The Oak Cliff Cultural Center has plenty of events, workshops and exhibits throughout May. Here are the highlights:
May 3, Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is a single day on the first Saturday in May when participating comic book specialty shops, libraries, and educational centers across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes to their event. Founded on the belief that for every person out there, there’s a comic book they’ll love, the annual event offers a selection of free titles.
FREE COMICS for FCBD provided Keith’s Comics.
Artists Bestu Friendo, Eucalyptus Season/M Kuvet, Chelsea Akpan, Owen Curtsinger, and Thoele will be on site with art prints and merch available.
Comic Book Activity with DMA Community Engagement.
Sequential Self: Gender and Identity and Comics, a pop-up exhibit
Sequential Self: Gender and Identity and Comics featuring work by Ree Artemisa, Trinidad Escobar, Ashanti Fortson, Melanie Gillman, Levi Hastings, Christine Mari, Erin Nations, Kosmo X. Parker, Jules Scheele, Christine Suggs, Sunmi, and Antoinette Thomas co-curated by Iris Bechtol & Lynne Bowman-Cravens.
W.H. Adamson End of Year Art Show
The W.H. Adamson visual arts department will present its end of year art show with the opening reception May 10 from 4 to 6 p.m.
The exhibition runs through May 19.
ON VIEW IN THE OC3 GALLERY
Colette Copeland | Soundings: Texas –Let Your Voice Be Heard
April 26 – May 24, 2025
Colette Soundings Talk and Interactive Workshop – May 10, 2025, from 12:30 – 2:00 PM
Colette Copeland’s Soundings is a collaborative, community-based experimental sound installation that amplifies historically silenced voices in Texas—specifically those of women, non-binary, and queer individuals.
For Soundings, participants were invited to choose a phrase or series of phrases that held deep personal meaning—words they wished to sound into the universe. Those who spoke multiple languages expressed themselves in all of them. Their voices were then woven together into a layered sonic composition, forming a chant-like symphony—part mantra, part reclamation—symbolizing collective power and resilience.
Soundings has been exhibited at the Sawyer Silos as part of Houston Sculpture Month (2023), ICOSA Gallery in Austin (2023), Under Construction Gallery in San Antonio (2024), Delta Triennial at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2024) and forthcoming at LHUCA at Texas Tech University (2025). The Oak Cliff Cultural Center marks the project’s Dallas debut exhibition. The companion project Soundings:India has been exhibited at Arthshila Art Center in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (2024) and at University of Texas at Dallas (2025).
SWAN STRINGS AT OC3
TUESDAYS AT 6:45 PM, THURSDAYS AT 5:30 PM & SATURDAYS AT 11:00 AM
Swan Strings Music Program is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to provide free music education, community concerts and sound therapy services to North Texan individuals without access.
Questions? Contact Swan Strings at programs@swanstrings.com
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