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IndeX of Art Criticism — The Reviews Page

ON THIS PAGE	Shows Artists Tours Installation or Performances Interviews & Visits Art Spaces Resources and Stories
On OTHER PAGES	More recent stories are linked from The Cover or on Other Indexes
STORIES BY	J R Compton, Jim Dolan, Michael Helsem, Kathy Dello Stritto, Tracy Hicks and Ken Shaddock
Bold listings	are more recent. Stories are listed alphabetically, more or less. Best to seek specifics in more than one category. See "SEARCH" just below.
More recent stories	Unfortunately, I update this page rarely. Always got a couple other things to do. The more recent stories are always linked on the Home page.
SEARCH	Anything can be found almost immediately via the Google-indexed Search link top right of most recent pages: names, show titles, art spaces, whatever. It's what I use to find stuff on this extensive, 1,100+-page site.

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Shows
alphabetical by title
AiM 2002	TCU's annual Art in the Metroplex — with art by Sonia Quarles, Kathy Dello Stritto, Jay Maggio, Lee Harrington, David A Dryer, Jeff McClung, Elizabeth Tristan Mellot, Sara K Lovas and juried by Deborah Williams Remington fall 2002
Antiquities at Art Landing	The Landing was a fascinating expression of a certain community of Dallas artists, but it's gone. August 2000
Art Heist	EASL Art in the Dark in the bottom basement of a very large and deep building. Dark.
Art in Terminal D	DFW Airport's biggest show of local (and other) artists. July 2005
Art Squared	in the Deep Ellum Lofts - August 2001
Art Wrestling at Plush	Dallas gallery and artist all-stars wrestle each other to the fisnish in the name of art. March 2002
Hari Bert Bartcht	his Estate at Valley House July 2002
The Barrett Collection at the Meadows Museum	Artists feel excluded at this amazing collection of Texas art.
Big As Night	Edgy fun on South Polk
Black & Blue	The Agony & The Ecstasy at The MAC, 2000
Blue Yule	An Imperfect Night of Art at The MAC and Neiman's downtown windows
Chaos & The Void by Jim Dolan	Jeanne McIntosh
Change	Change Chamber Studio's inaugural opening October 2001
Come Forward	Emerging Texas Artists at the Dallas Museum May 2003
The Colloquy of Colors	Michael Helsem visits Oak Cliff and Oak Lawn galleries
Connections 2002	from The Texas Sculpture Association showing art by Andrew Coates, Betsy Kinney and Marilyn Parish April 2002
The Contemp Membership Show 2005	too many names to list
The Contemp Membership Show 2006	The best at this annual show
A Cool Summer Garden	42 artists at Edith Baker
Corazón	The 9th Annual Heart show at the Bath House showing work by Katrina Page, Linda D Stokes, Viv Harris-Bonnam, Sheila Cunningham, Diana Chase, Kate Schatz and Carolann Haggard February 14 2003
	2003
	2005
Corazon One More Time	2007 - maybe a little dull, but still plenty to show and talk about
Critic's Choice at D-Art	A feminine show? 2000
Critic's Choice	Juried by Steve Nash at DVAC with art by me, Elizabeth Baier Mahy, Skip Noah, Dale Andrew, Bob Nunn, Suzanne Dulany, Paul Greenberg, James Michael Starr, Adrienne T Rosenberg, Buster Graybill and Carol Barth 2001
Dallas Video Festival	VidFest Survival Kit
David McManaway's Studio	by David Gibson at The MAC February 2002
Day of the Dead	The Bath House's 16th annual Dia del los Muertos with work by Phil Roger, Diane Walker-Gladney, Jeff Green, Shawn Samuell, Mahesh Brown, April B Lan-Kao, Scot Kirham and Mary Margaret De Franco 2002
2003 DCCA Membership	an edited open show at the former D-Art
The Contemp Membership Show	J R reviews 17 works in the, 2005
Drawn 2	Barry Whistler's drawing show — with work by Greg Metz, Linnea Glatt, Adam Raymont, R Crumb, Tom Orr and Irene Roderick. January 2003
