Art Travelers Exhibition Vision

The primary focus of the Art’s Travelers Exhibition Program is to present collections that promote variety in visual art and provide access to culture to the traveling public. Educational institutions, arts organizations, museums, and cultural institutions will be afforded opportunities to exhibit their collections, artifacts, and original artwork at Dallas Love Field.

Current Exhibitions

Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center

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The Stewpot

The Stewpot art exhibition includes a sampling of paintings from their gallery. There are many unique styles and aesthetics that are represented, as each artist has their own style and vision. The Stewpot provides studio space and materials for artists who may not have the means to purchase canvas and paint for the purpose of creative expression.

For more information visit www.thestewpot.org

If you are interested in applying for future consideration, please email loveartprogram@dallas.gov

Past Exhibitions

Junior Players and Kitchen Dog Theater 

Junior Players and Kitchen Dog Theater started Playwrights Under Progress (PUP) Fest in 2002 as a new piece of Kitchen Dog Theater’s New Works Festival. An annual anticipated event, PUP Fest is also a component of the Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (D-PAC), a partnership between Junior Players, Kitchen Dog Theater, and the Dallas Independent School District to provide innovative programs and opportunities for high school playwrights. The D-PAC partnership allows Junior Players and Kitchen Dog to serve an additional 1,000 DISD students through ongoing playwriting master classes throughout the school year.

PUP Fest was recognized in September 2003 with a Special Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum and allows high school playwrights the opportunity to be mentored by some of Dallas’ most renowned playwrights. Each script that is chosen is paired with a cast of teen actors and directed by local professional actors and directors.

This annual production, performed entirely by young adults aged 15 through 19, has become a mainstay in the North Texas cultural scene and has provided hundreds of students with real hands-on professional theatrical training, at no cost to the participants. Each year, Junior Players choses one of Shakespeare’s works and recontextualizes it. From placing Othello in the Vietnam War to producing a Telenovela inspired Much Ado About Nothing, our students develop their cultural literacy skills, grow their abilities to communicate, collaborate, and empathize, and creatively express issues, relationships, and struggles that they still experience today.

About Junior Players:

Since 1955, Junior Players has been encouraging intellectual growth, mental well-being, and the development of life skills in youth through mentoring, creative expression, and participation in the fine arts. We actualize this purpose by providing free, high-quality arts education programs in partnership with local recreation and cultural centers, low-income housing developments, schools, and social service agencies serving at-risk youth in underserved communities across North Texas.

We provide innovative arts education for FREE to children and youth in North Texas and beyond and through our programming, youth are transformed.

Our camps and afterschool programs are targeted to arts deserts - those areas that are underfunded and underserved. There, we engage children and youth through the arts, providing them with the tools they need to navigate real life challenges confidently and competently.

If you are interested in applying for future consideration, please email loveartprogram@dallas.gov

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Paul Quinn College

WE Over Me: The Legacy of Paul Quinn College 

WE Over Me: The Legacy of Paul Quinn College, a new public exhibition at Dallas Love Field Airport, tells the 150+ year story of Paul Quinn College through its founding, transformational leadership, legendary alumni, championship athletics, and groundbreaking partnerships. Designed for a national audience of travelers, the installation highlights the College’s commitment to faith, service, innovation, and student-centered impact, showcasing how Quinnites have shaped communities, industries, and systems across the country. Together, the displays affirm Paul Quinn College’s enduring legacy and its continued work to build leaders who put community first.

Founded in 1872, Paul Quinn College is a private, urban Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Dallas, Texas. Guided by its ethos of We Over Me, the College is nationally recognized as one of the most innovative colleges in America for its pioneering Urban Work College model, which integrates academics, real-world work experience, and service. Paul Quinn College is committed to eradicating intergenerational poverty, developing servant leaders, and creating pathways for students to thrive in the global marketplace.

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Divine Nine and HBCU  

 The Divine Nine and HBCU Exhibition brings in Black History Month by highlighting 
the rich legacy of black excellence in the African American college experience.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were founded to provide 
educational opportunity to African American students, whom were often excluded 
from attending mainstream universities due to racial segregation. HBCUs allowed 
black students access to a quality education while uplifting the socio-economic 
mobility of Black Americans.

