Blog Archive 2012

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Your Donation Doubled

We are pleased to announce that one of the generous patrons of Art House Dallas has committed to match up to $10,000 for each donation made to the  (continue reading) ...

limpse of Beauty

I took the back way to work this morning. Though a slower route, it was worth it to drive past the beautiful pond and the large trees along the (continue reading) ...

We Equip Artists Because Creativity Matters

In a global survey of 1,500 CEOs, IBM found that creativity was considered to be the #1 leadership trait for the future. Creativity is more than (continue reading) ...

Why We're Giving Thanks: Big News!

We received a surprise in the mail recently. The familiar letterhead from the Internal Revenue Service instinctively made me dread its contents (continue reading) ...

Art House Dallas - 2 Year Anniversary

On Thursday, October 25th, in lieu of our monthly Art House Exchange, we spent the evening with friends old and new (continue reading) ...

A Rookies Guide to Booking Your Own Band

If you are in a band or thinking about putting a band together one of the things necessary for you is to get out on the road and TOUR (continue reading) ...

It's Time to Celebrate

I stumbled across an old journal last night. Flipping open to a random page, I was transported back to the Fall of 2010. Though I only wanted to (continue reading) ...

oming Around at Circles 2012

As a student in graphic design, I'm always looking for the next source of inspiration. When I found out about Circles Conference (continue reading) ...

My Top 10 Takeaways from Ten Out of Tenn

Since I began my journey as an indie artist in August 2010, I've been trying to go to Nashville a few times a year to immerse  (continue reading) ...

inner With Friends and the Digital Frontier

The last time I reviewed a Dinner with Friends I was happy to gush over the quality of the program’s content, and the concept  (continue reading) ...

Joy In the Making

There was a bounty of fresh vegetables laid out on the counter before us. Yellow squash, zucchini and heirloom tomatoes (continue reading) ...

Raising the Roof ... Literally

I always loved going and buying school supplies as a kid. The truth is, my heart still beats a little faster when I'm in Target in August (continue reading) ...

What I Learned From Some Fellow Artists ...

Last week I got to take part in Art House Dallas’ Visual Artist panel. The evening started off with a group dinner and then moved (continue reading) ...

eatured In the Dallas Morning News

This past weekend Art House Dallas was highlighted in the Dallas Morning News on the front page of the Arts & Life Sunday feature (continue reading) ...

hythms of Rest

One of the songs that I’ve had stuck in my head lately is Sara Groves' "Finite", from her most recent album Invisible Empires (continue reading) ...

Earnest Words in Swirling Noise - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at Ten

Early in college, I fell in love with Wilco. I know how that sentence sounds, but I’l write it anyway, simply because I also know how many (continue reading) ...

Why We Gather

Now, after so many years in Nashville, my journals and photograph albums are full of the stories of these gatherings (continue reading) ...

Register Early for Catalyst Atlanta!

On behalf of Art House America and Catalyst, you are invited to attend the Catalyst Conference on October 3-5, 2012 in Atlanta (continue reading) ...

n A Blanket of Dark, With Stage Lights and Skilled Musicians

An eclectic smattering of hipsters, artists and long-time fans stood in line outside The Prophet Bar in Dallas. Posters plastered (continue reading) ...

May Update | Kitchens & Catalyst

I had a moment today when I realized I still hadn't flipped my wall calendar to the month of May. April has come and gone (continue reading) ...

Film Review | Blue Like Jazz

Don Miller is a kind, straight-laced Christian teenager from Houston, Texas.  He volunteers for the youth group at his Baptist church, and he  (continue reading) ...

veryone Needs an Editor

Your boss needs an editor. Strike that. Everyone needs an editor. But first, back to your boss. How many times have you been (continue reading) ...

Win A Ticket to Catalyst Dallas!

This month at our Art House Exchange, we partnered together with Catalyst to give away a free ticket to the 2012 Catalyst Dallas (continue reading) ...

Time to Inspire

I’ve got big news for you. It’s so big, in fact, we redesigned our newsletter just so we could deliver it to you (continue reading) ...

The Tentacled Temptations of Technology

I sit down in front of my computer, open Scrivener, and start to write. Almost. There's an illustration (continue reading) ...

Film Review | The Hunger Games

Once upon a time, evil mastermind Suzanne Collins pit “Lord of the Flies,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Truman Show”  (continue reading) ...

Beauty in Collaboration

Collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something. It’s one of those words (continue reading) ...

Film Review | Chronicle

There’s no question that the vast majority of stories told today are centered around an evident protagonist, someone who,  (continue reading) ...

AHD Guest Blog | The Disciplined Life

“There is no such thing, we discovered, as disciplining one corner of a life. There are only disciplined or undisciplined lives.”—Carey Wallace, On Discipline (continue reading) ...

ilm Review | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

It’s difficult to talk about Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close without mentioning the bad press it’s received (continue reading) ...

The Diversity of Creativity

“So what’s your area of creativity?” she asked me casually after exchanging names for the first time at St. John’s Wood last (continue reading) ...

Art That Challenges | Aesthetic Challenges

This is the second in my series of articles about art that challenges and how we respond to it. In my previous piece, I laid out  (continue reading) ...

My Favorite Films of 2011

On account of the fact the 2012 Oscar nominations were officially released today, we asked one of our movie critics (continue reading) ...

rt That Challenges | An Introduction

We want many things from art. We want to be moved, thrilled, entertained; we seek beauty, humor, redemption (continue reading) ...

An Extension of the Season

Extensions. We all need them from time to time when we just can’t seem to pull off the deadline expected of us.  This year, I am in need (continue reading) ...

taff Picks | Best Music of 2011

As we’re sure you can imagine, those of us at Art House Dallas love music. Chances are if we aren’t listening (continue reading) ...

Film Review | The Adventures of TinTin

The hero of Steven Spielberg’s first animated film is a fresh faced, clear-eyed kid named Tintin (Jamie Bell). He looks all of 15, but he’s (continue reading) ...

My Evening With Jeremy Cowart

I first heard of Jeremy Cowart in Relevant magazine. The article, featuring some of his work, focused (continue reading) ...

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