Dallas Art Dealers Association Panel Discussions September 24, 2011

As part of the Fall Gallery Walk festivities, DADA will offer educational opportunities via its panel discussions for artists and art lovers on the morning of Fall Gallery Walk. This Fall the panels will focus on Art of Oak Cliff: Then and Now. Panel 1 will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon and is entitled Oak Cliff Art Then. Panel 2 will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and is entitled Oak Cliff Art Now. Panelists are to be announced. Tickets ($10 per panel) can be purchased online at www.dallasartdealers.org or at the door. Proceeds benefit DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund. The panel discussions will be held at Oak Cliff Cultural Center, 223 W. Jefferson Blvd. This year the Creative Arts Center is partnering with DADA to present these panels. Funding is provided by Office of Cultural Affairs City of Dallas and Texas Commission on the Arts.

ABOUT DADA

The Dallas Art Dealers Association is an affiliation of established independent gallery owners and not-for-profit art organizations in the Dallas metropolitan area. DADA serves as a standard bearer for ethical practices in the art business, as an educational resource for the community at large, and as the facilitator of the Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund, which provides funding for visual art students. The Dallas Art Dealers Association, organized in 1985 by June Mattingly of Mattingly Baker Gallery, is a 501(c)(6) organization.

Like the Art Dealers Association of America, membership in DADA is by invitation of the board of directors. In order to qualify for membership, a dealer or nonprofit space must have an established reputation for honesty, integrity, and professionalism among their peers, and must make a substantial contribution to the cultural life of the community by offering works of high aesthetic quality and presenting worthwhile exhibitions. DADA is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of ethical practice within the profession and to increasing public awareness of the role and responsibilities of reputable art dealers and nonprofit visual art spaces.

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ABOUT THE EDITH BAKER ART SCHOLARSHIP AND ARTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND

To celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2005, DADA created a scholarship honoring a respected member of the Dallas art community and one of its founding members, Edith Baker. Edith owned and directed The Edith Baker Gallery in Dallas for nearly thirty years before retiring in 2004. Every year, the Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund financially benefits a student pursuing the study of visual arts in college as well as presents Art Chicas at La Reunion TX, a career fair at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, juried exhibitions of Booker T. and Dallas County Community College students’ artwork, and biannual educational events.

ABOUT CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

Creative Arts Center of Dallas (CAC) provides a nurturing environment for people to discover, develop, and express their artistic visions. Located on a two-acre campus four miles east of downtown Dallas, CAC offers more than 500 classes and workshops per year in such disciplines as ceramics, clay sculpture, drawing, glass, jewelry, metal arts, mosaic, painting, photography, printmaking, and stone carving. CAC also offers free arts programming to disadvantaged children. Not only a visual arts school, CAC is also a thriving arts community for a diverse range of students from teens to seniors. Visit CAC at 2360 Laughlin Drive in East Dallas or http://www.creativeartscenter.org.