Sheila Cunningham Art

2012-01-03T14:50:00.001-06:00

Circles

Moveable Type: Cross-country Adventures in Printing

2011-12-13T00:53:00.005-06:00

Kyle Durrie of Power & Light Press, a letterpress studio based in Portland, Oregon, is touring
the U.S. with her Moveable Type truck on the Moveable Type: Cross-country Adventures in Printing. Her stop in Dallas was at Oil and Cotton.

Type and Flyers

Kyle Durrie Demo in Type Truck Printing Studio

Prints from Type Truck

Type Truck

Worldwide Moment 11-11-11 at 11:11am NY

2011-12-13T00:35:00.006-06:00

Posted a little late but this was taken for Worldwide Moment on 11-11-11 at 11:11 am New York time (10:11 am central time).

Dora's hands with henna tattoos.

2011-11-12T20:31:00.001-06:00

Tea egg

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Tea egg shells

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Carrots

2011-10-24T17:27:00.001-05:00

Foggy day

2011-10-01T10:46:00.001-05:00

Playing with Edge Camera On Photo Walk

2011-10-01T10:26:00.001-05:00

Photo Walk - Downtown Dallas

2011-07-27T13:35:00.001-05:00

Yarn Bombing - Detail View

2011-06-14T16:54:00.002-05:00

Detail - Yarn bombing

Yarn Bombing Sighting

2011-06-14T16:53:00.003-05:00

Yarn bombing sighting !

Pond Tour

2011-06-12T00:20:00.002-05:00

Fishes

Water Lilies

2011-05-28T17:37:00.001-05:00

Lots of rain - now -Mushrooms!!

2011-05-28T00:50:00.001-05:00

Where SciFi writers get their ideas!

2011-05-17T22:28:00.001-05:00

Afternoon shadows

8th Annual North Texas Artist Studio Tour

2011-04-30T23:52:00.002-05:00

Tour studio space at Shannon Studio

North Dallas Artist Studio Tour

2011-04-30T20:45:00.006-05:00

The North Dallas Artist Studio Tour is this weekend. I am the visiting artist at Shannon Studio stop #12 sharing the space with Deborah Shannon. The photo shows my space in the garage and in the upper left side you can see the yellow sign pointing to Deborah's studio. I am showing Artist Books and photography. Deborah is showing collages and paintings.

If you are out and about tomorrow come by stop #12 and say HI ! Check here for the official website that has participating artists info and a map.

Hail Storm

2011-04-15T00:14:00.003-05:00

Artist Book Exhibit

2011-03-10T22:34:00.002-06:00

Artist Book Exhibit in Jonsson Gallery at Parish Episcopal School

March 10 through April 7, 2011

Artist Book exhibit in Jonsson Gallery

Closer view of Artist Books on pedestal

Reception Flowers

Arboretum

2011-03-09T19:28:00.001-06:00

Tulips at the Arboretum

Arboretum blooms

SNOW DAYS

2011-02-04T13:58:00.002-06:00

Snow Dusting

Icicles

2011-02-04T13:52:00.004-06:00

Icicles

Snow clouds moving on revealing blue sky.

Bird Flurries

2011-01-28T18:19:00.002-06:00

The MAC @ The Mercantile Coffeehouse

2010-12-11T17:30:00.000-06:00

The MAC @ the Mercantile Coffee House

Sheila Cunningham

Opening reception Saturday, December 11, 2010, 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Artwork on view through January 8th

Sheila Cunningham is the 3rd MAC artist to exhibit at the Mercantile Coffee House in partnership with The MAC - The McKinney Avenue Contemporary.

Mercantile Coffee House
1800 Main Street
Suite 100
Dallas 75201
Historic Mercantile Building

Sky Trails

2010-11-09T09:41:00.001-06:00

2010-10-14T08:20:00.001-05:00

Worldwide Moment 10.10.10@10:10GMT

2010-10-10T05:10:00.001-05:00

This is my entry for Worldwide Moment. The 10:10 GMT time translates to 5:10am (!!!!!!!!!) in Dallas. Utilizing the patio spotlight, I took this with my cell phone of several Book Gardens from my exhibit "Groves: Intersections of Change". They create a great art installation on my patio while waiting for the next exhibit.

