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.

Julia C Butridge Gallery Call for Artists

The Julia C. Butridge Gallery is now accepting Exhibit Proposals for 2020. 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. Audiences and participants of the Dougherty cross disciplines, backgrounds and levels of exposure to various arts experiences creating a lively environment in a thriving downtown atmosphere.

Extended Deadline: February 17, 2019 • Submit online at: doughertyartscenter.submittable.com/submit

Current Exhibits

Larry Akers - Fluid Patterns
Reception: Wednesday, February 13, 7 - 9pm
Artist Talk & Activity: Wednesday, February 27, 7pm
Exhibit: February 2 - March 17, 2019

Illumination, color, and patterned, permeable or reflective materials are used by Akers to create kinetic sculptures where the only moving part is the viewer.

Larry Akers

Amber Kaiser – Women Of Our History
Reception: Wednesday, February 13, 7 – 9pm
Exhibit: February 2 - March 17, 2019

Kaiser creates a body of work that pays homage to the brilliant and brave women who have inspired so many.

Amber Kaiser

Denise Elliott Jones
Does it Match the Sofa
Reception: Wednesday, February 13, 7 - 9pm
Artist Talk & Activity: Wednesday, February 27, 7pm
Exhibit Dates: February 13 – March 17, 2019

A lighthearted look at the relevance of art, how it tells a story, makes someone feel good, connects to a memory, or how it matches (or doesn’t!) the sofa.

Denise Elliott Jones

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 DAC Gallery Season

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.

2019 DAC Featured Artists