• Legal Clinic: Legal Counsel for Creatives

    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. This Legal Clinic session will be held over phone or Zoom. We will contact ...

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  • Monotyping and Ghost Prints: CU Member Workshop

    The Cedars Union 1219 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX, United States

    Monotypes and monoprints refer to a less repeatable print process, but the practice is incredibly varied. In this workshop Adrienne will teach members the most painterly way to approach monoprints by adding on to a matrix with a brush and oil based pigment. She will also go over how artists can reprint and adjust the matrix using ghostprints. At the ...

  • Disco Beading: Virtual Workshop

    Painter and fiber artist Cat Rigdon will instruct participants how to make a small, colorful piece over a Zoom meeting format with reflective “disco beads”. Created for beginners, this workshop will cover the basic steps for planning a design and adding beadwork to a small piece of fabric with an embroidery hoop, needle, and thread. Materials must be secured by ...

  • Lunch+Learn: Setting Up an Art Business

    If you have ever sold or tried to sell your work, you are in business. We will compare and contrast various forms that business might take—from sole proprietorships all the way to LLCs and C Corporations—and help you understand which one will best suit you and help you achieve your goals. To register, click here. Lunch+Learn is a monthly program ...

  • Start to Finish: Producing Public Art Projects

    Artist, performer, and special events veteran Erica Felicella will go through important steps and considerations when planning and applying for ambitious public works, or small ones in unusual spaces. Topics include: Understanding the details of your event/exhibition, knowing when you need a permit and what kind whether it be a Special Events Permits with the OSE or TAP with the Fire ...

  • CU Member Critique

    The Cedars Union 1219 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX, United States

    CU Member Critiques are held virtually on the third Thursday of each month. Up to three artists can sign up to have their work discussed and one member can volunteer to lead the dialog as the critique facilitator. Up to fifteen members can participate in the discussion which lasts between 1-1.5 hours. Use the member portal to sign up and ...

  • CU Member Workshop: Papermaking

    The Cedars Union 1219 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX, United States

    Learn how to form sheets of paper out of recycled papers and from fibers historic to papermaking. This demo is requires a Cedars Union membership. Visit out join page to learn more about becoming a member artist. Members, please register for this workshop using our member portal.

  • Don’t Get Shut Down: How to Obtain a Temporary Assembly Permit

    Are you itching to have the art party you’ve been longing for? Listen to Dallas’s Fire Marshall Officer Keith Wilson cover important steps to ensuring your art event will run legally and smoothly. This thirty minute info session will introduce the process for Temporary Assembly Permits (TAP) for events that use a space outside of its designated Certification of Occupancy ...

  • Summer Open Studios

    The Cedars Union 1219 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX, United States

    Stop by The Cedars Union Annex to see art being made by our 30+ artists and in our 15 microstudios. It’s been awhile and we’d love to see you! Masks required at all times.

  • Lunch+Learn: Dealing with Gallerists

    The Cedars Union 1219 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX, United States

    Artist/gallery relationships can be difficult, usually because the parties don’t fully understand what’s expected of them. Getting a written contract between the gallery and the artist is an important step in overcoming this problem. We will talk about representation agreements: why you want them, what they include, what you want them to say, and how to negotiate them. Click here ...