KEY DATES
| 4/18-19 |
Horizon Minerals Trunk Show |
| 4/20-22 |
Spring Show and Sale |
| 5/8 |
Summer I classes start |
| 6/4 |
Summer Camp classes start |
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From Metals to Oils, These Spring Workshops Will Inspire You
Want to learn the ancient art of keum-boo to add gold to your silver jewelry? Jayne Redman is our guest artist for a workshop on this popular technique.
Are you a painter or a watercolor artist? You'll want to be a part of our plein air painting workshop on May 12 at White Rock Lake. Sharpen your landscape painting abilities as you're inspired by the beauty of nature..
Click here
for the full list of spring workshops or for more details.
| 4/5-4/7 |
Creating Contour - Forming for Multiples |
| 4/6 |
Evening in Bookbinding |
| 4/8 - 4/9 |
Keum-boo |
| 4/9 |
Life Drawing, Open Session with Model |
| 4/14 |
All Occasion Watercolor Cards |
| 4/20 |
An Evening in Pottery |
| 4/23 |
Life Drawing, Open Session with Model |
| 4/28 |
Fused Glass Vitrograph Exploration |
4/27-29
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In the Heat of the Moment - Torch Enameling with Anne Havel |
| 5/4 |
Evening in Bookbinding
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| 5/7 |
Life Drawing, Open Session with Model |
| 5/11 |
Evening in the Glass Studio |
| 5/12 |
Fused Glass Watercolor Bowl |
| 5/12 |
Plein Air Painting at White Rock |
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Druzys, Cabochons & More
Joe Jelks, with Horizon Minerals, is bringing his best selections to the Craft Guild this month. Choose from cabochons, hand-cut stones, druzys, faceted stones, and glass beads - all at wholesale prices!
Don't miss this opportunity:
- April 18 & 19
- 11 to 8 pm daily
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May in the Gallery
The Gallery at the Guild will feature the work of two of our departments in May: Metals/ Jewelry, and Painting/ Drawing.
Stop by the gallery, located at the front entrance of the Guild, to see the work of different departments featured each month.
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The Craft Guild at
3410 Midcourt, Suite #115
Carrollton, TX 75006
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Spring Show and Sale on April 20-22
Mark your calendars now for this don't-miss event, to be held on April 20-22. Featuring dozens of artists offering hand-crafted art ranging from jewelry to paintings to pottery and more, the Spring Show is the perfect place to find a unique gift for Mother's Day, an upcoming graduation, or a summer wedding.
You're invited! Opening Reception on Friday
The show opens Friday morning, and concludes its opening day with a fun reception which is free and open to the public. Featuring live music, wine, and food, you'll find the reception is a fun time to shop, meet artists, and select a special gift for Mom.
Or, bring a friend and join us on Sunday as we offer complimentary mimosas to our guests while they enjoy the event.
Either way, you don't have to worry about your shopping fun getting rained out by April showers; the Craft Guild Spring Show is in a building just steps from our new studios, with plenty of parking available..
Spring Show & Sale Hours
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Opens
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| Friday, April 20 |
10 am |
9 pm |
Opening reception
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6 pm |
9 pm |
| Saturday, April 21 |
10 am |
5 pm |
Sunday, April 22
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10 am |
4 pm |
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Summer Camps Open for Enrollment!
Summer is just a few short months away - are you ready? We are! Our children's summer camps start on June 4, with activities for children ages 5 - 18.
We also offer a supervised lunch option, so your child can stay and create all day at the Guild this summer.
Watch for the Guild at the Etsy Dallas Spring Bash - May 5
Bring your young artist to see us at the Etsy Dallas Spring Bash on Saturday, May 5, from 10:30 to 5 p.m. Your child will be able to make a Mother's Day card at our table in the
Make and Take children's area - free, compliments of the Guild!
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Glass at the Guild
A Look Back at 70 Years of Teaching the Arts in Dallas
Dale Chihuly at the Craft Guild
In 1982, the Craft Guild brought Dale Chihuly to Dallas for a lecture on his work and the international glass movement. By then, Chihuly had already exhibited in museums around the world, including the Smithsonian. He was the artist-in-residence at the Rhode Island School of Design and spent his summers at Pilchuck School which he had founded ten years earlier.
Chihuly had started working on a series he called Macchia, and he shared its origination during the Craft Guild event.
"I woke up one day wanting to use all 300 of the colors in the hot shop. I started by making up a color chart with one color for the interior, another color for the exterior, and a contrasting color for the lip wrap, along with various jimmies and dusts of pigment between the gathers of glass. Throughout the blowing process, colors were added, layer upon layer. Each piece was another experiment. When we unloaded the ovens in the morning, there was the rush of seeing something I had never seen before. Like much of my work, the series inspired itself. The unbelievable combinations of color - that was the driving force."
Sydney
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ash: Modern Glass Sculpture
Another contemporary glass artist was brought to Dallas the following year as Sydney Cash gave a lecture at the Craft Guild about his ground-breaking work in glass. Originally working with curved mirrors, Cash had just developed a distinctive style in the medium and his work was featured at MOMA and the Corning Museum of Glass. He began to expand into glass sculpture, for which he is most renowned today, and still exhibits in multiple galleries across the country.
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