ARTicle Summer 2012 magazine

Economic Impact of the Arts in Tarrant County Fort Worth Museum Milestones Van Cliburn’s Keys to Success Public Art: A Love Story

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News and events from the ARTS COUNCIL of Fort Worth & Tarrant County

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Escape to the 19th Century American West!

When White Men Turn Red (detail), Charles M. Russell, 1922

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Personally collected by legendary Texas oilman and philanthropist Sid W. Richardson, the paintings shaped the public’s perception of the romance and ruggedness of the American West of the late 1800s. Discover unique Buffalo Runners—Big Horn Basin, Frederic Remington, 1909 Western gifts in the Museum Store. Open daily except major holidays. Wheelchair accessible. Group tours by appointment. Free admission. www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org/114.

Utica (detail), Charles M. Russell, 1907

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PROMOTING THE ARTS IN FORT WORTH & TARRANT COUNTY

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WHAT’S INSIDE Economic Impact of the Arts in Tarrant County

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Stop by the Arts Center

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Fort Worth Museum Milestones

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Van Cliburn’s Keys to Success

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Public Art: A Love Story

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Art has a community.

The mission of the Arts Council of Fort Worth is to create an environment that promotes, nurtures and supports the arts in our community.

The Council develops relationships between artists, organizations and the community at large through its stewardship of the Community Arts Center, administration of the Public Art Program, and development of various educational opportunities for the community.

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The Council also provides financial support to numerous, eligible non-profit arts organizations through the administration of a comprehensive grant program. Applications are reviewed by qualified volunteer panels and judged on management ability, artistic excellence and community outreach.

The Arts Council is supported by the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts andnumerous individual, corporate and foundation donors. To all of whom we say,

“Thank you.”

Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County 1300 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107 • 817-732-2360 • www.artsfortworth.org ARTS COUNCIL STAFF Jody Ulich, President Anne Allen, Public Art Program Manager Jennifer Conn, Public Art Collection Manager Michelle Gonzales, Public Art Program Specialist Alida Labbe, Public Art Project Manager John Leach, Arts Center Facilities Manager Mary Montalvo, Arts Center Director Cathy Neece Brown, Vice President – Development Marla Fleischmann Owen, Arts Center Business Development Manager Martha Peters, Vice President – Public Art Lori Sundeen Soderburgh, Director of Emerging Programs Daniel Stone, Grant Program, Executive Assistant Brandon Swift, Arts Center Technical Director Elaine Taylor, Arts Center Gallery Manager Corliss Wall, Development Associate ARTS COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH & TARRANT COUNTY 2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ginny Tigue, Chair, Vice President, Tigue Property Co., Ltd. Larry Anfin, President/General Manager, Coors Distributing Co. of Fort Worth Michael Bennett, Principal, Bennett Benner Pettit Architects Christina Brinker, Treasurer, CPA, Rylander, Clay & Opitz Becky Renfro Borbolla, Vice-President, Renfro Foods Andrew T. Boster, Grants Administrator, Fort Worth Transportation Authority Todd Breeding, Senior Vice President, Frost Bank Dale Brock, Regional Vice President, CitiBank Christy Cates, CPA, Whitley Penn Brad Chapman, Business Performance Manager, Insperity Mac Churchill, President, Churchill Acura Gregory T. Clifton, Principal/CEO, Clifton Capital Group Diana Crawford, Community Volunteer, American Airlines Rory Divin, Director, McDonald Sanders, P.C. Clay Franklin, CEO, Plaza Medical Suzan Greene, Fort Worth Area Manager, Customer Operations, Oncor Denise Harmon, Membership Director, Fort Worth Club Bill Hart, President, SunCoast Industries Robert Jameson, Area General Manager, Renaissance Worthington Hotel Jimmy Jenkins, Owner, Fort Worth Screen Printing Elva LeBlanc, Ph.D., President, Tarrant County College NW Campus Haeger Long, Vice-President and Private Banker, BBVA Compass Bank Norm Lyons, Executive Vice-President, Lyon Benefit Solutions Estela Martinez-Stuart, Director of Tourism, Fort Worth Convention & Visitors’ Bureau Nicki Northcutt, Coordinator – Community Affairs, XTO Energy Victoria Powell, Vice-President, B.R. Powell & Associates, PC Marc Rowland, Chief Executive Officer, FTS International Amy Sutton, Secretary, Vice President, Frost Bank Dora Tovar, President, Tovar Public Relations Jennifer Trevino, Chief of Staff, UNT Health Science Center John W. Via III, Vice President – Marketing, Alcon Scott Wheatley, Partner, Jackson Walker Dean Wise, Vice President-Network Strategy, BNSF Terry L. Williamson, Vice-President, Wealth Advisor, Wells Fargo Ana Wugofski, Director – Business Development, Lockheed Martin EX OFFICIO Patrick Harris, Enterprise Business Service, Lockheed Martin

