PUBLIC PROGRAMS
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The Museum of Street Culture is a place where trained and untrained artists collaborate and create art independently, involving people who live in the street and who work in the street.
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Upcoming Events
Please check back for updates to our upcoming events.
Ongoing Events
Looking for Home | Dialogue Series
Started January 27, 2018
This series will present artists, arts professionals, and human and social service specialists in public conversations about homelessness, street culture, and issues related to activating new ideas and building community. Participants and more information to be announced.
Started January 27, 2018
This series will present artists, arts professionals, and human and social service specialists in public conversations about homelessness, street culture, and issues related to activating new ideas and building community. Participants and more information to be announced.
Past Events
Docent Tours
October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018
The photographic exhibition of Mary Ellen Mark’s work was updated to reveal distinct periods of Tiny’s life. The work was on view outdoors and inside The Stewpot (1822 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201). Docents were homeless Stewpot clients who shared their own experiences on the tours, connecting the past with the present.
1. October 1, 2017 – Streetwise: Tiny and Runaway Children in Seattle (1983)
2. January 27, 2018 – Tiny and Her Children (1985-1999) + Picturing Homelessness
3. April 14, 2018 – Tiny’s Family Life (2003-2005) + Photography and Social Justice
October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018
The photographic exhibition of Mary Ellen Mark’s work was updated to reveal distinct periods of Tiny’s life. The work was on view outdoors and inside The Stewpot (1822 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201). Docents were homeless Stewpot clients who shared their own experiences on the tours, connecting the past with the present.
1. October 1, 2017 – Streetwise: Tiny and Runaway Children in Seattle (1983)
2. January 27, 2018 – Tiny and Her Children (1985-1999) + Picturing Homelessness
3. April 14, 2018 – Tiny’s Family Life (2003-2005) + Photography and Social Justice
Dallas Art Fair Panel Discussion
Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
April 14, 2018
12-1pm
Panel Discussion: Reinventing the Museum
On Saturday, April 14, 12-1pm The Museum of Street Culture presents the fourth event in its dialogue series with a panel discussion at the Dallas Art Fair.
Panelists:
Alan Govenar — Founding Director, The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park
Suzanne Erickson — Director of Children and Youth, The Stewpot
Justine Ludwig — Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Dallas Contemporary
Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
April 14, 2018
12-1pm
Panel Discussion: Reinventing the Museum
On Saturday, April 14, 12-1pm The Museum of Street Culture presents the fourth event in its dialogue series with a panel discussion at the Dallas Art Fair.
Panelists:
Alan Govenar — Founding Director, The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park
Suzanne Erickson — Director of Children and Youth, The Stewpot
Justine Ludwig — Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Dallas Contemporary
Opening Reception + Docent Tours | Tiny's Family Life, 2003-2005, Photography and Social Justice
The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park, 1822 Young Street, Dallas, 75201
April 14, 2018
6-8 pm
Tiny’s Family Life, 2003-2005, the third installation in the incremental and progressive exhibition Looking for Home: A Yearlong Focus on the Work of Mary Ellen Mark
Photography and Social Justice, photographs by teenagers in the education program developed by The Museum of Street Culture in association with The Stewpot Junior and Venturing Crews
The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park, 1822 Young Street, Dallas, 75201
April 14, 2018
6-8 pm
Tiny’s Family Life, 2003-2005, the third installation in the incremental and progressive exhibition Looking for Home: A Yearlong Focus on the Work of Mary Ellen Mark
Photography and Social Justice, photographs by teenagers in the education program developed by The Museum of Street Culture in association with The Stewpot Junior and Venturing Crews
Public Sculpture Models
J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Children's Center
March 14, 2018
2pm
Danielle Naylor, Education Coordinator, offered an educational cultural art program for the Children's Center at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Participants learned about public art in the forms of sculptures and how they can serve to advocate for issues that the artist cares about. Participants created their own public art by creating model-sized sculptures out of paper and pipe cleaners.
J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Children's Center
March 14, 2018
2pm
Danielle Naylor, Education Coordinator, offered an educational cultural art program for the Children's Center at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Participants learned about public art in the forms of sculptures and how they can serve to advocate for issues that the artist cares about. Participants created their own public art by creating model-sized sculptures out of paper and pipe cleaners.
Streetwise and Martin Bell + Alan Govenar
Nasher Sculpture Center
February 25, 2018
2pm
The Museum of Street Culture presented the third event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services.
Nasher Sculpture Center
February 25, 2018
2pm
The Museum of Street Culture presented the third event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services.
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The Museum of Street Culture Dialogue Series:
Brian Wallis + Sue Thiers Hesseltine Nasher Sculpture Center February 11, 2018 2pm The Museum of Street Culture presented the second event in its dialogue series with arts professionals and human and social service professionals on the role of photography in social advocacy and human services. |
Opening Reception | Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999, Picturing Homelessness
The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park, 1822 Young Street, Dallas, 75201
January 27, 2018
12:30 - 2:30pm
Opening Reception Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999, Picturing Homelessness
Public Dialogue with Saturday Kids’ Club children artists, their parents, and Stewpot clients and staff
Free Taco Lunch
The Museum of Street Culture at Encore Park, 1822 Young Street, Dallas, 75201
January 27, 2018
12:30 - 2:30pm
Opening Reception Tiny and Her Children, 1985-1999, Picturing Homelessness
Public Dialogue with Saturday Kids’ Club children artists, their parents, and Stewpot clients and staff
Free Taco Lunch
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Encore Pachanga March 25, 2017 | 508 Amphitheater at Encore Park Encore Pachanga featured different styles of accordion music, including Texas Folklife’s Big Squeeze accordion contest for musicians 21 and under, as well as harmonica player Clementino Lopez and Tejano musicians Los De La Cruz, Conjunto Baraja de Oro, Aaron Salinas, and Los Morales Boyz. The day began with a workshop by Los Morales Boyz with children from The Stewpot's Saturday Kid's Club. |
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Reinventing the Museum
April 23, 2016 | Nasher Sculpture Center Reinventing the Museum brought together renowned museum designer Adrian Gardère and Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs of the Dallas Museum of Art, Olivier Meslay in conversation about new approaches for museums to engage diverse & underserved audiences. Adrien Gardère will bring his rich experience in exhibition design to bear in the conversation and Olivier Meslay will lead the discussion about an array of questions concerning access, sustainability and exhibition strategies. The lecture was hosted in association with The Museum of Street Culture at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Press Coverage: |
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First Annual 508 Park Fiddle Contest
November 7, 2015 | 508 Amphitheater The Museum of Street Culture partnered with the Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association (TOTFA) to organize a fiddle contest, the first in Dallas in nearly 50 years. 32 fiddlers and 7 accompanists competed in six age divisions: 8 and under, 9-12, 13-17, 18-39, 40-64, and 65 and over. A special category called “The Roots of Western Swing” featured individuals and small groups of fiddlers who competed by performing western swing songs in the spirit of those popularized by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, who recorded at 508 Park. Press Coverage: |
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On That Day June 19, 2012 | First Presbyterian Church On that Day, written by Alan Govenar and Akin Babatunde was a theatrical spoken word and musical evocation of the world of Dallas on June 19 & 20, 1937 when not only Robert Johnson, but also the Crystal Spring Ramblers and the Light Crust Doughboys, recorded at 508 Park Avenue. Press Coverage: |