Elemental	Honoring the 5 Elements at the Bath House with work by Terri Stone, Kathy Dello Stritto, Amy Gerhauser, Diana D Marquis and Noel Navareta, James Michael Starr, Elisio, Eli Lorenz, Sybille Bauer, Diane Walker-Gladney and Kathy Boortz April 2003
Essential Spaces at The MAC	Essential Space I - showing work by Tom Orr and Cam Schoep May 2002. And Essential Space II with Kaneem Smith, Frances Bagley and Linnea Glatt May 2003
Expo 2002	500X' annual expo juried by Vicki Meek
Expo 2003	Juried by Vincent Falsetta with art by Iris Bustillos, Jennifer Gassiraro, CJ Davis, Wang Nanfei and Jim Snow
Expo 2007	A Heavy Graphic Arts Sensibility — There's a cohesive visual style to this show that has a lot to do with GA
Fast Forward at the DMA	Fastworthiness by Norman Kary
Fear of Blank Spaces	at Booker T Washington High School — the Arts Magnet school, showing art by Angelic Macabare, Esteben Cruz, Daniel Erwin and Isai Hernandez,
Fierce	The editor is curating a show in July 2008 at the 14th Street Gallery in Plano, and this is its organizing page.
First Annual Miniature Judged Art Show	Judged by DARts assistant editor and PR director Kathy Dello Stritto in Rowlette, Texas April 2003
Gesture of a Fate	Michael Helsem studies the paintings of Connie Connolly at Craighead-Green
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Inside/Outside	at Valley House
In the Garden of EASL	The Emergency Artists Survival League benefit show. March 2002
500X Open Show	500X-Rated & Beyond — with art by Ken Shaddock, Linda D Stoke and Marie Van Arsdale, 2000
500X Open Show	2002
500X Open Show	2007 - The Junior / Senior Prom
Linnea Glatt at DCCA	A D Art legend
The MAC Invitational	Annual membership show - August 2001
Modalities of the Visible	the inaugural exhibition at Brookhaven College's new space January 2002
Modern Inconveniences	Tom Pribyl, Norman Kary, Frank Brown at Edith Baker and Mary Hood and Theodora Varnay Jones at Craighead Green March 2002
My Piece of the Wall	DVAC's Membership open show 2001
Nature vs. Art	Jon Hernández’ Spirits & Myth paintings and Jeff Green’s sculpted animal Menagerie at the Bath House included Green's fanciful, three-dimensional, found material birds and animals and Hernández’ paintings.
New Texas Talent	The controversial 10th Annual show at Craighead-Green 2003
	Michael Helsem on New Texas Talent at Craighead-Green, and J R's adds to it. 2005
Night Journey	Susan kae Grant at Conduit October 2002
Oh Boy! Toys & Games	The EASL benefit auction November 2000
100 Hours	Celebrating its 100th anniversary the Dallas Museum of Art opened for 100 hours, though not everything was open. February 2003
Outside the Lines	Juried show at The Bath House — with work by Lesli Robertson, Jerry Dodd, Suzanne Reagan Truex, Sheila Cunningham, Kathy Boortz and Joe Stokes. July 2002
Outside What Lines?	exploring the lines the Outside The Lines show at the Bath House Cultural Center tends to ignore. I strongly suspect this controversial story got the not-yet-scheduled but long promised DallasArtsRevue group show there bumped (by their reactionary civilian review board, not their fabulous administrators.) May 2005
Pairings — including Shots in the Dark: 8 Portraits (of the artists)	at the DCCA with David Bates, Vernon Fisher, Linnea Glatt, Tracy Hicks, Nic Nicosia, John Pomara, Linda Ridgway and Andrea Rosenberg February 2001
Picture Yourself Prevue	a Self-Portrait show at The MAC with work by Bill Barnett, Adrienne T Rosenberg, George Medellin and Kathy Boortz
Picture Yourself story	with more art by Dean Corbitt, Russ Reed, Terri Stone, Skip Noah, Sue Benner, Sheila Cunningham, Bob Nunn, Chris Fulmer, Julie Wright, John Ashley Bellamy and Ke Laine Kvale
Pix2: The Critics' Choices	The Editor participates in an exhibition in which 11 area arts writers each pick an artist and some art. Lots of pictures and opinions expressed.
