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Our March calendar is here!
Can you believe it’s already March? We will be having new and reoccurring events throughout Hyphen Space.
To Be Altered
GROUP EXHIBITION, Co-Curated by Joy Reyes and Christina J. Hahn
Multimedia, 5 Dallas women artists of color - new media, fiber works, works on paper, multimedia
Exhibition Description
“To Be Altered” is a celebration of the transformative power of being changed by shared bonds and experiences.
More to come…
Featured Artists:
Ari Brielle
Christina J. Hahn
Joy Reyes
Leili Arai Tavallaei
Martha Elena
Artist Bio:
More to come…
Gesture Drawing Gym
What is Gesture Drawing Gym?
It is a collaborative drawing session where anyone will get the chance to practice drawing anatomy with live models: each other! Everyone, sitting in a semi-circle, will get a chance to make a quick and rough sketch of a chosen “model” for a 5 minute, 3 minute or 1 minute duration. Once the time is up, everyone will give and receive feedback, before another model from the semi-circle is chosen.
The process is repeated until everyone in the group has had a chance to model (or 45 minutes has passed)
Bring your own paper, pencils, or which medium you prefer to drawing in!
Organized & Hosted by @racheltse.art
Free Admission
Opening Reception for To Be Altered
Hyphen Space presents “To Be Altered” a group exhibition co-curated by Joy Reyes and Christina Hahn.
‘To Be Altered’ is showcasing the transformative power of being changed by shared bonds and experiences.
Featuring five local artists of color reflecting on how womanhood and love changes us when we work as a collective, and not as individuals.
Ari Brielle
Christina J. Hahn
Joy Reyes
Leili Arai Tavallaei
Martha Elena
From March 22nd to May 3rd, Hyphen Space offers a view into the in-between
📍Opening Reception - May 22nd, 6 PM - 9 PM
🗣️ Artist Talk - April TBD
📆 Exhibition Duration - March 22 -May 3rd, 2026
In honor of the show, Hyphen has collaborated with all 5 artists to create a bespoke drink inspired by ‘To Be Altered’ available for a limited time during the duration of this exhibition.
Bring Your Creative Work Day
Working on any in-progress creative work? Bring yourself here to Hyphen Space to co-work and meet local creatives!
Let’s build a creative community to encourage one another in our creative pursuits.
Free Admission
Hyphen Movie Nights
Hyphen Movie Nights bring film, community, and atmosphere together. Each screening is for fun to enjoy watching and experiencing stories side by side.
Movie to be decided! Feel free to email or message Hyphen Space any suggestions. It can be a movie, TV show, cartoon, or anime.
Free Admission
6:30 - 7 PM: Get drinks & snacks
7-9:30 PM: Movie Showing
Matcha Workshop: From Seed to Cup
We’re hosting our matcha workshop again!
Explore the delicate world of matcha at Hyphen Space.
Learn the art of matcha preparation using a chasen (bamboo whisk) and chawan (matcha bowl) to create a smooth, frothy matcha. This workshop is perfect for both newcomers and seasoned tea lovers looking to deepen their appreciation. We will be diving into different grades of matcha, understanding the different notes of matcha, as well as the history. And you get to build and take home a matcha drink of your choice!
Join us for a peaceful, immersive, and fun experience that connects you with the traditions of Japanese tea at Hyphen Space.
Please RSVP below.
Board Game Night
Bored and want to play? Tired of the screen? Let’s play board games and card games! Bring your own or we have some too.
Let us know if you plan to attend, but it is Free Admission!
Mahjong Parlor 214 : Early Evening Time Open Play
Come have fun and play Hong Kong mahjong at Hyphen Space. If you already know how to play, feel free to play with others. New to mahjong? Don’t worry we have teachers ready to teach you! Invite your friends and let’s have fun!
Don’t Be Strangers: Start Here: Hands-On Workshop
Start Here: hands-on workshop to stop overthinking and start doing. This workshop is lead by XinYi of Don’t Be Strangers & Creative Chimera Studio.
You don’t need to have a perfect plan. You just need to show up. Let’s get unstuck-together. You
Matcha Workshop
We’re hosting our matcha workshop again!
Explore the delicate world of matcha at Hyphen Space.
