La Reunion TX announces its first Tree Carving Party February 2, 2008

Dallas, Texas – La Reunion TX, a not for profit artist residency, will present its first open house on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on its donated land in Oak Cliff. The site is located on West Jefferson Blvd, just west of Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas. The open house will include a tree-carving event by area artists, an exhibition of models from UTA architecture students for the new art space, nature tours by docents from Texas Discovery Gardens, music, food and more. A public call for entries for 10 artists was sent out to DFW artists. The La Reunion TX artist selection committee will choose the artists for this program.

La Reunion TX is a Texas non-profit established to create an artist residency program with a future home located on a generously donated 35 acre wooded property seven miles from downtown, very near the original La Reunion colony settled in Oak Cliff over 150 years ago. La Reunion TX has recently launched 'Make Space for Art' - a juried architecture exhibition - to generate ideas for our ultimate structure which will incorporate sustainable design and renewable energy, providing a model to the community for green living. The "traditional media" studio and "new media" studio each with attached living quarters will accommodate four to one hundred artists per year with residencies ranging from one week to one year. The "Living Room" will provide intimate classroom, performance, exhibit, and installation space.


Catherine Cuellar is president of the board of directors, which also includes Lisa Taylor, Allison Graham, Billy Ware, Jessica Stewart, Vance Wingate and James Estes. Sarah Jane Semrad is executive director. Website: http://www.lareuniontx.org

For Immediate Release
Contact: Sarah Jane Semrad
Tele: 469-951-7323
sarah@LaReunionTX.org

Official Website: http://www.LaReunionTX.org