Arts & Culture

Just two months after the University of North Texas grabbed headlines for removing an art exhibit, students in the College of Visual Arts & Design are opting out of campus spaces for group shows and solo exhibitions.

Composer Steve Hackman will conduct his Stravinsky X Kendrick Lamar program on April 25.

“Eye to Eye: Two Lives in Art” explores the decadeslong careers of Fort Worth artists Daniel and Dennis Blagg. Here’s when the film premieres.

A new series of murals across Fort Worth, funded by the Morris Foundation’s 40th anniversary, spotlights local nonprofits.

The Greater Denton Arts Council and Denton Music and Arts Collaborative are teaming up again for the second Amplify Denton music festival this Saturday.

Fort Worth Art Fair and Main Street Arts Festival will happen at the same time April 16-19 in Sundance Square and the namesake street.

A new state program will allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to in-state film and TV productions. But Texas is playing catch up with states like Georgia and New Mexico.

The Historic Lancaster Theatre is reopening after years of renovation, transforming an abandoned movie house into a multi-purpose performance space. With a month-long grand reopening beginning April 11, the venue will host comedy, theater, music and immersive film events as part of a broader effort to revitalize downtown Lancaster.

The billboard on a truck shows a simple message: “UNT admin censored Marka27’s art.” The billboard is a partnership between the two nonprofits and former Dallas resident turned Brooklyn-based street artist Victor Quiñonez, better known by his street art signature Marka27.

Keith Thomson considers the gallery an asset to the Meadowbrook area that has long lacked businesses, such as grocery stores and restaurants.

A Dallas based collective is rethinking how people experience art. Founders Ra Kazadi and Rob Grass are using Nostalgia and Noise to give Dallas artists more opportunities.

"The arts have just always been a big part of my life," Lawson said. "I think arts month is important because it exposes the arts to people that maybe don't have that in their daily lives, and it's a way for us to share what we do on a bigger platform."