The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Letting Go: Veils of the Unseen”, a solo exhibition of new paintings and video art by Goldmark artist Shinwoo Song.

The exhibition is on display from 8/24 through 9/6 with a reception on Saturday 8/29 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. The reception is a great opportunity to meet the artist and learn from him about his artwork.

About the Exhibition
This exhibition presents a practice that begins where explanation stops. Moving from the moment before language, the work focuses on time-based painting as a living event and a durational record of body memory and rhythm.

The canvas functions not as a surface for representation, but as a field of perception where gestures appear, disappear, and return, embodying an ongoing cycle of renewal that stays open and keeps moving, rather than a fixed meaning.

The display features new time-based paintings and a single channel video loop coexisting within the space, marking the beginning of a new cycle of practice following the transition into a new studio environment.

The title Letting Go functions as an ongoing framework within a broader practice. Veils of the Unseen is part of a larger cycle of interconnected works that explore transformation, perception, disappearance, return, and renewal through different material and spatial approaches.

About the Artist
Shinwoo Song is an artist whose practice centers on time-based painting as a living event and a durational record of body memory and rhythm. He focuses on the canvas as a field of perception where gestures appear, disappear, and return within an ongoing cycle of renewal that stays open and keeps moving, rather than a fixed meaning.

Upon completing his MFA at SMU, he continues his cycle of practice within the framework of Letting Go and sensations that exist before language. Currently based in a new studio environment in Dallas, his work allows material traces and temporal elements to coexist within the space.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Split Painting Show” a joint exhibition of new paintings by Goldmark artists Parker Turney and Randall Day.

The exhibition is on display from 8/10 through 8/23, with a reception on Saturday 8/22 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The reception is a great opportunity to meet both artists and learn about their artwork!

About the Exhibition
This exhibition is a collaboration in the spirit of split music releases. A "split", common in extreme metal and punk subgenres, is where two or more bands with similar aims combine a handful of songs to fill out a record. Hailing from DFW, Randall and Parker have over thirty years combined experience playing music in North Texas' underground metal scene. Their shared appreciation for heavy music and its influence displayed through the medium of paint.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “F A R E W E L L”, an interactive solo exhibition of cyanotypes and photographic negatives by Goldmark artist A.L. Quillen.

The exhibition is on display from 6/29 through 7/26 with a reception on Saturday 7/25 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. The reception is a great opportunity to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork.

About the Exhibition
Nothing feels complete because I am incomplete. Please rifle through retired negatives, cyanotypes, digital pigment prints, transparencies backed in gold, and scraps of material to learn more about the little nothings embedded in everyday trials.

This exhibition, “Farewell”, is a visual conversation between who I am now and who I was during my 2019 show, “Let Go”. That body of work processed unresolved emotion and stifled trauma. It was an outpouring of grief attempting to cure the broken pieces of myself. There were over two hundred mixed media cyanotypes printed, the negatives altered, and printed again. It was displayed in a swarm around a column, and the negatives will never print another cyanotype, making each image limited edition. Those negatives are now backed in gold, transitioning them into an artwork of themselves and solidifying their purpose as a past exploration of craft. Check out the concept of “Kintsugi”.

They say writers break themselves into pieces and call them characters—artists of other mediums do it, too.

This body is the open wound and the closure needed to move on from grief. It’s the process of transforming objects that are meant to be discarded into something worthy of holding attention.

It’s proof that broken things can be beautiful and travels through an idea in its entirety. It’s the struggle to find purpose. And it’s the accumulation of thought and experimentation in process, theory, and practice. I don’t practice art, because I “need” to. I practice art, because the process of creating something grants me the time and space to understand myself at basic emotional levels. Visual pieces like this and writing are my voice.

About the Artist
A.L. Quillen is a photographer in Dallas who utilizes historical processes to make accessible fine art. Her work is about grief over time, the elusivity of memory, and the power of mental processing. She’s opening a darkroom and alt lab to keep these practices alive and writes fantasy novels in her spare time.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “What Grows Over Us”, a solo exhibition of new cyanotypes, photographs, and handmade books by Goldmark artist Kimberly Catino.

The exhibition is on display from 6/1 through 6/14, with an exhibition reception on Saturday 6/6. The reception is an ideal opportunity to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork..

About the Exhibition

This work moves through abandoned cemeteries across North-East Dallas, where memory is no longer stable. Headstones sink, names disappear, and histories give way to weather, growth, and time. These sites are not preserved—they are being slowly overwritten. Using cyanotype, digital photography, and handmade books, I trace that process of erosion.

Light and exposure flatten figures into shadow, while detail slips out of reach. The images resist clarity, holding only fragments of what was once legible.

The books invite close, physical engagement, echoing the scale of personal loss, while the photographs hover slightly off the wall—untethered, like the sites themselves.

This is not an act of recovery, but of attention. The work lingers in the gaps where memory fails, asking what remains when the ground itself begins to forget.

