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

Laurie Lisonbee - Posture/Gesture
Reception: Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 7pm – 9pm
Exhibit Dates: Saturday, December 8 to Saturday, January 5, 2019

Paintings of the human figure are juxtaposed with found objects that are repurposed, constructed, and transformed into object-paintings. East meets west in gold-leafed surfaces surrounding meticulously painted human figures and Mudra-like gestures hint of vows, rituals, and meditations, revealing narrative and identity.

Laurie Lisonbee

Derrick Fore: Here & Nowhere
Artist Reception: Saturday, November 17, 2018, 1pm – 3pm
Exhibit Dates: Saturday, November 17, 2018 to Saturday, January 23, 2019

The sense of sight serves as the largest window of which to perceive the world, but our perception has a much greater depth and complexity than what sight alone provides. Inspired by this ambiguity and the avoidance of the obvious, Photographer Derrick Fore captures compelling imagery from seemingly inconspicuous moments.

Derrick Fore - Ghost Pool

Upcoming Exhibits

Dave McClinton
Despite it All
Reception: Friday, January 11, 6 - 8pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, January 23, 7pm
Exhibit Dates: January 11 - February 9, 2019

McClinton’s digital collages illustrate the inner life of a black person, from innocent to informed, and how the weight of American history can either crush or harden a person.

Dave McClinton

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