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On the cover: Orange Ladder by Suzan Cook. On display at the FWCAC thru August 30th.

Design/Layout Artist: Betsy Lewis

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By Numbers

A new national arts study reveals some striking numbers in Tarrant County.

In early June, the advocacy agency Americans for the Arts released its fourth economic impact study of the nonprofit arts, drawing data from across the country, including from Dallas, McKinney, and Tarrant County. Conducted in 2010, a period referred to as the Great Recession, Arts & Economic Prosperity IV presents economic numbers that are not as eye-popping as the ones in the group’s previous study, in 2005. However, Americans for the Arts stress that the arts industry continues to serve as a vital economic engine, generating $135.2 billion dollars of economic activity: $61.1 billion in spending by nonprofit arts groups and $74.1 billion in spending by their audiences. The nonprofit arts also accounted for 4.2 million full-time jobs and generated $23 billion in revenue to local, state, and federal governments, a yield well beyond 2010’s $4 billion in arts allocations.

With a population of 1,789,900 in 2010, Tarrant County nonprofit arts groups spent about $40,000,000 and their audiences spent approximately $45,000,000, for an economic-activity grand total of about $85,000,000.

Tarrant County’s numbers are nothing to sneeze at, but they are near the bottom of the pack nationally. By comparison, the 808,466 arts lovers and groups of Indianapolis managed to generate about $384,000,000 for their city, nearly five times as much as Tarrant County, and the 665,027 arts lovers and groups of Jefferson County, Ala. (greater Birmingham), whipped up about $235,000,000 for their area, about three times as much as Tarrant. Closer to home, about $236,000,000 was generated by the 757,688 arty folks in Austin and a whopping $322,000,000 by the 1,279,901 arts lovers and groups in Dallas, whose new Arts District was responsible for about a third of that total.

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The study indicates that we’re just wild about the arts, boasting an attendance rate that’s above-average nationally…

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Glenn Ligon: AMERICA is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art. Major support for the exhibition is provided by the National Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pictured: Hands, 1996. Silkscreen ink and gesso on unstretched canvas. 82 x 144 inches. Collection of Eileen Harris Norton. Photograph by Fredrik Nilsen. © Glenn Ligon

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One possible explanation for Tarrant County’s low numbers is that only 40 of the approximately 99 eligible nonprofit arts groups as identified by the Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County participated in the study. Notably missing were Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Bass Performance Hall, and Kimbell Art Museum.

Arts & Economic Prosperity IV represents Tarrant County’s first time participating in the study. “We expected less than full participation,” said Jody Ulich, arts council president. “The study resulted in very good numbers even without some of our key organizations. I believe that once we release it and follow up with a repeat in the future, our participations will increase.”

