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November
December
FIRST TUESDAY: COOL CATS Tuesday, November 1, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Art and Nature in the Middle Ages
GALLERY TALKS Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 30, 12:15 p.m. TEEN TOUR: ISLAMIC ART Thursday, November 3, 6:30–8:00 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT—FASHION PLATES: 150 YEARS OF STYLE Thursday, November 3, 7:00 p.m. April Calahan
Down by the Bay to the Big D
TEEN TOUR: THE BAROQUE Thursday, December 1, 6:30–8:00 p.m. TODDLER ART: CRAZY CATS December 2, 9, or 13, 11:00 a.m.–noon DMA MEMBER OPENING CELEBRATION
Art and Nature in the Middle Ages
(Open to DMA Members who have joined Kids Club)
Friday, December 2, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 5, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Members who have joined Book Talk) as home to Walter De Maria’s 1986 Large Rod Series: Circle/Rectangle, 5, 7,(Open 9, 11,to13DMA from
Sunday, November 6, 2:00 p.m.
October 19, 2016, through January 22, 2017. Part of De Maria’s Large Rod Series,
a group of floor-based sculptures, this is the first work by the artistOFF to enter the GOGH YOUR OWN WAY THE WALL:
Thursday, November 10, 5:00–9:00 p.m. Museum’s collection and was part of a joint acquisition with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The museums also jointly acquired Pure Polygon Series,
BRETTELL LECTURE: VARIATION, SERIATION, DECORATION: a suite of seven works on paper created by De Maria in 1975–76. A new publication, VAN GOGH’S SHEAVES OF WHEAT the first produced since the artist’s death in 2013, will accompany the Thursday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. presentation of the sculpture in Dallas. Dr. Nicole R. Myers image: Walter De Maria, Large Rod Series: Circle/Rectangle 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 1986, stainless steel, Dallas Museum of Art
FAMILY WORKSHOP: THE CAT ’S MEOW
through the TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2015.47.1.a–i, © 2016 Estate
Saturday, November 12, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
TEEN WORKSHOP: SCULPTING WITH SHADOWS Saturday, November 12, 1:00–3:00 p.m. BOSHELL LECTURE: INDIANA JONES IN SPACE Monday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. Dr. Sarah Parcak MEANINGFUL MOMENTS: DIVINE FELINES Tuesday, November 15, 10:00–11:30 a.m. DMA MEMBER EXCLUSIVE EVENT: LUNCH WITH SARAH PARCAK (Open to Collector level members and above)
Tuesday, November 15, noon DMA MEMBER PREVIEW DAYS
Imagining Peace
Thursday, December 1, 6:00–9:00 p.m. Friday, December 2, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
KIDS CLUB AT THE DMA
The Lamont Quadrant Gallery, located off the Museum’s Barrel Vault, will serve BOOK TALK: CAT IS ART SPELLED WRONG
of Walter De Maria
DMA MEMBER EXHIBITION PREVIEW DAYS
FIRST TUESDAY: WINTER WONDERLAND Tuesday, December 6, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. ARTURO’S ART & ME: C IS FOR CASTLE December 7, 8, or 10, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. GALLERY TALKS Wednesdays, December 7, 14, 12:15 p.m. OFF THE WALL: WINTER IS COMING Thursday, December 8, 5:00–9:00 p.m. FAMILY WORKSHOP: MATERIAL MASH-UP Saturday, December 10, 1:00–2:30 p.m. ART BABIES: RAINBOWS & RHYMES Monday, December 12 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., or noon HOMESCHOOL CLASS FOR FAMILIES: MATERIAL MASH-UP Thursday, December 15, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Friday, December 16, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. TEEN TOUR: MEDIEVAL EUROPE Thursday, December 15, 6:30–8:00 p.m. TEEN HOMESCHOOL WORKSHOP: CULTURE CLASH Friday, December 16, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. TEEN WORKSHOP: CALLIGRAPHY AND BOOK ILLUMINATION
Shaken, Stirred, Styled: The Art of the Cocktail
Saturday, December 17, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 17, 6:00–9:00 p.m. Friday, November 18, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
MEANINGFUL MOMENTS: SHAKEN, STIRRED, STYLED Tuesday, December 20, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
LATE NIGHT: THE ART OF THE COCKTAIL On July 7, Dallas experienced a horrific tragedy, and we were all profoundly Friday, November 18, 6:00 p.m.–midnight
Look for special opportunities for DMA Members! affected by the events of that evening. In response to our hurting community, we reached out to Japanese artist and peace activist Yoko Ono. In an open-
LATE NIGHT TALK: SHAKEN, STIRRED, STYLED: THE ART to OF THE COCKTAIL hearted gesture, Ono updated her seminal artwork IMAGINE PEACE (2001) Friday, November 18, 7:00 p.m. read IMAGINE PEACE FOREVER in both Spanish and English for installation on Samantha Robinson
Programs and dates are subject to change. Visit DMA.org for up-to-date information.
the Museum’s Ross Avenue Plaza. The deceptively simple text-based artwork,
Invitations will be sent for DMA Member
DMA CIRCLE OPENING RECEPTION with its basic black-and-white palette, connects with its viewer directly in a call (Open to Associate level members and above) for peace. We are thankful to have had the unique opportunity to lead our city
and DMA Circle Member events.
Art and Nature in the Middle Ages
in a message of peace and empowerment, as Ono believes strongly that we all have the power to create positive difference in the world.
Wednesday, November 30, 6:00 p.m.