Opening Celebration of 'Open University'

Opening Celebration of Open University

Friday, 24 January, 2025

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Free Admission, Complimentary Drinks (21+)

161 Glass St. Dallas, TX

Join us on Friday, 24 January from 7.00 - 9.00pm for the opening of Open University and a special opportunity to meet the artists.

Dallas Contemporary is pleased to present Open University, the inaugural DC NTX Graduate Student Program exhibition opening January 24, 2025, curated by Matthew Higgs, Director and Chief Curator of White Columns in New York. The annual initiative, launched in August 2024, invites North Texas MFA students in their final year of graduate work to exhibit at Dallas Contemporary, after being selected by a visiting national curator. The program is aimed at advancing the early careers of emerging artists schooled in the region and fosters healthy interactions and connections between students and renowned curators. The DC NTX Graduate Student Program is funded with foundational five-year support from Ann and John McReynolds.

Across students from Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University, Texas Woman’s University, University of North Texas, The University of Texas at Arlington, and The University of Texas at Dallas, the inaugural DC NTX Graduate Student Program cohort includes: Courtney Broussard, Christina Childress, Lisa Clayton, Taylor Cleveland, Pablo Cruz, Veronica Ibargüengoitia Tena, Austin Lewis, Katherine Pinkham, Sarah Rainey, Elijah Ruhala, Narong Tintamusik, Sharmeen Uqaili, and Vajihe Zamaniderkani.

Learn more about the exhibition .

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MUSEUM POLICIES

• no food or drink, please | no se permite comida ni bebida

• photography permitted, but no flash | solo fotografia sin flash

• please refrain from touching the art | no tocar el arte

• this is a weapon free zone | zona libre de armas

With this registered admission, I give permission for the Dallas Contemporary to use my photograph and other media such as film and quotations, on Dallas Contemporary promotional material and publications, for which it may be suitable.

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Elijah Ruhala, The(ir) Art of Loving, 2024. 16’6”x 25’x9’. Lumber, oil, and wax paper. Image courtesy of the artist.

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