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Events

2010 OCSFA Salon Series

Tickets are $10 for OCSFA members and $15 for non-members.

Thursday, February 25, 7:30-9

An Evening of Jazz

Jampact is an electro-acoustic band composed of Meadows School Dean José Bowen (piano), Buddy Mohmed (bass), and Meadows faculty members Kim Corbet (trombone and synthesizer), Akira Sato (trumpet) and Jamal Mohamed (drums). From exotic grooves to jammin' blues, the group features an improvisational mix of original jazz, funk and world music.

Sponsors for this evening:

Alfred Martinez and James Prothro

Kenda North and Wilson Meador

Thursday, March 25, 7:30-9

The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874

Heather MacDonald will speak on the exhibition The Lens of Impressionism, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art from February 21 to May 23, 2010. Ms. MacDonald is the curator for the DMA venue of this fascinating exhibition, which is an exploration of Impressionist painting's response to early photography within the context of a specific geographic locale, the coast of Normandy. Ms. MacDonald is the Lillian and James H. Clark Associate Curator of European Art.

Sponsors for this evening:

TBA

Thursday, April 22, 7:30-9

The Architecture of Charles Dilbeck

Willis Winters, FAIA will lecture on The Architecture of Charles Dilbeck. Mr. Winters, Assistant Director of the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department, is a respected architectural historian and has published extensively on Dallas architecture. He is currently working on a book featuring Charles Dilbeck. Dilbeck, often described as a romantic or eccentric architect, designed numerous outstanding homes in Oak Cliff and Dallas, as well as the Belmont Hotel.