LRTX’s event Site and Sound has been rescheduled to winter 2012-2013 so that we can take advantage of less plentiful foliage for better access to the site and to the artwork!
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We’ve Got A New Video
Thanks to the great work of our friend Mark Birnbaum, LRTX has a brand new video! Never been to the site? Take a look at how beautiful it is:
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Giants in Progress
Father Sebastian Valles by Junanne Peck, Photo by Nicole Horn
Make plans now to attend the Bridge-o-Rama Parade of Giants on March 3 in West Dallas. Fifteen giant puppets will be carried in the parade by the artists and community groups who made them. The parade will begin in the 400 block of West Singleton and continue onto the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, which is opening that weekend.
The puppets are under construction at a warehouse nearby. Interested in being a part of construction or in helping carry these 12-foot-tall historical figures? Email us!
It’s an extraordinary collaboration between LRTX and the folks of West Dallas.
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Building Giants Saturday, Feb. 4th
Fifteen artists chosen by LRTX and our partners will convene this Saturday, along with their cooperating community groups, to build 15 giant puppets representing historical figures important to the development of West Dallas. The Bridge-o-Rama Parade of Giant Puppets will take place Saturday, March 3, at 2:00 p.m., one of the signatures events celebrating the opening of the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge.
We are looking for volunteers to help us build and we’ll be there from 10:00 a.m. on! If you’d like to be part of a truly fun project, please contact us at info@lareuniontx.org.
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Parade of Giants Artists Announced
La Reunion TX and Bridge-o-Rama have announced the names of 15 artists chosen for the Parade of Giants project. These individuals will design 15 giant puppets representing historical figures important to the history of West Dallas and will then work with local community groups to build them. On Saturday, March 3, the Giants will parade onto the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, the opening of which is being celebrated that weekend.
The artists were selected by a committee comprising representatives of La Reunion TX and our collaborators, ArtLoveMagic and Oil and Cotton. Here are the names:
VET, Cori Berg, Heather Blaikie, Gary Buckner, Andrea Davis, Susan Giller, Gretchen Goetz, Nicole Horn, Rebecca Howdeshell, Walter Johnson, Kevin Obregon, Junanne Peck, Jennifer Sereno, Jessica Sinks, Sean Springer.
They will be building Victor Considerant and Julien Reverchon of the La Reunion colony, Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, Andrea Flores Cervantes, Sarah Cockrell, Myrtle Davis, Rhonda Dragoo, Hattie Henenberg, Mattie Nash, Bettie Odom, Hattie Rankin, Judge Barefoot Sanders, Father Sebastian Valles, and Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
The artists workshop will be held at Oil and Cotton on Saturday, January 14th.
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Call to Artists: Bridge-o-Rama Parade of Giants
La Reunion TX is helping celebrate the opening of the Margaret
Hunt Hill Bridge in March by collaborating with the West Dallas Chamber, ArtLoveMagic and Oil & Cotton on the Parade of Giants. The parade will feature more than a dozen large-scale, artist-designed puppets representing historical figures important to the development of West Dallas. LRTX will construct a puppet of Victor Considerant, founder of the original La Reunion colony in West Dallas.
For more information, see the Call to Artists. For more information on the parade and other Bridge-o-Rama events, please click here.
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Woo Hoo, We’re MasterMinds Finalists!
Thanks so much to The Observer for naming La Reunion TX as a finalist in their 2011 MasterMinds competition! We’re honored that the work we’ve been doing and the progress we’ve made in the last year has put us in some pretty amazing company–10 finalists in all–who are doing innovative, ground-breaking work on the Dallas arts scene. The winners will be announced later this week, but join us this Saturday, December 3, at Artopia, where we’ll all be celebrating.
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Where These Great Photos Come From
The photos you are seeing in the header of our new website are all the work of Allison V. Smith, our very own board member, who honors us by documenting many of the activities that take place on our 35-acre site. Interested in seeing more of her LRTX work? Go to her Photoshelter site. Thanks, Allison!
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New Work On La Reunion TX Grounds | Art Chic@s!
One hundred fifty visitors came to the site on October 29 to view new work, created through the Art Chic@s program, by six artists and their 23 student apprentices. Bernardo Diaz’s Rascuachismo, Art Garcia’s Pencil Forest, Aralyn McGregor’s Slide, Lyndsey Rieple’s wearable jewelry, Emily Riggert’s Eternal Cycle, and Jennifer Sereno’s Nesting were all on display.
This was the first year of Art Chicos–although the fifth year of Art Chicas–and the boys provided a different kind of energy to the program as a whole. Art and Bernie were the perfect artists to initiate the program, working hard and bonding seriously with their teams. Here are photos from their workday by Allison V. Smith.
Dr. Elba Garcia, county commissioner for our district and the Honorary Chair of the event, toured the site, visiting with students and their families along the way.
So many people to thank for making such a beautiful day possible: sponsors, collaborators, volunteers, the event committee, and, of course, the artists and students. Thank you all for showing us the kind of impact LRTX has on individual lives and the community.
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Welcome to the new La Reunion TX site!
We’ve got a new look that makes it easier for you to explore La Reunion TX. We hope the new site embodies the spirit of the artists, art and land that makes us a one-of-a-kind Dallas artist residency in the making. Enjoy the stunning photography and stay tuned – more exciting news and updates are coming soon. Thank you for your support of La Reunion TX!