Learn the art of matcha preparation, using a chasen (bamboo wisk) and chawan (matcha bowl) to create a smooth, frothy matcha. This workshop is perfect for both newcomers and seasoned tea lovers looking to deepen their appreciation. We will be diving into different grades of matcha, understanding the different notes of matcha, as well as the history.
Join us for a peaceful, immersive, and fun experience that connects you with the traditions of Japanese tea at Hyphen Space.
Please RSVP below.
Mahjong Parlor 214 : Day Time Open Play
Come have fun and play Hong Kong mahjong at Hyphen Space. This session is open play, where you can just simply play mahjong. Invite your friends and let’s have fun!
Floral Design Workshop
Red Oak Studios 💐 is back at Hyphen Space for round two of guided floral arrangements!
Each ticket includes the creation of your own bouquet, but you may even leave with a friend or two 👯♀️💕come join us in creating lovely memories together!
Additionally, there will also be delicious Peruvian pastries and a sweet sip to accompany your taste buds during the session.
☕️🌼🥧🌸🍵
Meet Ashley, a talented artist and the driving force behind Red Oak Studios. Born in the picturesque mountains of Cusco, Peru, Ashley was surrounded by vibrant colors and natural beauty from a young age, which would later become the inspiration for her art. After relocating to the United States, Ashely’s love for art never wavered, but it wasn’t until she graduated from college with a degree in science that she began to question her true calling. A transformative trip to Santa Fe in 2021 reignited Ashley’s passion for art, and she soon found herself immersed in the world of flower design. Despite having no prior experience, Ashley was determined to learn and grow, and her hard work eventually paid off. With a new perspective and love for living life in 2024, Red Oak Studios bloomed, a beautiful reflection of dedication to her craft and her willingness to take risks and pursue her dreams.
Lunar New Year Potluck
Lunar New Year Community Potluck at Hyphen Space 🧧
Join us at Hyphen Space for a Lunar New Year potluck celebrating new beginnings, shared stories, and the richness of our many cultures. This gathering is an open invitation to learn, share, and connect through the dishes that carry meaning in our families and communities.
Lunar New Year is celebrated across many cultures and regions, each with its own traditions, flavors, and symbolism. We invite you to bring a dish that reflects your heritage, a Lunar New Year tradition, or simply something you love and be ready to share the story behind it. Whether it’s homemade, store-bought, or passed down through generations, every contribution is welcome.
Together, we’ll eat, learn about different cuisines, exchange cultural traditions, and welcome the new year with intention, abundance, and community. Come curious, come hungry, and come ready to celebrate.
✨ All are welcome. Let’s welcome the new year together.
Artist Talk : Searching for a Feeling by Bao Nghi Ngo
Exhibition Description:
Searching for a Feeling traces the unstable terrain of memory and how it stretches, fractures, and reshapes itself over time. Pulled from archival family photographs, the works in this exhibition explore the sensation of remembering something that has never been fully known, and how trauma alters memory’s contours in ways both subtle and profound. Rather than seeking accuracy, the exhibition rests in the emotional residue of recollection, where clarity and erasure coexist and where one can feel everything and nothing at once.
In the main space, large-scale pigment transfers on sheer polyester fabric immerse the viewer in memory’s shifting atmosphere. The repeated images, layered across tall veils of translucent cloth, drift in and out of focus as the viewer moves through the space. Each sheet hangs slightly apart, allowing light to slip between them and distort the image further. These works echo the experience of returning to a memory again and again, only to find it altered, softened in some places, sharpened in others, always changing shape.
In the adjoining hallway, a smaller and more intimate body of work unfolds through Polaroid emulsion lifts on glass. Here, archival images are transformed by the fluid unpredictability of the emulsion, folding and rippling as if memory itself were trying to settle into a form. Each piece hovers one inch from the wall, casting a faint shadow that becomes a second, ghost-like image. These works hold the fragile details, the fragments that resurface without warning, the pieces of a story that remain suspended just out of reach. Placed in separate rooms yet in quiet conversation, the two bodies of work reflect the dual nature of remembering. The fabric pieces stretch memory across space, inviting viewers to walk through uncertainty and distortion. The glass works compress memory into delicate, floating impressions, revealing how easily it can tear, wrinkle, or shift under pressure. Together, they consider how memory is shaped not only by time but by the body—by trauma, by intuition, by the longing to understand what was never fully seen.
