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Dallas Art Institute
Former art school in Dallas, Texas
The Dallas Art Institute (1926-1946) was the first art school to offer instruction in a variety of fields in the southern United States.
It was founded in 1926 by artists Olin H. Travis and Kathryne Hail Travis and operated until it was closed by the Dallas Museum of Arttrustees in 1946.
History
The Dallas Art Institute was founded in 1926 in downtown Dallas, Texas.
The founders, artists Olin Travis and his wife Kathryne Hail Travis, had just returned to Olin's hometown of Dallas after receiving arts educations at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Inspired by what they learned there, they were eager to encourage the local art scene by founding the first institution to offer a variety of arts courses in the south.[1] Travis served as director of the Art Institute from its founding in 1926 until 1941.[2]
In 1930, the Dallas Art Institute secured non-profit status in moving to the grounds