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May 2008
Cavanaugh Flight Museum presents ‘Wings Over Addison’ On a wing and a prayer. That is how the many aviation veterans of our World Wars set off on their missions. And, the majestic aircraft that lighted them into the skies were some of the most memorable creations of a truly memorable generation. Some returned home. Many didn’t. This is why on Memorial Day, we look to these veterans of the skies with honor, reverence and awe for their sacrifice. And while the years continue to separate us from the actual events of those days, we look to our nation’s museums that house the noble aircraft and memorabilia and most importantly … the memories for future generations. These magnificent warbirds of earlier generations still roar to life at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum. At the museum’s an-
nual “Wings Over Addison” event, the public is given a rare chance to see history brought to life once more and soar proudly through the skies. This year’s “Wings Over Addison” will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1 at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison. Visitors will be able to see amazing aircraft from World War II through Vietnam. Additionally, visitors can book private rides in the museum’s Stearman or AT-6 Texan. For additional information go to www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com or call 972-380-8800. Admission for adults is $8. Children 6-12 years is $4. Children under six are admitted free. The Cavanaugh Flight Museum is one of Dallas’ most prestigious and coveted attractions because it is one of the few museums in the country that has restored its vintage warbirds to full operation.
Fernando Gallego at Meadows Museum 500 years of art, literature, history and religion For the first time in the United States, researchers have undertaken an extensive study of a 15-century Spanish cathedral altarpiece, and in the process, have unlocked 500 years of secrets involving art, literature, history and religion. Their findings, along with the entire group of stunning, historically significant paintings that comprise the altarpiece, are on view in a special exhibition at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University. Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo, Paintings from the Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, which will be on display through July 27, focuses on 26 surviving panels from the main altarpiece for the cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo in Castile, Spain, created between 1480 and 1500. The research findings, which include scans and X-rays of the paintings’ underdrawings, will be on exhibit along with the panels. The panels depict major events from Genesis, the life of Christ, and the Last Judgment, and are remarkable for their size (some nearly five feet tall and three and a half feet wide), number and sheer beauty. They rank among the most ambitious works by two of Spain’s most gifted painters of the period: Fernando Gallego and the hitherto virtually unknown Master Bartolomé. The project represents an innovative international collaboration among scholars at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and the Prado Museum in Madrid. In another unique collaboration, Dallas’s Museum of Nature & Science also will be taking part in the Gallego exhibition by hosting a display on the science of art at the Meadows, while simultaneously holding an exhibition at its own museum on the art of science. The history of the panels’ survival over the centuries is worthy of a novel itself. They overcame neglect, earthquakes, war, sale and re-sale, and a trans-Atlantic ocean voyage, and then underwent years of restoration in a bunker during the Cold War, before their arrival in Tucson, Arizona in the 1950s. The panels are part of the Samuel H. Kress Collection and were given to the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson in 1957. Their exhibition at the Meadows Museum marks the first time they have been displayed outside of Tucson.
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May Flowers await at the Dallas Arboretum The Dallas Arboretum has received a spring makeover with completely new color beds of over 80,000 spring-blooming annuals in full color, including begonias, roses, lantana, waterlillies, daylillies and iris, that will be showcased during the Dallas Arboretum’s newest festival, May Flowers. This May, the Arboretum will be adorned with a 12’ walk through house covered entirely in flowers and an 8’ vibrant butterfly topiary will also be on display. Aside from the beauty of the gardens, during the May Flowers festival, enjoy music on the Loggia Noni Dressler each weekday and an old fashioned ice cream bar. On Tuesday, May 6, the National Got Milk! campaign will make a stop at the Dallas Arboretum. Come enjoy milk mustache photos and free samples from local dairy producers. Mothers Day is Sunday, May 11, but the Dallas Arboretum believes mom should get more than just one day a year! That’s why the weekend of May 10 is dedicated especially to her. The first 250 mothers each day to visit on this weekend will receive a free carnation, courtesy of Tom Thumb and McShan Florists. Memorial Day (Monday, May 26) Visitors are inContinued on Page Four
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