In Searching for a Feeling, memory is not an archive but a living material, altered by every return. Ngo invites viewers into the in-between: the place where remembering becomes an act of creation, and where the search for clarity becomes its own intimate form of truth.
Artist Bio:
Bao Nghi Ngo is a self-taught, first-generation Asian American artist based in Dallas, Texas. Working primarily with alternative photographic processes, Ngo explores the fragile terrain of memory, identity, and healing. Her practice often merges cyanotype, weaving, and mixed-media experimentation to investigate how images can fracture, fade, and reassemble over time. Ngo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from the University of North Texas, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude as a Distinguished Honors College Scholar. Her undergraduate thesis, Lost in Time: An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Inquiry into Traumatic Brain Injuries, stemmed from her own experience with a brain injury—a formative event that continues to inform her art. Through slow, tactile processes, she transforms the act of remembering into a study of resilience and care.
Her work has been exhibited across Texas, including in ART214 Biennial Juried Exhibition through the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, The 9th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition at Artspace111, Colorplay at the Dallas Center for Photography, Apophenia at ICOSA Collective, and Ginger Roots at 400h Gallery.
Ngo is currently an Artist in Residence at The Cedars Union (Cohort V) and is participating in the 2nd Annual Cedars Union Printmaking Micro-Residency in 2025, followed by the AiR: Underground residency at Arts Mission Oak Cliff in 2026.
Through her practice, Ngo turns vulnerability into language, creating spaces where art and science, body and memory, coexist in quiet dialogue.
Don’t Be Strangers: Canva Workshop
Canva Workshop hosted by XinYi of Don’t Be Strangers & Creative Chimera Studio.
Need a personal portfolio or a business website? Leave this workshop with a brand new website. Bring your laptops and create your free Canva account.
Offline Gaming Day
Tired of doomscrolling? Let’s play! Bring your Nintendo DS, Sony, PSP, Gameboy to Hyphen Space and have fun. Or bring your board games or card games. We have some too.
All Day Free Play. Find a spot and have fun.
Hyphen Board Game Night
Our 1st board game night! Bring in your own board game and some friends. If not, we have board games available for you to borrow and perhaps even make a new connection and friend over a board game.
Free Admission! No need to RSVP.
Hyphen Movie Nights
Hyphen Movie Nights bring film, community, and atmosphere together. Each screening is intentionally curated and hosted in our studio space with complimentary drinks and snacks included. It’s less about the screen and more about experiencing stories side by side.
6:30 - 7 PM: Get drinks & snacks
7-9:30 PM: Movie Showing
Movie Coming Soon
Matcha Workshop Session 1
We’re hosting our matcha workshop again!
Explore the delicate world of matcha at Hyphen Space.
Learn the art of matcha preparation, using a chasen (bamboo wisk) and chawan (matcha bowl) to create a smooth, frothy matcha. This workshop is perfect for both newcomers and seasoned tea lovers looking to deepen their appreciation. We will be diving into different grades of matcha, understanding the different notes of matcha, as well as the history.
Join us for a peaceful, immersive, and fun experience that connects you with the traditions of Japanese tea at Hyphen Space.
Please RSVP below.
Opening Reception for Searching for a Feeling by Bao Nghi Ngo
Hyphen Space presents “Searching for a Feeling” a solo exhibition by Bao Nghi Ngo
‘Searching for a Feeling’ traces the unstable terrain of memory and how it stretches, fractures, and reshapes itself overtime. Pulled from archival family photographs, Ngo explores the sensation of remembering something that has never been fully known and how trauma alters memories contours in way, both subtle and profound.
From January 16th to March 7th, Hyphen Space offers a view into the in-between: where remembering is an act of creation and searching for clarity, its own intimate form of truth by Bao Nghi Ngo. Curated by Christina J. Hahn.
📍Opening Exhibition - Jan 16, 7-10 pm
📍Artist Talk - Feb 19, 7:30-9:30 pm
📆 Exhibition Duration - Jan 16-Mar 7, 2026
In honor of our show, Hyphen has collaborated with Bao Nghi Ngo to create a bespoke drink inspired by ‘Searching for a Feeling’ available for a limited time during the duration of this exhibition.
