The Center for Creative Connections (C3) promotes conversation and community through art. Artists and institutions collaborate to produce art installations and experiences for and about the community. The result of the collaboration is a mutual understanding of each other's creative process—everyone learns something new.
collective | connection
September 2019–December 2019
Poets, artists, storytellers, actors, and musicians created audio experiences inspired by works of art at the DMA.
Assembly
September 2018–December 2018
This quilt-like work by Lauren Cross was composed of visitors' responses to questions about common materials and identity.
Home: Neighborhood of the Heart
May 2018–August 2018
In this participatory art installation by Ellie Ivanova, visitor-contributed elements created a continuous, imaginary neighborhood.
Shay Youngblood: Writer-in-Residence
Fall 2013
Writer-in-residence Shay Youngblood gathered visitors' stories inspired by the painting Starry Crown by John Biggers.
South Dallas Cultural Center
May 2012–October 2012
The Free Association exhibition invited visitors to “free associate” using prompts taken from the African American experience in this country.
Skyline Architecture Cluster: DISD
March 2011–October 2011
Sculpting Space: 299 Chairs was created by students at Skyline High School and used simple chairs to sculpt space.
UNT New Media Program Installation
July 2009–January 2010
Electronic and digital technology, equipment, and materials were manipulated to behave in meaningful new ways.
In My Image
May 2019-August 2019
Artist Spencer Evans explored notions of image and identity, helping participants discover their true selves.
Gestures
January 2018–April 2018
Artist Timothy Harding examined the visibility of the artist’s gesture and mark-making in a work of art.
Sound/re:Vision
July 2017–September 2017
Artist Lisa Huffaker used an antique vending machine to dispense small, handmade books of art and writing inspired by a work of art from the DMA's collection.
Translating Culture II... Community Voices
October 2014–May 2015
Local students explored the DMA's collection and then created interpretive resources from their unique points of view.
The Mother Load
September 2014–March 2015
This collaborative project engaged with women who lead the creative life of an artist while being a mother.
Tree of "Light" Community Exchange
March 2014–June 2014
In this community exchange project, visitors explored the potential meanings behind “Nur,” the Arabic word that means “light.”
Agence 5970 – Frank & Kristen Lee Dufour
November 2011-May 2012
Acoustic Shadows was an audiovisual immersive and interactive installation based on a modern interpretation of the myth of Orpheus.
SMU – Meadows School of the Arts
September 2010-February 2011
Living Room was the result of an intense collaborative process—it invited visitors to confront space while space, in turn, confronted them.
Booker T. Washington High School
November 2008–June 2009
Exploring concepts of self and identity, students installed large-scale self-portraits inspired by the Janine Antoni sculpture Lick and Lather.
Carrito de Memorias
January 2019–April 2019
Inspired by the food carts commonly found across Mexico, this project explored the shared experiences of food.
The Laboring Self
October 2017–December 2017
This interactive installation by xtine burrough and Sabrina Starnaman invited visitors to explore the connection between labor and their bodies.
A. Kendra Greene: Writer-in-Residence
July 2014
Greene reviewed thousands of visitor responses from the Tree of "LIGHT" interactive, and ultimately used them to compose numerous poems.
NOT WITHOUT A TRACE – David Herman
February 2016–March 2016
This installation presented a commentary on photographic memory and time, and the presence of our individual and collective experiences.
Experiments on Public Space
February 2015–April 2015
Artist Eliel Jones explored the idea of publicness in the Museum with the goal of enhancing our understanding of democracy.
Translating Culture... Community Voices
Summer 2013
Participants learned about the DMA's collection not merely through observation, but by actively writing and sharing their impressions.
Jim Hodges Community Exchange
October 2013–January 2014
Inspired by the power of our individual voices, this project invited visitors to consider how they might use their voice in creative and positive ways.
Annette Lawrence Installation
November 2011–May 2012
Through 27 hours of workshops, Museum visitors contributed to making a single line out of strips of paper. The finished line is 2,490 feet long.
Lesli Robertson Installation
February 2010–July 2010
In Woven Records, artist Lesli Robertson led Museum visitors, volunteers, and community groups in creating collaborative collages.
UTA School of Architecture
May 2008–October 2008
Students and faculty from the UTA Architecture program designed walls that examined the meanings of the materials used by architects and designers.