Cool

2010-09-28T12:30:00.000-05:00

Greek Food Festival

2010-09-25T23:13:00.001-05:00

SCVNGR at Dallas Contemporary

2010-09-23T19:46:00.002-05:00

Great fun playing SCVNGR and eating yum tacos at Norma's Taco Truck (Xavier Catering) at The Dallas Contemporary.

Smart Car recharge station

2010-09-23T19:33:00.001-05:00

Morning Shadows

2010-08-31T07:52:00.001-05:00

Ghost Ranch Abiquiu Fuji Transfer Collage Workshop

2010-06-27T20:25:00.006-05:00

Fuji Transfer Collage workshop at Ghost Ranch Abiquiu
August 9 - 15, 2010

Create beautiful, one-of-a-kind photography-based artworks that reflect the splendor of northern New Mexico while exploring Transfer and Emulsion Lift techniques using Fuji film, which is replacing Polaroid film.
With the creative environment of the Ghost Ranch as the backdrop, you will be inspired to stretch your creative muscles as you compose lasting visuals of your experience. You will learn the exciting transfer techniques and transfer to watercolor paper. With your digital camera, you will have the opportunity to explore, photograph and collect small 3-D natural items and ephemera to be included in your Fuji Transfer Collages.
You will also experiment with several hand-coloring options to enhance your artwork. A handmade book will be created to encase your artworks. You will learn several binding techniques and choose the one you want for your book. For students of all levels. No darkroom experience or equipment needed. Prints will not damaged. Bring digital camera. Optional – bring your favorite 4X6 prints of Ghost Ranch or other favorite photos.

Happy Arbor Day - plant a tree

2010-04-30T13:44:00.000-05:00

Mesh

2010-03-05T20:52:00.000-06:00

Snow Woman With Curls

2010-02-11T17:38:00.000-06:00

The Dive #4

2009-09-10T18:10:00.001-05:00

The Dive #4
Platea Project IV, The Dive

The Dive # 3

2009-09-10T01:06:00.003-05:00

The Dive #3

Platea Project IV, The Dive

The Dive #2

2009-09-08T17:38:00.002-05:00

The Dive #2
Platea Project IV, The Dive

platea project IV: The Dive

2009-09-08T17:00:00.006-05:00

The Dive #1

Platea Project IV, The Dive

From September 8 through 10, I'm participating in "The Dive", a public performance art project organized by the @Platea collective. It's kind of strange but also kind of fun. Learn more about it at http://plateastweets.blogspot.com/2009/08/project-iv-dive-september-8-10.html.

@Platea is a global collective of individuals interested in the power of public art carried out in the digital megacity of social media.

Hitchhiker

2009-07-31T01:44:00.000-05:00

Fireworks on Ustream

2009-07-03T22:16:00.000-05:00

Fireworks from the comfort of home!

North Dallas Artists Studio Tour

2009-04-26T14:45:00.000-05:00

StayBites Exhibit at UTD

2009-01-23T19:16:00.000-06:00

Icy Railing

2009-01-05T16:12:00.000-06:00

Christmas pancakes with Batter Blaster

2008-12-26T03:40:00.003-06:00

Finally found Batter Blaster in this area so we thought a taste test was in order. So, Christmas morning while everyone was here, we made the pancakes. Batter Blaster comes in a squirt can like whipped cream. It was fun and easy to use. We had a great time and gave them thumbs up!

Holiday Lights

2008-12-25T00:48:00.001-06:00

One of the many things I love about the Holidays are all of the lights.

Santa at Irving Art Center

2008-12-06T14:48:00.000-06:00

White Rock Artist Tour

2008-10-19T14:03:00.000-05:00

Silhouette

2008-10-17T01:03:00.000-05:00

View From 69th Floor

2008-10-13T17:56:00.000-05:00

View of downtown Dallas from 69th floor with State Fair in background -middle by horizon.

Begging For A Picnic

2008-10-06T22:32:00.000-05:00

Trapped Inside

2008-08-21T20:49:00.000-05:00

New Mexico Sky

2008-08-10T18:15:00.000-05:00

Touring Santa Fe

2008-08-04T17:10:00.000-05:00

75 Dollar Gas Fill Up

2008-07-31T23:11:00.004-05:00

Car is in shop so was able to borrow car for week - Yeah!! But, then, I needed to fill up - with premium. Ouch.