Plunging into The Darkness	Michael Helsem writes about Jack Mim's Black Maps show at The MAC.
Pretty Little Things & Prickly	Dottie Love and Tom Sale at Gray Matters and Tom Sime, Celia Eberle, Rosalyn Bodycomb, Nate Cassie and Monica Pierce at Mulcahy Modern
Renoir and Algiers Pinhead Renoir	our story about the press opening of Papa Renoir's odd show at the Dallas Museum of Art. Followed by a brief mention of Dallas Observer art writer Christine Biederman's critical remarks about the same show. June 2003
Rockwall National	What's wrong with this annual suburban national art exhibition.
Sculptural Syncretism II	Collin County Community College's show with art by Paul Booker, James Michael Starr, Terri Stone in November 2001
Soft Loot at Mulcahy	Celia Eberle and Tom Sime at Mulcahy Modern
Sometimes My Hand Has A Mind of Its Own	Linda Finnell Memorial at SMU
Starting Places	Artchitects' Study Models — The Borderline Between Imagination and Reality at The MAC June 2003
Submerged	at the Bath House showing work by Diane Walker-Gladney Melodee Martin Ramirez and Ginger Strand January 2003
1026 Tranquilla	Index of stories about DARts' first Membership exhibition
The Texas Biennial 2005	All Texas Biennial stories are linked from the Texas Biennial Index. The First Biennial Story — art, artists & dimension Venues and Artists — an introduction Statistics, %ages & Numbers in the Biennial Bad Bi — art I didn't want to see, at first The Birth of the Biennial — how it started Correspondance and Feedback about the Bi Hi + Lo Tech Art
The Texas Biennial 2007	Putting the Bi in The Texas Biennial — Jarrod Beck, Mark Collop, Buster Graybill, William Hundley, Frances Bagley, Tom Orr, Virginia Fleck, Linda Pace, Brad Tucker, Andrew Anderson, Tom Matthews and David Ubias,
Texas Book of the Dead	Ann Huey at the Bath House 2004
Texas Mud	at Dallas Center for Contemporary Art with art by Christopher Hart, winter 2002
Two Impressionism Shows	Fortuny to Picasso — Prelude to Spanish Modernism at Southern Methodist University's Meadows Museum and Gauguin and Impressionism at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.
U of D Faculty Show 2004
Vernissage	The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD)'s first public event
The Virgin Show	Bad Art at the Citycratic Ice House has been a controversial page since the moment it went up. Mostly anonymous critics have called it racist, bad journalism and worse. In it, JR writes about the art, and Kathy writes about how mediocre art hurts the community.