Fort Worth’s compliancy rate, however, was just a couple of percentage points worse than the national average of 43.2 percent, said Randy Cohen, vice-president of research and policy at Americans for the Arts, noting that survey compliance is an ongoing issue in most social research. Still, Cohen believes the study is accurate. “While the findings

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would certainly be larger if everyone responded, I am confident that we are still telling a good story by knowing we have a large majority of the expenditures,” he said.

Regardless of financial numbers, one factoid revealed by the study should give Tarrant County arts lovers reason to sing. The study indicates that we’re just wild about the arts, boasting an attendance rate that’s above-average nationally and is third-highest of the nine Texas cities and regions represented in the study.

Nearly 76 percent of every audience at every nonprofit cultural event in Tarrant County is a Tarrant County resident. Birmingham’s number is only 68 percent, Dallas’ 61 percent, and Indianapolis’ only 55 percent.

Austin, at 77 percent, and San Antonio, at an astounding 82 percent, are the only two Texas cities with better numbers.

Americans for the Arts’ Cohen will present the study to Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and city council on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in council chambers.

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See & Do

July 26-29

Freedom Bound In the Scott Theater

Kids Who Care brings kids from Israel, Germany, and Albania to Fort Worth to take part in this International Camp and original musical performance. For information and registration visit kidswhocare.org or 817-737-5437.

There’s always a variety of things to see and do at the Community Arts Center.

Stop by – you’ll be glad you did!

August 3 - 30

7th Annual TAC Juried Membership Exhibit

Juror Sue Flynn of Norwood-Flynn Gallery in Dallas selected works from the Texas Artists Coalition membership. The mission of the TAC is to support the career development of artists, whether they are emerging or established, amateur or professional.

Thru July 30

Selections 2012 Exhibit

The Fort Worth Art Dealers Association (FWADA) presents its annual Selections exhibition. The exhibition will feature select works by artists from the following FWADA member galleries: Artspace 111; Atrium Gallery, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Eclectic Expressions; Galerie Kornye West; Lakeview Gallery, Tarrant County College Northwest Campus; Rebecca Low Sculptural Metal Gallery & Studio; the Upstairs Gallery; Weiler House Fine Art Gallery and William Campbell Contemporary Art.

August 3 - 30

Birds, Beasts & Beauty: The Genesis to Revelation Alliance with Animals

by Masterpiece Christian Art Foundation

This exhibit is a 50-piece collection touring 6 U.S. cities. Works by nationally acclaimed artists Ron DiCianni (the Resurrection Mural), Michael Dudash, Chris Hopkins, Tom duBois, historic masters and more. Experience their magnificence! Admission is free.

Art Discovery Tours: Wednesdays -1-4 Saturdays- 10-2

August 6 Thru August 5

Thru August 25

by Theresa Rebeck In the Sanders Theater

by Diane Walker-Gladney Focus Gallery One

The Understudy The most thankless job in theatre takes center stage in Rebeck’s bitingly funny look at the underbelly of the acting world. For tickets and information call 817-923-3012 or visit amphibianproductions.org.

The Dick and Jane Series incorporates words and sentence fragments from the Dick and Jane early reading primer. Levels of learning (instinct, parental influence and academics) manifest symbolically throughout the series.

Welcome to Hard Times: Landscape Photographs of Northeast Texas

Thru September 29

Passions in Glass

TAC Featured Artist David Gappa has found that the passion of his life is working with the shifting energies of molten glass. The complexity of color and light, the classic beauty of glass, and the poetic and seductive nature of molten glass all drew him to this elegant medium.

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The Gentlemen’s Society Fundraising Concert In the Scott Theater

The Gentlemen’s Society is a program designed to mentor young men, educating them about life choices, self respect, and goals. For more information, visit gentlemenssociety.yourvisionwebs.com

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The idea of displacement and transience are central to this body of landscape photographs.

Northeast Texas is a landscape with a rich and storied past, but also one of an uncertain and shifting future. Images of mobile homes, collapsed churches, abandoned farms and even earth-moving machinery all reiterate this idea of impermanence.

