Julia C. Butridge Gallery

The Julia C. Butridge Gallery is located in the heart of the arts district adjacent to the Long Center and Butler Park at the Dougherty Arts Center, a multi-cultural community arts center providing opportunities for creative expression to citizens for over 30 years. Visitors enjoy an exceptional 2,000 square feet of exhibit space in the main gallery, and an additional 480 square feet in newly renovated gallery space. The natural collision of creative activity at the arts center contributes to the gallery’s longstanding reputation among the arts community as an accessible and nurturing venue and incubator, ideal for emerging and established artists. The gallery is free and open to the public.

Call for Artists for the JCB Gallery 2021 Season

We encourage emerging and established artists to apply!
Proposals will be accepted through February 16, 2020

The Julia C. Butridge Gallery is now accepting Exhibit Proposals for the 2021 Season. Located at the Dougherty Arts Center in the heart of the arts district, the JCB Gallery is well known for its diverse exhibitions of artists and their work.

Submit online at: doughertyartscenter.submittable.com/submit

Current Exhibits

The Tie that Binds
Melanie Hickerson
January 11 – February 8, 2020
Artist Reception: January 16, 7-9pm

Inspired by the forms and relationships in the natural world that have become the artist’s greatest teachers, Hickerson combines this inspiration with her own adventures to create surrealistic yet narrative paintings.

Vivid
Lindsay Smith
December. 21, 2019 – February 22, 2020
Artist Reception: January 16, 7-9pm

Smith is an Austin-based artist with a focus on figurative painting. With her new series, VIVID, she represents the energy of tension within the human figure and uses brilliant color to highlight body movements that are often unnoticed.

Lindsay Smith

Cultivating Creativity
Dougherty Arts Center Annual Teaching Artists Exhibit
December. 21, 2019 – February 22, 2020
Artist Reception: January 16, 7-9pm

DAC staff inspires students by being examples of passionate creators and bringing their talents and encouragement into the classroom. Explore works from their own personal art practices and learn more about these creative instructors that cultivate Austin’s future artists.

Annual Teaching Artists Exhibit

Upcoming Exhibits

KB, Katie Lehn and Adam Stratton – Beyond the Wall
February 15 - March 7, 2020
Artist Reception: Wednesday, February 19, 7-9pm

This exhibit honors the uniqueness of the artists’ individual practices and celebrates 2D and 3D works that create a fluid experience for the viewer. The Artist Reception will take place as part of a special Art After Dark event presented by Date Night @the DAC. Enjoy the artwork, refreshments, music, and a creative activity all in the same evening!

About the Artists:
KB’s large-scale abstract paintings consist of monochromatic colors and simple repetitive shapes to create complex patterns and subtle illusions, encouraging viewers to indulge in the relationship between color, space and shade.

As a ceramic artist, Katie Lehn gravitates toward natural desert tones inspired by the southwest. In combination with a juxtaposition of matte and flowing glaze, she seeks a balance between functionality and design.

Adam Stratton focuses on throwing and hand building, and incorporates mixed media into his clay practice. This process of making and discovery highlight the intricacies of the natural world.

Beyond The Wall

2020 Gallery Season

Through a rigorous selection process involving an anonymous panel of jurors and final approval by Dougherty Arts Center Management, 22 exhibits have been selected for the 2019 Gallery Season and 5 artists have been selected to display as a Featured Artists in the Artist Resource Center.

2019 Gallery Season Flyer