{"id":280399,"date":"2026-05-05T22:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280399\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T22:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:37:12","slug":"plano-art-association-gallery-in-willow-bend-mall-to-close-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280399\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano Art Association Gallery in Willow Bend Mall to close in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planoartassociation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Plano Art Association Gallery<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopwillowbend.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Shops at Willowbend<\/a> is closing at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>The gallery is closing as <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/plano\/development\/2026\/03\/26\/developer-plans-to-start-willow-bend-demolition-within-a-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">redevelopment plans at the Mall<\/a> move forward, according to a gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18kLqLupA1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p>Association President Rebecca Archuleta said the organization has since negotiated with management to stay through Aug. 31. Archuleta said their biggest exhibit will be held in August.<\/p>\n<p>The association does not have the funds for another location at this time, Archuleta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are desperately looking for sponsors and\/or a very generous landlord,\u201d she said in an emailed statement to Community Impact.<\/p>\n<p>Interested parties can also provide donations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planoartassociation.org\/donations?fbclid=IwY2xjawRl7KdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPQjFDd1pDSWQzM1NRMHFKc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuPyybAawMpGeQRTVJEtdhpvwFJFs_BzZMURlYkhXPc1HBzJLr9-GYkXb6IN_aem_SbYZR7nWDzpqJGgRFbDiKg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The background<\/p>\n<p>The Plano Art Association Gallery opened its current space <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/plano-north\/arts-entertainment\/2024\/09\/25\/plano-art-association-to-bring-new-gallery-to-the-shops-at-willow-bend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2024<\/a>. The association has been dedicated to encouraging visual arts development and education in Plano for more than 50 years, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planoartassociation.org\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Plano Art Association Gallery in The Shops at Willowbend is closing at the end of August. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,101221,103392,103393,162,161,28744,86424],"class_list":["post-280399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-arts","tag-plano-arts-association","tag-plano-galleries","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-the-shops-at-willow-bend","tag-willow-bend-mall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}