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Steve is a an artist and the owner of mighty fine arts, a gallery located in the scenic and historic Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Steve started the gallery in June of 2004 with the intention of providing an alternative space for innovative and underrepresented artists. Mfa presents an eclectic array of shows with the guiding criteria of presenting work that is resonant, thoughtful and highly accomplished. From mid-career to fresh and unknown artists, mfa hopes to enlarge the perceptions of contemporary art in North Texas.
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On Running an Art Gallery
By Steve Cruz
Posted in Art, Lives, Visual Art on 13 July 2009
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When artist Steve Cruz decided he wanted to open an art gallery that provided an alternative space for underrepresented artists, he didn’t really have a business plan. Instead, Cruz says, he started with an amalgamation of loose ideas coupled with blind impulse.

MEDIA AND DISCUSSION

Snap Life

This photo was submitted by Guy Reynolds for the Renegade Bus’ flickr project. To view the project click here.

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Zen Blockbuster

Michael O'Brien

Film Review
John Woo’s new epic, Red Cliff, may lack heart, but it succeeds as a thrilling war film.

A Poetic White Noise

David Novinski

Theater Review
Port Twilight or the History of Science makes its world premiere at the Undermain Theatre through December 12.

Feminism Minced: Slasher at Kitchen Dog

David Novinski

Theater Review
If you are going for a popcorn thriller, it’s easier to achieve mindless if you keep it meaningless. But this isn’t what Allison Moore does in Slasher, making its Southwest premier at the Kitchen Dog Theater.

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A Conversation With Mark Nerenhausen

On leaving the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after ten years and coming to Dallas.

“A vision for what culture means to a community.”

On the theater-building urge and the identity of place.

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CULTURE CHATTER

Bullets Big In Sweden

If you listen to the much-welcomed, often pretty darn great Music to the Core station (a slogan which sounds to me like a good name for a nostalgic hour-long radio show for KNON that exclusively plays cuts from D.C’s early-80s scene) you’ve likely now heard Dallas’ favorite Brit-pop outfit, the Happy Bullets, co-headed by Oak Cliff’s resident bicycle / urban planning advocate Jason Roberts. KXT is not the only outlet digging the Bullets as of late. One of the group’s songs, “Good Day,” has been picked up by a Swedish ad campaign. You can watch two ads here and here. Via Jason: the band’s royalties so far consist of wooden shoes and IKEA gift cards. (Got the powder but not the gun / got the dog but not the bun, I guess.) So in related news, the Happy Bullets need a manager.

Peter Simek

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Art On Babble

Boy, it’s been quiet around here lately. I apologize to our regular readers – some changes are afoot and we will fill you in soon. For now, I couldn’t help but break the silence with this little video on Art Babble about photographer Catherine Opie (some of her work was in the Pretty Baby exhibition at the Fort Worth Modern a couple of years back, if you remember). Perhaps you know about Art Babble; I’m just learning about it now. It is a project out of the Indianapolis Museum of Art that aggregates video about art from a variety of sources. As IMA head honcho Max Anderson explains here, there is something about the way video can teach about the visual arts that makes it uniquely engaging and enlightening. Think of Art Babble as a mini-Art 21. Enjoy.

Peter Simek

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