Artist Groups in North Texas

updated 10/2021

Artist groups in the North Texas area:

Allen Quilter’s Guild
American Institute of Graphic Arts, Dallas Chapter (AIGA Dallas)
Arlington Visual Arts Association (site not updated) Facebook page
• Art After 5 – ceased 2019
Art Club of McKinney
Art Connection (IrvingArtsCenter)
• Art Educators of North Central Texas (affiliate of the Texas Art Education Association) (blog) Facebook page
• Artists of Eastland County – no information
Artists ‘Round Texas (Rowlett) – Facebook page
• ArtLoveMagic – Facebook page
• Art Professionals of Texas
Associated Creative Artists (ACA) Dallas (Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/829009043782878)
Association of Grand Prairie Artists (Grand Prairie) Facebook group
• Association of Oriental Arts (TAO) – no information
• Association of Traditional Artists (disbanded)


• Bluebonnet Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters (Arlington) Facebook page
Brownwood Art Association Brownwood, TX


Central Texas Watercolor Society (Waco)
• Coalition of Allen Visual Artists (C.A.V.A.) disbanded
Colored Pencil Society of America, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter
Craft Guild (Carrollton) formerly the Craft Guild of Dallas
• Corsicana Art League (Facebook)
Creative Arts Center, Bonham
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Cross Timbers Artists Guild


Dallas Handweavers & Spinners Guild
Dallas Area Fiber Artists
Dallas Designing Dreams
Dallas Film Society
Dallas Makerspace Carrollton
Dallas Needlework & Textile Guild
Dallas Modern Quilt Guild
Dallas Society of Visual Communications
Dead Photographers Society
Denton Quilt Guild
• DeSoto Art League (disbanded2018)


• Eastside Creative Arts Club, Fort Worth (dissolved 2010)
• Electronic Graphic Artists of Dallas (no information)
Ellis County Art Association, Waxahachie
Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Greater Dallas Chapter [email protected]


• Farmers Branch-Carrollton Art Association Facebook page
Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild
Fort Worth Chapter of EGA (Embroiderers’ Guild of America)
Fort Worth Decorative Painters
Fort Worth Weavers Guild

National League of American Pen Women – Dallas & Fort Worth Branches
North Texas Polymer Clay Guild

• NorthEast Texas Fine Art Alliance (NETFAA) – no information

• Oak Point Art Society, Aubrey – no information

Quilter’s Guild of Dallas
Quilter’s Guild of Plano

Pastel Society of the Southwest
Plano Art Association

Richardson Civic Art Society
Rockwall Art League

SCBWI North Texas (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators)
Sherman Art League
Society of Watercolor Artists (Fort Worth)
Southwestern Watercolor Society (Dallas)
• Star of Texas see Arts Council of Brownwood

• Texas Area Artists – Facebook page
Texas Artists Coalition- TAC (Fort Worth Community Arts Center)
Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild
Texas Sculpture Association
Texas Visual Arts Association (TVAA)
Trinity Arts Guild, Bedford

• Urban Sketchers – Dallas Fort Worth Chapter | international organization

Video Association of Dallas (VAD)
• Visual Artists of Cedar HIll – no information
• Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas (no longer active)
Visual Arts Guild of Frisco (VAGF)
Visual Arts League of Allen
Visual Arts League of Lewisville
Visual Arts of Prosper
Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST) in Denton (formerly North Texas Area Art League)

• Weatherford Art Association
• Wise County Art Association, Bridgeport – Facebook page

• Yellow Rose Chapter of the International SDP (Society of Decorative Painters) – no information

• Youth Artists of Texas, Keller – no information