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The Garrett Art Gallery 11l E. Virginia McKinney, TX 75069 972-548-9361 |
Garrett Art Gallery features original, traditional, and contemporary art presented in Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Woodcuts, Linocuts, Collage, and Pottery. Over 300 works of art are on display. Gallery hours - Monday thru Saturday, 10am to 5pm. 2nd Saturdays monthly, 7Pm-10pm. | |
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Laura Moore Fine Art Studios 107 S. Tennessee McKinney, TX 75069 214-914-3630 laura@lauramooreart.com |
The Laura Moore Fine Art Studios in historic downtown McKinney, Texas, feature a new art exhibit each month with an opening reception every 2nd Saturday night from 7-10 PM. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 1-5 PM. |
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Orisons Art and Framing Gallery |
Orisons Art and Framing Gallery offers a variety of original art as well as limited editions from Somerset Fine Art and Greenwich Workshop, all at exceptional prices. Located on the Square in historic downtown McKinney, Orisons showcases nationally recognized and award-winning regional artists, such as Joe Sambataro and Brenda Brannon. Orisons is also an art publisher for artists and photographers across the country, with giclee printing on canvas or paper at attractive prices. |
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Wylie Art Gallery
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The Wylie Art Gallery was established in November 2007 for the purpose of sharing art with Wylie and the surrounding areas. They are open Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm, and Sundays by appointment only. WAG will exhibit art from Wylie ISD students and art from The Coventry Reserve Program. Participants from Coventry are adults with special needs who create hand-crafted pottery, ceramics, and unique seasonal gift items. Be sure to check their Calendar of Events for upcoming speakers, workshops, lectures, and demonstrations. And, of course, visit them on Facebook! |
Schools & Workshops
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The Art House 502 North Kentucky McKinney, TX 469-952-2787 |
The Art House is a 100-year old house on the edge of the historic district in McKinney, and a hub for artists in McKinney, where they can run their own classes, and rent studio space. The Art House is a place where children and adults alike can follow their creative dreams. Classes at the Art House include home school art classes, pottery, drawing, painting, print making, and multimedia taught by the talented Art House teachers. Last year, Sona Knox, co-founder and owner of the Art House, and fellow McKinney artists Kerry Randall-Johnston and Molly Goodall, along with art enthusiast Lisa LaBarge, organized the McKinney Art Studio Tour (MAST), under the auspices of the McKinney Art Club. The event startled many McKinney residents who followed the self-guided tour through an amazing array of art studios around town. Sona says,"We are here for you...let us know what classes interest you. I want this place to serve the community." |
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| The Artist's Loft 110 E. Louisiana McKinney, TX 75069 Debra Linker The Artist’s Loft 206.660.8046 972.345.6311 debra@debralinker.com |
The Artist's Loft is offering Life Drawing Open Sessions to local artists three times a week. Model provided, open sessions: Monday and Wednesday – 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Friday mornings – 9:30 am – 12:30 am $20/session On the Square between Orisons Gallery and Sauce restaurant – upstairs. RSVPs appreciated. |
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The Encaustic Center 580 W. Arapaho Rd. #271 Richardson, TX 75080 214.405.5993 (Bonny) 972.345.9968 (Deanna) |
Encaustic painting is an ancient technique in which pigment is added to melted wax to create a paint. After the hot paint is applied and cools, it can be manipulated to produce an interesting finish. The newly opened Encaustic Center in Richardson is the brainchild of artist Bonny Leibowitz of The Bonny Studio and encaustic painter Deanna Wood. They have a slew of workshops and sell supplies. |
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McKinney Art and Design Studio McKinney, TX Annie Royer, Owner 972-542-7387 www.McKinneyArtandDesign.com www.AnneRoyer.com |
For over a decade in McKinney, we have encouraged the artistic development of children, young people and adults by offering individualized art instruction in a relaxed studio environment. Emphasis is placed on color, composition, and design in acrylic, oils, collage and block printing. The studio has small classes in 2+ hour sessions throughout a flexible weekly schedule. An annual all-studio art exhibit held at Collin College marks the end of the fall/spring semester, and throughout the year, students are encouraged to publicly display and demonstrate. During the summer, special sessions are available. Please call for more information. |
Supplies & Tools
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Apple Leef Farm 7454 FM 121 P.O. Box 776 Van Alstyne, TX 75495 903-482-5128 Shop 903-744-3419 Leef's Cell |
