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APT P.O. Box 720603
Dallas, Texas 75372
214-327-2436
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Workshops & Open Calls
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Our first workshop...
Don't miss it!
 presents Polishing Your Presentation Tips for the artist
Saturday March 10th,
1 - 3pm Two topics in one workshop
3333 Lee Parkway
1st Floor, Conference Room Dallas, TX 75219
(Building door faces Rawlins St. Off Welbourne, near Turtle Creek. Look for the big red sculpture.)
Part I
Appeal to Your Market through Website Design
Lois Weaver will present tips and tools for making your website work harder for you. She'll discuss basic design fundamentals, website do's and don'ts, online and downloadable tools (to make your life easier!), SEO, email marketing, with sample websites to analyze. View your website through your viewer's eyes.
Take Professional Art Photos
in your garage! Guest Jamie Weisbrod will demonstrate how to light your artwork using resources on hand to take great photographs. The next best thing to hiring a pro!
$25 for Non-members
(2011 core members receive free admission)
RSVP here. See Events page for map.
Lois Weaver is Creative Director for Michael A. Burns & Associates, with over 25 years of experience. Her clients have included American Airlines, BeautiControl, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Euro Disney, Fujitsu, GTE, Hyatt Hotels, JC Penney, Neiman Marcus, Rosewood, SABRE Travel Network, and many others.
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 1st Place - $3,5002nd Place - $2,500
3rd Place - $1,500
Application for (A.O.H.) 2012.Deadline March 18th.
Over $12,000 in award money. Annual event selecting seven artists to exhibit work for two year placement on Henderson Ave in Dallas, Texas. Seven selected artists awarded $650 installation stipend become finalists for awards above. Join some of our APT members in becoming an AOH winner!
Jeff Levine 214.604.6362
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APT Field Trip! Saturday, April 21- Mark your calendar!
DADA Spring Gallery Walk &
Panel Discussion
Join us on the APT bus at a central location (TBA) for a Spring day outing of art, lunch, learning and socializing with the APT family! We will meet for Happy Hour afterwards. (More details to come, in the April newsletter and on APT Events page.)
UTD CentralTrak, 800 Exposition Ave. Dallas, 75226. 214-824-9302 Tickets $10/panel at DADA (or $15 at door). 10:30 am - noon (Panel 1) How Do I Get Into a Juried show,
& Do I Want To? Serri Ayers, Kenneth Craighead, Scott Hilton, Marcie Inman, Shea Little, Bart Weiss. John Pomara of UTD moderates.
1 - 2:30 pm (Panel 2)
Artist Residencies
with Dennis Vance, Heyd Fontenot, Cassandra Emswiler, Brad Ford Smith. Anne Bothwell of KERA's Art+Seek moderates. 2 pm - 8 pm DADA Spring Gallery Walk - Free Featuring 40 of DADA's leading member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces. Socialize and tour a full spectrum of galleries and special exhibitions. Start at any member location and pick up a map.
Hours at each gallery vary. 214.914.1099
info@dallasartdealers.org.
APT is a proud FRIENDS OF DADA Member.
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New Hotel
Seeks Local Artwork
Cash prizes from $150 - $ 2,000.
Submissions due Friday, March 16.
NYLO Hotels is looking for original artwork by DFW artists to showcase in the soon-to-open NYLO Dallas South Side. The hotel, currently under construction at 1325 South Lamar at Belleview, is set to open July 2012.
The NYLO Dallas South Side Art Competition's goal is to showcase original artworks from the vibrant local art community that complement the hotel's interior design. Winning artworks will be displayed throughout the hotel in guestrooms, corridors, lobby. Selected artists are invited to the NYLO Dallas South Side's grand opening gala. Works will be displayed on the NYLO website.
Seeking original art by local artists, that is reflective of the neighborhoods around it. Prospectus
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News & Events
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Garden Gallery at the Arboretum
at Rosine Gallery, March 9 - 25th. Opening Reception
Tues, March 6, 6-8 pm. Hosted by "Art After 5". See works by Pascale Pryor, Anne Neal, and many others! ___________________________ Masks, Disguises, Secret Identities
Opening Reception
Sat, March 17, 7-9 pm.
Art show at the Bath House Cultural Center on the shores of White Rock lake, with works by Anne Neal and others.
March 17 - April 21, 2012.
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Friday March 30th, 5-7 pm Arts District Wine Stroll
Dallas Arts District and AT&T Performing Arts Center
$35 Ticket includes beverage & food sampling.
Savor Dallas, the leading Dallas food & wine festival now for eight years, will be held at several downtown Dallas art venues on Friday evening, featuring top chefs from throughout N TX, and 400 great wines, spirits and imported beers, at the DMA Arts-Atrium; Meyerson; Nasher Sculpture Center; and Winspear Opera House.
Saturday March 31, 7-10 pm at the Irving Convention Center
500 W. Las Colinas Blvd, Irving TX 75039 (10 min. N. of downtown Dallas.)Savor the flavor of hundreds of premium wines, beers, and spirits, plus great food from over 50 top chefs in the beautiful, new Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, with the Savor Dallas events featured artist and APT member, Nic Noblique. _______________________
Traci's Web DesignJust for Artists - Web Hosting Special $40/yr 214.460.8048 _______________________ See interesting websites here by some well-known artists.
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Interview with Kit Reisch on his kinetic and multi-media sculptures.
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Is it a rock, or is it art? One thing is for sure. it's big. 340 tons rolling down the highway. Read more here.
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Confections to Confessions, diverse unseen works. Not just the king of soup cans...
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What is APT?
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APT is a group of artists and business people dedicated to helping artists who either live or sell their work in Texas, providing exposure, innovative exhibitions, lucrative opportunities for artists, seminars, social art outings, and avenues to help artists refine their presentation.
We celebrate creative innovators, and foster a relationship with professionals and patrons interested in great art.
This is your art organization, so APT wants to hear about any new trails you are blazing in the art world, and what YOU want to see more of - how can we assist you as an artist?
 
