988.22; Folding backgammon lath, Bharat, Mughal menses, 19th century, woods, ivory, string, and inlay, Intended bequest of David T. Owsley; Shirt for the figure of a saint, Republic of guatemala, Kaqchikel Maya, c. 1910-1930, cotton fiber and silk, Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift, 2008.194; Leon Polk Smith, Homage to Victory Boogie Woogie #1, 1946, oil on sheet, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA League Buy Fund, 2000.391; Alfred Stevens, The Visit, earlier 1869, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation, 1997.112

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It has often been said that the all-time way to learn something is to teach information technology to someone else. With this in mind, a grouping of students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts recently gave gallery talks on a piece of work of art in the DMA's collection that they selected and researched themselves.

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For several years, DMA Education staff take partnered with teachers at Booker T. Washington to work with two classes of Senior Visual Arts students throughout the school year. Amid the many activities and concepts nosotros explored over several months was to comprise the students' speech credit requirement by culminating the year with each of them giving a brief talk in the galleries.

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All of the students presented interesting and fun introductions to their selected works of art! The range of works they selected was expansive—from grandiose neoclassical history paintings to intimate cloisonné Japanese vessels. Many of them brought their ain experiences and expertise to their presentations as well, such as their studio practices and the places they have traveled.

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Information technology took four ane-hour visits with three presentations running simultaneously for us to allow all forty students to nowadays their ten-minute talks. On one of the days, we had some time left over, so a grouping of students explored the Concentrations 58: Chosil Kil exhibition. They had a nifty fourth dimension walking between the balloons, letting their movements disrupt the balloons and push button the copper sheets against the ground.

We wrapped upward our yr with these two classes on Apr one with a party and casual walkthrough of the Michaël Borremans: As sweet as it getsexhibition. Time to start planning for side by side year's classes!

Josh Rose is the Manager of Docent and Teacher Programs at the DMA.

As part of our partnership with our neighbour Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, DMA educators co-teach Learning Lab, a class for seniors in the visual arts cluster. This group of bright and talented young artists walks down Flora Street to the Museum about fifty times during the academic twelvemonth. Besides spending quality time with, discussing, and responding to works of art in the DMA's collection and special exhibitions, this twelvemonth the students also had the opportunity to meet artists Jim Hodges and Stephen Lapthisophon and enquire them questions about their DMA exhibitions.

For their concluding project, pairs of students capped off a great twelvemonth of projects and discussions by creating smartphone stops for a work of art of their choosing in the exhibitionNever Enough: Contempo Acquisitions of Contemporary Art. They were given the choice of producing a three-minute sound recording or video for their chosen work. They were asked to design their sound or video prune to either facilitate a company's agreement through contextual information about the artist and his/her work, or to provide visitors with an culling perspective or interpretation through which to view the work. They were also encouraged to practice their creativity.

All of the pairs' submissions were fantastic. Below are two smartphone stops created by the students:

This smartphone end is a video inspired by Volition Bridegroom's ane 800 Bad Drug.

Will Benedict, 1 800 Bad Drug, 2013, gouache on board and canvas, aluminum frame with glass, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund

Will Benedict, i 800 Bad Drug, 2013, gouache on board and canvas, aluminum frame with glass, Dallas Museum of Fine art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Sale Fund, (c) Will Benedict

This smartphone stop is an sound clip related to Sara Cwynar's Corinthian Temple (Plastic Cups).

Sara Cwynar, Corinthian Temple (Plastic Cups), 2012, chromogenic print, mounted on Dibond, framed, Dallas Museum of Art, Susan Mead Contemporary Art Fund

Sara Cwynar, Corinthian Temple (Plastic Cups), 2012, chromogenic print, mounted on Dibond, Dallas Museum of Art, Susan Mead Contemporary Art Fund, (c) Sara Cwnar

Thanks to the BTWHSPVA Learning Lab students for a wonderful yr and congratulations on graduation!

Andrea Severin Goins is the Interpretation Director at the DMA.

