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Artist
Accolades
Glasstire – “Texas Vignette Announces Artists Selected for 2026 Fair,” Nicholas Frank, Aug 27th, 2026.
WRR – “A light in a dark time – All about Aurora Video Art Night 2026.” At Work with Amy, Amy Bishop, Aug 9, 2026.
Voyage Dallas – “Conversations with Leili Arai Tavallaei” Local Stories, Voyage Staff, July 2nd, 2026.
Visit Dallas – “🍵 Inside @HyphenSpace_,” April 21st, 2026.
KERA– “Meet Dallas Artist Christina Hahn,” KERA Arts Doc, April 9th, 2026.
Glasstire – “Review: Ryan Goolsby and Leili Arai Tavallaei at Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas,” Courtney Thomas, June 13th, 2025.
Glasstire – “Dallas Museum of Art Awards $48,000 to Artists,” Jessica Fuentes, May 26th, 2025.
Glasstire – “Top Five: May 22, 2025,” Glasstire Staff, May 22, 2025.
Baltimore Magazine– “Artscape's Scout Art Fair Plans to Put Baltimore's Creative Community on the National Map,” Lydia Woolever, May 22, 2025.
DMA – “Awards to Artists Surpasses $1 Million in Awards Since Inception,” May 16th, 2025.
Patron Magazine – “A Million in Support, and Still Growing: DMA’s Enduring Investment in Artists,” May 15th, 2025.
Erin Cluley Projects – “In Constant Translation: Leili Arai Tavallaei’s tender archive of memory,” Chukwudi Ukonne, May 17th, 2025.
Glasstire – “Leili Arai Tavallaei: Shotor 〇 Morghe,” Erin Cluley Staff, April 29th, 2025.
Erin Cluley Projects – “Leili Arai Tavallaei: Shotor 〇 Morghe,” Erin Cluley Staff, April 29th, 2025.
Glasstire– “Cedars Union Cohort IV: Material Realities at the Intersection of Process and Identity” Feb 13th, 2025.
Glasstire – “Cluley Projects Launches Inaugural Arts Writing Mentorship Initiative” Jessica Fuentes, Dec 29, 2024.
Glasstire – “Top Five: August 15, 2024,” Glasstire Staff, Aug 15, 2024.
Glasstire – “A Feast for the Eyes: ‘Community Potluck’ at Arts Fort Worth,” Livia Pereira, July 15th, 2024.
Baltimore Beat– “Best (and Worst) of Baltimore 2023: For the Culture,” Staff Reports, Nov 28, 2023.
Glasstire – “The Cedars Union Welcomes 2023-2024 Cohort Artists,” Jessica Fuentes, Aug 26th, 2023.
BmoreArt– “Baltimore Art News: Black History and Museums, Artscape, Two New Film Festivals” Rebecca Juliette, Aug 17th, 2023.
Baltimore Beat– “What Happens When We Nurture?” Terri Henderson, July 25, 2023.
BmoreArt– “BmoreArt’s Picks: July 4-10” Rebecca Juliette, July 4th, 2023.
Glasstire – “Lawndale Announces ‘The Big Show’ 2023 Selected Artists,” Jessica Fuentes, May 11th, 2023.
Overachiever Magazine – “Half Ostrich,” Leili Arai Tavallaei, Oct. 15, 2020.
Quaranzine – “Quarantine,” Soren Grunder, Alexis Sanford, p13-15, 2020.
Stereogum – “Wasted Shirt - ‘All is Lost’,” James Rettig, Feb. 6, 2020.
Consequence – “Wasted Shirt (Ty Segall and Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale) share fierce new song ‘All is Lost’,” Lake Schatz, Feb. 6, 2020.
Overachiever Magazine – “The Literary Issue: Art Roundup,” June 15, 2019.
Community & Leadership
Asian Mental Health Collective – “Welcome Leili Arai Tavallaei, Program Coordinator,” Mahek Singh, Sept 10th, 2026.
The Film Festival Doctor – Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith (Host). “Bitesized Episode - Spotlight on Asian American Film Programming” [Audio podcast episode]. In The Film Festival Doctor Podcast. The Film Festival Doctor USA LLC. Sept 10th, 2026.
CBS Texas – “Dallas Asian American Film Festival spotlights Texas filmmakers,” Marissa Armas, Sept 9th, 2026.
NBC DFW– “Inaugural Dallas Asian American Film Festival showcases local stories, growing community in North Texas,” Alanna Quillen, August 27th, 2026.
KERA – “Dallas Asian American Film Festival sells out ahead of inaugural event,” Marcheta Fornoff, August 26th, 2026.
Dallas Observer– “Dallas gets its first Asian American Film Festival this month,” Preston Barta, August 11th, 2026.
Nopality Magazine– “DAAART Hosts Community Celebration to Save Dallas City Hall,” John Mai, July 9th, 2026.
KERA – “These 5 art groups are redefining Dallas arts and culture,” Zara Amaechi, Oct 3, 2025.
CBS News – “Rooted in Culture: Asian American Artists Unite Through DAAART in Dallas,” Marissa Armas, May 20, 2025.
The Dallas Morning News– “Crow Museum at UTD and Dallas art collective unite to amplify Asian American artistry,” Elizabeth Myong, May 5th, 2025.
Glasstire – “Ginger Roots Festival Shares Asian American Art & Culture with North Texas,” Nicholas Frank, April 23, 2025.
The Dallas Morning News – “‘We are here in Texas’: Dallas Asian American Art Collective puts on its first show,” Elizabeth Myong, Nov 26, 2024.
Glasstire – “Top Five: August 15, 2024,” Glasstire Staff, Aug 15, 2024.
Glasstire – “A Feast for the Eyes: ‘Community Potluck’ at Arts Fort Worth,” Livia Pereira, July 15th, 2024.
MICA – “Leili Arai Tavallaei: Words of Advice,” MICA, 2024.
Shades Collective – “Colorism, Anti-Blackness, Navigating Binary Cultures, and Making Space for their Narrative in America with BASU,” Akea Brianne Brown, Oct. 3, 2019.
Shades Collective – Akea Brianne Brown, “Labels, Cultural Assimilation, & Reclaiming Pride in One's Self with Leili Arai Tavallaei,” Akea Brianne Brown, Sept 3, 2019.