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Downtown Dallas: Top Restaurants and Things To Do

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Downtown

Downtown Dallas is a continuously growing area with a beautiful arts scene, urban green spaces, fine dining and luxurious shopping. See the hustle and bustle of professionals by day, and experience nightlife and entertainment after dark.

West End

Experience Dallas history in the West End District. Here you'll find the Old Red Museum where the visitor's center is housed, along with the JFK Memorial Plaza. There's also tons of shops and restaurants located on a walking strip of Market and Record Streets. Stroll former warehouses and railroad stations that have been beautifully preserved and converted into restaurants with shaded sidewalk patios and only-in-Dallas retail shops. The district is home to some of Dallas' most iconic moments, including the grassy knoll in memoriam to JFK, and a perfect spot for a walking tour of Dallas history.

Arts District

The Dallas Arts District is largest urban arts district in the US. Spread over 20 square blocks and encompassing 68 acres, the walkable downtown hub of creativity features art for all the senses with award-winning museums, performing arts venues, restaurants and bars, while an arts magnet high school, Booker T. Washington, inspires tomorrow's brilliant artists.

Farmer's Market

The revitalized Dallas Farmers Market is a one-stop-shop for a weekend adventure. Head outside to the Market for fresh produce and local goodies, then head inside for lunch. The Shed, the indoor market, houses more than a dozen food options, and you'll have to pick between tacos, seafood, Vietnameese food, tamales, Cajun dishes and a few others. Good luck choosing!

Downtown Arts & Culture

Dallas Museum of Art

Established in 1903, the museum is a central figure in the vibrant Dallas Arts District in Downtown Dallas. Holding more than 22,000 works spanning 5,000 years of history, the DMA is one of the 10 largest art museums in the country and welcomes more than 650,000 visitors annually. Enjoy its diverse spectrum of exhibitions, lectures, concerts, literary events and presentations.

Nasher Sculpture Center

The longtime dream of the late Raymond and Patsy Nasher, the Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary sculptures in the world. The 55,000-square-foot space is enclosed by a glass façade, providing continuous views from the street, through the building and across the length of the 1.4 acre outdoor gallery and garden.

Holocaust Museum

The Holocaust Museum - Center for Education and Tolerance is designed to teach the history of the Holocaust and advance human rights to combat prejudice, hatred and indifference. Walk through thoughtful exhibits, a museum archive and library, and the Garden of Remembrance.

Meyerson

The Meyerson is home to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, currently under the leadership of the world-famous Maestro Jaap Van Zweeden. Every detail of the concert hall was designed to achieve the highest acoustical quality, with special elements of the design providing the capability of tailoring the acoustical environment to the performance.

One Arts Plaza

A short walk from the AT&T Performing Arts Center is this mixed-use property, featuring a spacious outdoor patio and fountain area. This popular pre- and post-show restaurant destination includes classic Northern Italian cuisine at Fedora, TexMex at Jorge's and Japanese delights at Tei-An, known for its soba noodles and rooftop space with a great view of downtown.

Places to Eat in Downtown

CBD Provisions

This restaurant at The Joule Hotel showcases bold flavors and exotic presentations. The pig's head carnitas and BBQ pig tails are among the most memorable. Make sure to take a gander at the 30-foot Eye sculpture by Tony Tasset across the street.

Shopping in Downtown

Neiman Marcus

The flagship store of the luxury retailer sits at the corner of Main and Ervay streets and includes the Zodiac room, a popular lunch spot on the sixth floor.

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Downtown Dallas is a continuously growing area with a beautiful arts scene, urban green spaces, fine dining and luxurious shopping. See the hustle and bustle of professionals by day, and experience nightlife and entertainment after dark. Experience Dallas history in the West End District.

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Artist name StockSnap

title of the work snow city

This image is of people in the snow and the buildings are in the background. This is a happy image because it could be Christmas.

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title of the work urban landscape

This images shows a landscape. You can see the size of the object is bigger then people so they look like ants. The tall buildings are intimidating and cramped.

