Cowboy Stadium is filled with impressive art. This is a MUST SEE Art Desitnation!


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Martin Baro was born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary. He studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966.  In 1970, he moved to Debrecen, Hungary, where he completed several sculptures for public places and was awarded the Munkacsy Prize in 1984. Receiving a Fulbright scholarship in 1988, Varo became affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, studying the relationship between architecture and sculpture. In 1990, he became the Artist in Residence for a public art project in the City of Brea, California. Varo...


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History of African Americans and Freedmen's Memorial Park A part of the History of African Americans is found in Freedmen's Memorial Park which commemorates a pre-Civil War burial ground in what was once the Freedmen's Town Area, a small Dallas community formed by African-Americans freed from slavery in the mid-1860s. Freedman's Memorial commemorates the lives of more than 5,000 freed slaves who were buried in a once forgotten cemetery. Freedmen Memorial Cemetery by Artist and Sculptor David Newton This historic and state landmark memorial features figures cast in bronze by artist David Newton. David...


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Lee Ann Torrans Calatrava Trinity River Bridge - Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge In February 2005, Hunt Petroleum Company of Dallas generously donated $12 million to the Trinity River Corridor Project. The City of Dallas in turn granted them naming rights to the Woodall Rodgers Extension Bridge. It is now named the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, in honor of the matriarch of the Hunt family. Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (formerly Woodall Rodgers Bridge) For over ten years Dallas has had one of the ten worst interchanges in the nation. Two bridges  interstate bridges are deteriorating with chunks...


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The Dallas Musuem of Art Sculpture Garden is free to the public. The inviting gate draws you in to the sound of bubbling water, arching live oaks and dramatic works of art. This is without doubt, the most wonderful tucked away corner of downtown Dallas, though the Nasher next door and the fountains if I.M. Pei's Fountain place give this garden stiff competition! The Museum’s Sculpture Garden, designed by Barnes and Daniel Kiley, opened to the public in the fall of 1983.   Lee Ann Looks at Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art  Link Here: http://www.dm-art.org/ Lee...


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The Dallas Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth contain recognized collections of Precolumbian Art. At the Dallas Museum of Art the extensive collection includes the two bird-form finials from Colombia, Sudi Region c. A.D. 500 to 1500. These were a gift from the Nora an John Wise Collection.


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Dallas - Fort Worth has an abundance of Henry Moore. City Hall contains his first contribution to Dallas. The building in the background, City Hall, was designed by I.M. Pei. You can walk to City Hall from Founders Plaza. They are adjacent to one another and across the street from the Public Library. The tower in the background was designed by I.M. Pei. Henry Moore - Nasher Sculpture Center Henry Moore - Dallas Museum of Art Henry Moore at the Meadows Museum at SMU Henry Moore at the Modern Museum in Fort Worth


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Wilson Historic District, Swiss Avenue 3003 Swiss Ave. Dallas, TX, 75204 The Meadows Foundation properties house about 30 non-profit organizations on a rent-free basis. The Meadows Foundation saw the potential of the Wilson Block as the nucleus for a unique campus of non-profit organizations. After restoring Wilson Block, the Meadows Foundation and the Historic Preservation League identified and moved endangered Victorian houses in other parts of town to an adjacent block of Swiss Avenue. The Meadows Foundation also added building for meetings and other support facilities,...


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The Dallas Arts District The 60-acre Dallas Arts District is located on the north end of the Central Business District. The Arts District is the home of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Morton H. Myerson Symphony Center, Winspear Opera House, The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and the Nasher Sculpture Garden. This is the largest urban arts district in the country and has been thirty years in the making. The long term development process has contributed varied and distinctive architecture of the Arts District. The Sasaki Plan was initiated with the opening of the Dallas Museum of Art, designed by Edward...


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