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3400 S Fitzhugh Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
Tuesday - Saturday 9AM - 5PM | Sunday & Monday Closed
 Join us for The Art Inspired Healing Festival
Saturday, May 7 | 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center
It's officially May, Mental Health Awareness Month, and 2 Inspire Peace Inc and The Art Inspired Healing Collective is bringing our community together once again to heal with art.
Saturday will be filled with workshops hosted by a variety of artists and healers in the Dallas community along with food, vendors, activities for youth, and performances. Headlined by A Cure for Paranoia, The Brown Sugah Lounge, LLC, and Jess the Harpist.
The best part? Admission is free!
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The 2022 Juanita J. Craft Artist Residency is now accepting applications!
The purpose of the South Dallas Cultural Center Artist Residency Initiative is to contribute to the cultural and artistic impact of the South Dallas community. The Initiative aims to encourage artists of the African Diaspora in all disciplines to explore new working methods and to develop socially engaging, interactive art experiences immersed within the neighborhoods of South Dallas. Practitioners working within, beyond, or outside of the traditional art market are encouraged to apply.
For questions on eligibility, application requirements, and expectations, visit the link in our bio! The application period is open through May 30, 2022.
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Wednesday, May 11 | 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center
Echo Reads 2022 presents: Tomorrow Game by Brandy N. Carie and directed by Eric Berg.
Clean drinking water is not a thing anymore. Clean air is not a thing anymore. Infrastructure is gone, order is mythic, and no one believes that help is coming.
Echo Reads is a Free Theater Experience by Echo Theatre. Directors lightly rehearse readings of plays with professional actors who carry their scripts as they perform for the audience. This event is free with no reservations required.
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Thursday, May 12 | Screening starts at 6:00 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center
In collaboration with the Oak Cliff Cultural Center, SDCC will host a free screening of Jorge Perez Solano’s Black Mexicans/La Negrada, the first Mexican feature film about the Afro-Mexican community, filmed entirely with people from different towns around the Costa Chica in Oaxaca.
This screening is a continuation from our Black Mexicans panel discussion back in March.
People will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis. No reservation is required.
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Saturday, May 21 | 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | South Dallas Cultural Center
In collaboration with Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA), join us at SDCC to create colorful pieces to display in your garden, front yard, or even your kitchen counter.
In this free 2 hour session, you will learn about various life cycles, create unique pots to display the things that bring you joy, and a plant that you will be able to take home and watch grow. You will learn about the good and bad bugs in your garden while using this knowledge to create bug-like rocks and attract the good critters to your plants. This is a family-centered event that invites parents to participate with their kids.
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Click here for a full list of programs happening at SDCC.
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Company & Apprentice Auditions with Beckles Dancing Company
Do you have what it takes to perform with the Beckles Dancing Company? Do you know someone who would fit perfectly in the BDC family? In-person company & apprentice auditions will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the South Dallas Cultural Center. To register and learn more, visit www.BecklesDancingCo.org
A Journey in Color and Line: Drawing the Metroplex
The Bath House Cultural Center is pleased to announce A Journey in Color and Line: Drawing the Metroplex, an exhibition that features sketchbooks, drawings, and other works that were produced on location throughout the DFW Metroplex by the group Artists Out and About DFW.
Tina Medina: Xicanisma, A Retrospective at the Latino Cultural Center
Dallas-based artist, educator, and curator, Tina Medina has explored issues related to representation, migration, power, and pain. As a Xicana, Medina’s art reflects her culture and family history as she aims to understand and reconcile lifetimes of loss through colonization and assimilation.
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Final Call: Summer Camp with Raise Your Voice!
June 6 - July 1, 2022 | South Dallas Cultural Center
For four weeks, students will learn about the wonderful contributions of the African diaspora in art with Raise Your Voice. They will explore photography, music, art, and spoken word.
Each day they will be led by near peer instructors, community volunteers, and industry professionals to engage in hands-on, multimedia activities that will help them develop observation and technical skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, and various other art mediums. Camp will end with a celebratory gallery walk event that will showcase students’ creative art and portfolios.
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