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title of the work Airbus Reveals Urban Air-Transport Projects

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WASHINGTON- Group has provided a glimpse into its research on air taxis as an answer to growing surface gridlock in the world's largest cities.

This includes prototyping an autonomous air vehicle for individual passenger and cargo transport, and studies of a multi-passenger CityAirbus concept. The single-passenger vehicle is being developed by A3, Airbus's Silicon Valley outpost, under Project Vahana, launched in February. A team of internal and external developers have agreed on a vehicle design, and the prototype is scheduled to fly at the end of 2017, according to Airbus Group magazine Forum.

The CityAirbus concept is being developed by Airbus Helicopters, which has completed a feasibility study with a favorable conclusion, Forum said. The multi-passenger vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) vehicle would use electric propulsion and multiple ducted propellers. CityAirbus would be piloted initially, switching to fully autonomous operations once regulations are in place.

Supporting these vehicle efforts is the Skyways project involving Airbus Helicopters and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. It aims to demonstrate an autonomous drone delivery service on the campus of the National University of Singapore. Planned for mid-2017, the demo will help shape the regulatory framework for unmanned aircraft operations in Singapore, according to Forum.

"The market will develop quickly, once we are able to deploy the first vehicles in megacities and [to] demonstrate the benefits of quiet, emission-free air transport at competitive prices," Jorg Muller, a member of Airbus Group's corporate development department, told Forum. The potential demand "corresponds to about 100 times the yearly production of Airbus Helicopters, and that would only require replacing one out of 100 ground taxis," he said.

A major target for A3's Vahana project is transport service providers such as Uber, the. The Uber system operates like car-sharing applications, with passengers using smartphones to book rides. "We believe that global demand for this category of aircraft can support fleets of millions of vehicles worldwide," A3 Project Executive Rodin Lysoff told Forum.

A3 was formed in 2015 to disrupt Airbus from within, and an early project involves working with Uber to extend its ride-hailing service to helicopters. A3 joins several other Silicon Valley startups developing electric VTOL aircraft, including Joby Aviation, Kitty Hawk and Zee.Aero. is also involved.

"Many of the technologies needed, such as batteries, motors and avionics, are most of the way there," Lysoff said, adding that the lack of mature and reliable sense-and-avoid technology is "one of the bigger challenges we aim to resolve as early as possible."

Ride-sharing is also key to the multi-passenger CityAirbus. The operating concept is for customers to use an app to book a seat on a CityAirbus, then head to the nearest heliport and board a flight that would be shared with other passengers. Sharing would make the cost of a flight more affordable, "nearly the equivalent of a normal taxi ride for each passenger, but faster," according to Forum.

Several challenges need to be overcome before autonomous aircraft can be used for urban transport. "No country in the world today allows drones without remote pilot to fly over cities, with or without passengers," Airbus Helicopters' engineer Bruno Trabel, head of the Skyways project, told Forum.

For the pilot project, the helicopter manufacturer is developing an autonomous drone and an overall infrastructure based on an operations-management system created by Airbus Defense and Space. In the first phase, multiple drones will deliver parcels across the Singaporean university campus using defined aerial corridors. If successful, a second phase will extend deliveries to ships in the Port of Singapore.

Demonstration of safe operation over the university under the Skyways pilot project is expected to help shape regulations, lead into initial commercial unmanned-aircraft operations in Singapore, and potentially increase public acceptance for passenger flight testing, according to Forum.

Airbus Helicopters, meanwhile, has developed the "zenAirCity" business and mobility concept in which quiet, electrically powered aircraft such as Vahana and CityAirbus are integrated into the transport infrastructure of a megacity. The vision is a range of products and services from ride-booking and -sharing apps, through flying taxis and luggage services, to cybersecurity to protect the system.

"Given today's technological and business constraints, most smart-city concepts completely ignore flying," Vassilis Agouridas, one the concept's co-developers, told Forum. "That's why we are convinced that this represents a truly disruptive opportunity for Airbus Group."

