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Gather your family and friends and join NBC 5 and The Southlake Women’s Club for the 23rd annual, nationally ranked, award-winning Art in the Square, from April 28 – 30 at Southlake Town Square.

Find out how to attend The Colorful Wave art exhibition in Dallas. It’s a showcase celebrating womanhood and equality with works of art. MORE: MarianMekhail.com/ColorfulWave

Founders of Puzzles of Color, Ericka Chambers and William Jones, share their journey of starting a diverse puzzle company. MORE: PuzzlesofColor.com | @PuzzlesofColor

Nadia Nesich, a 7th-grade student at Pegasus School of Liberal Arts & Sciences in Dallas, is this year’s winner of the DART Contest

A painting available at Heritage Auctions was used for the album cover art for Tupac Shakur’s last album.

Clarence Hu is founder at Hotpot, a company that uses artificial intelligence to generate and edit images using text commands. We recently talked to Hu about AI in the art world, how people use this tech, and his mission to empower people who have ideas.

Hotpot is an AI-powered art maker that generates images from plain text and can replicate artistic styles like anime or the work of Vincent Van Gogh. It’s built on a system called DALL-E, which was developed by OpenAI and is capable of making shockingly realistic and creative images. The implications are huge for art, culture and society. NBCLX storyteller Peter...

A piece of artwork is more than just the colors or techniques used to create it, as often the story behind the art or the artist is just as important. This rings true for local artist Marian Mekhail, who showcases her Egyptian heritage in her colorful works. MORE: MarianMekhail.com

A local artist is brightening up River Oaks with a mural on the side of Josefina’s Mexican Cuisine. She explains her inspiration for her creation to NBC 5’s Evan Anderson.

Tyler Gordon is deaf and has a Vitamin D deficiency, and when growing up, he used art to cope. The 15-year-old self-taught painter has gone viral for past works including a portrait of Betty White and another of Vice President Kamala Harris. Gordon talks with LX News Now host Jobeth Devera about how his art lets him “talk without speaking.”

The Denton Black Film Festival is back and NBC 5 is once again a media sponsor. Harry Eaddy, Festival Director for the Denton Black Film Festival, discusses the 5-day festival that is committed to educating us, entertaining us, and inspiring us with film, art, music, spoken word, comedy, dance, gospel meets jazz, and a technology expo. Experience the festival in-person...

Be captivated! Be entertained and be inspired at the Denton Black Film Festival! Attend this exciting virtual showcase of film, cinema, music, spoken word, art and more January 27 through February 6.

Color Me Empowered is a local non-profit dedicated to empowering at-risk children through visual arts and the implementation of civic art. MORE: CMEDFW.org

Martin Scorsese’s alma mater, New York University, is establishing a film institute in his name after a gift from George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The formation of the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts was to be announced Tuesday by NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The institute will include a virtual production center, the Martin Scorsese Department of...

The Shops at Park Lane in Dallas are decorated for the holidays, but to appreciate its new pop-up art installation called ‘The Kringles’, you have to peel back the layers.

A new generation of Indigenous artists is decolonizing the status quo.

Sundance Square and Artspace 111 have begun a mural initiative that will create a three-block-long art exhibit on the outside walls of two warehouses in downtown Fort Worth.

A North Texas woman has taken her love for butterflies and started a local business by creating bright and colorful chairs that are sure to be the talk of the neighborhood.  FACEBOOK: @OhanaButterflies

U.S. authorities have returned about 250 antiquities to India in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme

Join NBC 5 and the Dallas Black Dance Theatre for the 2021 Director’s Choice at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre on November 5 – 6 at 7:30 p.m. The Dallas Black Dance Theatre celebrates its 45th anniversary as a Catalyst for Change in the community. The Director’s Choice series helps to shine a light on the future of dance…