In the final part of this three part series, Adrienne will teach members how to mat, mount, and finish works of paper in frames, organizing steps for framing multiple pieces of the same size in one work session. Members, sign up on CU's member portal. This class requires a Cedars Union Membership. To learn more about being a CU artist, ...

Create a beautiful and functional twined basket in the round with local sculptor Sarita Westrup.  Students will learn how to weave with round reed,  beginning with a 4 pointed star base to weave a spiral and form a basket with a reed handle for hanging on the wall. Time outside of class may be needed to finish your basket. This ...

Matt will teach artist members how to use the vinyl cutter in the PC lab, including tips for installing lettering on the wall.  This class requires a Cedars Union Membership. To learn more about being a CU artist, please visit our Join page.

Cities, counties, and states of all sizes are regularly planning and allocating money for public art projects in their yearly budgets. Large municipalities have entire departmnets dedicated to the arts and creative installations. Often these projects require formal bidding, rounds of selection, and lots of paperwork before you can even begin creating the work! In this brand new Lunch & ...

Join us for a sneak peek of HYPERLOCAL II: The Cedars Union Cohort 2 the night before the Saturday opening. This event is for CU Friends Group Palladium level and up and MAC Members MAC PAC and up. Interested in joining our Friends Group to attend events like these? Click here.

Hosted by The MAC and curated by Ro2's Jordan Roth, HYPERLOCAL II features the 18 artists who occupied The Cedars Union studios during the remarkable period of Spring 2020 to Winter 2021. Cohort 2 refers to the artists who comprise the signature program of The Cedars Union -- an 18 month incubator where artists apply to lease a small, open-format ...

Whereabouts is the second installation of CU affiliated artwork in CU's popup project gallery, S14. Curated by the CU Curatorial Team (Brantly Sheffield, Laura Lawson, Lisa Horlander, and Catherine Cornelius), this exhibition explores the ways in which people connect to places with artworks that bring together nature, culture, and history, highlighting how environment actively shapes identity. Accompanying the artwork is ...

Offered by Arts Counsel Texas, this legal clinic offers one-on-one support to creatives from art law professionals. Sign up for a 30 minute slot to discuss a legal query such as copyright, contracts, LLC formation, and more. Consultation is limited to artists or creative freelancers. FREE. Please reserve a time slot below. This Legal Clinic session will be held over ...

Commissioned by The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's SOLUNA Festival, and in partnership with The Cedars Union, multi-media artist Carmen Menza presents Negotiating Dialogues, a modern chamber work for clarinet, viola, cello, vibraphone and spoken poetry that employ an environment of both recorded and live players. Generative animation responds to music through software creating a dialogue between music and visuals in The Cedars ...

Sarita Westrup will teach member artists how to use the industrial sewing machine in the Fab Lab, focusing on the basics of threading the needles and stitching. Members, please bring your own scraps of fabrics for trying out the process yourself. This class requires a Cedars Union Membership. To learn more about being a CU artist, please visit our Join page.