War & Peace at The MAC	The McKinney Avenue Contemporary's annual Membership Show — topic: War & Peace
Wild Garage Muses - The Webb Collection at The MAC	by Michael Helsem
Young Masters	The Dallas Museum of Art's annual high school student art show, this time featuring work by Nathan Jernigan, Ryan Stinson, Hope Hays and Nicole White April 2002
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alphabetical by artist's last name
Artists Arting at ARtCon3	The story of the fund-raiser features Vance Wingate, Tammy K. Bond, Cathey Miller, Alison Marie Welsh, Kte Langley, Larry Carey, Elisabeth Schalij, Ruben Miranda and other artists make art for the auction the day before the big event
Shape, Simplicity, Texture, Art + Craft	Brad and Laura Abrams at "The Other MAC"
David Bates	at Dunn & Brown See also Faux Folk, a comparison with Pamela Nelson
Paul Booker & Steve Brudniak	at 500X
Robert Boland	in performance at the Casket Factory — Running Spiral
Jim & Mary Lynn Bowman	Out of the Fire at the Plano Art Centre
	grand opening of Bowman Hot Glass April 2002
Carolyn Brown	Sacred Space photographs at the Hall of State
Robert Bruno	110 Tons of Steel; 23 Years to create his truly sculptural home near Lubbock, Texas
Gerald Burns	This late poet was certainly DARts most prolific contributor ever. He wrote poetry, stories and critiques and drew illustrations, cartoons, and drawings.
Alex Coyle	Speaking Out About Spoken/Unspoken an installation by St. Marks high school student at The MAC's project room
	Martin Delabano + Billy Hassell
David Dreyer	Talismans of Sky by Michael Helsem
Sean Earley	Retrospective
Celia Eberle	Someone to Play With
Linda Finnell	Memorial at SMU
Dennis Harper	Then & Now — Artist In Trajectory
Billy Hassell	1986 story for some other magazine
Paul Rogers Harris:	50 Years In Art — curated by Murray Smither
by Paul Rogers Harris	I Never Thought of Myself As an Artist
Tracy Hicks	Art Short Short Stories by Tracy Hicks — a long series of poignant words and pictures about a great many things, including homeless signs and frogs.
Mary Iron Eyes Hatz, Cirigliana	A memorial tribute with art by Mary from JR's Collection and photographs of her Dallas wake July 13, 2003
Bert Long	A collaborative story by J R Compton and Tre Roberts, originally for The New Arts Examiner
Chris Mars	at the old Forbidden gallery near Fair Park
Rosemary Meza + Steve Cruz	Their show upstairs at 500X and their 1997 Christmas card
Tom Moody	For awhile, Tom Moody was this publication's biggest fan and best, certainly funniest, writer and cartoonist. Stories like this were his best DARts work.
Pamela Nelson	Comparison with David Bates
Will Nelson	It's High School Art Season again, and we got enraptured by young master Will
Tom Orr Moiré	One of Dallas' best sculptors at a now-defunct gallery
Sherry Owen's	Garage Sale and Neiman Marcus windows
Dan Pirarro	DARts was the first publication anywhere to publish drawings by the now syndicated Dallas cartoonist.
Jason Roskey	Jason was the second person to submit his work for Review in the Revue.
T.Stone	Solo sculpture show at the other MAC October 2002
Bill Traylor Beyond Plagiarizing	He's not from around here, but Katja Zimmerman's a new writer and she had to write about something.
Ellen Tuchman	Our visit to Ellen's studio February 2003
Richard Tuttle	To Be Tuttlesque, a review of the Tuttle show at the Dallas Museum of Art, July 2006
Phillip Van Keuren	The Dark Wilderness of Time at SMU
Bob Webb	Sacred Tablets at The MAC
Nicole White	"Student Work" need not be a perjorative
Interviews	alphabetical by interviewee's last name
Index of Interviews	Talking with Veronical De Anda
	A short interview with CJ Davis
	The Joan Davidow Interview
	Interviewing Jeff Green
	a long and profusely illustrated interview (and visit) with Norman Kary
	a much shorter interview with Norman Kary
	An extended E-interview with James Michael Starr Part One & Part Two
	On the Effects of Selling Or Not Selling Art - with James Michael Starr
	Being & Making in New Lebanon, an Interview with Bert & Ann Scherbarth by Jim Dolan
	Jeff Hogan & the Ever Expanding Universe, and interview by Jim Dolan
	Jim Dolan's Interview With Matt Kaplinsky
Visits	alphabetical by name
	Index of Visits
	The 3-D Adventures of David and TJ and Carolann in Lampasas and how it all began
	Showing Process — Us on the White Rock Lake Artists Studio Tour and How that got going
	Quick Visits to Gray Matters and MFA galleries May 2005
Visiting Rowena Elkin	We visit the innovative and well-liked Dallas sculptor not long before her death.
