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Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Southlake Arts Council is looking for home-grown talent to display for the annual Southlake Presents exhibit.
Applications for this year’s Southlake Presents art show and competition are now open!
The Southlake Arts Council, in collaboration with the APEX Arts League, is excited to bring this award-winning art show back to Southlake Town Hall. Southlake Presents captures the range of Southlake’s talent through this innovative public art exhibit that exclusively features art by Southlake residents.
Don’t wait until the last minute to apply! The competition gets harder every year and this is a great way to get public exposure for your work in a world-class community facility.
Applications are now open and close on Friday, March 22. The Southlake Arts Council will jury all submissions and select the finalists towards the end of March.
Selected work will be displayed in the Town Hall Lobby from May 17, to June 28. A public art reception will take place on May 19 at 5:00 PM.
Rules and Eligibility:
We can’t wait to see what the Southlake community creates!
It is time for the 10th Strokes to kick off another artful, fun-filled Art in the Square!
The community is invited to Strokes of Art in the Square on February 18, 2024, in the foyer of Southlake Town Hall. The festivities are from 5-6:30 PM with refreshments and exceptional artwork.
The Southlake Women’s Club Foundation will present the Northeast Tarrant County 501c.3 charities that were selected as the 2024 Beneficiaries of Art in the Square. The showcased artwork of the featured artists offers samplings of the outstanding creatives that can be found during the Art in the Square festival held on April 26-28.
Voting begins for the 2024 The People’s Choice. The community can cast a vote at Southlake Town Hall or by QR code for their favorite featured artist. Voting will end on March 10, 2024.
Strokes is co-sponsored by the Southlake Arts Council, Apex Arts League, and Art in the Square/Southlake Women’s Club.
Don’t forget to save the dates April 26-28 to attend Art in the Square. It’s a cosmic canvas!
For more information, visit www.apexartsleague.com.
Fall is officially here, and it’s time to decorate the Town Hall lobby walls with this year’s featured artist!
Don’t miss your chance to see exquisite original pieces by Texas-born artist Jeremy Serna! Join the Southlake Arts Council and the APEX Arts League on Sunday, September 10 at 5:00 PM in the Town Hall Lobby for a public art reception.
Serna owns Painting with Friends and is a self-taught artist. He began exploring art early on, working with pastels, acrylics, and watercolors. He studied immensely to get where he is today and gives back to other emerging artists by teaching art classes virtually and in his studio. In addition, Serna is represented in several cities in Texas, including Llano, Waco, Fredericksburg, Canton, and Eureka Springs, AR, and Ventura, CA, and with several private collectors. He won the Overall Artist award in 2020 at the Stars of Texas Paint Off Competition. Jeremy Serna was also a featured artist at this year’s Art in the Square Festival.
Don’t miss your chance to meet the artist, learn more about the Southlake Arts Council and APEX Arts League, and maybe pick up a new original piece of art! As always, light refreshments will be provided.
The City of Southlake unveiled its newest piece of public art on Wednesday, May 24, at 9:00 AM at the Liberty Gardens in Bicentennial Park.
City Council members, Art Council members, first responders, and the artist gathered at the Liberty Gardens to celebrate the arrival of “Remembrance and Renewal” by New York artist Mark Weisbeck. Mayor Huffman made the opening remarks, followed by Zac Rowe from Gateway Music Ministries singing “The National Anthem” and “America the Beautiful.” Southlake Arts Council Chair Tamara McMillan and artists Mark and Diane Weisbeck also made some remarks.
The new, 15-foot-tall statue consists of two stainless steel towers with lightly textured brass in a “Statue of Liberty” green patina. The sculpture invites the viewer to celebrate with love and honor all those lost and affected by the events of 9-11 and pay tribute to those people and loved ones in a positive, hopeful, and compassionate manner. It invites contemplation and healing within the beautiful gardens and inspires us to work toward harmony, goodwill, and peace. The sculpture reminds us that no matter what actions of terror occur, there will always be citizens who will stand against it and work toward friendship, understanding, and peace to make the world a better place for all.
“Remembrance and Renewal” was approved by the Southlake Arts Council during their April 26, 2022, Arts Council meeting and by the Southlake City Council during their May 17, 2022, meeting. Learn more about Southlake’s Public Art program by visiting our Public Art website.
Visit the Liberty Gardens in Bicentennial Park to spend a moment of contemplation in front of our newest piece.
The Aria Amphitheatre at Legends Hall is getting a new look and sound, but you may need to search carefully to see it.
The Aria Amphitheatre received a brand-new audio/visual system on Friday, April 14, 2023. The fruit of a year-long process, the Aria AV upgrade aligns with our Marq facility replacement plan and consulted various community stakeholders.
