Meadows Museum

Hooray for all of the hardworking interns who assist us in our operations, we celebrate their contributions! 🥳 We couldn’t do it without them. ❤️

Pictured here on this is Emmerson Stephens, an SMU Hegi Family Career Development Center DEI Intern, working with a student at our recent Summer Camp.

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Visit us this Friday at Klyde Warren Park!

Fact: The ONLY thing stopping you from becoming an artist is your lack of art supplies. 🎨🧵🖌️

Rediscover the joy of creating! SMU is providing FREE art supplies inspired by their current exhibits, because everyone deserves the chance to let their inner artist shine. 🎨✨

Art on the Go
July 26 | 10 AM - 12 PM

We’re delighted to announce that Dr. Patricia Manzano Rodríguez, who has been serving as the Meadows Museum’s Mellon Curatorial Fellow since November 2023, will be our new curator, effective September 1!

She brings to the post an impressive international scholarly track record, and a passion for Spanish art with a specialty in early-modern painting. She completed her doctorate in art and architecture at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University in 2023, her M.A. in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture at the Museo Reina Sofía and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, as well as her B.A. in History of Art at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, First Class. Prior to her appointment as a Mellon Foundation Curatorial Fellow, Manzano was also a FormARTE Fellow at Museo de América in Madrid.

Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/3Wd3bXj
Aquí en español 👉 https://bit.ly/3Lzgexf

📸: Guy Rogers III

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Your contributions help our museum…

◾ Acquire new works for our collection.
◾ Enrich arts education for local school children and university students.
◾ Conserve and preserve great works of art for future generations.

Thank you for your generosity. Find out how you can get involved: https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/about-us/donate/

Join us in honoring the life and legacy of the remarkable Spanish painter Josep de Togores (1893-1970) on his birthday 🎨

Known for his unique contributions to art movements such as Novecentismo and Art Deco, Togores overcame early deafness to create influential works that captivated audiences worldwide.

Does his art speak to you?

Extraordinary moments in extraordinary spaces.✨✨
Book the Meadows Museum as your next photography destination!

Happy from ! Wishing all families safe and joyous celebrations. 🇺🇲🎇

We will be closed this but we'll be back tomorrow as usual.

Peruna took his new Atlantic Coast Conference mascot friends on a tour of campus so they could wave with “Wave.” ❤️💙✌️🐎
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Waving "hello" to all the university art museums and galleries in the conference! 👋
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Clemson Visual Arts at Clemson University
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
The Ringling
FSU Museum of Fine Arts
Georgia Tech Arts
Speed Art Museum
University of Miami Lowe Art Museum
Ackland Art Museum, UNC-Chapel Hill
Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NC State
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Pitt UAG
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
Syracuse University Art Museum
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
Virginia Tech Perspective Gallery
Virginia Tech School of Visual Arts
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech
Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Start Gallery

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Happy , everyone!

Need an indoor summer activity? has fun events for the whole family! 👧🏻🎨

➡️ Connect and Create: Story time with Highland Park Library and an art project facilitated by our staff.

➡️ Sensory Cart: Feel, smell, and listen to different works of art throughout the museum.

➡️ Open Studio: Explore materials and create art projects inspired by the works on view at the museum.

Check out our July calendar: https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/cal/open-studio-latch-hook-designs-3/

Thanks, Daniel! 😁

What a Local Artist Loves Most About Dallas From eating tacos at a gas station to visiting an under-the-radar museum, art photographer Daniel J. Hale shares his favorite things to do and see in the city.

We love seeing the smiles of our visitors as soon as they walk in the doors. 🏛️🌻 Thank you for sharing your special moments at the !

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Remember to tag us in photos of your visit to the museum! 📸

Congratulations to Linda P. Custard, outgoing Chair of the Meadows Museum Advisory Council, who was honored last week for Best Donation at ARS MAGAZINE’s 5th Annual Art and Business Awards in Madrid. The award is in recognition of her unfailing support for Meadows Museum acquisitions, such as the recent ones of Bartolomé González and José Guerrero, among others, and also for her family’s financial contribution to the launch of the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture, which opened last October. Incoming Chair of the Meadows Museum Advisory Council, Stacey McCord, accepted the award on her behalf, which was presented to her by The Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum, Amanda W. Dotseth.

Read more: https://arsmagazine.com/ars-magazine-entrega-los-v-premios-arte-y-empresa-en-el-thyssen/

Happy Father’s Day from the Meadows Museum! Let’s take a closer look at this painting of Saint Joseph, patron saint of fathers, by Antonio de Pereda y Salgado. While medieval and Renaissance artists generally depicted Joseph as an older, marginalized figure, this portrayal of him as a handsome young man with his son reflects the saint’s growing popularity in 17th-century Spain and presents him as the ideal father in his paternal attentiveness to the Christ child.