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WASHINGTON- Group has provided a glimpse into its research on air taxis as an answer to growing surface gridlock in the world's largest cities. This includes prototyping an autonomous air vehicle for individual passenger and cargo transport, and studies of a multi-passenger CityAirbus concept.

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title of the work Cities | The Nature Conservancy
https://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/cities/index.htm

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Artist name Rangu Salgame
title of the work Highlights from NAB

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Cybersecurity gets its due, big business learns how to intersect IoT and cloud, and mobile digital identities transform healthcare.
It's that time again: time to look at what we've accomplished over the past 12 months and make predictions for the year ahead. In that spirit, I want to discuss three technology trends that captured our attention in 2014 and will drive greater action in 2015.
1. Cybersecurity tops board issues
Data breaches topped the news this year. Sony Pictures experienced a vicious cyberattack around the release of The Interview. Home Depot was a victim when 60 million card numbers were stolen, Target announced its holiday breach cost the company $148M and who can forget the iCloud celebrity photo scandal?

Since 2013, I have seen cybersecurity evolve as a pressing management issue much more slowly than I had expected. The technology to act on such warning signs and slow down or even prevent breaches or hacks is available, but the mindset to invest in it continues to fall behind the need.

When you consider that a breach in security opens up business liability, damages customer loyalty (and in some cases their finances), and jeopardizes people's jobs, it must require action that exceeds the attention it is getting. Businesses need to set proactive managed security solutions with industry experts as they seek to remedy and protect both corporate and customer assets. I predict through necessity cyber security will become a leading agenda item for Boards across every industry with a focus equal to that of business strategy, product development and R&D.
Big business catches up at the intersection of IoT and the cloud
The Internet of Things (IoT) has captured the imagination of consumers, from wearable devices to home automation and connected cars. At the same time, cloud and software-defined datacenters are reaching into the enterprise world unlocking transformative levels of insight, flexibility and scale.

But until now, consumer big brands have grappled with how to put the two revolutionary technology trends together in ways that are meaningful. It's been start-ups like FitBit, AirBnB, and Nest that have figured out how to use the cloud to create a more-connected consumer experience.

However, in 2014 we started to see that tide turn. Google closed its Nest acquisition. General Motors announced 30 models of 4G-LTE automobiles and just a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, GE - with partner Quirky, announced their vision for the connected home.

So far this year, we have already seen innovations in these areas from major brands. During the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Qualcomm announced a partnership with Walgreens. Mercedes-Benz unveiled a self-driving car. Nest announced new smart home partnerships with companies including LG. Garmin also revealed a new fitness tracker in partnership with designer Jonathan Adler.

As more big name consumer companies make the connected home and car relatable to the mass population, adoption will accelerate, more useful data will be captured and analyzed, and an increasingly customized experience will be delivered. I predict that in 2015 we will see platforms based on standards develop providing all players, established and new, a method of building on top of existing work instead of having to reinventing the wheel with every innovation.
3. Our mobile digital identity redefines healthcare
The proliferation of connected devices and the cloud will also enable a new use case for your digital identity, specifically in healthcare.

While in 2014 we saw the explosion of wellness wearables tracking steps taken and miles run, the critical benefit will be the management of chronic illness. We are starting to see wearables for chronic pain relief such as Quell, the Blue-tooth equipped cuff that uses neuro-stimulation technology to mitigate pain, emerge.

A recent piece in Wired identified that, "According to a Pew Foundation survey, 45 percent of US adults are dealing with at least one chronic condition. While only 19 percent of people with no chronic conditions track their health indicators, 40 percent of adults with one chronic condition do so, and 62 percent of adults with two chronic conditions do so." With wellness, it's an option. With chronic illness, it's not.

New remote systems, driven by the healthcare providers, will connect patients and their stats to a healthcare team, allow for a more comprehensive overview of a patient's true state of health (not just what they remember at their next appointment), and enable doctors and nurses to offer improved continuity of care.

