Cedars Union

Unstable Ground: Landscape, Memory, and the Shifting Self - Group Exhibition
2026-06-16 - 2026-06-27 | The Boedeker, 1201 South Ervay St, Dallas, TX, 75215, United States
Unstable Ground: Landscape, Memory, and the Shifting Self – Group Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: June 16 – 27
Reception: June 26, 6p – 8p
Public Artist Talk: June 18, 7:30p – 8:30p
Open Hours: by appointment

Exhibition Statement:
Unstable Ground brings together four Dallas-based artists working through photography, installation, and material exploration to consider landscape as an unstable, layered, and ever-changing phenomenon. The works point to the landscape as a construct through memory, perception, and lived experience. Personal archives, sculptural works, and still images serve as ways of holding on to and questioning the landscape. Unstable Ground considers how we come to understand our constantly evolving environment as we ourselves change within it.

Included Artists:
Lauren E. Allen
Jordan Funk
Kim Wasson Eagan
Vahid Valikhani

Curator Bio:
Vahid Valikhani is a photographer and documentary filmmaker and serves as Director of the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery at the University of Dallas.
His creative practice examines environmental and social conditions across both familiar and unfamiliar landscapes. Through the integration of landscape and portraiture, he explores how representations of place and people collectively construct meaning, illuminating the cultural and political forces that shape one another. He is the author of the monograph Nebraska, Tampa: The Return to the Streets (Tavaali Publication, 2025). His work has been exhibited internationally in Germany, Italy, Iran, and the United States.

Instagram: @_vahid_vv, @kimwassoneagan, @leallen_art, @jordan_nicole_funk

She Hunts at Night - Solo Exhibition by Lauren Fleniken
2026-06-16 - 2026-06-27 | The Boedeker, 1201 South Ervay St, Dallas, TX, 75215, United States
She Hunts at Night – Solo Exhibition by Lauren Fleniken
Exhibition Dates: June 16 – 27
Reception: June 26, 6p – 8p
Open Hours: June 18 12p-5p and by appointment

Exhibition Statement:
My work explores the body, intimacy, and how the feminine body retains and responds to sexual trauma. In the vast majority of cases, the perpetrator is known to the victim. I focus on the psychological and sexual trauma done to the feminine when the hunter is someone who was closer, and the emotional response that muddies the lines between love, lust, and violence. I use mythology of the American South and elements of my upbringing combined with a romantic, lacy exterior to discuss these contradicting feelings. A need for intimacy, a need to be seen, and what being taken advantage of does to not only heighten these feelings, but to cause sex to become a form of self-harm and addiction. The space is transformed with elements of a country side home- a rawhide rug, a tableside lamp, a dimly lit TV. Many of these countryside elements utilize all parts of the Buffalo, once a deer is hunted and harvested. The skin and flesh of a hunted deer is never wasted. Pink tones define a hyperfeminine surreal set stage, set in between nowhere and now, with spotlights that show nothing is really unseen in the dark. I rely on self portraiture to convey vulnerability and the battles we have with ourselves, our identities, and our bodies. Through my work, I aim to open conversation on how the perfect victim does not exist, and how the hypersexualized femme is viewed, and consequently views herself.

Artist Bio:
Lauren Fleniken is a multimedia artist living and working in Dallas, TX. She grew up in Montague, TX, and spent childhood back and forth between visual and performing art. She received her BFA in Painting from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, and has recently become an alumni from the Cedars Union Cohort 4 in Dallas. She is a 2025 recipient of the Clare Hart Degolyer Memorial Fund. She has shown in various galleries such as Zeke’s Projects, Zona7, The Adolphus, and Arts Fort Worth. Her work has been featured in online publications such as Glasstire and Patron Magazine. Fleniken currently resides as an artist in the Tin District.

Instagram: @l.m.flen.art

Frame Building and Framing Methods w/ Taylor Gibson
2026-06-20 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | The Cedars Union, 1219 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX, 75215, United States
Free for CU Members | $15 tickets for public

Join us for an in-depth framing demonstration led by our Manager of Programming, Taylor Gibson. In the first half, you’ll learn how to construct a custom frame from start to finish, including sizing frame stock, cutting glass, woodworking joinery, and using the necessary tools to build a frame.

After a brief break, Taylor will demonstrate how to assemble all the individual components, mount or mat a work of art, and seal the frame to ensure your piece is protected and ready to hang. Whether framing for your personal collection or preparing for an exhibition, this workshop will equip you with the skills to showcase your artwork professionally.