Searching for a Feeling by Bao Nghi Ngo
Exhibition Description:
Searching for a Feeling traces the unstable terrain of memory and how it stretches, fractures, and reshapes itself over time. Pulled from archival family photographs, the works in this exhibition explore the sensation of remembering something that has never been fully known, and how trauma alters memory’s contours in ways both subtle and profound. Rather than seeking accuracy, the exhibition rests in the emotional residue of recollection, where clarity and erasure coexist and where one can feel everything and nothing at once.
In the main space, large-scale pigment transfers on sheer polyester fabric immerse the viewer in memory’s shifting atmosphere. The repeated images, layered across tall veils of translucent cloth, drift in and out of focus as the viewer moves through the space. Each sheet hangs slightly apart, allowing light to slip between them and distort the image further. These works echo the experience of returning to a memory again and again, only to find it altered, softened in some places, sharpened in others, always changing shape.
In the adjoining hallway, a smaller and more intimate body of work unfolds through Polaroid emulsion lifts on glass. Here, archival images are transformed by the fluid unpredictability of the emulsion, folding and rippling as if memory itself were trying to settle into a form. Each piece hovers one inch from the wall, casting a faint shadow that becomes a second, ghost-like image. These works hold the fragile details, the fragments that resurface without warning, the pieces of a story that remain suspended just out of reach. Placed in separate rooms yet in quiet conversation, the two bodies of work reflect the dual nature of remembering. The fabric pieces stretch memory across space, inviting viewers to walk through uncertainty and distortion. The glass works compress memory into delicate, floating impressions, revealing how easily it can tear, wrinkle, or shift under pressure. Together, they consider how memory is shaped not only by time but by the body—by trauma, by intuition, by the longing to understand what was never fully seen.
In Searching for a Feeling, memory is not an archive but a living material, altered by every return. Ngo invites viewers into the in-between: the place where remembering becomes an act of creation, and where the search for clarity becomes its own intimate form of truth.
Artist Bio:
Bao Nghi Ngo is a self-taught, first-generation Asian American artist based in Dallas, Texas. Working primarily with alternative photographic processes, Ngo explores the fragile terrain of memory, identity, and healing. Her practice often merges cyanotype, weaving, and mixed-media experimentation to investigate how images can fracture, fade, and reassemble over time. Ngo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from the University of North Texas, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude as a Distinguished Honors College Scholar. Her undergraduate thesis, Lost in Time: An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Inquiry into Traumatic Brain Injuries, stemmed from her own experience with a brain injury—a formative event that continues to inform her art. Through slow, tactile processes, she transforms the act of remembering into a study of resilience and care.
Her work has been exhibited across Texas, including in ART214 Biennial Juried Exhibition through the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, The 9th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition at Artspace111, Colorplay at the Dallas Center for Photography, Apophenia at ICOSA Collective, and Ginger Roots at 400h Gallery.
Ngo is currently an Artist in Residence at The Cedars Union (Cohort V) and is participating in the 2nd Annual Cedars Union Printmaking Micro-Residency in 2025, followed by the AiR: Underground residency at Arts Mission Oak Cliff in 2026.
Through her practice, Ngo turns vulnerability into language, creating spaces where art and science, body and memory, coexist in quiet dialogue.
Butterfly Customization Workshop with Karla Ramirez-Santin
Join us for an intimate, hands-on workshop created especially for first- and second-generation immigrants. In this two-hour community event, in the back room of Hyphen Space, participants will be invited to reflect on their lived experiences and transform a butterfly as a personal expression of identity, migration, memory, and belonging.
The workshop will begin with a brief introduction of the artist and the exhibition, followed by a guided writing prompt. Participants are welcome to write anything they’d like in response to their experiences, and those who wish may share their reflections with the group. From there, the artist will discuss her own process of transforming butterflies before opening the space for participants to customize their own.
All supplies and butterflies will be provided, and participants will get to take their completed butterfly home. Attendance will be capped at 20 particupants to create a welcoming, intentional space for connection and creativity, so if you're interested, please RSVP at hyphenspace.co
Mahjong Parlor 214 : Day Time Open Play
Come have fun and play Taiwanese mahjong at Hyphen Space. This session is open play, where you can just simply play mahjong. No teaching this time! Invite your friends and let’s have fun!
