For the past 5 years my wonderful husband and I have had the pleasure of featuring Dallas' best local artists at our gallery in the Magnolia Theatre in Uptown. We are very pleased to bring over 23 artists together to take a look back at our creative past. 

Guest Curators Nicole Cullum Horn and Scott Horn present A Magnolia Gallery Retrospective at the Ross-Akard Gallery, inside the Fairmont Hotel at 1717 N. Akard in Dallas from April 30 – May 27, 2011.  The reception is Saturday April 30th, from 7-10 PM.  Admission to the reception is free and the art is available for viewing during gallery hours, or by contacting Bryan Embry at Bryan@rossakard.com, or visit www.rossakard.com for more info.

The Magnolia Gallery is an alternative art space inside the Magnolia Theatre in Dallas, Texas.  The gallery was born in 2002 when Sarah Jane Semrad convinced the management of the theatre to allow her to put fresh art on the walls every month.  In late 2006 she handed the reins to Nicole Cullum Horn and Scott Horn, two curators she met through Pigeon-Stone Project. Since then the Horns have had the pleasure of curating shows with over 40 artists working in a variety of media, from photography and painting to yarn and bike frames.  The gallery's unique exposure to the Magnolia's thousands of movie-goers every month draws a lineup of artists who punch far above the weight of this non-traditional space, benefitting the artists and the community in equal measure. The Magnolia has shown the work of storied veteran artists and has also held the first solo shows for artists who have gone on to other galleries and achievements. This retrospective show attempts to catalog the talent that has crossed our paths, some 22 of whom are represented in this collection from the four years the Horns have been at the wheel.  The gallery continues to focus on spotlighting local talent in the Dallas areas, and holds new shows every month.  For more information email magnoliagallery@gmail.com or go to www.magnoliagallerydallas.com. 

            Featured artists, in alphabetical order:

-Tony Bones

-Jonathan Brooks

-Frank Campagna

-Robb Conover

-Van Ditthavong

-Erica Felicella

-Brian Gibb

-Sally Glass

-Corey Godfrey

-John Gonzales

-J. Gordon

-Ben Hancock

-Dylan Hollingsworth

-Tania Kaufmann

-Lisa Lindholm

-David Lyles

-Cathey Miller

-Mark S. Nelson

-Jayme Nourallah

-Richard Ross

-Clint Scism
-Tramaine Townsend