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    Your Show of Shows

    Endings and anniversaries mark this month's best Dallas art gallery shows

    Kendall Morgan
    kendall Morgan
    Nov 6, 2015 | 1:14 pm

    Anniversaries and fond farewells make for a memorable November on the Dallas art gallery scene. We bid adieu to an ambitious Cedars gallery, discover the beauty in the banal courtesy of a local photographer, and celebrate a Deep Ellum stalwart space’s 10th anniversary.

    “The Instigators: Celebrating 10 Years of Kettle Art,” various artists, atKettle Art
    Exhibition dates: Through November 28

    Deep Ellum has evolved from Dallas’ nucleus of bars and clubs, to a place only the brave go after dark, to the next neighborhood likely to be ruined by overambitious developers. Through the last decade, Kettle Art founder Frank Campagna has been around to roll with the changes, and he’s not going away anytime soon.

    Focusing on emerging and mid-career Texan artists, Kettle celebrates a decade with work from Texas talent he dubs “the instigators,” the once-unrepresented stable of artists who launched their careers along with the space. For this anniversary, the likes of Sergio Garcia, Cabe Booth, and Erica Felicella are joined by newer talents furthering Campagna’s mission of bringing the neighborhood back to its artistic roots.

    “When we opened in 2005, Deep Ellum was pretty much over from its boom of the 1990s and really had become empty and somewhat dangerous,” Campagna says. “The local art scene was bursting with creativity in what seemed like an endless stream of talent that had no decent place to show. It simply made sense to embrace both the neighborhood and our friends by opening a venue with a focus on proper presentation. Ten years later, this concept still thrives.”

    We can’t wait to see what another decade will bring.

    “Open,” Fredrik Broden, at Stage 404 Studio
    Reception: November 7, 7-10 pm
    Exhibition dates: November 7-21, or by appointment

    Simple objects often hold complicated stories, even if we don’t discover them at first glance. Inspired by a collection of keys he purchased from a locksmith, Dallas-based photographer Fredrik Broden spent four years shooting his favorites until they evolved into modern relics.

    “The idea was to find the most pedestrian-looking ones; some were too pretty or ornate,” he explains. “I wanted the key that you have on your keychain. To me it’s almost like a coin — you look at it and wonder how many pockets it’s been in.

    “One key might have come out of a janitor’s belt and never gone outside of Dallas; another might have been on a businessman’s keychain and traveled the world.”

    Blown up to an epic 3-by-4-foot size, the limited series images are being sold for a relatively affordable $750. “Open” is just the first in a series of shows in the Exposition Park space that typically serves as photographer Kip Lott’s studio. More Dallas talent will exhibit their work in ongoing pop-ups during 2016.

    “Skeletons in the Closet,” Butch Anthony, at RE Gallery
    Reception: November 15, 6-8 pm
    Exhibition dates: November 15-December 13

    A folk artist with a very distinct viewpoint, Butch Anthony’s work has drawn breathless profiles from the likes of the New York Times and Garden and Gun. There’s just something about his old family portraits embellished with skeletons or tattoos (a style he has called “intertwangelism”), his Seale, Alabama-based “Museum of Wonder,” and his now-defunct “Doo-Nanny” festival that lend themselves perfectly to the Sunday Styles section.

    Inspired by a friend’s selling of a dashed-off drawing, Anthony’s first embellishment of a motel painting in 1994 led to a career that has taken him all over the world. For his exhibit at fellow Alabaman Wanda Dye’s gallery, Anthony is bringing about 20 big pieces and a “bunch of small,” all using “old photos and oil paintings that were just hanging on the walls in the 1890s — those spooky-looking ancestors. I scour junk shops and I’ve got people looking for ’em for me and I just graffiti over ’em.”

    Sadly, Dye, whose 1920s shotgun shack in the Cedars helped cement the area as an artistic destination, is moving on to greener pastures, returning to her native Alabama after the close of Anthony’s show. “Skeletons” will be the last chance for admirers of her experimental aesthetic to pay homage to the space.