Looking at these trends, it might be that 2015 is the year when mobile, security, big data and the Internet of Things finally come together to benefit the consumer. I'll be watching each of these areas to see where we're going and why, and I will expand on my thoughts in the months to come. I invite you to follow along and share your thoughts as well.
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Artist name  Nikolai Tolstyh
title of the work paper silhouettes

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Nikolai Tolstyh takes photos of paper animal silhouettes in a natural setting. The combination is surprisingly perfect: the surroundings provide both color for the cutout and a scene to frame the animal.

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Artist Uses Nature To Color Animal Paper Silhouettes

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Nikolai Tolstyh takes photos of paper animal silhouettes in a natural setting. The combination is surprisingly perfect: the surroundings provide both color for the cutout and a scene to frame the animal.

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Artist name Jonna Lamminaho
Title of the work Animal upset

In This image  you can see that how the animal is feeling by the tear from the polar bear. You can see that the image is showing the polar bear is looking at the northern lights.

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From Higher Perspective, December 28, 2015

21-year-old Finland Artist Jonna 'Scandy Girl' ( Jonna Lamminaho ) has created breathtaking fine art pieces that remind us to preserve nature and of the wild spirit behind some of the beautiful animals that we share this world with.

Connecting with nature through art is one of the beautiful ways that we can inspire people to preserve the natural parts of this world so that future generations can also be in awe of the sheer beauty that is out there. These timeless pieces seemingly connect you with the soul behind the animals, their emotions, and the surrounding elements.

Many of these images also show was appears to be the weeping of the animals. Though animals don't cry with tears they have powerful emotions just like we do and can experience the loss of their family and friends. We need to remember our impact on nature and make sure we are showing respect to those we share this earth with by preserving their rights and homes.

As deforestation removes the natural habitat of our wild animals and hunters and poachers pick off the rest we need to remember that animals are beings that deserve respect too. They have families and need love and respect just like we do.

Countless hours go into developing a skill like this. The patience and mastery that Jonna dedicates to these images gives us a small glimpse into her soul as well, enjoy.

"'I'm nothing without you' my black bear is done!.. Took around 7 hours. Hope you guys like it!"-Jonna

'Last one' the artwork tells about polar bear who is the last one alive and how painfull it is to think that there was once a family but not anymore. I hope we dont see this day coming that there would only be one polar bear left. " -Jonna

Thank you Jonna for moving our hearts and sharing your art with the world.

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Image Credit: Jonna Lamminaho
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Breathtaking Art That Will Help You Reconnect and Fight to Protect Nature

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From Higher Perspective, December 28, 2015 21-year-old Finland Artist Jonna 'Scandy Girl' (Jonna Lamminaho) has created breathtaking fine art pieces that remind us to preserve nature and of the wild spirit behind some of the beautiful animals that we share this world with. Connecting with nature through art is one of the beautiful ways that...

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Artist name Paul Chong
Title of the work Window of Inspiration

I like this image because you can see all the reflection of the trees.The colours are black and white you can see that he has shaded.

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The Source of Our Inspiration
The inspiration that we received while creating art can comes in variety of ways regardless of if you are a painter, sculpture, musician, designer or someone who likes to create. This is because each person receive inspiration differently from one another depending on their choice of subject or interest, location, personal feeling and emotion of the time. For some, their inspiration comes while visiting an exhibition gallery, or by listening to their favourite music, traveling and more. Just like food to the body, I often see 'inspiration' as a source of motivational food that feeds our creativity and desire of wanting to create something new and beautiful. And only with it, will we have the determination to start and to finish the artwork. This is the reason that people create art because of a driven motivation in their heart of wanting to express and to share something that is of their interest to the audience.

