 SWAN STRINGS AT OC3
THURSDAYS AT 6:30PM & SATURDAYS AT 11AM 2024
Swan Strings Music Program is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to provide free music education, community concerts and sound therapy services to North Texan individuals without access.
Questions? Contact Swan Strings at programs@swanstrings.com
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BELONG DISABILITY MINISTRY ART CLASS
TUESDAYS, JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 13, 2024 2-3:30PM
Belong Disability Ministry host an art class at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Explore various art techniques like painting, drawing, printmaking and collage while using a variety of materials including paint, inks, paper and textiles to create original art on stretched canvas to display or give to a friend. The class is open to students with disabilities 16 and up.
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FEBRUARY FILM SERIES AT SPACY
Spacy is collaborating with the Oak Cliff Cultural Center to bring more attention to the work of Bill Gunn's acting and directing career! Funny, brilliant and personal, Kathleen Collins' Losing Ground should have ranked high in the canon of indie cinema. But the early 1980s was not an easy time for women or independent filmmakers and the film was never theatrically released. With a recent home and theatrical release, it's getting its overdue acclaim.
Losing Ground plays Spacy:
- February 1st 7:30pm
- February 3rd 7:00pm
- February 20th 7:30pm
One of the first feature-length motion pictures directed by a Black American woman and a National Film Registry inductee, Losing Ground tells the story of a Black female philosophy professor and her abstract painter husband (Bill Gunn) drifting apart as they experience separate creative evolutions.
Personal Problems plays Spacy:
- February 3rd 3:00pm
- February 15th 7:30pm
- February 21st 7:30pm
Ganja & Hess plays Spacy:
- February 3rd 8:30pm
- February 12th 7:30pm
- February 14th 7:30pm
More films and details to come. February Film Series will be at Spacy, 1300 S. Polk Street #160A, Dallas, Texas 75224 inside Tyler Station.
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KALI MARZ SINGLE RELEASE CONCERT
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024 AT 7:30PM
House/Soul Singer-Songwriter Kali Marz is serving up sweet ear candy at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center celebrating the release of their latest soulful electronic release, “Love Is (CosmiqSugga Elxr)”. This will be the first single leading up to the release of their full-length concept project, "Nzinga’s Disco” A funky, soulful, futuristic & mystical electronic house opera.
Love is (CosmiqSugga Elxr) will be the dance anthem that heralds the arrival of the Kali's new era!
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FOR THEY ENDURED:
A HISTORICAL & AFROFUTURIST CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
FOR CULTURE-MAKERS IN DFW
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024 2PM
Join us at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center for an afternoon for the culture featuring live music, an artist talkback, and a private screening of short film documentary For They Endured by multi-disciplinary artist and National Endowment for the Arts subgrantee Kamica King, MA, MT-BC.
For They Endured highlights the history & contributions of Black women in the field of music therapy before, during, and after the civil rights movement- providing important insights into their enduring legacy. This event is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture & King Creative Arts Expressions.
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 January 20 – February 16, 2024
Reception: January 20, 6 – 8 pm
Oak Cliff native Saxon Martinez explores his identity through the lens of social constructs focusing on expectations and perceptions of family, culture, memory, and violence. Using the piñata’s “celebratory and destructive history”, Martinez constructs narratives that go beyond preconceived expectations of ethnicity resulting in works that are once familiar and enigmatic.
Growing up, piñatas were a fixture in much of Martinez’ life. In Memoires their distinctive features of overlapping fringed paper framed with cardboard surround “speak to the vibrancy and temporality of Martinez’ memories”. As wall mounted objects, the works reference intimate moments like photographs of family and the self, carrying a sense of “home and ambiguity”. These “physical manifestations of self-portraiture” are Martinez’ reflections on how experiences of labor, violence, trauma, social injustice and memory influence his identity.
Saxon Martinez has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. His work has been included in exhibitions in Texas, Colorado, and most recently in Fermont, California at Sequoia University. He is a recipient of the Greater Denton Arts council Micro Grant and was awarded a Juror Choice Award for his work in the 500X Gallery EXPO 2022 exhibition. His work has been featured in Glasstire’s Top Five in 2022 and in Under the Bridge Magazine. A native of Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas, Saxon currently lives and works in Colorado.
SPRING BREAK ART CAMP WITH CAROLYN MARCO
MARCH 11-15, 2024, 9AM-12PM
In this workshop, participants (ages 9-12) will create wearable art, spending a day each to focus on different materials or techniques. For example - fabric design, leather working, jewelry making, unusual materials, etc. All materials will be provided.
Carolyn is a Richardson based multidisciplinary maker, and educator, passionate about repurposing materials in surprising and impactful ways. Her workshops are focused around not only reducing waste but inspiring others to see possibilities in everyday materials. Former Creative Director and Jewelry Designer for Fossil, Carolyn traded the corporate world to focus on creative experiences. When she isn't hosting Kiki Knows Art workshops, she facilitates Maker Programs at The Perot Museum of Nature and Science and guides families in the creative process during Open Studio at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Camp Dates: March 11 - 15, 2024, 9am-12pm (drop off is at 8:45a and pick up is at 12:30p)
Location: Oak Cliff Cultural Center, 223 W. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75208
To ensure access to the community, please register only if you are sure you can attend. Snacks will be provided, but please be sure your child eats a substantial breakfast before coming to camp.
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Oak Cliff Cultural Center
223 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75208
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
12 PM - 6 PM
Phone: 214-670-3777
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