About the Artist

Kimberly Catino is a photographer whose work lingers in the quiet spaces where memory fades, and nature takes hold. Focusing on abandoned and historical cemeteries in DFW, she uses alternative photographic processes to create images that feel unearthed rather than taken— fragmented, textured, and ghostlike.

Her work traces the slow erasure of identity as headstones tilt, names dissolve, and the land begins to reclaim what was once carefully marked. Through distortion, decay, and softened detail, Kimberly embraces imperfection as a way of revealing what time obscures. The images resist clarity, echoing the instability of memory itself.

In What Grows Over Us, Kimberly invites viewers to confront the uneasy beauty of neglect and the persistence of what remains. Her photographs suggest that forgetting is not an absence, but a quiet transformation—where histories are not lost, only buried beneath layers that continue to grow.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Divine Nonchalance”, a solo exhibition of new mixed media works by Goldmark artist Jeane Elliott Clayton.

The exhibition is on display from 5/18 through 5/31 with a reception on Saturday 5/30 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. The reception is a great opportunity to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork.

About the Exhibition
I am a native Dallasite and have created with all types of media my entire life. I have a fine art background and taught art for 35 years. Throughout my life, I have created consistently. Working daily as a full time artist allows my full expression to be realized and I continue the path of creation, discovery and expression.

I capture moments in time, imagined worlds expressed through intuition and inspiration as common themes in my work. Threads of connection, seen and unseen, mysteries of that which cannot be explained and “je ne sais quoi” narratives are all part of my visual inquiry. I am interested in expressing essences and mysteries of being through various media.

We are comprised of being and existence, but are much more. Curiosity, learning, joie de vivre, playfulness, empathy, despondence, courage, etherealness are a few which influence my expressions. My most recent work explores universal and womens’ connectedness, our collective wisdom and our rights.

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About the Artist
Jeane Elliott Clayton is a mixed media artist and native Dallasite. She holds a BFA from University of North Texas and a MAE from Texas Tech University/Junction.

Her artistic practice explores themes related to intuitive moments in time, mysteries of being and threads of connection. Elliott Clayton’s work draws from human/cultural conditions, natural rights and connections to nature through the use of symbolism and subtle visual cues.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “The Shape of What Remains”, a solo exhibition of new works by Goldmark artist and co-founder Du Chau.

The exhibition is on display from 4/15 through 5/3.

About the Exhibition
In this exhibition, memory gathers softly. It settles into porcelain and repetition, into forms shaped by hunger, labor, migration, and the long echo of war. Five works are built from clay — a material that holds every touch — while one photograph folds past into the present, reminding us that history never fully loosens its grip.

Porcelain soldiers rise into a wave of silence, recalling the stillness that follows conflict. A single rice bowl becomes a universe of survival, where fragile figures stand between necessity and sacrifice. Other works echo the rhythms of harvesting, the slow building of foundations, and the tangled histories carried in the colors of the world's flags.

In the lone photograph, soldiers from Vietnam drift through the vivid green of American apples — a color that lingers in memory long after the moment has passed.

Together, these six works trace what endures: the remnants inherited across oceans, the echoes that follow us, and the fragile structures we build from what remains.

About the Artist
Du Chau, born in Vietnam and immigrating to the U.S. in 1981, has lived and worked in Dallas for over 40 years.  As a trained medical laboratory scientist, he has served as a Pathology Technical Coordinator at Methodist Dallas Medical Center since 1994. 

In the 1990s, Chau began studying ceramics at Brookhaven College, earning the Cecil Wallace Fordham Memorial Award in Visual Arts.  He later pursued a BFA and MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and currently teaches ceramics at Dallas College, Brookhaven Campus, alongside his medical career. 

Chau’s ceramic work, inspired by childhood memories and his Vietnamese heritage, reflects the synergy between his artistic and scientific pursuits.  His art has been exhibited widely, and he has received international recognition, including residencies in Rome and Chile.  In 2024, he was honored with the Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award for his artistic contributions and community advocacy.  He has curated over 50 exhibitions and is a key figure in the North Texas arts community.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Be Still and Know”, a solo exhibition of acrylic paintings and sculptures by Goldmark artist Jacqueline Jackson.

The exhibition is on display from 2/23 through 3/8, with a closing reception on Saturday 2/28 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Join us for the reception to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork!

About the Exhibition

In an age of relentless noise, Jacqueline invites us to pause.

Be Still and Know takes its title from Psalm 46:10—a call to quiet the spirit and recognize something greater than ourselves. Jacqueline renders this sacred stillness in two forms: luminous acrylic paintings and intimate ceramic figurines. Together, they speak a single language of contemplation.

The paintings layer translucent washes of color, building depth through patience rather than force. Figures emerge from soft light, their faces calm, their postures grounded. These are not hurried marks but meditations—each brushstroke an act of presence.

