Arts coverage is the backbone of what we do here at Patron, so when we have the opportunity to visit with multiple artists and collectors in a single issue we know we?re in for a treat. This issue finds us catching up with Marguerite Hoffman who graciously shared a sampling from her outstanding collection installed in the divine Garden Pavilion designed by the late Bill Booziotis. She tells arts writer Nancy Cohen Israel that she?s growing the breadth of female artists in her collection. ?Often the work refers to women?s bodies or to the roles that are traditionally relegated to women.? One of these artists is Renate Bertlmann, whose Washing Day, 1976?2014, graces our cover, reminding all of the significance of the female voice.
William Carr has been a Dallas Art Fair champion since its inception and serves as a director of the Dallas Art Fair Foundation. In Home Grown we visit with him and partner Michael Pappas to discuss their ongoing commitment and art that appeals to them coming to its 10th edition this April. Shannon and Dallas Sonnier are also Dallas Art Fair enthusiasts. Self-described as ?new to collecting,? the Sonniers have enjoyed their recent acquisitions and shared works they are eyeing from among the fair?s upcoming exhibitors.
In our Contemporaries and Studio departments, we checked in with three artists, two Dallas-based?Otis Jones and Paul Winker (whom we?re grateful to have in our backyard)?and Bret Slater, a Southern Methodist University MFA graduate who began his career here before moving back to his native New York. Together they embody the life of an artist from emerging to represented to established, an ongoing investigation to produce new work.
We were sorry to lose Alan Kagan and Eduardo Moncada who moved from Dallas to their beloved Santa Fe, but thrilled they opened their new mountainous home to Patron readers, instilled with distinguishing thumbprints from our hometown. Alan, a developer who worked with Far + Dang architects, created a modern dwelling that brims with art from local galleries. Peggy Levinson gives details in Santa Fe Modern. Enjoy the natural beauty of the Land of Enchantment, knowing Texas is underscored.
Meanwhile, Lee Cullum shares the particulars of the magnanimous efforts of this year?s TACA Silver Cup Award Honorees, Julie Hersh and Don Stone. Awarded for outstanding arts leadership and volunteerism, the pair embodies TACA’s mission: ?Transforming lives through the arts.? Next, Lee describes the underpinnings of The Dallas Opera?s upcoming premiere of Dutch composer Michael van der Aa?s Sunken Garden. Integrating video and 3D technology, the opera examines an imagined barrier between life and death.
One Step Beyond again commits to an artist from the area. Here, photographer Shayna Fontana integrates the work of Manila-born, Dallas-based sculptor Dan Lam whose Squishes, Drips, and Blobs fascinate in their otherworldly appearance. A cosmic treat, the images pay homage to early spring fashion.
We hope readers will enjoy these stories as much as we did producing them. As always we look forward to the ?laundry list? of things to see, do, and discover in the region.