Author Profile: Sarah Jane Semrad
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Sarah Jane is a social entrepreneur and community organizer committed to cultivating creativity in Dallas. After producing art shows independently around Dallas for some time, Semrad founded Exposition Park's IR Gallery in 2004, exclusively representing emerging Dallas artists in all media. She went on to co-create Pigeon-Stone Project in 2005, connecting local artists with new collectors in businesses' public spaces. PSP earned Semrad a mention in the Dallas Observer's 2005 "Best Of" issue as "Best Art Invasion." She is the co-founder and trusted consigliere for all things Art Conspiracy (est. 2005) - a non-profit dedicated to connecting artists and musicians with each other for the benefit of the local art economy. In 2006, Semrad co-founded La Reunion TX, a non-profit org committed to creating an artist in residency program on 35 acres in Oak Cliff. Sarah Jane and her husband - musician Paul Semrad - live in Oak Cliff with their two children. Semrad holds a BA in chemistry from the University of Dallas.
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Inside Old ParklandPosted in Art, Visual Art, _ on 15 June 2009
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The original Parkland Hospital on the corner of Maple and Oaklawn once housed a mental ward, a morgue, quarantined tuberculosis and chronic illness patients, and served as overflow jail space for Dallas County’s corrections department before it was finally shuttered in 1975.
