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 2021 Season

We encourage emerging and established artists to apply!
Proposals will be accepted October 7, 2019 – February 2, 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

Q & A: Queers of Austin, Questions and Answers
Ayla Erdener
October 12 – November 9, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 12, 5-7pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, October 23, 7pm

Artist Ayla Erdener has created an exhibit celebrating those who have helped shape her life. This series of paintings depicts not only individuals, but viewed in its entirety, reflects the support, generosity, and safety she has found within the queer community.

Ayla Erdener - Man Wearing Flowers

AVAfest
Austin Veteran Arts
October 12 – December 14, 2019
Artist Reception: Thursday, October 24, 7-9pm

The Austin Veterans Art Festival fosters creative expression to increase tolerance and feelings of love resulting in a decrease of aggression, anxiety, and depression in the veteran and veteran family population. Two exhibits will be on display that illustrate this creative healing process while reflecting the diversity in service. Pride In Service celebrates artists who identify as part of the LGTBQ+ community and Family Strong honors artists who have military family members and/or family living on base.

AVAFest: Austin Veteran Arts

2019 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

2019 Featured Artists

Five local artists have been selected to exhibit an exceptional work of art in the Artist Resource Center, a place for emerging and established artists of all mediums to engage and collaborate.