    “Where You End and I Begin,” Frances Bagley and Ryan Burghard, at Cydonia
    Reception: November 14, 6-8 pm
    ​Exhibition dates: November 14-January 9. 2106

    The subject of marriage is one rarely explored within the gallery walls. A loaded topic to be sure, the human need to connect and unite influenced the upcoming dual artist exhibition at Cydonia.

    Portland-based Ryan Burghard has teamed with local legend Frances Bagley for a cross-generational exploration of the space where one person ends and the other begins. Through Burghard’s collages and Bagley’s installations, we have a call and response of what Burghard refers to as “a marriage of otherwise unrelated entities that feels accidental, yet inevitable.”

    Says Cydonia director Hanh Ho, “Frances … is coefficient to Ryan’s work. I wanted her, uniquely her, to answer his call. The context of these two artists together is interesting. I wanted this show … to force people to really look at what lies within and between the objects and between the contexts of the artists.

    “Finally the concept itself is interesting. Hardly anyone in contemporary art critically analyzes marriage.”

    And through analysis, we just might find understanding. Bring someone you love.

    Perched by Frances Bagley, who's exhibiting with Ryan Burghard at Cydonia.

    Francis Bagley
      
    Photo courtesy of the artist
    Perched by Frances Bagley, who's exhibiting with Ryan Burghard at Cydonia.
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    Dallas' Theatre Three asks public for urgent help to keep lights on

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    May 13, 2025 | 5:13 pm
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    "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812" ran Off Broadway.

    A longtime Dallas theater company is asking for urgent help. Theatre Three (T3) has made a plea to the community for $200,000 in donations to stay in business.

    In a Facebook post on May 13, they say, "Without immediate and substantial help from our community, we will be forced to close our doors."

    They say they've suffered several years' worth of financial hardships, including effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more recently, cuts in arts funding.

    The post says, in part:

    "For 64 years, Theatre Three has been a cornerstone of Dallas’ creative spirit — bringing bold, innovative productions to life and showcasing the extraordinary talent of our local artists, designers, and creatives. We have been an intimate stage for everyone. But now, we face the greatest challenge in our history.

    "After mourning the loss of our beloved Jac Alder, and then, under the leadership of the incredible Jeffrey Schmidt, surviving the immense toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves once again at a significant crossroads. The ongoing erosion of support for the arts has dealt a devastating blow to our funding ...

    Our goal is $200,000. This is not the news we want to share, but it is news that we believe you all would want to know."

    The post is signed by board members Jessica Turner Waugh, Suzanne Burkhead, Rosa Medina-Cristobal, Scott T. Williams, Robert McCollum, Harrison Herndon, David G. Luther, Mia Glogau, and Jon Collins.

    Donations, they say, will help support local artists, staff and creatives to produce their next show, Xanadu; counter the rising costs of rent, insurance, and production; and allow them to retain staff.

    "We know times are tough. But we also know what this theater and its people mean to our city and to the generations who have found meaning, joy, and belonging within its walls," they say. "And that is why we are making this urgent plea. Help us preserve this Dallas institution."

    They end the post with a link to their donation page: https://www.theatre3dallas.com/support/.

    T3's black-box theater Theatre Too's final show of the season is The Mystery of Irma Vep, a fast-paced and campy parody that is on stage now through May 18.

    Theatre Three will close out its current season with Xanadu, a high-energy, roller-skating extravaganza that brings the 1980 cult film to life. Douglas Carter Beane is behind the hilarious book, and music and lyrics are by John Farrar and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) founding member Jeff Lynne. It is set to run June 5-July 6, 2025.

    In addition to a full season of mainstage productions, Theatre Three offers additional programs for the community throughout the year.

    Monday Night Playwright features unique and affordable opportunities for local writers to showcase their works. Fight Night provides the community and artists alike with movement and other physical skills through monthly stage combat classes.

    The Norma Young Advanced Acting Lab, a collaboration with Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, is in its fifth year. Students have access to masterclasses hosted by industry professionals and exclusive insight on the professional production process at Theatre Three, then the course concludes with a professionally produced showcase.

    Theatre Three is located at 2688 Laclede St. in the Quadrangle in Uptown Dallas. For more information in productions and programs, visit their website.

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    Lindsey Wilson contributed to this story.

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