Colored Pencils

2008-07-31T14:49:00.002-05:00

Bromeliad

2008-07-24T15:58:00.002-05:00

Leaves

2008-07-16T17:48:00.001-05:00

Backlight Clouds

2008-07-13T22:04:00.001-05:00

HCG Gallery Opening - July 11

2008-07-12T22:17:00.002-05:00

I enjoy the artwork of both Michael Ledoux and Shane Pennington. Their art looks great together, and looks great in the HCG space.

Michael's work is intriquing. He applies resin to certain parts of the painting creating an interesting 3D top layer that mimics the patterns of the painting while seeming invisible when viewed from certain angles. Very cool technique.

Shane donated the proceeds from this artwork (below) to the Contemporary's new building fund. Very cool of him to do that.

He had several other pieces that incorporated small (really, really small) figures. I was admiring the great trees with long roots, that cast really great shadows on the wall, when I realized there were small figures standing on some roots. The little models reminded me of railroad modeling and architechs models. Sure enough, Shane said he used to be into railroad modeling as a kid. The photo below shows the great trees with Shane talking to fans about them.

Michael and Shane's exhibit will be up through July 27. Be sure to check it out.

Benito Huerta at Latino Cultural Center

2008-07-12T12:52:00.001-05:00

Benito Huerta's demo at the Latino Cultural Center on velvet painting was great! More photos from the demo here.

He has several velvet paintings in his exhibit which is fabulous! One is on black velvet and one red velvet. Stop by the Latino Cultural Center and check it out.

Wheel

2008-07-01T08:49:00.003-05:00

Chair Shadow

2008-06-25T20:14:00.001-05:00

Wrought iron chairs and table in front of Cameron Gallery cast interesting shadows.

Grid

2008-06-21T16:25:00.000-05:00

Walkway

2008-06-12T00:16:00.003-05:00

Cool Thursdays at Dallas Arboretum

2008-06-06T15:54:00.002-05:00

Cool Thursdays Concert at Dallas Arboretum featuring the band, Dallas Unlimited.

Notes

Concert At Arboretum

After The Concert

Ramp

2008-05-26T00:50:00.001-05:00

Sign

2008-05-25T16:29:00.001-05:00

Fern Shadows

2008-05-21T01:36:00.001-05:00

Gecko

2008-05-20T22:46:00.001-05:00

Brad Oldham Talk at Pan American Art Project

2008-05-17T13:58:00.001-05:00

Pan American Art Project hosted a fundraiser for the Video Association of Dallas.
Brad Oldham, artist and product designer, presented a video, “Collaboration, Not Isolation”, a look into the philosophy of collaboration at his company. Very interesting, check it out here.

Brad Oldham

In the spirit of the evening, Brad and his sister, Robin Oldham, a mosaic artist who owns Smashing Times, collaborated on a mosaic piece. They invited everyone to join in and add to the mosaic.

Robin Oldham with collaborative mosaic.

Contemporary Fundraiser at Victory Park

2008-05-15T01:46:00.006-05:00

This was a fun event to benefit the Contemporary’s capital building campaign. The shops at the base of the W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residencies contributed 10% of the sales from the evening to the Contemporary. Kenichi Restaurant provided yummy sushi, spring rolls and pot stickers - definitely worth a return trip for lunch or dinner. The shops were all very fabulous with lots of fun must haves. Christopher Martin’s new-ish gallery location is in this block of shops. It is always fun to visit with Christopher and see his latest work.

Christopher Martin

While in the area, I had to check out what was on the giant video screens. Since there was a Stars hockey game, the screens were playing the game and other hockey related videos.

Victory Park Plaza Super Screens.

Also in the area is Gachet Coffee lounge & books that is featuring Julie Richey’s new series of mosaic drops.

Julie Richey Mosaics

Gallery Openings - May 10

2008-05-12T12:52:00.003-05:00

Conduit Gallery
Conduit Gallery was the first stop to check out the work of Ellen Berman, Robert Munguia and Briar Bonifacio.

Ellen’s paintings were so realistic. My favorite was Onion Bundle, which looked like the onions were really sitting there ready to be chopped.

Ellen Berman

Briar’s work, in the project room, was an interesting mix of found objects presented as both framed pieces and sculptural pieces. I liked the hand written notes on the wall beside the artwork.