	Visiting Karla Leaphart
	Visiting DARts Members Marty & Richard and Susan & Bill
	Exploring the Art of Dallas' Pre-eminent sculpture couple, Tom Orr and Frances Bagley
	Quick Visits: Mighty Fine Arts + Gray Matters - Iris Bustillos, Randy Bolton & Randy Regier, with high praise for the former Gray Matters (gallery gone now)'s wonderful bookstore
Tours Index of Tours	alphabetical by artist or tour's name
Art in the Hood 2005	Pleasant Grove as a revelation — and art, too.
Art in the Hood 2006	Brad and Laura Abrams, Mark Epstein, Roy Cirigliana, Lady Bug, The Sunshine Man, Robin Hawke and Valery Guignon along one of Dallas' best art tours
Art in Terminal D	DFD art and installations by Tom Orr, Dennis Oppenheim, Anitra Blayton, Beat Streuli, Dennis Blagg, Christopher Janney, David Driskell and Jerome Meadows, Terry Allen, Benito Huerta, Arthello Beck, Billy Hassell, Beatrice Lebreton, Nancy Lamb,
	More art at DFW Airprot by some of the above artists and Philip Lamb and Susan Magilow, Linda Guy, Brad Goldberg,
The Cedars	Jim and Mary Lynn Bowman, James Watral, Rick Maxwell, Shane Pennington or Eric Hall, Jeff Hogan, Ann and Bert Sherbarth autumn 2005
Continental Gin Building	Open Studios April 16 2005
Continental Gin Building	Open Studios April 28 2006
Showing Process	DallasArtsRevue on the White Rock Lake Artists Studio Tour and How We Got There
DEEP Art Tour	Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 - Deep as in Deep Elm
Drive-By	Oak Cliff artists Eterno Metal, Douglas Darracott, Rosemary Meza and Steve Cruz, Michael Kinebel, George Scott, Dot Duval, Deirdre K Pope and Brian Jones April 2001
The Fort Worth Art Galleries 2001 Tour	The Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Tour September 2001
FWADA pre-DADA	First, a week before the official Dallas Art Dealers Association's annual autumn gallery walk, some galleries that were in the new Contemporary Art Dealers Association and some that weren't opened.
Then, a week later, came	The Great DADA unDADA ARtWalk
The Long, Dark, Tea- time of the Soul of Art	A weekend of Art in October 2002
M Street Lakewood Artists Studio Tour	Jesus Chairez, Barbara West and David McCullough, Michael Tichansky, Judith Williams, Rober Mateo Diago, Dahlia Woods, George Goodenow, Chapman Kelly, Cindee C Kueny, William H Miller, Jim Frederick, Bob Munro, Terry Nikolis, Silvia Thornton & James Crowe 2006
North Dallas Artist Studio Tour	First came my sendup of their PR for the tour. Then Anna and I took the tour, she won the prize, and we rounded up everything we said and thought. April 30 2005
Shamrock Hotel	Open Studio April 16 2005
a tour of Dallas galleries	Visiting Art Spaces I'd Never Been to Before
The White Rock Lake Artists Studio Tour	Showing Process Again — a thorough and profusely illustrated tour
When Pigs Fly	The Next New York?
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Performance & Installations
alphabetical by title
Hung Rocks at Connemara	Our first photo story online — featuring strange, suspended rocks at Connemara by Art Shirer and Sherry Owens
Running Spiral	Robert Boland's superb performance in the Casket Factory at Southside On Lamar June 21, 2003
White Rock Lake Water Theater	by Tom Orr and Frances Bagley was made for the birds and turtles, but everyone can enjoy it.
