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Mega art fair with New York roots makes Texas debut at Dallas Market Hall

Wouldn't you like this sculpture on your mantel?

Photo courtesy of Redwood Art Group

A new artsy festival is coming for the first time to Dallas. Called Artexpo, it's an art fair with a long tradition in New York, that'll camp out at Dallas Market Center on September 16-18, with artists, live demonstrations, and art for sale.

It's partnered with another simultaneous event, the WestEdge Design Fair, a three-day festival of its own focused on home furnishings.

According to a release, both are from Redwood Art Group, which operates art fairs across the country including the original Artexpo in New York, plus Spectrum Miami, Art San Diego, Art Santa Fe, and Red Dot Miami.

Redwood Art Group president Eric Smith says in a statement that the fair features prominent leaders in the industry, established artists, emerging artists, fine art photographers, gallery owners, art dealers, publishers, and private collectors, and don't forget those home furnishings.

"Our partnership with WestEdge Design Fair brings an eclectic mix of domestic and international art with world class interior design and home furnishings under one roof," Smith says. "Our inaugural edition of Artexpo Dallas offers something for everyone with the purchase of a single ticket."

A single ticket is $20 per day, or $45 for all three days.

Attendees can browse thousands of innovative works of art and take in various programs such as:

Spotlight Program, featuring five recipients: End to End Gallery, Ephraim Urevbu/Urevbu Collection, Leticia Herrera/Leta Herrera Art, Patrick Jones Gallery, and Rodney Asikhia Gallery
Art Labs, featuring projects such as "Unifying Our World, Protecting Our Oceans" by Art Gallery Pure, "Reinventing Textile Art" by Contemporary Art Projects USA, and "Unveiling: Frida Tic Tac Toe, Interactive" by Ricardo Cardenas
The Discoveries Collection, which singles out art selected by Artexpo Dallas' Curatorial Team, for sale between $1,000-$3,000

But there are thousands of affordable pieces of on-trend, highly collectible artworks from across the U.S. and around the world including prints, paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, giclee, lithographs, and glass works.

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Season Announcement

Kitchen Dog Theater unleashes immersive 2025 season in new Dallas space

Kitchen Dog Theater presents Safe at Home

Photo by Jordan Fraker

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Seven years after announcing it had purchased a building in the Design District, Kitchen Dog Theater is finally ready to move into its new home.

The third and final production of its 2025 season — the theater company's 34th — will take place all around the new "Doghouse." The other two productions will follow the immersive format at non-traditional performance spaces that was established last season.

With three fully produced events that each run the gambit from captivating and gutsy to heartfelt and hilarious, the monthly New Works Festival Staged Readings Series returns, as does the 23rd annual PUP Fest, nurturing high school talent from all over DFW.

First up is the area premiere of Will Eno's Wakey, Wakey, directed by KDT's artistic director Tina Parker and starring KDT co-artistic director Christopher Carlos.

"Is it now? I thought I had more time." These first words in Will Eno's play are spoken by Guy, a man who knows, like all of us on some level, that he is about to die. The play questions why we are here and the journeys that everyone takes to eventually get to the same place. Performances will take place at Expo Park, 840 Exposition Avenue, and run February 7-23, 2025.

Production No. 2 is full of mystery: The title and performance location will be announced soon and run in March/April 2025.

The Happiness Gymby Ken Weitzman closes out the season in August 2025 (exact dates TBA).

This regional premiere is a joyous, experiential event based on the science of well-being. Participants take part in a curated theatrical experience meant to boost their sense of happiness, joy, and feelings of connection. This one-of-a-kind project will be the soft opening to Kitchen Dog’s new theater and will take place all over the entire facility, giving patrons unparalleled access to KDT’s new home.

From March to July 2025, the 26th annual 2025 New Works Festival will showcase four-to-five staged readings of the newest and most exciting local and regional playwrights working in contemporary theater today. Each reading will feature some of DFW's most accomplished actors and directors and will take place at different venues across DFW.

For its 23rd annual event, PUP Fest will feature six staged readings of jury-selected plays written by DFW high school students, featuring student actors directed by area professional directors. PUP Fest is the culminating event of Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (D-PAC), a partnership with Dallas ISD and Junior Players. Performance location is TBA, but the event will happen June 7, 2025.

For more information, visit kitchendogtheater.org or call 214-953-1055.

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