Alongside them, Jacqueline’s ceramic figures stand in quiet solidarity. Hand-built and carved, their surfaces retain the memory of touch. They do not perform or demand attention. They simply are. In their stillness, they become companions to our own.

This is not art that shouts. It is art that waits—for the viewer to slow, to breathe, to meet it halfway. Jacqueline creates space for sanctuary, reminding us that to be still is not passive. It is a radical choice.

Be still. And know.

About the Artist

Jacqueline V Jackson is a visual artist working in acrylic and clay. Her practice explores themes of rest, resilience, and the sacred within the everyday.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Skies of Blue”, a solo exhibition of acrylic paintings by Goldmark artist Blair Duran.

The exhibition is on display from 2/9 through 2/22, with a closing reception on Saturday 2/21 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Join us for the reception to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork!

About the Exhibition

It appears unmoving but never remains,
Its form is familiar but never the same.

Inspired by nature’s television, this exhibition features dreamlike visions of the sky. Expanding on that subject and the freedom of working without a defined end result, select works from this series also reflect and ethereal balance of the natural and geometric.

About the Artist

Blair Stevie Duran is a multidisciplinary artist and musician in the DFW area. She has painted all her life while forging a career as a classical guitarist and music instructor. This will be her first solo art exhibit.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Surface/Look Up”, an exhibition of works by Goldmark artists Don Taylor and Robert D. Romero.

The exhibition is on display now through 1/25, with a closing reception on Saturday 1/24 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Join us for the reception to meet the artists and learn from them about their artwork!

About the Artist: Don Taylor
“Born in Kentucky,  I moved to Dallas in 1974. I taught at Brookhaven College for 46 years. I have been a member of Goldmark Cultural Center for 8 years. I have exhibited my work in 4 shows at Goldmark. I am very pleased with the support over the years at the Goldmark community. It’s a great place to have a studio.” - Don Taylor

Artist Statement:
“This work is based on the use of color studies. The balance of placement of  shapes and lines, creating unity in the compositions.” - Don Taylor

About the Artist: Roberto D. Romero
“I took classes over at Brookhaven college, where I was introduced to the Holga camera and film processing, and alternative photographic methods that I continue to use in my art work.

I have exhibited my work at the Latino Cultural Center, The Bath House Cultural Center, and the 214 show Dallas at the Oak Cliff Cultural center. I have exhibited  my work at Goldmark, one solo show and once with Don Taylor.” - Robert D. Romero

Artist Statement:
“Look up! Is a photographic series created with my Holga camera. The Holga camera with its simple meniscus lens introduces vignetting, blur, light leaks and optical imperfections.  These distortions are not flaws but active collaborations in the photographs.

During the film processing , I accidently measured the chemicals at half the required strength, resulting in unexpected tonal shifts and surfaces.

Irregularities- A happy accident that transformed the photographs. Together, with the Holga camera limitations and film  processing error produced photographs that feel unstable and apocalyptic.” - Robert D. Romero       

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Whip It: Works in Progress”, an exhibition of new works by Goldmark artists Raymond Butler and Robert Garza.

The exhibition is on display now through 12/28, with an opening reception this Saturday 12/20 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Join us for the reception to meet the artists and learn from them about their artwork!

About the Artists

Raymond Butler is a multidisciplinary artist whose work revisits his childhood growing up in South Dallas in the 90s. Each piece is a snapshot of the small moments food, cartoons, neighborhood adventures, and family challenges that shaped how I saw the world. Through vibrant color and playful exaggerated imagery , I recreate the humor and survival of those years. Every artwork is a different memory and story but all of them come from the same place.

Robert S. Garza is an illustrator and muralist born and based in Dallas, TX and has been actively working since 2018. His focus on his queer and ALAANA identity has made his work recogned as he strives to create representation for those communities in the gallery space and beyond.

Robert is an illustrator, muralist and designer based in Dallas, Texas, and his work is an expression and exploration into emotion, masculinity and empowerment. He draws inspiration from street art, graphic design, character illustration and graphic novels and in my art he tends to use bright colors, bold illustrative linework, abstract shape work, and human figures with expressive postures.

His work has shifted focus to telling a continuing story with his viewers. He has been fascinated by the use of mirrors and the innate relationship people share with them. He wants to tell evolving stories about self-affirmation and emotional growth, and using viewers' perspectives and self-insertion is key by letting them literally see themselves in the work.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “OVER / UNDER”, a group exhibition of new sculptural and installation works by 10 student artists from the University of Texas at Dallas, studying under Professor SV Randall.

The exhibiting artists include Rabeeha Adnan, Hadi Asgharpour, Parul Bhatia, Stephany Chan, Mahdi Dolatyari, Joseph Harper, Paul Monaco, Diamond Nguyen, Michele Pomella, and Farzana Razzaque

The exhibition is on display from 12/9 to 12/14, with a closing reception on Sunday 12/14, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Join us for the reception to meet the artists and learn from them about their artwork!