Antonio de Pereda y Salgado (Spanish, 1611–1678), “Saint Joseph and the Christ Child,” 1655. Oil on canvas, 82 3/4 x 41 1/2 in. (210.2 x 105.4 cm). Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.77.05. 📸: Michael Bodycomb

Did you know the Meadows has some photography in its permanent collection? 🧐 Today, on , we’re admiring “Sand and Small Pines” by Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002). Printed by the artist in 1977 from previously exposed negatives, it’s part of a portfolio of fifteen photographs which includes work that spans his career.

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002), “Sand and Small Pines” from “Photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1977,” 1977. Gelatin silver print on paper, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Edition: 82/100, Plate/Negative Date: 1920s. Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Gift of W. Barton Munro, 1980; transfer from the University Art Collection, MM.88.05.01. © Colette Urbajtel/Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, S.C

The best way to celebrate your dad? Quality time! Celebrate Father's Day at ! Spend the weekend exploring captivating exhibits and making unforgettable memories together. 🧡

Tag your father/father figure below. 👇 We hope to see everyone this weekend! https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/

June 20 is movie night at the ! 🎥 We’ll be playing the Spanish drama, “Las chicas están bien” (“The Girls Are Alright”).

Laugh, cry, and enjoy a night out with friends at the museum—see you there!

Special thanks to our friends at DIFF Dallas International Film Festival and SPAIN arts & culture

Enjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills.

Check out our June calendar to learn more about other upcoming events: https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/program-calendar/

Don't forget dad's special day this Sunday! Stop by the Meadows Museum Shop to find him a special gift for . 🎁

Have you visited the exquisite tapestries and textile wonders of Teresa Lanceta at ? Now is your final chance to stop by!

Drawing on her Ph.D. in art history and travels through Spain and Morocco, Lanceta engages with the history of fabrics and domestic labor. 🇪🇸

Intrigued? Come see it before the exhibition closes on June 16! https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/exhibitions/arco-teresa-lanceta/

What better way to celebrate than with Mariano Fortuny’s “Seascape (Study for Beach at Portici)?" Today’s theme asks us to take a moment to reflect on the historical, artistic, and spiritual significance of water. 🌊



Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (Spanish, 1838–1874), “Seascape (Study for Beach at Portici),” 1874. Oil on canvas, 29 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (74 x 32.4 cm). Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.71.05. 📸: Michael Bodycomb

Embrace feel-good vibes this Friday at ! 🌞

Barnaby Fitzgerald (American b. 1953), "Bocca," 2013. Oil on linen, 36 x 32 in. (91.4 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Valley House Gallery.

We know you ❤️ our sculpture plaza—today for , show us your from your last visit! 🌿

View of Meadows Museum Sculpture Plaza with Marino Marini's “Bather” (1938) in the foreground. Photo by Meadows Museum Staff.

On this (which today is also ) we look back on the 2015 exhibition “Human/Nature | The Ridiculous and Sublime: Recent Works by John Alexander,” which explored both the inherent sublimity of the natural world, as well as the dark side of human nature. The religious undertones of the south, the natural environment of the Gulf Coast of Texas and bayous of Louisiana, and his close proximity to the oil industry and its effects on the surrounding wildlife, all left an indelible mark on Alexander, an alumnus of SMU.

Installation view of “Human/Nature | The Ridiculous and Sublime: Recent Works by John Alexander,” with “Peaceful Kingdom” (2009) at right. Photo by Dimitris Skliris.

starts now! For today’s theme of / we’re sharing our “dollhouse,” a scale model of the Meadows’s galleries. When our curatorial team is planning an exhibition, they make scale models of each object and use the dollhouse to try out different installations. This 3D modeling process provides a real sense of how the objects within a room (or across multiple galleries) will connect with each other and how the audience will experience the exhibition.

Photo: Meadows Museum Student Experience Ambassadors receive a behind-the-scenes tour with Olivia Turner, Curatorial Assistant. Photo by Meadows Museum Staff.

has fun for everyone! 🧑‍🎨🖼️ Trust us, you won’t want to miss all the summer excitement.

Check out our calendar to stay up to date with our June events. 🗓️ ➡️ https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/program-calendar/

Choose your own adventure at with our activity bags! 🌟🎒

These bags are filled with materials that will make your family visit to the Meadows Museum even more engaging!

Don't miss out on the fun—check yours out at the front desk today with regular museum admission.

June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month, which is why we're proud to invite you to join Connections this fall. These events allow individuals with early-stage dementia and their caregivers to come together for light refreshments, interactive gallery activities, and the joy of discovering art together. 🤎

Mark you calendars!

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