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alphabetical by title
An Accumulation of Short Critiques of Art in Dallas Volume One and Volume Two	a probably out of date index with short stories and pictures about Mary McCleary, SMU's then-new Meadows Museum, a DVAC show, the 7th Croazón at the Bath House and Picasso Plates at Pillsbury Peters 2000 + 2001
Ageless Art by Bill Kysor	and son Chris Kysor — at The MAC February 2003
A Reluctant Review	after Outside The Lines 2005
Artists' Commentary	Short art comments by Dallas artists
The Art of Fashion	Sherry Owens does the Neiman Marcus windows downtown. February 2002
Art Man	Don Mangus tells the unchanging story of artists - volume I, II and III - in comix form.
As the Crowes Fly	a gentle, soaring review of James Crowe at Continental Lofts August 2002
The Best & Worst	of Dallas Art in 2003
The Best & Worst	of Dallas Art in 2004
Between Art and Not	Blurring the lines
Bill and Susan Explore Colors & Space	Husband Bill Verhelst and wife Susan Lecky make art that everybody says is wildly different, but J R finds some controversial similarities. Nobody ever much appreciated this story, but I really worked at it. Oh well.
Colloquy of Colors	Haute Cliff on Bishop and other abstractions by Michael Helsem
The Cricket, the Switch & Other Wall Art Tales	Things on walls, some of which is art
Cutesy-Sinister Assemblage, Angst Domesticated, Art School Foolery, Ode to Cadmium Red + Bank Lobby Modernism	Michael Helsem has a panoply of considerations about a lot of art
Deja Vu All Over	JR attempts to review all those people who insisted upon being reviewed on these pages. Now, nobody wants to.
Dave Hickey Critiques Graduate Art Education in America	We have three takes on this incisive lecture at UTD: Photos of Hickey and of the slides he showed, art educators Kathy Dello Stritto's story from notes at the lecture and Dwayne Carter's detailed story.

The Elbow of Art	by Ken Shaddock, who mixes, Plato, Victor Dada, pornography, commercials on TV, Marcel Duchamp's sinuses, Dr. Seuss, synchronicity, chance, subconscious impulses, theoretical tools, assault, fog, psychoactive agents, logistics, the hyphothalmus, myelin, neuronical excuses, graffiti, the Red Sea, Daffy Duck, Pamela Anderson, lizard popes, midget gladiators, Angelina Jolie, Pandora, gummy worms, art and anti-art.
5 Sermuncles from Food & Fiber	Michael Helsem's review of DARE's Last Stand: The Texas Biennial at the Food & Fibre building in Fair Park in 1993. Illustrated with art by Tom Orr, Sharon Kopriva, Suzanne Paquette and a list of exhibiting artists and some hooraying by Exhibition Director Jeanne Chvosta. Reprinted from an issue of the DARE newsletter JR did.
A Garage Sale History of Sherry Owens	a tour of the items in the sale and in the house she was moving from
Guilty Art Night Mini-Tour	Jacques Lamy (lah-mee) on Dragon Street in the Trinity Industrial Design District, Mulcahy Modern off Bishop in Haute Cliffe, and the Dallas Contemporary deep in the Meadows Lands
Competitive Shows Should...	an editor's rant
DARts History	A Short History of this magazine on paper and online — including About Us and a picture guide of sorts.
Hall Walls	Searching the Back Halls of The Contemp
Hot & Cold Art	Heat at the Ice House and Cool at SMU
In Constellated Dreams	Michael Helsem reviews Nancy Rebal at Craighead Green 2006
Is Rita Barnard the Only Dallas Artist Concerned About the War?	No, but this story gives us a chance to discuss her anti-war work.