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Amanda S. Reaves, poet, artist, performer, welcomes you to the Astria Galaxy, a world filled with myths, legends and creatures of all different backgrounds and species.

Bring lunch or buy one at Z’s Cafe for $5.

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August 10

by Vaughn Wascovich, Focus Gallery Two

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The Fort Worth Community Arts Center In the Sanders Theater

The Dick and Jane Series

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One Act Lunch Program

In the Scott Theater

Presented by Unidos Fest with guest Daniel Sandoval. Begins at 6:00 pm, free admission, $5 parking. For more information call 817-600-5537 or visit their facebook page at facebook.com/pages/Not-In -VainMinistries/204547512973066

August 11

DFW All Stars Reunion Concert In the Scott Theater

Featuring “The Greatest Hits” of your favorite performers from current and past productions.

Performance at 1:30pm. For tickets and information visit thedfwallstars.com

August 17 - September 2

Crazy for You

In the Sanders Theater

Presented by the Stolen Shakespeare Guild. Music and lyrics

by George and Ira Gershwin, book by Ken Ludwig. For tickets and information visit stolenshakespeareguild.org

September 22

Day in the District

August 25

Nine cultural destinations will offer free admission and many of Fort Worth’s cultural organizations will offer free performances in and around each destination from 10 am to 5 pm. Free transportation within the Cultural District will be provided

by The Fort Worth Transportation Authority.

For information and a schedule of events www.fwdayinthedistrict.org

September 8 - October 27 Distinguished Texas Artist:

Texas Millionaires Chorus’ Annual Show

Ronald Watson: A Compact Retrospective September 29 Focus Gallery One & Two Caught Up in My Choices

In the Scott Theater

The Texas Millionaires is a men’s a cappella performing chorus based on the four part close harmony barbershop style of singing. For tickets and information visit texasmillionaires.com

The Exhibition Advisory Panel of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center awards the Distinguished Texas Artist Award in even years to a living Texas artist who has shown excellence in their artwork and their service to the community. Ron Watson served as Director of the School of Art at TCU before retiring this past year.

by Tamesha Caldwell in the Scott Theater

Presented by Zimirah Productions/ Kingdom Manifesters, a Gospel theatrical production that discusses the decisions we make and how our lives are affected based upon those choices. Performance 6:00 pm.

For tickets and information 817-378-7636.

September 6

10th Annual Preservation is the Art of the City

September 8

Unchained Melody In the Scott Theater

The Best of the 60’s presented by the DFW All Stars. Performance at 1:30pm.

For tickets and information visit thedfwallstars.com

Meet the artists and shop for art before the show opens to the public. Cocktail buffet and shopping. For tickets and information visit historicfortworth.org.

Exhibit thru Sept. 29 (photo credit: David Wharton)

September 8

Johara Dance Ensemble’s 7th Anniversary

The Arts Center is a beautiful & unique venue for any event!

In the Sanders Theater

This professional Middle Eastern Dance Troupe performs in celebration of their 7th Anniversary. For tickets and information visit joharabellydance.com.

September 8

Fall Gallery Night

Presented by the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association. Take-in the visual arts and our community’s unique cultural richness during Fall Gallery Night. Stroll through participating galleries, museums, retail businesses, and area restaurants, and enjoy the many artists featured during this community event. Gallery Night is free and open to the public. The Arts Center will kick off our 10th Year Anniversary Celebration – visit our website for updated information!

For event booking information: 817-298-3026 or marla@fwcac.org For gallery information: 817-298-3021 or elaine@fwcac.org

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Artful Jubilees Fort Worth’s big three museums all have milestones to celebrate

By Anna Caplan

On the heels of last year’s 50th anniversary of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art comes this year’s twofer commemorations: the Kimbell Art Museum’s 40th anniversary and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s 10th anniversary in its Tadao Ando-designed building.