Apple Leef Farm is a full fiber center offering a well supplied store with a large area teaching facility. It is located in the rolling hills of north Texas just a couple of miles east of Van Alstyne (see map). The beautiful bed and breakfast cabins are available year round. Both the shop and cabins are available for group retreats and meetings. The farm is surrounded by woods and diverse wildlife and wildflower fields that are spectacular in the spring. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming and Leef quickly becomes a good friend. Leef's shop is full of delectable fibers, spinning wheels, dyes, accessories that tempt the artistic eye, and much more. Visit the website for free knitting and crochet patterns, instructional articles, and a view of the furry residents of the farm (sheep,guardian dogs, and other critters). Peruse the classes offered, and if the one you are interested in is not scheduled in the calendar, let Leef know and she will work it out. Mark your calendar for Leef's SPIN IN, the 2nd Saturday of every month,10am till whenever. Come spend the day. Bring a project to work on - spin, knit, crochet, felt - or just come visit - and a sack lunch. Lots of fun and comaraderie! HOURS: 10am to 5pm - Tuesday thru Friday ~ and by appointment
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Asel Art Supplies 2701 Cedar Springs Dallas TX 75201 214-871-2425 1-888 ASEL ART Locations | Since 1951, Asel Art Supply has been your one stop shop for quality art, graphic, architectural and engineering supplies. Click on Fine Art Supplies or Graphic Art Supplies for a complete list of items available online. Customer service representatives are available to answer any questions you may have.
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BITY Mold Supply (Brick in the Yard) 521 Sterling Drive Richardson, TX 75081 214-575-5600 mitch@brickintheyard.com | BITY Mold Supply provides the best materials for your molding and casting projects. BITY Mold Supply products are used extensively for ornamental plaster reproduction, art bronze casting, special makeup effects, prototyping, product development, displays, concrete casting, and cast stone production. In addition to their complete product line, they also offer great technical support to get you started, including training in the form of YOUTUBE videos and local classes.
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Daniel Smith Artists' Materials 4150 First Avenue South Seattle, Washington 98134 1-800-426-6740 |
Daniel Smith Fine Artists' Materials started in Seattle, Washington in April 1976. In addition to being a leading supplier of art supplies to artists of all disciplines, they also manufacture their own superior-quality lines of watercolors, acrylics, oil paints and printmaking inks. The website includes of thousands of art products, including paints, brushes, pastels, drawing, printmaking, papers, canvas, studio items, framing materials, books, videos, and unique items found nowhere else. Be sure to peruse their Articles and Videos containing tips and techniques on all media. |
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Dharma Trading Company 1604 Fourth Street San Rafael, California 94901 1-800-542-5227 | Dharma Trading Company provides textile craft supplies and clothing blanks to artists, crafters, and industry with fast, friendly services at fair prices. Their products include dyes, paints, clothing and dyables, fabris, scarves, chemicals, markers, transfer products, books, tools, resists, amd yarns and fibers. These products are used in techniques such as tie-dy, tub dyeing, silk painting, fabric painting, fabric sculpting, batik, marbling, stamping, transfers, screen printing, costume making, embellishing, airbrushing and body art, and felting. |
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Dick Blick Art Materials P.O. Box 1267 Galesburg, IL 61402-1267 1-800-933-2542 |
Since 1911, Blick has served the artist community. Family-owned and operated, they buy in bulk direct from manufacturers and pass along the savings to you. The wide selection, promotions, and competitive prices make Blick the largest discounter of art materials. Today, Blick Art Materials remains an art supply source for professional artists, students, and teachers, and continues to be a family-owned business. Their annual Artist’s and Educator’s catalogs, more than 500 and 600 pages, respectively, are considered industry "bibles." They also offer hundreds of printable lesson plans and video workshops for teachers, and product videos for artists, to help them with their purchase decisions and techniques. |
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Harbor Freight Tools 1704 Belt Line Road Richardson, TX 75081 1-800-444-3353 | In 1968, Harbor Freight Tools had a mission: make it easier for people to get the best value possible on top-quality tools they could trust. Now, more than 40 years later, that mission has made Harbor Freight Tools the largest tool and equipment catalog retailer. At Harbor Freight Tools you’ll find one of the largest selections of brand-name tools, plus many items you just can't find elsewhere. Harbor Freight offers to beat any competitor’s delivered price within one year from your date of purchase, even if it’s an advertised special.