In that same era, the National Panhellenic Council or “Divine Nine” began in the 
civil rights/ Jim Crow era on the campus of Howard University. The nine “three 
letter organizations” created a social network in efforts to build community 
amongst African American students facing racial isolation and social barriers. These 
social networks promote unity, leadership, high academic achievement, and 
celebrate black culture.

Dallas Love Field celebrates Black History Month by sharing the rich history, 
tradition, and pride of the Black College Experience through the eyes of HBCUs and 
the nine fraternities and sororities of the “Divine Nine."

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 Pioneering Energy-Capturing Technology

 Catch the Wind, Power the Airport!

Dallas Love Field (DAL) has partnered with Dallas-based JetWind Power Corporation to showcase an innovative way of generating clean energy by capturing wind created by aircraft engine exhaust.

First introduced in Dallas at the 2017 Airports Going Green Conference, JetWind’s concept has evolved through years of testing and refinement. In 2024, DAL became the first airport in the world to install JetWind’s production units. Today, five Energy Capturing Pods located near Gate 9 use small wind turbines and solar panels to collect energy from jet blast and sunlight. Together, these pods generate about 20 kilowatt-hours of clean energy each day, enough to power public charging stations throughout the terminal

This exhibit invites passengers and employees to experience a fascinating example of how Dallas Love Field is transforming previously unused energy into a source of clean energy for everyday use. By highlighting JetWind’s technology, DAL demonstrates its commitment to sustainability, innovation, and forward-thinking solutions for the future of aviation.

For more information, visit: www.jetwindpower.com

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Belmont Village Senior Living

American Heroes: Portraits of Service in Texas     

American Heroes: Portraits of Service in Texas is a specially curated exhibition made exclusively for Dallas Love Field. The photographs are part of a larger collection of senior veteran portraits commissioned by Belmont Village Senior Living, a national leader in senior living with deep roots in Texas. Now on display near baggage claim at DAL, the exhibit showcases portraits of 39 distinguished senior veterans from Belmont Village’s four Texas communities who valiantly served their country during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and peacetime, captured through the lens of renowned photographer Thomas Sanders.

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Made with Love by Dallas Area Fiber Artists (DAFA)

Made with Love is a collective alphabet created by members of the Dallas Area Fiber Artists. Each artist designed a single letter using their own fiber art techniques – stitching, quilting, collage, weaving, wrapping, felting, embellishing, and sculptural textile work. Together, the letters form a joyful message that represents both the spirit of the guild and the heart of fiber arts: creativity shared through many hands.

This installation reflects the beauty of individuality within the community. Every letter is a tiny world, shaped by the artist’s materials, imagination, and touch. As a group, the alphabet becomes more than the sum of its parts – a reminder that handmade work carries warmth, intention, and connection.

The Dallas Area Fiber Artists (DAFA) is a nonprofit guild committed to supporting, teaching, and celebrating the fiber arts through exhibitions, workshops, and community engagement. Learn more: www.dallasfiberartists.org.

 The Stewpot 

 The Stewpot art exhibition includes a sampling of paintings from their gallery. There are many unique styles and aesthetics that are represented, as each artist has their own style and vision. The Stewpot provides studio space and materials for artists who may not have the means to purchase canvas and paint for the purpose of creative expression.

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Filipino American History Month

The displays were curated along with PACE, the Pilipino American Community Endeavor, which is a local DFW non-profit agency whose mission is to create a community center for the 80,000 Filipino Americans that reside in the DFW. They host the biggest Filipino American event called the DFW Palenke which is coming up on November 9th. It is free admission to a event that encompasses all thing Filipino from food, music, dance and culture. On November 12, they will be partnering with the Dallas Mavericks to host the 2nd annual Filipino Heritage Night.

Our Filipino American History Month Displays commemorates the historical contributions of Filipino Americans from Congressional Gold Medal Recipients to Immigration Waves, to the Delano Manongs involvement in the United Farm Workers Movement. Homage to Famous Iconic Filipino Heroes from Lapu Lapu a fearless Filipino Leader who defeated Magellan, to 108-year-old traditional tattoo artist Whang Od who graced the cover of Vogue Magazine and 8 Division World Champion Boxer Manny Pacquiao. The exhibit includes native art and decorations like women garments, a rice farming hats, a traditional fan, traditional flutes and brochures with pictures of the various regions of the Philippines. A poster with a description of the Philippines with highlights about the country is affixed on the side of the first display to catch the attention of visitors passing by.