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “The Quiet I Found and the Happiness That Followed”, a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Goldmark artist Diane Min.

The exhibition is on display from 11/14 to 11/30, with an opening reception on Saturday 11/15, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Join us for the reception to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork!

About the Exhibition

The Quiet I Found and the Happiness That Followed began when life finally slowed down enough for me to notice the calm in small things — the stillness of water, the warmth of light, the hush of early morning. Painting became my way to hold onto those quiet moments a little longer.

Working with oil paint has been a love–hate relationship. I love the smooth brushstrokes and the way the colors blend, but I don’t love waiting days for it to dry. I make plenty of mistakes, but oil forgives me — maybe that’s why I’ve grown to love it so much. It’s teaching me to slow down, to be patient, and to stop expecting everything to happen quickly — both on the canvas and in life.

Life is full of ups and downs, but I’ve learned that peace and happiness don’t always come from big moments. Sometimes they’re in the ordinary — in laughter with friends, quiet mornings, and the reminder to stop and smell the roses (or at least notice them on the way to the studio).

Through color, texture, and light, I try to paint that sense of calm and joy — the kind that sneaks up on you when you finally stop hurrying and just let yourself be.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “RETURN to ZERO”, a solo exhibition of new works by Taiwanese artist Yen-Hua Lee, the 2025 recipient of the Goldmark Cultural Center’s Anthony Okonofua International Artist Residency.

The exhibition is on display from 10/28 to 11/13, with an opening reception on Saturday 11/1, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Yen-Hua will present an artist talk about her work during the reception.

About the Artist
Yen-Hua Lee was born in Taiwan. She earned a Master of Arts from the University of Dallas in 2004, and obtained an MFA from Northern Illinois University in 2007. She has received numerous accolades, including the First Prize at the 2024 Taiwan Emerging Art Award, First Place at Studio Montclair in 2008, First Place at the Newark Arts Council’s Open Doors 08, First Place at West of Center Art House in Northville, Michigan, and the 3rd Fiber Creation Award from the Museum of Fiber Arts in Taichung, Taiwan. She has also been awarded several art residency fellowships.

Her work has been exhibited in Taiwan, Poland, China, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Russia, and the United States. Lee has held over 30 solo exhibitions at prestigious venues, including the Zarya Center of Contemporary Art, Cooper Union School in New York City, Chiayi Art Museum in Taiwan, Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University Art Center in Taiwan, Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo in Jalisco, Mexico, CYCU Art Center in Taiwan, Dallas Contemporary in the USA, NY Studio Gallery in New York City, Taipei Cultural Center in New York City, and Gallery Uno in Chicago.

She has also participated in group exhibitions at notable institutions such as the Aomori Contemporary Art Centre in Japan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Pier-2 Art Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Yingge Ceramic Museum in Taiwan, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, Taitung Art Museum in Taiwan, China Ceramic Museum in China, Chelsea Art Museum in NYC, Katonah Museum in New York, Masur Museum of Art in Louisiana, Westchester Biennial in 2008, 2010, and 2012 in New York, and the ARWI International Art Fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2007.

Her works are part of the collections of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the Kohler Arts Center in the USA, the Taichung City Government’s Port Art Center, the China Ceramic Museum in Jingdezhen, China, as well as private collections both domestically and internationally.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Frontier: Western Desert, Nostalgia, and Macedonia”, a solo exhibition of new printmaking works by Goldmark artist Jacqueline Smith.

The exhibition is on display from 9/22 to 10/5, with an opening reception on Sunday 9/28, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Jacqueline will present an artist talk about her work during the reception.

About the Exhibition
Jacqueline Smith is a Dallas-based printmaker specializing in fine art linocut and woodcut, with a working studio at Goldmark Cultural Center. Her current solo exhibition, "Frontier: Western Desert, Nostalgia, and Macedonia," showcases a compelling collection of her recent works. The exhibition explores themes of memory, identity, and place, drawing inspiration from both the American West and her experiences abroad.

Influenced by her upbringing in west Texas and her studies at East Texas A&M University in Commerce, Smith's art often reflects her affinity for wide-open spaces and the enduring spirit of the region. The "Frontier" exhibition also features pieces created during her recent artist residency at Brashnar AiR in Skopje, North Macedonia, demonstrating how her artistic practice has expanded to encompass new cultural landscapes. Her prints evoke nostalgic images drawn from both her American upbringing and her experiences in Macedonia, creating a dialogue between these distinct cultural memories.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Tbe Sky’s the Limit”, a solo exhibition of new ceramic sculptures by Goldmark artist Jacqueline Jackson.

The exhibition is on display in the Ruth Andres Gallery from 8 September 2025 to 21 September 2025.

