Opening
Reception with the artists:
Saturday, July 9, 2005 (6 PM - 9 PM)
Free
and open to the public.
THE EXHIBITION:
This summer, the Bath House Cultural Center invites the
public to enjoy fine art in a comfortable, intimate and
relaxing Salon atmosphere. Back by popular demand, the Salon
du FIT, a special salon-style invitational art exhibition
featuring a wonderful variety of paintings, sculpture, photographs,
assemblage art, glass and mixed media art pieces created
by local visual artists, returns to the art galleries of
the Bath House Cultural Center.
The inspiration for this show comes from the Salon exhibitions
from the 1920s and 1930s, which were designed to be bohemian
audience retreats as well as places for discussion, discourse,
small performance pieces, workshops and coffee-talk. The
art was an important part in creating a whole atmosphere
of artistic exchange.
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THE CURATORS:
Visual artist
and graphic designer Rita Barnard and painter Greg Stinson
co-curated this exhibition. Both Ms. Barnard and Mr. Stinson
live and work in Dallas and have exhibited their artwork
extensively in the North Texas region. The curators compiled
a very diverse collection of art from the Dallas/Fort Worth
art community and from other cities as well. New and unseen
talent will be represented alongside a number of familiar
artists.
THE ARTISTS:
This year's Salon du FIT exhibition features the artwork
of the following artists:
Brad
Abrams
Laura Abrams
Ann S. Adams
Anila Quayyum Agha
Jackson Bailey
Rita Barnard
Alicia Butler
J R Compton
Sheila Cunningham
P. Dunne
Larry Enge
Angela Gallia
Linda G. Gossett
Jeff A. Green
Woody Haid
Viv Harris-Bonham
Anne Hines
Anita Horton
Ann Huey
Norman Kary
Tracy Killingsworth
B R Kline
Charlotte Lindsey
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Cheryl
MacLennan
David McCullough
Julia McLain
Jason McPeak
Jeri Morris
Pamela K.Neeley
Deanna Ooley
Gary Parkins
Sally Ridout
Brenda Robson
Marty Ruiz
Sean Springer
Alison Starr
James Michael Starr
Greg Stinson
Ryan Stinson
John Stolly
T. Stone
Michael Tichansky
Jose Vargas
Judith Williams
Cheryl Wolfe |
The Salon du FIT exhibition will take
place during the Bath House Cultural Center's
7th Annual Festival of Independent Theatres (FIT). FIT
was created as an outlet for smaller companies without a
permanent performance space to give them an opportunity
to produce seldom seen, new, or avant-garde works. FIT exists
to promote awareness and growth of Dallas area theatre through
collaboration, participation and cultivation.
Special events during this year's
FIT include the popular State of the Arts discussion and
the new Salon du FIT where the invitational exhibition and
alternative theatre performances and workshops will be presented.
Click
here to read more about FIT
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