The Kimbell will present a special exhibition celebrating the milestone on Sunday, Oct. 7. The exhibit will chronicle the museum’s beginnings and showcase its architectural achievements, acquisitions, and exhibitions. “This exhibition provides an in-depth look at the last 40 years of building, collecting for, and exhibiting in one of the world's most beautiful museums,” said Kimbell director Eric M. Lee. The Kimbell began with the vision of founders Kay and Velma Kimbell, who sought to establish a public art museum “of the first class” in Fort Worth. They established the Kimbell Art Foundation, which owns and operates the museum, in the 1930s in partnership with Kay’s sister and her husband, Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Carter, shortly after the Kimbells purchased their first paintings. They continued to collect artworks, mostly portraits of the British and French schools of the 18th and 19th centuries, and when Kay Kimbell died in 1964, he left his collection and entire personal fortune to the foundation.

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October 13, 2012 4pm - 10pm

This is a Free Event! ArtsGoggle has 95 venues, 300 artists and 16 bands. Park your car and Goggle by foot, bike, Molley the Trolley or pedicab.

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By 1966, the foundation and the museum’s first director, Richard F. Brown, had set the policy of forming “collections of the highest aesthetic quality, derived from any and all periods in man’s history and in any medium or style.” Two aspects of that plan would have the greatest impact on changing the Kimbell collection: an expansion of vision to encompass world history and a new focus on a small number of key objects. The museum opened on October 4, 1972. And now, the collection consists of about 350 works that touch individual high points of aesthetic beauty and historical importance.

The show will feature highlights of the permanent collection as well as historic material and architectural models of the Louis I. Kahn building and the soon-to-be-completed Renzo Piano building, scheduled to open in 2013.

Across the street at the Modern, the festivities will also kick into high gear this fall. That’s when the museum will unveil 10 recent acquisitions in honor of the 10-year anniversary.

In addition to special patron events, there will be numerous public programs, tours, and lectures related to the Andodesigned building, said Kendal Smith Lake, manager of communications.

More than 10 years ago, the architect’s design was the unanimous choice by the museum’s architectural review and long-range planning committee, Lake said. Widely hailed, the design embodies the pure, unadorned elements of a modern work of art. Forty-foot-tall walls of glass framed in metal surround the concrete, providing breathtaking spaces through which to view the surroundings.

Natural light, diffused and reflected throughout the gallery space, is a major aspect of the design, as are the iconic 40-foot-tall Y-shaped columns adorning the exterior.

The transition from the old building (now the offices of the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County) down the street wasn’t a cakewalk. Lake said it took nearly a month for a tractor-trailer to make 16 trips from the old building to the new one, just to transport the art. A special crane and flatbed trucks moved the outdoor sculptures.

And for the Modern’s staff, it also took some time to get used to the new building. “The staff had been working in the new building since the summer of 2002,” Lake said. “It was a very quiet, serene place. [But on] Dec. 14, it was like a floodgate! We hosted over 40,000 visitors in the first two weeks. It was very exciting to see the project come to fruition.”

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The Keys to Success As the Van Cliburn Foundation approaches 50, the next competition is right around the corner.

The Van Cliburn Foundation has established itself as one of the preeminent champions of classical music in the world. The foundation is best known for hosting the quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and its medalists’ subsequent three-year tour. Now in its 50th year, the foundation has evolved to encompass a concert series that brings in some the world’s best classical musicians to North Texas, an amateur competition, and an educational program, Musical Awakenings.

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The first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition began September 24, 1962, in Fort Worth at Texas Christian University’s Ed Landreth Auditorium. Now the foundation is embarking on a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary, honoring a half-century of showcasing extraordinary talent and launching countless careers. Some of the celebratory activities include special concerts, an entirely redesigned website and digital archive, a festive gala, a retrospective documentary airing on PBS, and a commemorative book.

