Julia C. Butridge Gallery

ABOUT THE GALLERY

The Julia C. Butridge Gallery is located in the Dougherty Arts Center, a multi-cultural community arts center with a 150 seat theater, youth and adult arts school, and the Julia C. Butridge Gallery's 1800 square feet of exhibit space. Located in the heart of the arts district adjacent to the Long Center and Butler Park, the Dougherty is a facility of the Parks and Recreation Department, providing personal and professional development opportunities for citizens through the making and sharing of creative arts.

JULY 2014

Waterloo Watercolor Group
Gates, Doors and Windows
Watercolor on paper
July 9 – August 2, 2014
Reception: July 16, 2014

A gate, window, door or even a fence instantly forms an intriguing separation. Artists observe these openings and divisions with a curiosity and creative spirit, imagining not only shapes, colors and rhythms, but the wonder and mystery beyond. The painters in the Waterloo Watercolor Group will visually slide through those openings to visit the other side and interpret their own visions with the expressive medium of watercolor.

Courtney Brown's Back Porch, Watercolor 18x20 2013

Back Porch, Courtney Brown

On The Edge, Tom Shefelman

Exhibitions

Audiences and participants of the Dougherty cross disciplines, backgrounds, and levels of exposure to various arts experiences. We are proud to support emerging through professional artists by creating opportunities to showcase work, see a show, and experience art-making first hand. Artists presenting their work in the Butridge Gallery have the benefit of high visibility, as several thousand visitors attend the award-winning art school and theater each month. This collision of creative activity contributes to the Dougherty's long reputation among the arts community as an accessible and nurturing venue and incubator. Our audiences know us for the diversity of work that has made this center Austin's oldest neighborhood arts center with the inspiring skyline.