There will be a closing reception on Saturday 20 August 2025, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, with an artist talk presented by the artist. The reception is the ideal time to meet the artist and learn about her artwork.

About the Exhibition

"The Sky’s the Limit" is an immersive sculptural exhibition that explores the theme of transcending limitations and embracing boundless potential. Through dynamic forms and expressive figures, Jacqueline V. Jackson challenges viewers to look beyond their present circumstances and envision the vast possibilities of the future.

The centerpiece of the exhibition features two striking wall-mounted ski diver sculptures, frozen mid-flight, embodying the exhilarating leap into the unknown. These pieces, along with the other eight sculptures, symbolize courage, ambition, and the refusal to be confined by fear or circumstance. Jackson’s work encourages self-reflection, urging audiences to ask: What lies beyond my perceived limits?

"The Sky’s the Limit" is more than an exhibition—it’s an invitation to defy gravity, both literally and metaphorically. Jacqueline V. Jackson’s work inspires a collective reimagining of what’s possible when we dare to leap.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “For the Beauty of the Earth”, a solo exhibition of paintings, pottery, and ceramic sculptures by Goldmark artist Dan Hargrave.

The exhibition is on display in the Ruth Andres Gallery from 27 August 2025 to 7 September 2025.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday 30 August 2025, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. The reception is the ideal time to meet the artist and learn about his artwork.

About the Exhibition

“One of the greatest joys in my life is taking the time to appreciate the the magnificent beauty of the earth and the extraordinary creatures that inhabit it. From the small, delicate butterfly to the vast immensity of the star-filled night sky, we are continually surrounded by the many expressions of God’s majesty in His creation.

My hope for this exhibition is that it will encourage you to look beyond the works displayed here and reflect on the splendor of the world around us and the remarkable creatures that live within it. I also hope it inspires you to consider the unparalleled creativity of God - the original artist, the creator and sustainer of this world - whose work continues to move us with awe and reverence.”

-Dan Hargrave, 2025

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “SolarScape”, an installation exhibition of immersive video and sculptural works by Goldmark artist Jiatong Yao.

The exhibition is on display in the Ruth Andres Gallery from 11 August 2025 to 24 August 2025.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday 16 August 2025, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. There will also be a closing reception on Saturday 23 August 2025, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, which will feature a live performance.

Both receptions are ideal times to meet the artist and learn from her about her work.

About the Exhibition

SolarScape is a multidisciplinary experience that, through 3D modeling, immersive video, and metaverse environments, explores the profound relationship between the human body and the sun. The project reimagines the sun’s cultural, historical, and technological significance in the digital age, merging ancient reverence with futuristic visions of human existence within virtual realities. As humanity transcends biological limitations, the sun's traditional role as a life-sustaining force shifts. In this new reality, it becomes a symbol of digital enlightenment and a metaphor for eternal existence, inviting viewers to explore a world where the lines between the organic and digital blur, and where the sun continues to shine within virtual realms.

About the Artist

Jiatong Yao’s art practice bridges the realms of art, technology and culture, focusing on mediums such as XR, 3D, AI, and interactive computing. Her work explores the evolving dialogue between the modern self and technological evolution, crafting immersive experiences that intertwine humanity with the digital age. With a background in computer science and technical artistry, Jiatong leverages her expertise to create innovative, thought-provoking projects that reflect on how information technology transforms society and lifestyles.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Thinking in Textures”, an exhibition of new paintings and mixed-media works by Goldmark artist Camie Scott.

The exhibition is on display from 29 July 2025 to 10 August 2025. There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Sunday 3 August 2025, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. The reception is an ideal time to meet the artist and learn about her artwork.

About the Exhibition

Thinking in Textures began with a simple question: What happens if I try this? That question—fueled by curiosity and a healthy dose of trial and error—became the heartbeat of this exhibition.

I work with materials that aren’t always thought of as “art supplies”: spackle, plaster, fabric, sand, MDF, tape. I’m drawn to them not just for what they are, but for what they can become. Each piece is a kind of experiment—sometimes a puzzle, sometimes a surprise—built around texture and the many ways it can shape space, mood, and meaning.

This body of work isn’t about perfection. It’s about play. It’s about testing limits, layering surfaces, and finding beauty in unexpected combinations. My process is hands-on, intuitive, and often a bit messy—in the best way.

With Thinking in Textures, I hope to spark curiosity in others. I want viewers to wonder: What am I looking at? What’s it made of? Why does it feel this way—visually, emotionally? More than anything, I hope you leave with the same sense of discovery that keeps pulling me back to the studio.
- Camie Scott, 2025

About the Artist
As a mixed media artist, Camie Scott explore the relationship between materials, nature, and the human experience. Her work consists of, and sometimes blends, woodworking, various painting mediums and texture to create layered, organic forms that reflect transformation and breakthroughs. She believes that art should invite curiosity and connection, allowing viewers to discover something within themselves. Whether through abstract compositions or textured surfaces, her goal is always to create spaces for reflection, dialogue, and creative exploration.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Raw Light”, an exhibition of new installation works by Goldmark artist Sheridan Hines.

