In honor of World AIDS Day on Friday, December 1, The Art Institute of Dallas will host Beauty and the Beast, a gallery exhibit illustrating the impact of AIDS on childhood. The exhibit, presented by the Micheal Maddison Children’s Fund, features photography by A.O. Matesun.

The images depict his recent trip to Africa and show how the disease is ravaging the country and especially the country’s children.

A reception will be held on December 1 at 6:00 pm. Mr. Matesun will speak about the plight of African children and the commitments necessary to restore childhood innocence to the continent.

The exhibit runs December 1-15, 2006.

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The Art Institute of Dallas is proud to announce upcoming portfolio shows for its pending graduates!  The Interior Design Portfolio Show will take place on the 5th floor of The Art Institute on Thursday, December 7 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

The Fashion Design Portfolio Show will begin at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 13 at The Richardson Civic Center, immediately preceding the quarterly student fashion show at 7:00 pm.

On January 5 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm, the Graphic Design, Animation, Interactive Media Design, and Video Production Portfolio Shows will take place at the Holiday Inn Select on North Central Expressway.

Students graduating at the end of the month will be exhibiting their work at this time. This is an excellent opportunity for employers to review the work of potential new hires.

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The top five student finalists from The Art Institutes converged on Las Vegas on Saturday to compete in the 2nd Annual Alouette® Culinary Stars Recipe Contest final event held at The Culinary Institute of Las Vegas, a division of The Art Institute of Las Vegas.

Matthew Crowe from The Art Institute of Dallas took first place and a $1,000 check in the competition with his Onion Fondue Cheesecake Appetizer that incorporated both Alouette® Crème Fraiche and Alouette® Garlic & Herb spreadable Cheeses.

Judges evaluated each finalist dish based on the same criteria used at the semifinalist competition: versatility, functional ease, taste and food presentation. The contest was launched in an effort to excite and energize culinary students by challenging them to develop innovative and appealing recipes incorporating various Alouette cheese products.

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The Humane Society of the United States is proud to announce Audre Miller as the finalist representing The Art Institute of Dallas in the annual Cool vs. Cruel fashion design contest. The Cool vs. Cruel contest encourages design students enrolled in The Art Institutes fashion programs all over North America to produce fur-free, animal friendly fashions by using their own creativity to replace real fur in fashion.

Miller’s creation, a black strapless dress with a faux fur jacket, uses black faux fur with a crocodile skin texture to create a kind-hearted spin on the classic black dress. “Audre’s attention to detail created a look that was not only glamorous but completely compassionate by only using man-made materials,” said Annie Judah, fashion industry liaison for The HSUS.
“In using alternatives to animal fur, I was able to design and create a beautiful high fashion garment that does not come at the expense of innocent lost lives of our precious animals,” said Miller.

Miller is among hundreds of students from Art Institutes schools throughout North America who participated in this year’s contest.  Although she did not win the national prize, we are very proud of her!

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Five teams of Art Institute of Dallas fashion students were selected to design five distinct Lone Star Christmas windows at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.  The windows will be unveiled on November 16, along with the rest of the Gaylord’s holiday décor, including its annual ICE! exhibit.

Running through January 6, 2007, Gaylord Texan Resort’s second annual ICE! exhibit will display larger-than-life, three-dimensional ice sculptures and holiday scenes hand-carved from two million pounds of ice. Complementing the ICE! exhibit is the resort’s annual Lone Star Christmas event featuring more than 1.2 million sparkling lights, extravagant holiday decorations and displays, and holiday-themed retail shops – all designed to share the holiday spirit with visitors of all ages.

The following Art Institute students will be designing windows: “Amelias” – Audre Miller and Alec Duran, with Donna Sapp as the faculty sponsor; “Willow Creek” – Jodi Duplichan, Stephanie Womack, and Ana Moreno, with faculty Christi Wren; “Kids Korral” – Cara Dacus, Tramel Sherman, and Susanna Burke, with faculty Karen Garrett; “Signatures” – Kari Engelbrecht and Jessica Crutchfield, with faculty Jason Stanford; and “Lone Star Sundries” – Ashley Herron, Mario Ibarra, and Madison Adams, with faculty Janet Eskridge.

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