The Art Conspiracy

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The Art Conspiracy is a Dallas based non-profit art collective.

[edit] History

The group was founded by photographer Sarah Jane Semrad and musician Jason Eric Roberts in the fall of 2005 to help raise money for local charities while providing a forum for area artists and musicians to combine forces and promote their works. The groups inaugural gala was held on December 3rd in 2005 at the Texas Theater (the site of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest) and raised over $10,000 for the Dallas chapter of the Children's Health Fund. The concept for the event included gathering 100 artists together twenty four hours prior to the event, and having them paint on a single sheet of 18" x 18" plywood. The following day, doors were opened to the long vacant theater and a crowd of close to 1000 people quickly purchased all available pieces through an auction process while local musicians performed.