The exhibition is on display from 14 July 2025 to 27 July 2025. There is a closing reception for the exhibition on Saturday 26 July 2025 from 1pm - 3pm. The reception is an ideal time to meet the artist and learn about her artwork.

About the Exhibition
Raw Light is an immersive installation that confronts the psychological residue embedded in the objects that surround us—those that haunt, hurt, and help shape our identity. Centered in the space is a cube of synthetic “skin,” exposed yet contained, surrounded by hanging red cellophane—its transparency and fragility a veil that both reveals and obscures. The atmosphere is thick with a sense of memory and discomfort.

In the corner, a dilapidated chair glows under the oppressive weight of red light. Perched nearby is a doll—weathered, uncanny—its presence more spectral than comforting. These objects are not props; they are witnesses, stand-ins, and echoes of familial trauma, domestic unrest, and personal history.

This work invites viewers to reflect on the inanimate companions of our lives—the ones that stay long after people leave. It asks what it means to be shaped by spaces and things, and how grief, identity, and memory are often coded into the material world around us. Nothing in this space is passive; everything is watching.

About the Artist

Discomfort is something we’re taught to avoid, but in my work, I run toward it. I create sculptural pieces that confront the physical, emotional, and psychological discomforts surrounding illness, trauma, and the body. Using industrial materials like resin, silicone, foam, and biotic matter, I construct lifelike forms that blur the line between attraction and repulsion—inviting viewers to linger with what we’re told to hide.

My practice is rooted in lived experience. I’ve spent more time in hospitals and waiting rooms than in classrooms. From childhood illness to chronic invisible conditions like hypothyroidism and endometriosis, to surviving domestic violence and sexual assault, my life has been shaped by trauma—medical, familial, and societal. These experiences are not just backstory; they are the core of my work. I use sculpture to process and externalize what has often been internalized in silence.

In my recent work, I explore the emotional residue of trauma, particularly the haunting relationship we have with inanimate objects—furniture, personal belongings, or materials that witnessed violence and carry unspoken memories. These objects are not passive. They hold presence. By merging my body with them, sometimes literally embedding my hair or skin-like textures, I blur the line between self and object, history and material, subject and viewer.

Through texture, form, and the use of experimental materials, I aim to push the boundary of realism—creating works that feel both corporeal and ghostly. I want the viewer to question their relationship to illness, to mortality, to memory. My sculptures are not meant to soothe. They are meant to stay with you.

Above all, my work is about reclaiming narrative. I am a survivor, and I create not just to tell my story, but to open space for others—especially those who have been silenced. Art, for me, is a form of resistance and restoration. It is a place where vulnerability becomes power, and where taboo becomes testimony.
- Sheridan Hines

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Icy Giants”, an exhibition of landscape oil paintings by Goldmark artist Jesus Rodriguez.

The exhibition is on display from 30 June 2025 through 13 July 2025. There will be a closing reception for the exhibition on Saturday 12 July 2025 from 6pm - 8pm. The reception is an ideal time to meet the artist and learn from him about his artwork.

About the Exhibition
"My work focuses on the desolate polar regions of the earth, where icebergs freely float through the Arctic seas. This region has always captured my imagination, and through my art, I seek to show the grandeur of this unique environment in its natural glory.

This body of work allows me to connect to nature and express the spiritual moments I have experienced. I am also interested in expressing my sincere concern for this region’s destruction due to climate change. As destructive as these climate change effects are on the polar ice caps, they spark my imagination, and I am inspired to paint awesome images of this environment.

By portraying these natural spaces in grave danger across our planet, I believe these images can serve as a warning sign and a call to change. It will be too late if we do not pay attention and do something now. Nature is imperfect; a flower grows symmetrically, but there are always deviations; each is different but equally beautiful. Unlike landscape artists such as Thomas Cole, who sought to replicate ideal beauty, I seek to reflect the realism in nature, including flaws and imperfections.

As an artist, I aim to take something I see and reflect, enhance, and express my feelings. I want to create images that evoke deep emotions that can incite people to action in the fight against climate change.”
- Jesus Rodriguez, 2025

About the Artist
The significance of Jesus Rodriguez’s artistic practice relates to isolating icy environments due to the harsh cold climates and endless glaciers of ice. His passion for pursuing these cold climates started with one of the most famous oil paintings of Frederic Edwin Church, “The Iceberg” Both artists ' oil paintings depict a wide range of blues at first glance. Rodriguez’s closing relates to Church but keeps his artistic style by creating a smooth, colourful background using 4” to 6” brushes.