Equally our tours current of air down and we make our final schoolhouse trip in the Go van Gogh van, it'southward fourth dimension to await back at all we've washed this school year (and exist pretty proud of ourselves). If we could take looked into the future terminal September, nosotros would have seen a year of change waiting for us. 2013-2014 has been action-packed, total of happy surprises and new initiatives and programs. Instead of looking at this school year past the numbers, nosotros're going to hitting the highlight reel and showcase just a few of many cracking moments.

2013-14 New Docent Class

From left to right: Felix Landau, Flo Lockett-Miles, Debi Waltz, Annette Culwell, Charlie Kuzmic, Stephanie Avery, Sandi Edgar, Art Weinberg, Evan Simmons, and David Caldwell.

New Docent Grade of 2013-2014

Nosotros are excited to innovate our New Docent Class of 2013-2014! In order to "graduate" from the program, our new docents attend over thirty weeks of training, give x (or more) tours, and read almost all of Marilyn Stokstad'southArt History. These new docents have put in countless hours prepping for tours and learning different touring strategies and action ideas. We are excited to welcome such an enthusiastic, creative, and dedicated grouping to our DMA Docent Plan. Look for them on your DMA tours this autumn!

Booker T. Washington Learning Lab Partnership

This was some other fantastic year for the Learning Lab partnership with the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Students met artists Jim Hodges and Stephen Lapthisophon, learning first-manus about their corresponding special exhibitions and their process as artists. Students then put their own creative talent on display, re-imagining a DMA artwork using Instagram every bit their creative medium. They went on behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum's art storage areas and object conservation infinite, and got some career communication from a variety of Museum staff during a DMA career console.  Most exciting of all, we will soon see the first class from the Learning Lab partnership graduate—congratulations class of 2014!

Go van Gogh Colour My World Program for Special Teaching Classrooms

We were excited to unveil a new Go van Gogh experience this year. Designed to fill a growing need for Special Education outreach, theColor My World program incorporates multi-sensory activities in a color-filled classroom take a chance inspired by paintings in the Museum'southward drove. With the support of our enthusiastic Go van Gogh volunteers, we've been able to lead many Colour My Earth programs this jump. And with the assist of 2 very smart colleagues (thanks, Danielle and Hayley!), we've spent those sessions learning how the programme works all-time, experimenting and modifying our way to what is now an inclusive experience for children with a range of abilities.

South Dallas Cultural Center Second Sundays

Sometimes the all-time learning experiences happen when the schoolhouse day ends and nosotros're with our friends and family unit.  This year also brought the beginning of what nosotros promise is a long-term partnership with families from the S Dallas Cultural Center. One Dominicus a month, we accept S Dallas "Second Sundays," where a group of families spends two hours together at the Museum exploring and making art. Families accept sketched and painted similar Edward Hopper, designed chairs like Frank Gehry, and have spent many a Sunday using the Museum as both a resource and a source of artistic inspiration. While nosotros haven't wrapped up this programme just nonetheless (families, if you're reading this, our June Sun is non-to-miss!), this out-of-school, school year partnership is ane that has defined 2013-14 for me, in a wonderful way.

To all the docents, Get van Gogh volunteers, hard-working Education colleagues (past and nowadays), and our astonishing McDermott Intern who have all helped brand this school year and then successful and fun-filled–give thanks you!  We hope you take a great summer, and we can't wait to see you right back hither in the fall!

Amy Copeland
Managing director of Go van Gogh and Community Teaching Programs

Autumn in the Arts Commune

This October is going to be ane of the most exciting I can recall – from the 15th anniversary of the Crow Collection of Asian Art and 10th anniversary of the Nasher Sculpture Center to the U.S. premiere of Jim Hodges: Requite More Than You lot Take at the DMA, and even (dare I say it?) the unveiling of a new Large Tex at the Land Fair. Having spent most of my life in the Dallas Arts District thanks to my mom, Susan (a DMA docent since 1976), I am thrilled to serve my first year as executive manager of the Dallas Arts Commune during the inaugural year of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Klyde Warren Park, and the Dallas City Performance Hall, and in the first year of DMA Friends (the DMA's gratuitous membership program) and free full general access.

