![]() ![]() Public Presentation at IGNITE – 12.30pm – 1.50pm Max Neutra – Experience Designer, Meow Wolf Sign up to keep your eye on what’s new and next in Dallas-Fort Worth, every day.Laika Young O’Brien – Lead Experience Designer, Meow Wolf You can see more about Meow Wolf and its experience by visiting its website here. They plan to open another permanent installation in Houston’s historic Fifth Ward in 2024. Meow Wolf isn’t stopping in North Texas with its Lone Star expansion. “I could not be happier to bring Meow Wolf back to the place that I grew up to be a positive addition to my first community.” Fifth location is slated for 2024 in Houston “Fast forward to today and we have grown that little art collective into a pioneer of the immersive arts and entertainment industry with a mission to build community through art,” King said in the statement. One of Meow Wolf’s cofounders, Senior Creative Director Matt King, moved to New Mexico after high school, where he fell in with the art collective that would later weave its spell for millions. Local North Texas artists are being recruited by Meow Wolf to help create its Grapevine Mills experiences, with the goal of inspiring “creativity through art, exploration, and play so that imagination will transform the world.” Grapevine Mills chosen over sites like Deep Ellum and the Dallas Arts District We felt like Meow Wolf could help lead the way.” “It’s an exciting thought that these spaces could be filled with incredible art and immersive experiences, opening a new era of opportunity for the creative economy. “Malls have been such an incredible and weird part of the American story, especially for a lot of us that grew up in the ’80s and ’90s,” Meow Wolf cofounder Vince Kadlubek, who calls himself an ’80s kid, said in a statement. So why open in a mall? “We love malls, and have always loved malls,” Meow Wolf says. ![]() You can guess what the location used to be by Meow Wolf’s announcement for the new project: “Beyond, Beyond, and Beyond.” Meow Wolf will be “reclaiming” the 40,000-square-foot space of a big box retailer. No, Meow Wolf plans to open the doors in 2023 to an as-yet-unnamed permanent installation at the Grapevine Mills mall in Grapevine, which is owned by Simon Property Group. Uh, not that door above, that’s at the one in Santa Fe. Now a door is set to open in Grapevine Mills mall It’s been ranked on Fast Company’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies and awarded the #1 spot for Live Events. Meow Wolf has since been recognized as a leader in the global immersive space. Martin, who helped get the first installation in Santa Fe up and running. Investors in Meow Wolf have included “Game of Thrones” writer George R.R. Each Meow Wolf location requires a budget of “ in the tens of millions of dollars” to build, Meow Wolf CEO Jose Tolosa told the Dallas Morning News. Last year, two more permanent installations popped up as Omega Mart in Las Vegas and Convergence Station in Denver. Two million people have visited it since the doors first opened, the company says. Then, in 2016, Meow Wolf created a permanent installation, House of Eternal Return, in Santa Fe-a 20,000-square-foot venue that’s part immersive art installation, part learning center and concert space. ![]() Meow Wolf spent several years opening temporary immersive experiences, around themes like “Horror,” “Habitats,” “The Moon is to Live On,” “Glitteropolis,” and more. Meow Wolf’s original location in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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