Briar Bonifacio - art and hand written info

Pan American Art Projects
At Pan American Art Projects, Isabelle DuToit had fabulously detailed paintings of birds. They are painted to scale then perched in large-scale spaces, as if seeing them in a window.

Isabelle Du Toit

In the front, there was new work by Rusty Scruby, Charlotte Smith and Ellen Tuchman. It was interesting to see their artwork grouped together. Their work is very different, but they all are working to have the art project off the surface. Very cool!

Rusty Scruby

Charlotte Smith.

Charlotte's art on right, Rusty Scruby's on left.

Brooke Berman Gallery

Brooke Berman, in her new gallery space on Leslie, featured art by John Miller, Lisa Nersesova and Angela Thornton.

I liked Lisa’s use of string to create line drawings pinned directly onto the walls. One of her pieces reminded me of the background of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Lisa indulged me and posed in front of the piece.

Lisa Nersesova

Opening at McKinney Avenue Contemporary

2008-05-11T01:44:00.003-05:00

Tracy Hick’s installation, Global Warning: still/LIFE is so great. I had seen some of the frog castings and jars at his studio so it was interesting to see how he assembled the installation. Tracy placed assorted rubberized bottles and castings on glass shelves lighting them so they cast shadows on the floor and ceiling. Delicate like life.

Then, starting in the corner, rubberized tiles with inclusions radiate outward almost encroaching on one of the shelf installations.

Tracy also has an installation in the project room. It was incredible to walk into the room filled with jars containing glowing frog castings. The sad thing is many of these species are now extinct.

Tracy Hicks installation. See more photos here.

Billy Hassell’s exhibit, Field Notes, is in the Square Gallery. His paintings are so colorful and packed with detail. I saw artist Polly Perez standing in front a painting and I did a double take. She was in a short sleeve shirt and the tattoos on her arms just seemed to blend into Billy’s painting. She was such a great sport and let me take several photos. Without a flash, her arms were in the shadows but maybe this will give you an idea.

Polly Perez With Billy Hassell Art

Check these exhibits out, they are up through June 21, 2008.

Message in a Bottle

2008-05-08T02:15:00.003-05:00

Booker T. Washington Printmaking Department participated in a print exchange with university students from Durban and Vaal, South Africa for this interesting exhibit and fundraiser at The Crow Collection.

Bottles covered the floor containing numbers that corresponded to prints that were in the exhibit. For twenty dollars, you chose a bottle and got the print matching the number inside.

inter.sect Art Collabrative at the DMA

2008-05-04T20:59:00.006-05:00

I had great fun Saturday night at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) as part of the inter.sect Art Collective. We presented cell phone videos at the Grand opening for the Center for Creative Connections.

The inter.sect Art Collective is a group of artists making films with mobile phones creating visual interpretations that mix words, sound, image, and video. Christie Nielsen sends text message prompts that are inspired by random words she sees, hears or free associates to the members of the Art Collective. Using cell phones, we make short videos interpreting the text prompts and send them to the inter.sect web site. For exhibits, large screens show the cell phone videos that run randomly across the screen, intersecting as they go.

I made this video for the prompt, Follow The Dot. To see more videos check out the inter.sect web site.

In the atrium, a multimedia concert performed by musician and artist Paul Slocum.

Benito Huerta Talk at Latino Cultural Center

2008-05-03T17:05:00.001-05:00

Benito Huerta gallery talk

Benito Huerta's gallery talk gave a lot of insight into his use of myth and imagery in his artwork. I really enjoyed learning the connection between several pieces in the current exhibit and several past pieces referencing what he calls the cast of characters. Stephen Vollmer has written a great essay about the cast of characters. It is available at the exhibit, Maestros Tejanos I, which runs through July 19 at the Latino Cultural Center.

Casual Friday at the Symphony

2008-05-02T14:48:00.004-05:00

Casual Friday at the Symphony was great fun. The concert was Corigliano: Percussion Concerto. The conductor was Giancarlo Guerrero and Dame Evelyn Glennie, a percussionist, was the guest performer. It was interesting. There were three different sets in front of the orchestra that Dame Evelyn Glennie moved between for the different movements; Wood, Metal and Skin.

After the concert, the lobby was set up for the Light Bites After Concert Reception. The walls were washed with colored lights for a really cool effect.

Shadow of base player taking cell phone photo of piano player.

