 El Centro College, Dallas
2005 TASA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
REPORT ON THE DALLAS CONFERENCE ON MARCH 31 - APRIL 2, 2005
Pre Conference Highlights - Thursday, March 31
Thursday began with a tour of the elegant Rachofsky House built by celebrated architect Richard Meier. Thomas Feulmer gave an intimate tour of the contemporary art collection of Cindy and Howard Rachofsky that spread through the interior of this architectural masterpiece. Works by Eric Fischl, Louise Bourgeois, and Janine Antoni were featured, among others. The art collection expanded out to the surrounding grounds where members roamed through the sculptural works by artists such as Kiki Smith, Robert Irwin, and Jeff Koons. Members then boarded buses to the Meadows Museum where Mark A. Roglán, Interim Director at the Meadows gave an insightful tour of the Spanish collection housed in the Meadows including works by Goya, Picasso and Juan Gris. Participants then explored the masterworks in the collection of Raymond and Patsy Nasher in the light filled pavilions of the Nasher Sculpture Center , a 54,000-square-foot glass building designed by award-winning architect Renzo Piano. Outside in the expansive two acre sculpture garden designed by Peter Walker, an installation by James Turrell refreshed viewers with its open skyspace, and sculptures by artists such as Jonothan Borofsky and Richard Serra adorned the peaceful outdoor blend of art and nature. Thursday wound down with a relaxing evening at the Atrium Café in the Dallas Museum of Art where conference participants enjoyed a light meal, live music and good company.
Conference Highlights - Friday, April 1
On Friday morning Edward DesPlas, Executive Vice President of El Centro College gave a warm greeting to TASA members in the new Student and Technology building at El Centro College , and the group saw the show W omen in Print on view in the El Centro College Gallery . This exhibition featured eight women artists that use photographic and printmaking media . Afterwards, there was a tour of the El Centro Art Department facilities and student work. Next members took buses to Richland College art studios and galleries where Randall Garrett led the group through the art facilities at Richland College . At the Logo Vista Gallery Dwayne Carter gave an in depth talk on his concepts and process for his series of digital prints in his show Interrupted Gestures at Richland. Shelley Minnis with Sanford Corporation gave a presentation in front of the Brazos Gallery at Richland before the group had a lunch reception for the One Square Foot Exhibition in the Brazos Gallery. The tour then led to the University of Texas at Dallas where Greg Metz introduced the group to the UTD art facilities and gallery. The UTD Gallery exhibition Subrealities and Distributed Nerves, an exhibition that ran concurrently on the web, explored new methods of generating and distributing narrative through the use of digital media. At UTD the Paul Hanna Lecture recipient Kurt Dyrhaug gave a comprehensive and entertaining slide lecture about his dynamic wood and caste metal sculptures. Collin County Community was the last stop of the afternoon, were the group toured the CCCC art facilities and gallery which featured a wonderful exhibition of Peruvian folk art titled Finding Faith: Folk Art of Peru from the Private Collection of Ambassador Antonio Lulli Avalos. That evening conference participants went to the McKinney Avenue area to see the TWANG exhibition at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary and they had the option to dine in the McKinney Avenue area.
Conference Highlights - Saturday, April 2
After a continental breakfast in the El Centro College dining hall, members listened to three excellent art history lectures in the El College Performance Hall. Gail Gear presented Travel in the Ancient World in the Early Christian Period (1 st - 4 th century A.D.), Bob Hext presented Similarities in Style and Motif of Indian Rock Art Among Shelters in Jeff Davis County , and Future Akins-Tillett presented Finding the Studio . The group then had lunch and a TASA business meeting in the El Centro Dining Hall. That afternoon conference participants were offered various art tour options that included visiting galleries such as 500X Gallery, Grey Matters Gallery, Plush Gallery the Latino Cultural Center , as well as the Latino Cultural Center and Dallas Center for Contemporary Art. Members went to the Southside Studios on Saturday night to tour the open studios and attend the TASA banquet where keynote speaker and acclaimed art historian Richard Robson Brettell, Ph.D. spoke to the group about the history, development, and mission of the Southside Studios, and he was awarded the TASA Art Patrons Award for continuing support of the arts.
For more information about the 2005 Dallas TASA Conference, see the Spring 2005 Envision newsletter on the newsletter page.
Below are some image presentations on some of the artwork seen at the 2005 Dallas TASA Conference:
1. A slideshow of the 2004 Dallas TASA Conference visit to the Rachofsky House
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2. James Turrell at the Nasher
This is the James Turrell installation that we saw at the Nasher Sculpture Center in downtown Dallas. I have put together a quick page of some of the photos I took of the installation, as well as posted some links of recent articles on his installation at the Nasher. - Victoria Taylor-Gore
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