February 15, 2024

Good morning Visual Arts students, parents and supporters! Please read on for news and info for February.

• Don't forget to submit for Young American Talent before March 1.
• The Latino Cultural Center has volunteer and paid internship opportunities for its Spring Break Camp and various festivals and workshops throughout the year. Complete the form online for details.
• Art on Main has a call for art for its upcoming exhibit Shelter - A Sense of Place. All artists are welcome to submit a 2D or 3D piece that explores the idea of shelter in all its broad range of forms. The call closes May 24. See the Art on Main website for details.

• Volunteers are needed to help with drop off (May 3), installation (May 5-6) and pick up of art (May 17) for Young American Talent. See the sign up for details.
• Our receptions calendar has been updated through the end of the year. Volunteers are needed at our final four receptions on February 20, March 27, April 24 and May 8.
• I Am Booker T Day is Saturday, April 12. Parents and students are encouraged to volunteer to welcome our newest families, sell memberships and merchandise, and answer questions about the Visual Arts Guild and Conservatory.

We're looking for parents in all grades to join a small committee to help plan I Am Booker T Day on Saturday, April 12. We'll meet once in early April to finalize the schedule and guild materials.

And, parents of 9th-11th grade students are needed to join the Senior Dinner and Senior Scholarship committees. Senior parents cannot serve on these committees so we're looking to you to help plan the senior dinner and manage the scholarship applications. The senior dinner committee will meet several times to finalize the theme, caterer, decor, and speaker. The scholarship committee can likely meet twice - once to kick off the applications and once to review the scoring and create the award certificates. A representative from the committee will present the certificates at the senior dinner.

There are detailed plans of work for both these committees so you don't have to start from scratch. Email btwvisualarts@gmail.com if you would like more information or if you'd like to join a committee.

The dates for the Visual Arts Senior Dinner, Baccalaureate and Graduation have been confirmed.

• The Visual Arts Conservatory dinner is Monday, May 19. The time is TBD.
• Baccalaureate is Saturday, May 24 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church (1928 Ross Avenue) in Dallas.
• Graduation is at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 25 at the Meyerson Symphony Center (2301 Flora). Seniors have rehearsal on May 25 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Performers rehearse from 1-3 p.m. and students begin lining up at 4 p.m.

Bookmark the school's Class of 2025 page for the latest information.

Thank you to everyone who joined the Zoom call on Wednesday. You can review our agenda, the guild org chart, and the timeline of volunteer needs for the 2025-26 school year.

If you are interested in volunteering in any capacity next year, please let us know. We have a variety of open positions - everything from president to gift bag coordinator to greeter to social media guru. 

Congratulations to the Booker T Visual Arts students who are partnering with Arts District restaurant Musume to create illustrations for dishes in the restaurant's nine-course omakase dinner.

Read the complete story on the Dallas Morning News website.

And if you feel like omakase, eat at Musume and ten percent of all omakase sales at Musume will be donated to the school.

• Monday, February 17: No school
• Saturday, February 22: Dance at Frontiers of Flight Museum (6911 Lemmon Avenue), 7-11 p.m. Purchase tickets for BTW students and guests of BTW students on the PTSA Membership Toolkit. The PTSA is also looking for parent volunteers to help set up, chaperone and clean up.
• Wednesday, February 26: African American Heritage Musical Student Preview in the MAT at 7 p.m.
• Thursday, February 27-28: African American Heritage Musical in the MAT at 7 p.m.

See the listings below for additional events. Visual Arts Conservatory and guild events are marked with *. Visit the school calendar for details on schoolwide events.

Visual Arts Guild at BTWHSPVA

2501 Flora St.

Dallas TX 75201