Light Show

More lights

First 50-Dollar Gasoline Fill Up

2008-05-01T16:19:00.002-05:00

Glass Shadows

2008-05-01T14:43:00.002-05:00

At The Women's Museum

2008-05-01T14:33:00.005-05:00

The Women's Museum

Waiting

Quote wall

At The Meyerson Symphony Center

2008-04-29T16:26:00.007-05:00

Tabletop white flower arrangement.

I. M. Pei was the architect for the Meyerson Symphony Center. The large windows let lots of light in creating really interesting shadows. Then there is the great view of downtown.

5th Annual North Texas Artist Studio Tour

2008-04-28T00:22:00.005-05:00

This weekend was the 5th Annual North Texas Artist Studio Tour. I was at Stop #11 the Adams Studio with Ann S. Adams. She is a pastelist and does the most incredible artwork.

Saturday was beautiful and Sunday chilly. We had lots of people stop by to see our artwork. It was great fun. I met lots of people and saw many friends. Thanks to all who stopped by.

In between people, I took a few Cell Phone Photos of my set up in the carport. I also made a video with the Coolpix camera of both our spaces setup for the tour.

My space at Stop #11, Adams Studio

Pool, Emulsion Lifts

Alpha 1, Polaroid Transfer artwork and CityArtCal page

Boxed In

2008-04-27T16:14:00.002-05:00

By The Fire

2008-04-25T23:12:00.002-05:00

Shadows

2008-04-24T04:40:00.002-05:00

Motorcycle Shadow

2008-04-22T04:55:00.000-05:00

Centraltrak Inaugural Exhibition - April 19

2008-04-22T01:14:00.000-05:00

Hot White Orange by Anderson and Anderson

Centraltrak: The University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency opened Saturday night with its inaugural exhibition False Space and Time of the Apartment.

Very cool art and space. We enjoyed the exhibit. Lots of interactive art. Outside the gallery, Anderson and Anderson’s sculptures Lifebean and Hot White Orange were big hits. People entered into or sat on the sculptures. I had to take a photo of Nancy Whitenack, of Conduit Gallery, lounging on Hot White Orange. We visited Florencia Levy’s live-work loft and peeked into a studio. Florencia Levy an artist in residence is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Even the halls had artwork. And the parking lot looked like an abstract painting. Greg Metz graciously posed in Loop, by Stefan Eberstadt.

Florencia Levy’s live-work loft

Greg Metz

Nancy Whitenack

Centraltrak is a multi-purpose arts building that used to be a post office. It has four live-work loft spaces for artists, eight studios for U.T. Dallas MFA students, and a gallery. Charissa Terranova is the energetic Director.

The exhibit continues through June 3, 2008.

Parking lot art

Check out more photos here.

Stripes 2

2008-04-14T14:37:00.003-05:00

Stripes

2008-04-14T14:36:00.003-05:00

Night Shadows

2008-04-11T00:05:00.000-05:00

Waters Edge

2008-04-10T00:20:00.000-05:00

Gates

2008-04-09T16:07:00.002-05:00

Pamela Nelson Open Studio - April 6

2008-04-07T01:17:00.000-05:00

Pamela Nelson

Pamela Nelson has moved into a new larger studio space on the edge of downtown. The open studio was hosted by Gerald Peters Gallery. The studio is spacious and has cool large glass brick windows. Pamela had her sketchbooks out which are always fun to see. There was also a large collection of her Paper Tiles and framed artwork.

Glass Brick Windows

Paper Tiles by Pamela Nelson

Brenda McKinney MFA Exhibit - April 5

2008-04-06T01:21:00.000-05:00

Brenda McKinney

Brenda McKinney and Alisa Banks have their MFA exhibit at the 14th Street Gallery. Both exhibits are great. Brenda’s paintings are so vivid; they seem to jump off the canvas. Artist Books are not exhibited often so it was a nice surprise to see Alisa’s artist books and fiber work. Brenda and Alisa are recent graduates from Texas Women’s University.

Art by Brenda McKinney

Red Reflections

2008-04-04T09:38:00.002-05:00

It is a red day! After I took this photo, I saw my first red cardinal of the year. I guess spring is here. Unfortunatly, he took off too fast to get a photo.

Abstracts

2008-04-03T13:10:00.005-05:00

Flood Lights

2008-04-03T13:04:00.003-05:00