 
 
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Greetings,
What if you could climb behind your buyer's eyes?
APT is all about becoming the best you possible. Have you ever wondered how others see your art work? Presentation of an artist's work if often overlooked by the artist since it's difficult to be objective. Have you ever sat down and thought about the message you want your body of work to communicate to the world? When people go to your website, what do they see?
We hope you will attend our first workshop March 10th, to explore some of these questions about your own presentation, to help you become the very best artist you can be!
Please click on all underlined links for more information.
Thanks to all who joined us at our Launch Party!
Sincerely,
Cassandra Fink, APT President
Art Professionals of Texas
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Photos of the APT Launch Party...
 
 
More photos can soon be viewed on the APT Events page.
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Don't Do This
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Safety Tips for the Artist
Proper attire or lack thereof, makes all the difference in how many limbs or eyebrows you can retain. Here's how to keep them all!
As an art professional, taking time to be conscious of your environment with safety in mind will lead to fewer accidents in the work place, even if that's your garage.
Those who work in a medium other than metal or glass may tend to disregard safety as much, but every medium requires a degree of focus and awareness.
Dedicate part of your wardrobe to work clothes made of low or non-flammable material when using a torch, mig, or machinery that produces flames or sparks. (Nylon, wool, and fleece are quite flammable; cotton, burlap and leather work well.)
You will need more than just excellent welding boots.
Sparks can land on work jeans that are tattered and quickly start to smolder, so even if you are well protected, stay aware and avoid using power tools or torches when overworked or over-tired. Don't wear clothing with laces or ties that can get caught in machinery, and avoid loose clothes that can drape or fall into your work space.
Although this outfit provides protection, it does not allow for flexibility and may ignite, giving you the wrong kind of warm glow. Having tools or flame too close to the face, hands, or feet can cause permanent or short term injury; so adequate protection with leather bibs, gloves, and safety glasses that fit well, is essential! When using a grinder on metal, always use ear plugs to protect your hearing.
 Name 3 reasons why these are not good welding shoes.
Shoes are very important if you work in metal or glass. Make sure they have an all leather top and thick sole, although old tennis shoes can work in a pinch. To protect your head and eyes, auto-darkening, solar powered helmets are a great investment. Those in a hurry who have welded without a helmet or adequate coverage, understand the unpleasant consequence of a radiation sunburn! 
Keep from going bald the un-natural way by tying hair back and wearing proper headgear...
All-leather gloves, covered on both front and back are the best way to keep that prized knuckle hair. Gloves should fit your hand snuggly in order to grip work and tools comfortably.
...this is NOT proper headgear. Use your noggin and protect it with a good helmet.
An excellent filtered face mask or respirator appropriate to the dust and fumes you work around is extremely important. (Welding experts recommend 3M brand.) If you have a closed work space, try to implement a fresh air supply system with real HEPA filters, for the sake of your lungs. Spend a little more time taking necessary precautions now, and you'll be rewarded with additional years to work in your preferred medium!
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Inspiration
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by Dukno Yoon The contrast between metal structural form and natural feather, together with repetitive and whimsical movements of fragile wings, provoke the imagination and evolve an intimate relationship between work and viewer/wearer. 
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