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With the cease of summer, the Dallas Arts District is in full swing again, get-go with a day of activities on Saturday, October 5. The Dallas Black Trip the light fantastic Theatre volition kick off its 8th annual DanceAfrica marketplace and festival at Strauss Square with a pedestrian parade of dancing in the streets from the DMA to the AT&T Performing Arts Heart. CBS Radio'southward Autumn for the Arts will have gratis family unit activities and three stages of performances from 10:00 a.m. to four:00 p.m. Yous tin besides take hold of a sneak peek of Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Accept at the DMA that day, earlier the exhibition officially opens. Additionally, the Crow Collection of Asian Art will celebrate its 15th anniversary with the thousand reopening of its sculpture garden, which will include kids events and food truck lunch service.

Jim Hodges, and still this, 2005-2008, 23.5K and 24K gold with Beva adhesive on gessoed linen, The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art through the DMAamfAR Benefit Auction Fund , © Jim Hodges

Jim Hodges, and nevertheless this, 2005-2008, 23.5K and 24K gilded with Beva adhesive on gessoed linen, The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art through the DMAamfAR Benefit Sale Fund , © Jim Hodges

The Crow isn't the only institution celebrating a milestone anniversary this fall. The Nasher Sculpture Center is jubilant its tenth anniversary with Nasher Xchange, a 3-mean solar day weekend of free festivities culminating in a ten-60 minutes celebration on Dominicus, October 20. Friday, October 18, volition also include a free afternoon concert and tour at the Meyerson Symphony Centre, TEDxSMU at the Dallas Urban center Performance Hall, and the Arts Commune Fall Cake Political party. The Nasher, DMA, and Crow Collection of Asian Art will stay open up until midnight for our fall Arts District Block Political party, and light-based, site-specific new media and immersive fine art installations can be explored district-broad as part of Aurora'due south Lite of Convergence, presented by theDallas Forenoon News.

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Image source: dallasaurora.com

A new class of outset year students has begun their academic semester at Booker T. Washington Loftier Schoolhouse for the Performing and Visual Arts, and a new crop of leaders is starting a new chapter in the neighborhood as well. Dr. Scott Rudes is Booker T.'s new main; Tara Dark-green started this summer as president of Klyde Warren Park; Doug Curtis is the AT&T Performing Arts Center's new president and CEO; and The Dallas Opera welcomes its new music managing director, Emmanuel Villaume. Maestro Villaume will begin his countdown season with Carmen on Fri, October 25, at the Winspear. The performance will be simulcast free in Klyde Warren Park – complete with a costume contest and singalong. Park visitors can also savour food and drink from the Park'south new restaurant, Savor, and their take hold of-and-go kiosk, Bask – both opening before long.

Courtesy of Dallas Opera

Courtesy of Dallas Opera

There'due south far more to share, including new seasons of the Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Shakespeare Dallas, too as newcomer Oral Fixation'southward true storytelling series. You lot can enjoy a Pearl Cup Java or free Patio Sessions concerts in Sammons Park. To stay up-to-engagement on all the goings-on in our neighborhood, "Similar" Dallas Arts District on Facebook, follow @DalArtsDistrict on Twitter, and subscribe to our weekly  e-blast here.

Thank you for supporting our new collaborative and inclusive programming, and I hope to run into y'all shortly in the Dallas Arts District!

Catherine Cuellar is the executive manager of the Dallas Arts Commune.

Today during Learning Lab, juniors at Booker T. Washington High Schoolhouse for the Performing and Visual Arts  explored Variations on Theme: Contemporary Art 1950s—Present. But earlier we dove into the artwork on the walls and our responses to it, we considered our preconceived ideas about the definitions, classifications, and limitations associated with the term art.

In pocket-sized groups, the students definedart in v words. I used Wordle to create a word cloud with their definitions. (Wordle is a wonderful classroom resource for visually presenting textual content.) The larger, bolder words were words that multiple groups used to define art.

Composition, technique, perception, and c oncept stand out. Other words similar value, pattern,and aestheticschronicle to an artwork's composition or visual elements. I loved that the students included words that reference an artist'southward conceptual process, such asidea, foresight, thought,and motive.

How do you define art?