J R's Art Journal	Matt Kaplinsky at Kül; the postumous Scott Barber Talk at The MAC with John Pomara, Barry Whistler and Dallas Observer critic Charissa Terranov (with notes on her elan and shoes; Tom Moody & Saskia Jordá at And/Or; and a small photo of the new 2917 gallery next to Barry's 2006
Kali & Macaroons	In which writer Michael Helsem links psychedelic baby fat with bird work at Angstrom - spring 2005
Little Red Lights, Cute Furry Animals, Wiggling Xs, Dreamies, Floaties & Deadly Gleam	Erwing Redl at Conduit; Frank X Tollbert at Holly Johnson; Bernrda Luna, Kenda North and Isaac at Craighead-Green; and Scott Barber at Barry Whistler; and more Scott Barber, with Lance Jones at The MAC
Littler Shows	with work by Steven Miller, Robert Boland, John Hold Smith, Laura Walters and James Crowe - winter 2002
Moonbase Alpha	Michael Helsem looks for art at South Side on Lamar - spring 2005
The New Flat vs. The New Bumpy	Vera Barnett at The MAC; John Pomara at Barry Whistler; Daniel Lintermans at Road Agent; and an art club at VACD 2006
oh 6 art collective on Dragon Street	oh 6-ers John Davenport, John Ryan Moore, Aqsa Shakil, Sara Ishii, Shelby Cunningham, Polly Perez, Kristen Macy, plus Steve Cruz and Rosemary Meza, Randall Garrett, Charlie Mitcherson, Teresa O'Connor, Michael Wynne, Robert Moore, Eric Doeringer, Xena, Marcia Alaniz and Mary Benedicto
Orange and White + Compound Eyes	Michael Helsem looks at art in galleries - June 2005
Prisoner of Pop	Performance Art by Randall Garrett — and a short overview of Performance Art in Dallas over the years
Profiles in AestheticCourage	A humorous take on the Art Biz from our on-paper archives — words and pictures by Tom Moody.
Questions Concerning Edges	What is Edgy Art? We trot out some examples and try to quantify the concept.
A Recent Survey of Dallas Art	A November 2004, two-part roundup of living and dead art in Dallas
A Review of an Out of Town show	22 From Austin and local art in the same building as The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
Short Shows 2000	Short reviews (many of which originated on the calendar page)
Short Reviews of 2002	many short reviews
Short Shows 2003	short reviews
Short Reviews 2007
Sizzling Summer Art	The 10th New Texas Talent at Craighead-Green and Site Specific at Cidnee Patrick in July 2003
A Sky Full of Crowes	James Crowe's posthumous retrospective at the Irving Arts Center
Small Art Shows in 2001	with art by Ludwig Schwartz, James Allumbaugh, Sonia King, Ginger Fox, Rosalyn bodycomb, Teresa O'Connor, Randall Garrett, Frank Tolbert, Zoe Steadham, Amy Gerhauser, Michael Rhoades, Carolann Haggard, Rosemary Meza, Sherry Owens, Chris Powell, Carol Cook, Norman Kary, Kathy Boortz, Jay Maisel, and Gladys Gostin
Speke, Parrott	Michael Helsem explore The Artists Showplace and discovers a gem
Strange Art Night	A Christmas 2004 romp around art in a church, at 500X and Plush
The Strange & Fickle Institution	at Gray Matters showing art by Mark Ross, Rosemary Meza and Steve Cruz April 2002
J R's Summer Art Essays	getting into some of the more esoteric understandings of art 2005
Stuck in a World Not My Own	The Georgia Stafford Retrospective and About About Her Death, a poetic letter to a poet.
The Tin Art Ranch	with Jim and Marylyn Bowman and Rick Maxwell
Tom & Frances Design Verdi's Nabucco	Tom Orr & Frances Bagley collaborate design for sets and costumes for the DCO.