Nature- ' Window of Inspiration'.The inspiration behind my creating art is when I am alone in the nature, especially in the wood! Partly this is because of the home that I used to grew up with was surrounded by deep wood in the countryside. Somehow, this has shape the foundation of where I receive my inspiration the most even after I have move to the big city.
Allow Time For Art To Express
The types of art that I enjoy creating most is through the medium of photography, which I call, landscape fine art photography. In order for an art to fully express itself, it cannot be hurried or hasten during the process of creation. First of all, art is a visual interpretation of the artist's thinking, idea and emotion to it. The artwork actually reveals the artist himself! Which often requires full attention and energy from the artist in order to produce a beautiful masterpiece. And this would require days to weeks and even months before completion. Less this will defeat the possibly potential of creating a beautiful work of art to its maximum. To do so, every time when I'm out to photograph, I personally prefer to spend longer time and even days just by staying outdoor, either camping or hiking. As this provides ample of time to explore around the site and I can take it easy while choosing a suitable subject for the shoot. This approach also allows me enough time to be able to think, reflect and to compose photograph that carries an emotional response into the artwork. Furthermore, this makes the process of creating art an enjoyable and fun thing to do.

Continue to part 2 of this series...

Paul Chong is a landscape fine art photographer base in Shanghai, China. He is dedicated to capture the beauty of nature scenery in which he also creates colorful fine art photograph for sale in various format and sizes, featuring museum archival quality fine print. Some of his work can be seen published in magazine, website, event brochure and flyer. He owned a collection of magnificent artwork which can be seen by visiting his online gallery at www.paulchong.photoshelter.com

Copyright © 2013, Paul Chong Photography, All rights reserved.

Email: paulchongphotography@gmail.com

China Contact: +86 1376 4064 081 (GMT +8 hours)

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The Source of Our Inspiration The inspiration that we received while creating art can comes in variety of ways regardless of if you are a painter, sculpture, musician, designer or someone who likes to create. This is because each person receive inspiration differently from one another depending on their choice of subject or interest, location, personal feeling and emotion of the time.

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Artist name  david leclerc
Title of the work Apple Logo Autumn Spectrum

This image is showing the apple logo and you can see that he has used all the different seasonal leaves.

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Artist name Michael Gaudet
Title of the work U-pick apples

This image is trying to make you look at the apples instead of the people in the background.

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Nature is a very popular theme in art, and for good reason. Nature is an unending source of inspiration. Landscape artists capture the beauty of our world by painting plants, trees, mountains, valleys, forests, rivers and more.

Artists have been painting landscapes for centuries. Landscape and nature has even been predominant themes in my own artwork.

This post contains 10 landscape paintings from our featured artists.

This article is part of a continuing series of articles where we will be re-promoting all the interviewed artists of Artpromotivate. Once there are a few of these themed posts, we plan on creating a special page where artists may be searched according to country, style, etc.

So, if you have been putting off filling out the free spotlight form, now is a good time. You will get the added benefit of continuous promotion from us.

If you missed the past posts, you may find them here:

Colorful Abstract Paintings
Contemporary Sculpture Artists

So, check out beautiful nature and landscape art from 10 inspirational contemporary artists:

Lee Nixon

Virginia artist Lee Nixon paints luminous images of nature. His painting is named Majestic Day at Gregg's Pond.

"The passion, love, and appreciation for the planet we call earth is what being conveyed through my art. And, although the earth is being ruined through pollution, it is still a splendid spectacle to behold. On a clear day, which are becoming rarer, brilliant hues of color, and surrounding mountains throughout Virginia become visible for the eyes to behold. My goal is to enhance the viewer's appreciation for the immense beauty of the earth all around us, that is, takes the time to allow our senses to feast on the surrounding beauty."

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Artpromotivate: Nature Art - Landscape Paintings from Contemporary Artists

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Nature is a very popular theme in art, and for good reason. Nature is an unending source of inspiration. Landscape artists capture the beauty of our world by painting plants, trees, mountains, valleys, forests, rivers and more. Artists have been painting landscapes for centuries. Landscape and nature has even been predominant themes in my own artwork.

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Artist name is Spencer Byles
Title of work  A Year In A French Forest

This image shows a lot of nature being used as sculpture in the artwork. This image looks like the sun that is shining in to the distance.