Rodriguez is a Mexican-American artist with Aztec roots living in Dallas, Texas. His primary medium is oil paint, but he has explored other media like photography, 3D printing, sculpture, drawing, and figure drawing to grow as an artist. This enables him to work with other mixed-medium artists.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “ELLES - All About Them”, an exhibition of new works by Goldmark artist Armando Sebastian.

The exhibition is on display in the Ruth Andres Gallery from 6/4/25 until 6/29. There will be an opening reception on Saturday 6/7/25 from 3pm - 5pm at the Ruth Andres Gallery. The reception is an ideal opportunity to meet the artist and learn about his artwork.

About the Exhibition
A celebration of fluidity, identity, and visibility, “ELLES - All About Them” is a declaration of presence, a celebration of the fluid beauty that lives beyond the binary. In a world that too often demands certainty, this exhibition invites viewers into a space where ambiguity is power, and identity is expansive, not confined.

Each piece in this exhibition tells a story-not always loud, but always real, the artist share journeys of becoming, affirming, and simply existing in a world still learning how to listen.

“The show honors Latinx Queer nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, and all trans identities that refuse to be boxed in. It's a tribute to those whose existence challenges outdated norms and opens up new languages for being seen, felt, and understood.”

In Armando Sebastian’s universe Art doesn't just reflect identity-it affirms it. It honors the spectrum in all its nuance, joy, resistance, and grace. And it reminds us that gender is not a limit, but a language still being written.

[ELLES] is used in Spanish to refer to people who do not identify with traditional genders, male or female, or when a person's gender identity is unknown. It is a form of inclusive language that seeks to avoid the use of "he" or "she" when inappropriate.

About the Artist
Armando Sebastian is a Dallas-based artist originally from Monterrey, Mexico, whose bold and expressive works celebrate identity, emotion, and cultural heritage. His paintings are known for their vibrant color palettes and symbolic imagery rooted in Mexican folk art and ex-voto traditions. Deeply influenced by themes of gender, identity, love and spiritual reflection, Sebastian’s work blends magical realism with autobiographical storytelling—offering visual narratives that speak to both personal and collective experiences.

He has been exhibiting his work in the North Texas region for the past decade in venues such as the Arlington Museum of Art and the Latino Cultural Center among others, as well as with galleries based in Dallas, Los Angeles and New York City. Sebastian recently received The Otis Velma Dozier Award by the Dallas Museum of Art. He also was recognized with the Artistic Merit Award granted by ArtSpace111 Gallery in its Fourth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2018, he was included in the juried exhibition, New Texas Talent, at Craighead Green Gallery and was a participating artist in MaricónX, a group show that traveled to multiple cities across the state of Texas. His work has been featured in publications such as New American Paintings, PublicArt magazine and the Dallas Morning News among others.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “The Colorful World Under the Sea”, a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by Goldmark artist Barbara Jones.

The exhibition is on display from 15 May to 1 June, with a closing reception on Saturday 31 May, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm.

The reception is an ideal opportunity to meet the artist and learn from her about her artwork.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “TIDAL IX”, an exhibition of new paintings and textile artworks by Goldmark artist Jenni Simms.

The exhibition is on display from 5/10/25 to 5/18/25 with a reception on Saturday, 5/17/25, from 12pm - 3pm. The reception is an ideal opportunity to meet the artist and learn about her artwork.

About the Exhibition

In my second solo show since graduate school, with TIDAL IX I share my deep felt response to the current state of affairs of women's rights- the virtue signaling, cancel culture, Orwellian “wrong-think” and horrifyingly forbidden use of basic logic, all in the name of trans rights and inclusion which deny protections and equality to women and girls. Without definitions grounded in fact, i.e. biology and not feelings or mental complications such as gender dysphoria, women’s rights are being eroded before our very eyes. This labyrinthine and convoluted unwillingness to recognize the harm this is causing women and girls has taken hold in many institutions such as governing bodies in education, incarceration, health, and mainstream and social media. Many people with gender dysphoria (including current and former trans identified people) are in agreement, as well as a large portion of the LGB community who find the “hormone therapy” of puberty blocking (and therefore chemically castrating) drugs and surgery (especially of MINORS) to be largely homophobic. Many of these children would have simply grown up to be gay, instead of insisting they are something they are not and compelling others to take part in their delusion. Many of these children regret this decision and wonder why the adults weren’t there to protect them from an irreversible and majorly harmful decision about their health in their most psychologically vulnerable age of life.

Please use the accompanying two-sided “Descriptions” page (from left to right) on the pedestal when viewing the work for more information on each of the pieces and to get a better understanding of their titles.

To be perfectly clear, I believe that ALL human beings deserve to share in equal protections and should be treated with kindness and compassion. My views on women’s rights as described throughout this work do not imply otherwise. My stance on this issue has caused me to be cancelled and berated by now former friends, and have felt the loss acutely. In hindsight, I suppose I am grateful for this trial by fire, as it has inspired me to stand up and protect women and girls, and indeed all children and other feminists like me who believe that trans identifying people deserve their own movement. 

