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3400 S Fitzhugh Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
Tuesday - Saturday 9AM - 5PM | Sunday & Monday Closed
 Join Us for the Opening of Art214
Friday, April 1 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center
The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) is proud to present the 2022 ART214 Juried Exhibition, a multi-venue collaborative project presented during Dallas Arts Month.
ART214 gives the citizens of Dallas an opportunity to discover and enjoy the work of talented local and regional visual artists. Each of the partnering cultural centers brings its own audiences, artists, communities, and history. By scheduling connected dates to display a different section of the show at each center, the ART214 exhibition creates a unique opportunity for the public to visit all the centers during Dallas Arts Month, and it also promotes collaboration and cross-pollination of artists and audiences.
This exhibit is free and open to the general public through May 28, 2022. Reservations are encouraged but not mandatory.
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Saturday, April 2 | Show starts at 2:15 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center
DFW Play is excited to present their first in-person show of 2022!
Experience Mohua, a classic romantic tragedy from rural Bengal, in an intimate setting. Watch an authentic Bengali theater from ancient times, a short climate play in English and an intoxicating folk dance from the rural heartland of India. Do not miss the opportunity to see an ancient touching story in the folk theater form that’s still relevant in modern times.
Mohua will be presented in original dialect. An English guide will be available in written form.
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April 8 - 10 | South Dallas Cultural Center (April 8 - 9) | 5787 S Hampton Road, Dallas Texas, 75232 (April 10)
Come train with Mestre Preto Velho at the South Dallas Cultural Center for a capoeira workshop April 8 - 10, 2022. Partake in movement, songs, and culture!
Os Malandros de Mestre Touro was founded by Mestre Preto Velho as a means to empower his community through the art of Capoeira. More than just a means of self-defense, it is a method of cultural connection
$60 per session or $150 for entire workshop experience.
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For the closing of The Beauty of South Dallas exhibition, Nitashia Johnson hosted a photographic workshop on March 19, diving in deep about why history and documentation is important in our surrounding communities.
Participants of the class highlighted their personal stories as they relate to their environments and learned to use photography as a form of storytelling and preserving history. The workshop started at the South Dallas Cultural Center and ended with a sun-filled photo-walk through Fair Park.
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March Marks 200 Years Since Harriet Tubman's Birth
On the bicentennial of her birth in March 2022, this blog post by National Museum of African American History and Culture explores not just Harriet Tubman the icon, but Harriet the woman. Her legacy of care, activism, and bravery have influenced generations of Black women. - Read more
Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Ceremony
The MLK Remembrance Ceremony is an annual event hosted by the City of Dallas Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center honoring King’s life and legacy. This year will mark 54 years since Dr. King’s untimely death. This event takes place on Monday, April 4, at 4:45 P.M. This year’s theme is “It Starts With Me.” - Learn more
Creative Conversation: Arts & Tourism
This year's conversation will kickoff Dallas Art Month and will focus on how Cultural Tourism has grown to become a major segment of tourism in Dallas. The conversation will be held April 4 at 6 p.m. at the Moody Performance Hall. - Read more
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Last Call for Summer Camp Proposals!
The South Dallas Cultural Center, a facility of the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, is seeking proposals from Dallas-based artists and organizations, cultural producers and/or individual artists for summer camp arts programming focusing on theater, music, dance and visual arts disciplines. The SDCC’s in-person summer camp will take place from June 6 - July 1, 2022 (Monday-Friday, 9 AM-5 PM)
All proposals must be submitted to John Spriggins, Manager, South Dallas Cultural Center via email: sdccproposals@gmail.com
Submissions must be received by the submission deadline of Friday, April 1, 2022
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