Write Thank You Cards
Come by during normal hours of operation and get an hour pass or day pass and write thank you cards at Hyphen Space. It’s a good time for reflection and thank those around you as the 2025 year comes to an end.
Feel free to provide your own cards or use our cards provided!
Matcha Pop-Up Day 2: Platinum Appeal
We’re popping up and serving matcha at Platinum Appeal. Stay tuned on our Instagram for more details on the menu.
Address: 2406 S Jupiter Road, Suite #4, Garland, TX 75041
Matcha Pop-Up Day 1: Platinum Appeal
We’re popping up and serving matcha at Platinum Appeal. Stay tuned on our Instagram for more details on the menu.
Address: 2406 S Jupiter Road, Suite #4, Garland, TX 75041
Artist Talk with Karla Ramirez-Santin
Artist Bio
Karla Ramirez-Santin is a multimedia artist, whose work inspects the complexity of being a woman/girl and how the negative effects of external expectations are a direct result of gender stereotypes. Ramirez-Santin was born in Toluca, Estado de México and immigrated with her family to the United States when she was a year and eight months old. She received her Associate of Arts in Art from Navarro College and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a Concentration in Drawing and Painting from the University of North Texas. Ramirez-Santin is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree at Texas Woman's University, where she is also teaching several studio art classes including: Drawing Foundations, Introduction to Painting, and Intermediate Painting as well as worked in the Digital Craft Lab. Ramirez-Santin has exhibited her artwork across the country, including New York City’s Gallery 524, SITE Santa Fe, Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, and Texas Vignette Art Fair. She is a recipient of the TWU Open Educational Practices Grant and multiple scholarships including the Marie Delleney Art Scholarship. She is a Cohort 5 Artist in Residence at the Cedars Union Art Incubator.
About the Exhibition
Hyphen Space presents a powerful solo exhibition by Karla Ramirez-Santin.
In Nos Cortaron las Alas y Aún Volamos, Karla Ramirez-Santin uses an intersectional lens to share stories of sacrifice, labor, and love from the perspective of first- and second-generation immigrants. Through a combination of collaboration and autobiographical storytelling, Ramirez-Santin humanizes these experiences, highlighting both shared threads and individual complexities, while juxtaposing them with the negative portrayals often found in mainstream media. The exhibition’s title draws from the Spanish phrase: “Me cortaste las alas” (“You cut off my wings”), a metaphor for having one’s dreams, aspirations, or freedom taken away. By shifting the subject to “Nos Cortaron las Alas” (“They cut off our wings”), Ramirez-Santin emphasizes collective struggle and resilience, culminating in the hopeful affirmation: “y Aún Volamos” (“and yet we fly”). With this work, Ramirez-Santin aims to help immigrant families feel seen, heard, and comforted amid today’s terrifying and unpredictable political climate. The exhibition reminds viewers that regardless of citizenship status, we all seek and deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
From November 1st to December 31st, Hyphen Space offers a tenderly compelling view into the stories of immigrant families, as told by Karla Ramirez-Santin. Curated by Christina J. Hahn.
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Book Club Meet Up
Book Bliss Book Club will be hosting their book club meet up at Hyphen Space. Open invite to all to attend and join!
Matcha Workshop Session 2
We’re hosting our matcha workshop again. This time with a 2nd workshop session time later in the day.
Explore the delicate world of matcha at Hyphen Space.
Learn the art of matcha preparation, using a chasen (bamboo wisk) and chawan (matcha bowl) to create a smooth, frothy matcha. This workshop is perfect for both newcomers and seasoned tea lovers looking to deepen their appreciation. We will be diving into different grades of matcha, understanding the different notes of matcha, as well as the history.
Join us for a peaceful, immersive, and fun experience that connects you with the traditions of Japanese tea at Hyphen Space.
Please RSVP below.
Matcha Workshop Session 1
We’re hosting our matcha workshop again!
Explore the delicate world of matcha at Hyphen Space.
Learn the art of matcha preparation, using a chasen (bamboo wisk) and chawan (matcha bowl) to create a smooth, frothy matcha. This workshop is perfect for both newcomers and seasoned tea lovers looking to deepen their appreciation. We will be diving into different grades of matcha, understanding the different notes of matcha, as well as the history.
Join us for a peaceful, immersive, and fun experience that connects you with the traditions of Japanese tea at Hyphen Space.
Please RSVP below.