I consider this to be my most important body of work to date — I have until now only made a handful of political paintings throughout my life. In TIDAL IX, I continue my exploration of different textiles (such as raw, chiffon & organza silks, & velveteen and linen) and processes in addition to my oil on canvas and panel paintings. 

Please join us for the closing reception on Saturday, May 17th from 12-3pm in The Ruth Andres Gallery at Goldmark Cultural Center in Richardson to view the work of this dynamic up-and-coming Dallas based artist.

About the Artist

Jenni Simms is an artist with a deep reverence for the inherent mysteries of the natural world and observes the human place within it mostly through her landscape oil paintings, which often have a slightly enigmatic and enchanting aura about them. She is a Tucson, AZ native and grew up in McKinney, TX, but has spent most of her life in the regions of San Diego and Los Angeles, where she attended her undergraduate and graduate studies in studio art. In 2009 she co-founded a non-profit art school for youth in Ocean Beach, CA, which she has recently moved to McKinney, TX when she returned to the hometown of her childhood to be closer to her most loved ones. She is a current resident artist at Goldmark Cultural Center in Dallas, TX in studio 127-B.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Black April: The Fall of Saigon”, an exhibition of new sculptural and painting works by Goldmark artist Minh Nguyen.

The exhibition is on display from 4/14 to 5/4 with a closing reception on Saturday, 5/3, from 3pm - 5pm. The closing reception is a great opportunity to meet the artist and learn from him about his artwork and exhibition.

About the Exhibition

April 2025 marks 50 years to the month that Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the hand of the North Vietnamese communists. In the aftermath, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people fled the country in search of freedom.

Minh Nguyen is one of the Boat People who escaped Vietnam by boat 45 years ago. This year he wants to share how he escaped, survived and came to America and treasure the freedom that America has offered.

Minh graduated from UT Austin as an Architect, and besides painting as hobby, he is also a realtor and a real estate Investor.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “The Crane Wife”, an exhibition of quilting work by Goldmark artist Lydia Reynolds. The exhibition is on display from 3/24 to 4/12.

About the Exhibition

The Crane Wife is depicted as she leaves because she has been drained—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—by the relentless pursuit of wealth.

As the story goes, once, long ago, a man saved the life of a wounded crane by pulling an arrow from her body. Unbeknownst to him, the crane assumed human form to become his wife. The wife loved her husband with all her body and soul. Wishing to make life easier for him, she secretly creates a gorgeous blanket from her own feathers.

Wrapped in the love of his wife, people soon impress upon the man that much merriment and wealth await him in the city if his wife were to create more blankets for which he would be handsomely paid. Lured by the promise of riches and pleasures, the simple-hearted man has forgotten the evils of human greed. He urges his devoted wife to construct more of the treasured items.

The wife continues to sacrifice her own well-being out of love, but when she realizes the man will never be satisfied, she understands that staying will only lead to her complete destruction.

Her departure symbolizes the loss of pure, selfless love when it is taken for granted and exploited. It also serves as a moment of reckoning for the man, who finally understands—too late—that his greed has cost him something far more valuable than riches.

About the Artist

Lydia Reynolds is a seasoned graphic designer and art director with 20 years of experience in the creative industry. Her recent quilting work blends a passion for storytelling with color, pattern, and texture through fabric. She is open to graphic design work and collaborations.

The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Ruth Andres Gallery presents “Caution: The Intersection of Man, AI, and Art”, an exhibition of new paintings by Goldmark artist Tony Strickland.

The exhibition is on display from 2/24 through 3/14.

About the Exhibition

The Caution series is a very significant new body of work in my career and development as an artist. It represents 32 years as a fine artist, with my first large scale canvas bing titled “Caution’ and produced in 1992. The painting was a large 6’x5’ composition composed of 12” equally placed diagonal yellow and black sripes. The painting utilized a very expressive technique and was mixed media using oil paint, tar, burlap, sand, and other materials.

This new series represents the intersection of man, art and A.I. as I have been on a creative exploration of AI technology since March 2023. The concept and inspiration behind the work was to revisit the “Caution” subject matter, but create compositions based on my prompts utilizing MidJourney. This approach offered me many different ways to manipulate my prompts to achieve the desired and unexpected visual options. The result is a micro series of 4 large paintings that tell a story and take the viewer along for this artistic journey. Although each piece is related in subject matter, the final paintings are completely different and will be stunning in their totality in the intimate space of the Ruth Andres Gallery. The work also represents the moral quagmire AI has created for humanity. Although AI offers tremendous productivity and efficiency gains, we must also deal with the very real risk that man has engineered our own demise by creating a technology where for the first time in our existence, humans will not be at the top of the intelligence food chain. This means we must maintain and utilize extreme “Caution” with the implemetation of the technology as it seeks to obtain AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). 

-Tony Strickland