This Fall for the first time ever we're bringing you drawing and painting classes in the morning!
Mondays - Painting Basics and Beyond with David Thornberry
Tuesdays - Painting for Beginners with Andrea Muñoz Martinez
Wednesdays - Drawing Basics and Beyond with David Thornberry
Fall 1 classes begin the week of September 11 and run for 5 weeks.
Registration is currently open for these classes and more.
To register for a class, visit our Adult Arts Classes webpage: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/dougherty-arts-center-adult-arts-classes
Or give us a call at 512-974-4000, and we can help you register over the phone.
This video features details from the exhibit “I See You See Me” by Begin Collective, currently on display at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery.
“I See You See Me” extends beyond the language, assumptions, or stereotypical ideologies about what queerness and disability are “supposed” to look like. It acknowledges, welcomes, and affirms the many intersections, nuances, and multifaceted representations that comprise one’s identity expressions, beginning with residents from Austin, Texas. Begin Collective’s exhibit asserts that people who exist outside of Western society’s hegemonic norms are valuable and have stories worth sharing.
If you have yet to see this exhibit, make sure to stop by sometime this week!
The last day to view “I See You See Me” at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery is this Saturday, August 12.
Zilker Theatre Productions Matilda the Musical at the Hillside Theatre
Have you seen this year’s Zilker Theatre Productions Matilda the Musical at the Hillside Theatre?
The City of Austin, in Coordination with Zilker Theatre Productions, invites you to enjoy the 64th Annual Summer Musical, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. The story of an extraordinary girl who dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, Matilda is a joyous romp through the anarchy of childhood.
Matilda the Musical is currently showing at the Hillside Theatre until August 12. Shows take place Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:15pm, and it's free to attend!
Grab a blanket or a chair and will see you at the Hillside Theatre!
Adult Studio Classes at The Dougherty Arts Center
Take a class with us!
Registration for the Dougherty Arts Center’s Adult Studio classes opens May 24 at 10am for all summer 2023 classes.
Whether you're looking for a class in ceramics, textiles, darkroom photography, drawing or painting we have several options that are a perfect for all skill levels.
Set an alarm so you don’t forget, and we hope to see you this summer!
To register for a class, visit the Dougherty Arts Center Adult Arts Classes webpage at https://www.austintexas.gov/department/dougherty-arts-center-adult-arts-classes
Or give us a call at 512-974-4000, and we can help you register over the phone.
Art-O-Rama Collage
We’re 6 days away from Art-O-Rama!
This Saturday, May 13 from 1-4pm is the Dougherty Arts Center’s 4th Annual Art-O-Rama event, but did you also know that it's also World Collage Day?
World Collage Day is an international celebration of collage held annually on the second Saturday of May. World Collage Day is a way to bring people together to celebrate a medium that uses a variety of materials to create new forms and ways of thinking.
To celebrate World Collage Day we will be having a large scale collage activity at our Art-O-Rama event. One of the walls in our gallery will be transformed into a canvas where community members are invited to cut, paste, and create their own surreal stories.
Make sure to RSVP to the Art-O-Rama Facebook event to get more updates on event details! Facebook Event Link: https://fb.me/e/3oJ3e3Kuq
Explore new-to-you music and art at the Dougherty Arts Center’s DAC Nights: Switch and Mix on Wednesday, March 15 from 7-9PM. Swap albums and art, make a tote bag to promote your (real or imaginary) band, create a trading card with your band’s logo, and celebrate your finds and creations with a photo at our selfie station!
This event is free! Registration is encouraged, but not required. We only ask that you bring art or music that you would like to exchange with others.
One for the Fridge! Check out some of these wonderful works of art curated and created by some of the students in our youth program, Creativity Club!
This curated selection of art comes from Mr. Jon’s 3D art class, where students use a variety of different artistic mediums from clay, papier mache, cardboard, and fiber materials, to create 3D works of art.
The Dougherty Arts Center offers a wide range of great opportunities for young community members to develop their creativity, so grab your smocks and join us for after school, weekend, and summer programming!
FRESH FROM THE KILN!
Student work from the most recent kiln firing of our adult ceramic art classes.
We love to see what our students come up with and the versatility of their creativity.
This week we have begun the fall 1 session, however there are still a few spots available in our fall 2 ceramic classes.
Click on the link to register online https://www.austintexas.gov/department/dougherty-arts-center-adult-arts-classes
Or you can call the Dougherty Arts Center at 512-974-4000 to register over the phone.
Explore the wonders of greenery while exploring the relationship between plants, humans, and creativity at the Dougherty Art Center’s next free Date Night @DAC event, Prints ‘n Plants on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 7-9pm. Discover a multi-sensory experience designed by Jamal Hussain. Learn about printmaking with natural materials like plants, leaves, and stones. Experiment with color and texture while you make your own fast-paced works of art to take home. Don’t forget to share the green -- bring in small cuttings of a plant from home to trade with others so you can pot & clone them at home to expand your green garden!
This event is free! Registration is encouraged, but not required. https://printsnplants.eventbrite.com
This event will contain areas with dim lighting and changing or flashing lights that may not be suitable to those with photosensitivity.
For more information about this event, email [email protected]
The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. For assistance, please contact (512) 974-3914 or Relay Texas 7-1-1.
Learn about printmaking with natural materials like plants, leaves, and stones at the Dougherty Art Center’s next Date Night @DAC event, Prints ‘n Plants on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 7-9pm. Experiment with color and texture while you make your own fast-paced works of art to take home, and discover a multi-sensory experience designed by Jamal Hussain. Don’t forget to share the green -- bring in small cuttings of a plant from home to trade with others so you can pot & clone them at home to expand your green garden!
This event is free! Registration is encouraged, but not required. https://printsnplants.eventbrite.com
This event will contain areas with dim lighting and changing or flashing lights that may not be suitable to those with photosensitivity.
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On display January 20 – February 19, 2022.
We have a new exhibit at the DAC! Stop by and see “Anthroposcenery” by @emma_hadzi_antich TODAY!
For this series, Antich reunites human and wild nature by animating mountains of breath, blood, light, and feeling. The shapes and forms of these mountains are borrowed from the iconographic tradition, which uses these landforms as ladders to the heavens.
Artist Reception: February 3rd 7-9 PM
Artist Talk: February 9th 7-9 PM
Painting Clouds With Gouache
Learn how to paint convincing clouds using opaque watercolor or gouache. Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
Portrait Drawing Hacks
Capturing likeness in a portrait all boils down to the value shapes created by the convex and concave surfaces of the human head. Here are a few tricks to help notice and draw these organic shapes using pen and ink.
Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
Paint a Mushroom and Eggplant in Watercolor
During this watercolor exercise, explore the range of tonal values with a limited watercolor palette. Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
Urban Sketching in Your Yard
The practice of outdoor drawing in pen & ink is fun and easy. This lesson focuses on how to get started urban sketching using neighborhood structures like houses and powerlines. Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
Fly Your Flag Gallery
Stop by our Paint with Pride events and show us what pride means to you! Come by and make a Pride flag with us or make one at home and submit your flag via our Pride 2021 Event Hub. Your flag could be a part of our Fly Your Flag! Virtual exhibition.
Using Expressive Color with Watercolor
Artist Robert McArthur shows you how to intensify and expand color until the color becomes the expressive focus of the painting. Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
DIY Upcycled Wine Cork Board
Learn how to create their own bulletin board from recycled materials. Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
Photoshop Clone Stamp
One of Photoshop's most powerful tools, the Clone stamp allows you to paint with the image itself. Find more videos on our playlist: https://bit.ly/3oXw9t5
