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    Emerging Gallerist

    Erin Cluley departs Dallas Contemporary to ignite art scene at Trinity Groves

    Kendall Morgan
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    Aug 11, 2014 | 6:00 am

    In her role as director of exhibitions at the Dallas Contemporary, Erin Cluley has worked with today’s most renowned artists — including K8 Hardy, Richard Phillips, Rob Pruitt, Jennifer Rubell and Julian Schnabel. Cluley will take everything she’s learned in the past five years as she exits her current position on August 23 to embark on a new journey: opening her own gallery.

    With her eponymous space in Trinity Groves, she hopes to bring a new outlook on contemporary art. Kicking off September 13, with an exhibition of works by René Treviño, the Erin Cluley Gallery will be the first focused on this genre to reside on the west side of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.

    “There’s an excitement in Dallas right now around artists and collectors, and it’s a good time for the art community,” Cluley says.

    “I’d been thinking about going back into the commercial world,” says the native Texan, who originally joined the Contemporary after four years at C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore. “When I moved back to Texas, I thought I was going to come here, get the lay of the land and open my own space. But when I started working at the Contemporary, I thought the museum path was where I was going to stay.”

    That is, until the fates intervened. During a trip last summer to Salem, Massachusetts, on a lark Cluley sat down for a psychic reading. When it was predicted she’d open her own space, she decided to have a sit-down meeting with Trinity Groves developer Butch McGregor upon her return.

    Cluley’s time spent overseeing the execution of murals by Shepard Fairey, Faile and JR in the area gave her unique insight into the Groves’ artistic potential. McGregor gave her the perfect launching pad in the guise of an affordable 2,000-square-foot metal building on Fabrication Street.

    “There’s something happening over there, and I feel like there’s room for what I want to do,” she says. “Having worked with the people in Trinity Groves, I have great relationships, enabling me to make a great physical space.

    “There’s an excitement in Dallas right now around artists and collectors, and it’s a good time for the art community.”

    The Erin Cluley Gallery will exhibit 10 shows a year from local and East Coast talent, and she hopes to add California artists to the mix in the coming year. In addition to Treviño, Cluley has already slated shows and projects by Baltimore’s Jimmy Joe Roche; Brooklyn’s Hidenori Ishii; and Texas artists Josephine Durkin, Francisco Moreno and Kevin Todora.

    Cluley also plans on continuing the strides she’s made exhibiting public works. These may come in the more traditional sense of murals and sculpture, or as “public interventions,” such as Roche’s “Baltimore in Dallas” ’zine that will appear in the rooms of a local hotel in the coming months.

    “I want to keep the public element going by helping to produce these ideas that are conceptualized by the artists. It might not be in the traditional sense, but it’ll be something that you’re going about your daily routine and you’re unexpectedly surprised.”

    Erin Cluley Gallery will open to the public with a reception on September 13, 6-8 pm. The exhibition “Estrellas” by René Treviño will run through October 11. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm, and Sunday and Monday by appointment.

    Erin Cluley, former director of exhibitions for Dallas Contemporary, is opening her own gallery in Trinity Groves.

    Erin Cluley
      
    Photo by Jamie Deerinwater
    Erin Cluley, former director of exhibitions for Dallas Contemporary, is opening her own gallery in Trinity Groves.
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    bookworms unite

    Fantasy reigns as the No. 1 book genre for Texas readers

    Amber Heckler
    Apr 25, 2025 | 3:22 pm
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    Poets Books is one of six local independent bookstores participating in the third annual Oak Cliff Book Crawl on April 26.

    A new study revealing the top book genres enchanting each of the 50 states has revealed a surprising fact about what Texans like: The No. 1 pick for avid readers in Texas is fantasy books.

    The book trends report by security experts Cloudwards examined Google Trends data to discover the top literary genres for each state. Romance was the leading genre infatuating most states (22 in total), with literary fiction, poetry, and fantasy ensnaring 24 other states combined.

    Besides being the No. 1 genre in Texas, fantasy books also dominate for readers in Washington, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, and North Carolina.

    The report says these innovative states that boast high quality universities and bustling tech sectors are the driving force behind growing demand for fantasy books and other works of imaginative literature.

    "The enduring popularity of fantasy may be attributed to its unparalleled world-building capabilities and capacity to address complex social issues through allegorical frameworks," the report said. "Undoubtedly, for many, fantasy offers a temporary escape from day-to-day stresses and worries."

    The rise of BookTok — a popular TikTok category centered around reading, book clubs, and popular books — may be another major factor in the younger generation's shift towards reading. The category has over 53 million posts to prove it.

    Well-known fantasy books that have remained in the zeitgeist in recent years include George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series (a.k.a. Game of Thrones), Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series, and Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series.

    Many of these titles can be found on the shelves of Dallas' many independent bookstores, just in time for Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26. It's crucial that Dallasites support their local bookstores rather than shop from big box stores like Amazon, Target, or Barnes and Noble.

    In fact, local book lovers can show their support for independent bookstores during the third annual Oak Cliff Book Crawl on April 26. Six Dallas bookstores will have special programming to celebrate the day: Whose Books, The Wild Detectives, Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center, Poets Books, Lucky Dog Books, and the recently opened romance-only Blush Bookstore.

    Here are a few more non-exhaustive options for shopping at independent bookstores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area:

    • A House with Books, Keller
    • Crow Hollow Bookshop, Allen
    • Deep Vellum, Dallas
    • The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth
    • Interabang Books, Dallas
    • Monkey and Dog Books, Fort Worth
    • Neighbor Books, McKinney
    • Read Shop, Dallas
    • Storytellers Bookshop, Dallas
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