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Light Impressions P.O. Box 2100 Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 1-800-828-6216 info@lightimpressionsdirect.com | Established in 1969, Light Impressions offers the world's largest variety of fine archival storage, display and presentation materials for negatives, transparencies, CDs, photographs, artwork and documents. The company's exclusive products are manufactured to exact specifications developed by a team of artists and archivists, collectors and conservationists, photographers and preservationists and ordinary people committed to providing the highest quality archival supplies. This highly-respected work force enables Light Impressions to offer its discerning clientele superb quality and expert technical assistance. Light Impressions offers the following product categories on their website: Albums & Scrapbooks, Archival Boxes, Archival Pages, Digital Storage & Accessories, Dry Mount, Mat Boards, Photo Institutional Supplies, Picture Framing, Presentation & Transporting Art, Protectors - Page & Print, Archival Tapes & Adhesives and Photo/Slide Viewing & Handling.
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Paper Arts 118 N. Peak Street Dallas, TX 75226-1137 214-828-9494 paperartsdallas@sbcglobal.net | Terri, the paper goddess, has every kind of pape you can imagine in her shop, over 1000 varieties, and she knows where it all is. Her knowledge of paper is extensive. Tell her what you want to do and she will suggest a range of paper to meet your needs. Even if you aren't into paper you will end up buying something, because it is all so beautiful! Store hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 am- 5 pm and Saturday 11 am - 4 pm. |
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The Quilt Asylum 153 S. Central Expwy McKinney, TX 75070 (972) 562-2686 (888) ASYLUM-8 | The Quilt Asylum is a complete quilt store with 6300 square feet filled with over 3000 bolts of 100% cotton fabric, patterns, books, notions, gift items, quilt kits, and more for all your quilting needs. You will find a wide variety of fabric styles within the store - Kaffe Fassett prints, Batiks, Reproductions, Novelties, Blacks & Whites, and Basics - just to name a few! With over 75 years of combined quilting experience amongst the staff, they take pride in customer service and problem-solving. Check out their classes and FREE events. |
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Trinity Ceramic Supply Inc | Trinity Ceramics is THE place in the Dallas area to buy ceramic supplies - clay, glazes, tools, books, magazines, pottery wheels, slab rollers, extruders, and other things you didn't even know existed. Their people are always friendly and helpful. Clays are usually on sale at the beginning of the school year.
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Twinrocker Handmade Paper P.O. Box 413 Brookston, IN 47923 1-800-757-8946 info@twinrockerhandmadepaper.com | Established by Kathryn and Howard Clark in 1971, Twinrocker was pivotal to the renaissance of hand papermaking in America. Combining their background in Fine Art and Mechanical Engineering, they approached the ancient craft of hand papermaking with a fresh look, forming sheets by hand in the most traditional manner, but also introducing innovative design. Twinrocker makes handmade papers from the finest cotton rag, just as paper was made in Europe centuries ago. Papers are made in dozens of sizes from 2" x 3" cards for invitations, up to 34 x 48" art papers. Thickness ranges from text to board weight. All are archival and neutral pH. All Twinrocker papers, except those marked “Printmaking or Letterpress” are suitable for all media, including water-based materials such as pen and ink. In addition to paper, Twinrocker also carries books, videos, and supplies for papermaking and bookmaking. |
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