Looking to get your art fix? Via the Dallas Arts Salon: a wonderful rundown of this week’s Dallas Fort Worth art openings and events as compiled by Jim Mathis. One show that is a can’t miss for any of you out there who, like me, horded tens of thousands of baseball cards in shoe boxes under his or her bed as a kid: Mark Collop‘s paintings (pictured) that are created from 1970s Topps baseball cards opening at 500x. Jump for the details.

“Chris Panatier and Kathleen Wilke”
Rising Gallery – April 30 : 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
http://www.risinggallery.com/events.php
4631 Insurance Lane, Dallas, Tx 75205

“Fountainhead” by Patrick Short
GuerillaArts – April 30 : 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
http://www.guerillaarts.org/
1900 N. Haskell, Dallas, Tx 75204

“Fresh Faces 2×2″ by Charlotte Seifert, Cheryll McLennan, Chris Brown, Daniel Birdsong, Daniel Rivera, Darrah Goodin, Darrell Madis, Debbie Stinson, S. Elisabeth Schalij, Ellen Soffer, Fannie Britto, Greg Metz, Greg Stinson, Heather Gorham, Ippi Lincoln, Jack Brockette, Jerrel Sustaita, Jessica Sublet, J Lynn Kelly, Jose Cruz, Joyce Martin, Sandra A. Moreno, Judith Lee Perkins, Judy Seay, Julia McLain, Kate Wickham, Kathy Robinson-Hayes, Liz London, Marty Ray, Merry Fuhrer, Michael Benson, Monique Janette, Pamela K. Neeley, Ray-Mel Cornelius, Ron Criswell, Ross von Rosenberg, Roy Vance, Silvia Thornton, Skip Noah, Steve Benezue, Susan Giller, Terri Stone, Terry Hayes, Tim Bolt, and Valerie Guignon
Bath House Cultural Center – May 1 : 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
http://documents.ellipseinc.com/doccenter/generic/724/fresh%20faces%20press.pdf
521 E. Lawther Drive, Dallas, Tx 75218

“Todo Sobre mi Madre (All About my Mother)” by María Teresa García Pedroche
Bath House Cultural Center – May 1 : 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
http://documents.ellipseinc.com/doccenter/generic/724/pedroche%20press.pdf
521 E. Lawther Drive, Dallas, Tx 75218

“The Vitamin Social” by Scott Tucker and Eddie Henderson
Kettle Art Gallery – May 1 : 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
http://www.kettleart.com/page2.htm
2714 Elm Street, Dallas, Tx 75226

“Cottonwood Art Festival”
May 1 : 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
http://www.cottonwoodartfestival.com/
Beltline and South Cottonwood Drive, Richardson, Tx 75081

“Diamond Ring” by Mark Collop and Joel Kiser, “Paint Snob 2010″ by Paint Snob Collective, and “Uprooted” by Sarah Williams and Tom Leininger
500X Gallery – May 1 : 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
http://500x.org/show_2010_may.html
500 Expositon Avenue, Dallas, Tx 75226

“Jeff Baker Photography Exhibit”
Marshall Motors – May 1 : 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
http://www.marshallmotors.com/artist.html
11450 Sprowles Street, Dallas, Tx 75229

“Etsy Spring Bash”
South Side on Lamar – May 1 : 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
http://www.southsideliving.info/
1408 South Lamar, Dallas, Tx

“Cottonwood Art Festival”
May 2 : 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
http://www.cottonwoodartfestival.com/
Beltline and South Cottonwood Drive, Richardson, Tx 75081

“Stephen Hackley”
Goodrich Gallery – May 2 : 12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM
http://www.fumcdal.org/music_calendar.htm
First United Methodist Church, 1928 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Tx 75201

“MOTA Show” by Brad Abrams, Stewart Cohen, Lisa Ehrich, Celia Feld, Etty Horowitz, Bonny Leibowitz, Kenney Mencher, Jamie Pink, Morton Rachofsky, George Tobolowsky, Ellen Frances Tuchman, and Dahlia Woods
Intown Chabad : 12:00 Noon – 6:00 PM
http://theintownchabad.com/
2723 Routh street, Dallas, Tx 75201