A New Epiphany

Arthur Fry was a pretty normal kid. He grew up in Minnesota in the 1930's, sang in the church choir and loved spending his extra time reading. He was the kind of person who loved books too much to mark them up with ink. Instead, he scribbled notes on scraps of paper and used them to bookmark pages. The only problem was that all of his notes kept falling out of their place in the book, that is, until the day of his great epiphany…

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Your Donation Doubled!

We are pleased to announce that one of the generous patrons of Art House Dallas has committed to match up to $10,000 for each donation made to the Equip Artists Campaign by December 31st! Your generous year-end gifts would provide the opportunity for us to raise a total of $20,000! As there are so many areas to give this time of year, please consider that your contribution to Art House Dallas is making an investment not only in our community, but in our culture at large as we equip artists of all types…

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Glimpse of Beauty

I took the back way to work this morning. Though a slower route, it was worth it to drive past the beautiful pond and the large trees along the creek. I was captivated by the oranges, reds and yellows of the fall leaves, and the beams of light streaming through the branches. I wish I could've captured it in a photograph, the beautiful flickers of glory, which created in me a longing “to find the place where all the beauty…

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We Equip Artists Because Creativity Matters

In a global survey of 1,500 CEOs, IBM found that creativity was considered to be the #1 leadership trait for the future. Creativity is more than a leadership trait. It’s the ability to create solutions for complex problems and to add beauty and hope to a searching world. Art House Dallas takes the power of creativity to change our culture very seriously and has spent the last two years equipping and encouraging artists of all types: photographers, writers, entrepreneurs, architects, painters, musicians…

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Why We're Giving Thanks: Big News!

We received a surprise in the mail recently. The familiar letterhead from the Internal Revenue Service instinctively made me dread its contents. Instead, I was greeted with the unbelievable news that Art House Dallas had received non-profit status as a 501c3 public charity! I may or may not have jumped up and down by myself in my office...I was so overwhelmed with gratitude once I realized what I was holding in my hands–mainly because I wasn’t expecting to hear back from the IRS until later in 2013. In many ways…

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