SPARK! Pop-Up Features Local High School Artists
By Contributor: Isabella Castillo
SPARK! Dallas has partnered with arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf for a second year to host SPARK! PRISMATIC: Fantastical Realms Art Pop-up Experience featuring six area high school artists’ creations.
The colorful exhibition is an immersive experience, stretching imaginations into fantasy lands while showcasing the students’ creativity through an area imagined, designed, and built in a single color and theme.
“As SPARK! Dallas celebrates its 10th anniversary, we are committed to showcasing the most creative programs,” said Meg Bittner, Executive Director of SPARK!. “That includes PRISMATIC: Fantastical Realms. These talented students will create an immersive art experience for all to see.”
The following schools have been selected by SPARK! Dallas to participate based on their creativity, design elements, and proposal submission:
· Emmett J. Conrad High School (Dallas ISD) – Alice & The Wonderland
· Greenhill School – Atlantis
· Hillcrest High School (Dallas ISD) – Ethereal Sky
· Parish Episcopal School – Underwater Origami Forest
· Richardson High School (RISD) – Purple Quartz Cavern
· Williams High School (Plano ISD) –Whispers Along the Hollow
The winning students are mentored by Meow Wolf team members and receive behind-the-scenes tours at Meow Wolf Grapevine as well as funding for materials to help build the immersive rooms.
The PRISMATIC Art Pop-up Experience will be open to the public on weekends May 31-Sept. 7. For more information, visit https://sparkdallas.org/prismatic/.
