Sundance Square Management recently turned over more than 200 pieces of art to the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. The artworks once adorned the walls of Angeluna Restaurant, which closed last year.
“We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to reunite these works of art with their creators,” said Johnny Campbell, president and CEO of Sundance Square Management, L.P. “We’re deeply concerned with the preservation of art, culture and history. It is the very heart and soul of Sundance Square.”
The artworks, originally commissioned nearly 10 years ago by a now defunct arts organization, include works by many local artists such as Kathi Suder, Pam Summers, and UTA professor Dick Lane, Oklahoma City artist Joan Zalenski, and even a painting from the late Roger Rienstra, president of Witherspoon Advertising for 29 years before his death in 2002.
“The Contemporary, an arts group that was located near Bass Hall, commissioned its members to create artworks incorporating ‘angel’ and ‘lunar’ themes for the Angeluna Restaurant, when it was opening in Sundance Square,” explains Flora Maria Garcia, President of the Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County. “Since we have an extensive database of artist contacts, we’re working to identify each artist and contact them. We’re hopeful we can arrange a reunion between the artists and their creations."
Elaine Taylor, Gallery Manager for the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, is currently contacting artists. Ms. Taylor can be reached at 817-738-1938, extension 21.
About The Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County: The Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant county is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1963 to support and promote arts organizations and help cultivate audiences throughout the community. Since that time, it has raised and distributed over $27 million to 60 different arts organizations and art program providers. The Arts Council also manages the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, a 77,000 square foot facility offering performance, rehearsal, classroom, meeting and exhibition space for rent, an “arts incubator” and special events space.
Located in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, historic Sundance Square is a 20-block commercial, residential and entertainment/shopping district where people work, live, shop and dine. Sundance Square’s beautiful landscaping, red-brick streets and turn-of-the-century buildings make it a pedestrian’s delight.
Named after the famed Sundance Kid, who used the Fort Worth area as a hideout, Sundance Square has been hailed as a monumental achievement in urban redevelopment.
For more information, visit www.sundancesquare.com or call 817-255-5700.
