AWARE Affair Boots, Buckles & Brain Health

AWARE Affair Boots, Buckles and Brain Health presented by Trailblazer Presenting Sponsor Anne Davidson, is set for Friday, April 4, 2025 at Gilley's Dallas.

Chaired by David McDavid Jr. with Bo and Jeff Parker as honorary chairs, the event will be another fun evening of boot-scootin', live and silent auctions, with supporters coming together for a night fighting Alzheimer's and supporting care partners. 

Guests will enjoy a delicious, seated buffet dinner, dancing to The Breckenridge Band, lots of fun brain health activities, and a meaningful evening with friends and family while raising money for AWARE.

Venise Stuart will receive the Founder's Spirit Award. 

Karisti Julia will receive the Amy Osler Spirit of Education Leadership Award.

AWARE Dallas 2024-2025 Grant Recipients

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

Bishop Arts Theater Center

Center for BrainHealth

Dallas Symphony Association

For Love and Art

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas

Juliette Fowler Communities

NorthPark Presbyterian Church

Plano Symphony Orchestra

The Senior Source

Stomping Ground Comedy Center

Texas Winds Musical Outreach

The University of Texas at Dallas (Lab of Dr. Chandramallika Basak)

The University of Texas Dallas (Lab of Dr. Kristen Kennedy)

Wilshire Baptist Church

Myrna D. Schlegel AWARE Scholarship Fund

https://www.awaredallas.org/aware-affair/

Lunar New Year Celebration at NorthPark Center

 Lunar New Year Celebration

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025

10 a.m.-1 p.m.

NorthPark Center

Marking the Year of the Snake, the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas, in partnership with NorthPark Center, will present the Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at NorthPark Center.

Fun for all ages, this signature event – which attracts more than 50,000 visitors to NorthPark Center – will feature stunning dragon and lion dances, musical and martial-arts demos, art making and calligraphy, specialty booths, wellness activities, colorful entertainment and cultural performances and more.

The Year of the Snake – symbolizing wisdom, charm and determination – includes those born in 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 or 2025.

The annual Lunar New Year Celebration is free and open to the public. For more information, go to crowmuseum.org

Crow Museum of Asian Art kicks off 2021 with Divine Spark

 

The Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas is kicking off 2021 in a bold fashion with three exhibitions showcasing the powerful contemporary works of a Texas-based Asian woman artist, recent works by Japanese women ceramicists, and an exploration of one of the most iconic gods in Hindu culture.

Headlining the trio is Divine Spark, the second offering of the multi-year Texas Asian Women Artists exhibition series, which is dedicated to making visible the work of emerging and established Texas-based contemporary Asian women artists. For her first solo exhibition at the Crow Museum, Dallas-based artist Kana Harada has created several new works during this time of global pandemic that blend messages of hope and positivity with visual innovations that create an imaginative universe of awe, wonder and intimacy. Divine Spark will be on view Jan. 30-Sept. 5, 2021, at the Crow Museum, located in the Dallas Arts District at 2010 Flora St., Dallas 75201.

Kana Harada, Love Letter from the Future, 2019. Acrylic paint on foam sheet. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura

Divine Spark, which features new works created by Dallas-based artist Kana Harada during this time of a global pandemic, embodies the artist’s wishes for a peaceful and bright future for all. In this exhibition, she continues to push sculpture, foam, and acrylic and watercolor painting to new heights in her practice.

Using vivid colors and intricate patterns formed with an elegant handmade touch, Harada’s titles of her works reflect newborn optimism – Fearless Hope, Freshly Picked, Home Sweet Home, Love Letter from the Future, Ingrained, Moon Kissed, and the exhibition’s namesake, Divine Spark.

Kana Harada, Home Sweet Home, 2020. Lamp shade paper and mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura

For more information, visit crowmuseum.org