La Reunion TX (est. January 2006) is an arts residency in the making in Dallas that will someday host artists working in a variety of media for periods ranging from one week to one year. In exchange for live/work space, artists will be expected to give back to the community through programs, exhibits, performances, and installations. Their residency will be built on a 35 acre site in Oak Cliff and will be as green and high performing as possible, modeling to the community sustainable living. Their site features a giant railroad trestle, left over from high speed mass transit of yesteryear.  In addition, their business plan has an eye toward long-term sustainability not only with their facility, but also with the bottom line. They seek to transform their community through art and create lasting social change in Dallas.

Currently they offer their site as a giant outdoor studio and gallery. They have an innovative Environmental Art Program with collaborations with the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Dallas Museum of Art. They have created and implemented two architecture compeitions to crowd source their future programs.

The original La Reunion was a European Utopian community founded in 1855 by Victor Considerant, a follower of Francois Marie Charles Fourier. La Reunion's ranks included tailors, shoemakers, milliners, jewelers, watchmakers, weavers, vintners, brew masters, and storekeepers. The colony even included naturalists, philosophers, musicians, dance masters, and poets. There were chefs, butchers, candle and soap makers, but no farmers and stockmen. Nor did they have strong leadership - Considerant was much more a social experimenter than a taskmaster, administrator, or leader of men.