Andrea V. Severin
Coordinator of Teaching Programs

Being a function of the Dallas Arts District has its distinct advantages. One reward is existence located within walking distance of other arts institutions, making information technology easier to develop close and in-depth partnerships. For instance, we accept just started the second twelvemonth of our Learning Lab partnership with Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In this partnership, DMA Education staff piece of work with Visual Arts teachers to lead experiences and projects at the DMA and at the school (the school also partners in this way with the Dallas Theater Center and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra).

This year, Andrea and Shannon are working with Krystal Read and Leslie Eames and their junior portfolio classes.

Krystal Read

Describe this class and what you envision your students doing throughout the year.

Krystal: It'due south a slap-up opportunity since information technology'south taught past both a school instructor and museum educator, and students will be learning about dissimilar aspects of the art world. So, we'll cover things like aesthetics, museum practices, and a little bit of gimmicky art.  A lot of what they'll be doing in class at school is preparing for their portfolio and getting career-set up.  I call up the museum helps expose them to that type of professionalism.

Leslie: It is kind of a dual course, with 2 parts combined together.  One part is preparing the students for their senior yr past writing resumes, making a portfolio, and all the things that come with existence a senior at Booker T., such as a senior show and a portfolio day with visiting colleges.  We're also preparing students who might want to become right into the workforce by showing them what the world has to offering them as artists.  The other half of our class is Learning Lab and working with the DMA and Shannon Karol.  Shannon visited our classroom earlier this week, and the excitement level was astounding. The students are very excited to learn about the behind-the-scenes preparation for exhibits.  Many don't realize that you're often not just an artist; you're also a critic and a curator.

Leslie Eames with Gary Pierce Jr. and her son Madden

What are yous about excited about or looking forward to in this partnership?

Krystal: I'm most excited nearly the interactive experiences and that and then much of our class is taking place outside of the classroom.  I'm organizing an opportunity for them to maybe do an world-friendly installation at Klyde Warren Park.  The students are doing something dissimilar in this class; a lot have a more than classical, traditional preparation in art, so nosotros're forcing them to step outside the box.

For me, information technology's likewise so exciting because I started off in museum education and I wanted to do more teaching.  I'm excited that those paths have finally crossed back over and somehow synced back together.

Leslie: I am excited that I become to learn equally much equally the students about the DMA.  I had no thought that I would be pedagogy this class, or that it existed.  As I met with my supervisor before school started, we went over form expectations and I just couldn't believe what an crawly job I had and that I get to larn with the students.

What was a highlight of your summer holiday?

Krystal: This past summertime, I was overwhelmed with weddings, and I'grand getting married myself. We've gone to so many weddings in the past few months.  We went to Houston for a wedding, and the next forenoon nosotros went to The Breakfast Klub, a soul nutrient brunch café that was amazing.  Breakfast is my favorite meal; I just love information technology.  Every bit silly every bit it sounds, I was so excited about having good food.

Leslie: The highlight of my summertime was taking a month off between my last chore and this chore and spending that month with my 5-year-old son, which is something I've never been able to practice.  He didn't know what summer was; I've had him in Montessori up until now, so he didn't know people had summers off.  Nosotros took a train ride to Oklahoma and a couple of unlike route trips, and made certain we had all the summer fun we could have.  We both learned we have summertime holiday every yr to await forrad to.

Look for future blog posts nigh the fun and heady experiences nosotros'll share with these students and teachers throughout the 2012-xiii school year!

Melissa Nelson
Manager of Teaching in the Community

Seldom Scene: Installing Works by 2011's Immature Masters

On Sabbatum we opened the Young Masters exhibition in our chief Concourse. The exhibition features forty-viii selected works created by Advanced Placement® Studio Fine art, Art History, and Music Theory students from thirteen Dallas-area high schools participating in the AP Fine Arts Incentive Programme. In a deviation from the traditional studio art exhibition featuring original 2D and 3D works of art, this twelvemonth the exhibition includes original essays written by AP Art History students in response to works in the DMA's collections, too every bit original four-minute compositions by AP Music Theory students. Here are a few images from final calendar week's installation:

Photography by Adam Gingrich, Dallas Museum of Art Marketing Assistant

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