TSA @ NorthPark: Art, Craft & Clutter	The annual Texas Sculpture Association show at NorthPark center — with photos of art by Kevin Parma, M Brigid Kroener, Rebecca Romanek Johnson, Kathy Boortz, Buster Graybill and David Hickman
TSA @ VACD	Big winners in the tiny space in February 2006: Bob Coffee, Brenda Guyton, ERic McGehearty, Michael Pavolovsky, John Healey, Annie Davis and Morton Rachofsky
Tunnel Vision	Why they called that particular Continental Gin Open Studio "Tunnel Vision."
2 in 02 02 2 shows in February 02	José Vargas' annual Valentine Corazón show at the Bath House Cultural Center and Mary Nicolett's The Lady Is A Tramp pantyhose art and Johnny Robertson's Still In Hollywood at 500X
The Unforseeable End	Michael Helsem reviews Lorena Tinajero at Decorazon
Views	Short Commentary & Reviews of Dallas Art by Dallas Artists & Writers
Views & Reviews	Subindex
Wallpaper & Other Repeating Patterns	A survey of recent trends in regional art as exhibited in several local art spaces, including 500X' annual Expo juried show
Wall Power	installation day at DCCA June 2002
What Artists Don't Get To Decide	another JR Rant
Where Trouble Melts Like Lemon Drops	Michael Helsem visits Dallas' Biblical Arts Center
Wish	benefit auction at the DCCA showing art by Kelli Connell, Sherry Owens, Nicholas Wood, Brad Ellis, Lawrence Vineyard, James Watral, Todd Hagler, Lisa Ehrich and Art Shirer March 2002
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alphabetical by title
Arlington Museum of Art	Home Sweet AMA Home
Conduit	7 pages of Conduit's 20th AnniversaryArt-In
Dallas Center for Contemporary Art	The Next Contmp — Their new building reminds us of their checkered and oft-rewritten history.
D-Art Index	D-Art, Dallas Visual Art Center, the Dallas Center for Contemporary Art — an index of stories and real history
DARE and The MAC with Index of Stories 1990 - 2000	A History of DARE, DARE Accomplishments, a list of DARE-produced events, DARE vs. The MAC Part One and Part Two, the survey presented at DARE's first public meeting at the DMA, Leading Questions that drew the crowd, a review of the DARE Biennial, and another review and the T-shirt Show that never was.
Odd Wonderments	at 500X
Sculpture Hopping in the Great Unfrozen North	Frisco's Hall Office Park is packed with fine sculpture from Dallas and Texas artists, we show work by Jerry Daniel, Polly Gessell, Andrew Rogers, Michael O'Michael, Eliseo Garcia, David McCullough, John Brough Miller, David Iles, Roger Neidhardt, James Sullivan, Isaac Smith, Jim Bowman, Mac Whitney, Art Shirer, Jim Cinquemani, Joe Barrington and others.
The Ice House	a two-page feature showing the architectural details and decorations of the Ice House Cultural Center in Old Oak Cliff
	Sudden Transitions See The Virgin Show above
Irving Arts Center	Rain-splattered windows, the beginning of a series of photos of art spaces that never went anywhere. August 2000
Latino Culture Center	A photographic essay of the beautiful new art center still under construction near downtown Dallas.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth	Life? at The Modern? a negative review of the new building by Maria Santa Lucia
The Nasher Sculpture Center	Press opening
Visiting Pilot's Point	We came to see art by friends in an historic building in this rural Texas town and learned a little about Texas Art History.
The 3-D Adventures of David and TJ and Carolann in Lampasas	David Hickman, TJ Mabrey and Carolann Haggard make sculpture in the City Park in Lampasas, Texas and TJ explains how the show happened.
The TVAA's New Space	Of Hats & Sox & Visiting the TVAA's New Space in downtown Dallas
UTD	Student Art Show
Lone Tree at Barry Whistler	just a photograph

Other Places	to find stories about art
J R's Collection	The Editor accumulates art then writes about it. Lots of pages. This is the index.
Art Movies	Movies about artists and art reviewed
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