Community Services staff worked with local partners to identify areas of improvement for the Aria Amphitheatre beginning in FY 22. City staff conducted stakeholder meetings with the APEX Arts League, Southlake Arts Council, the Southlake Community Band, the Fort Worth and Dallas Symphony Orchestras, and Ford representatives to understand community needs for the space. Key takeaways from these meetings included the need to bring sound in and out of Legends Hall to the Aria and improved amplification for larger musical ensembles.
Upgrading the Aria AV system was a no-brainer due to its installation in late 2015. The typical lifespan for similar AV equipment is 5-8 years. This new AV system will increase the service levels of the Aria to its full potential.
Highlights of the equipment upgrades include:
A few additions remain to complete the upgrade, including a new full microphone package. Our staff aims to accommodate the diverse array of offerings Aria seeks to attract in partnership with Southlake’s art nonprofit organizations.
Legends Hall staff received training on the new AV system on Friday, April 14, and are looking forward to offering an enhanced experience at Aria moving forward!
We called for Southlake-based artists, and you delivered!
The Southlake Arts Council had a great time conducting the blind jury for this year’s Southlake Presents Art Show and Competition during their March meeting. We solicited 2D works of art from Southlake’s resident artists, and received world-class submissions from multiple unique creators!
While we can’t feature every artist that submitted, the Southlake Arts Council greatly appreciates every artist who submitted their work for consideration.
After vigorous deliberation, here are the artists selected for the 2023 Southlake Presents Art Show and Competition:
Congratulations to all featured artists!
Don’t miss your chance to see what Southlake has to offer. Mark your calendars for the 2023 Southlake Presents Art Show and Competition public art reception on Sunday, May 14 from 5:00- 6:30 PM at the Town Hall Lobby. It will be an evening of art, good food, good company, and a celebration of Southlake’s artistic spirit!
Check out our website to learn more about Southlake’s Public Art Program!
Southlake painters, photographers, and innovative 2-D artists: Don’t forget to submit your artwork for the second-annual Southlake Presents Art Show and Competition.
The Southlake Arts Council wants to remind you that the submission deadline for Southlake Presents is coming soon! Wrap up your final creations, and submit your digital application by Friday, March 24!
The Southlake Presents Art Show and Competition will showcase our local professional artist community for all to see in Southlake Town Hall. This is the opportunity for you if you are a Southlake-based artist looking to expand your visibility. Don’t forget to look at the rules for eligibility before you submit!
Selected works will be on display in the Southlake Town Hall Lobby from May 12 to June 30! A public art reception will take place on Sunday, May 14, from 5:00- 6:30 PM.
Here is what Arts Council Member Terri Messing said about this award-winning event: “I like the idea of offering a talented artist in the community a place to showcase their work. I’m looking forward to seeing different art and a variety of work from people in the community. Maybe they’ve never shown their pieces in public before. Maybe your neighbor is an artist, and you didn’t even know it. I’m excited to bring the community together through artwork.”
Don’t miss your chance to exhibit amongst the best and brightest artists in our community! Apply today!
Calling all creatives, artists, and Southlake visionaries!
The Southlake Arts Council is thrilled to announce this year’s Southlake Presents art show and competition.
After last year’s triumphant debut, the Southlake Arts Council, in collaboration with the APEX Arts League, is bringing this award-winning art show back to Town Hall. The Southlake Presents art show and competition is the only public art exhibit that exclusively features work created by Southlake local talent.
What made last year’s event so memorable? According to Arts Council Secretary Beatriz Terrazas, it was “seeing how excited the artists who were selected were when they realized they were selected! When they were there [at the reception] and everyone was amazed at their art, I thought that was really great!”
This is the opportunity for you if you are a skilled visual artist living in Southlake wanting public exposure for your work. Applications open on Monday, February 13, and close on Friday, March 24. The Southlake Arts Council will jury all submissions and select the finalists towards the end of March.
Selected work will be displayed in the Town Hall Lobby from May 12, to June 30. A public art reception will take place on May 14 at 5:00 PM.
Rules and Eligibility:
Keep an eye out on the Southlake Public Art website for the application to open in February and more information.
We can’t wait to see what the Southlake community creates!
The community is invited to the 9th Strokes for Art in the Square on February 19, 2023. Guests will gather for a reception with refreshments in the foyer of Southlake Town Hall from 5-6:30 p.m.
The Southlake Women’s Club Foundation will present the Northeast Tarrant County charities selected as the 2023 beneficiaries during the reception. The showcased artwork of the nine featured artists offers samplings of the outstanding creatives that can be found April 28-30. The 23rd event t-shirt artwork designed by Niki Gulley will also be unveiled.
Voting begins for the 2023 The People’s Choice in late February. The community can cast a vote at Southlake Town Hall or on the city’s website for their favorite featured artist. Voting will end April 7, 2023.
Strokes is co-sponsored by the Southlake Arts Council, Apex Arts League and Art in the Square/Southlake Women’s Club.
Save the dates April 28-30 to attend Art in the Square… art, music and more!
For more information, visit www.apex-arts.org or www.artinthesquare.com.