Interim president and CEO Alann Bedford Sampson said that the anniversary celebration is a testament to the enduring value of music and is as much a celebration of the musicians as it is the patrons, volunteers, and others who have contributed to the organization’s success.

“Our celebration honors Van Cliburn,” she said, “who inspired the founding of this endeavor and pays tribute to the patrons, volunteers, and partners who have made this possible; we embrace the future with certainty and excitement.”

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Next year, the 14th piano competition will take place May 24-June 9 at the Bass Performance Hall. The competition will welcome 30 of the world’s best pianists to Fort Worth. Composer Christopher Theofanidis has been commissioned to write a piece to be performed by all of the competitors in the semifinal round. The competition will also mark the first Cliburn appearance by the Brentano String Quartet, world-renowned group performing a piano quintet with each of the 12 semifinalists. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, which has appeared at every Cliburn competition, will perform two concerti with each of the six finalists, under the baton of Maestro Leonard Slatkin.

The foundation’s reach is extraordinary. The 2009 competition was streamed to about 2,857,573 viewers from 157 countries/territories. The Musical Awakening program reaches more than 30,000 elementary school students annually.

Additionally, the concert series has brought dozens of the world’s best classical musicians to Fort Worth and has helped put our city on the map as one of the great classical music cities in the world.

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1. Christopher Shih, a physician from Maryland, competes in the final round of the Sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs 2. Van Cliburn plays in the third round of the Tchaikovsky Competition in the Great Hall of the Conservatory (Moscow, April 1958) 3. Jane Gibson King, a homemaker from Utah, competes in the semi-final round of the Sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs 4. The Brentano String Quartet will perform with each of the 12 semifinalists in the 14th piano competition

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Public Art: A “Love Story” A new mural reinvigorates a community while battling graffiti.

By Tim Tune “Love Story,” a new mural on the east façade of Southwest Community Center, takes an ageless and familiar artistic theme into a curious realm of fantasy. But despite its abstract storyline, the mural’s images clearly reflect elements suggested by southwest Fort Worth residents and other stakeholders: diversity, “Cowboys and Culture” heritage, community history, and community center activities.

The $30,000 work was conceived and painted by Michael Kirby, (michaelkirby.com), widely considered among the world’s best “street” artists. The 95-by-25-foot mural, dedicated on in mid-June, was commissioned by Fort Worth Public Art (FWPA), a program funded by the city and managed by the Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County. Kirby’s mural is the second in an anti-graffiti program administered by FWPA (fwpublicart.org) for the city’s Parks and Community Services Department in partnership with Fort Worth Independent School District and the Safe City Commission.

In a description of the project, Kirby writes, “The goal of the mural is to show a love story of triumph and imagination over ignorance and short-sightedness.” The “narrative fantasy” tells of a cowboy falling in love with a petite gymnast performing in a ballet at a rodeo. The cowboy rescues the gymnast from curious giant green babies. The story’s characters are puppets controlled by high school students from different generations who peer down from above.

The mural, at 6300 Welch Ave., is across from Southwest High School, whose students are the primary audience, Kirby said. In early

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spring, he held art workshops for Southwest students, a required activity of his commission. Sponsoring organizations express the belief that student involvement is a key to success of the anti-graffiti effort.

“A blank wall has come alive,” said Sandra Youngblood, assistant director of Parks and Community Services, at the dedication. Youngblood said the wall “has a history of being targeted” by taggers. She said the mural will act as a graffiti deterrent.

Kirby’s experience affirms that. He said in an interview that he has been painting murals in public places worldwide for 20 years, and he’s never received a report of any permanent work being tagged.

Because the “Love Story” process has been so successful, FWPA is evolving its approach to murals, said Jenny Conn, FWPA’s art collection manager. “This particular experience has reinvigorated our interest in murals” beyond just an anti-graffiti program, she said. “We want to expand it to areas that aren’t necessarily graffiti targets, and we want to attract a wider range of artists.”

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