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 Art

The Julia C. Butridge Gallery is now accepting Exhibit Proposals for the 2019 Season. We encourage emerging and established artists to apply. The application deadline is February 2, 2018. Submit online at: doughertyartscenter.submittable.com/submit

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Adrienne Hodge & Katie Ryan
Saudade
Saudade combines the work of painter Katie Ryan and pen and ink artist Adrienne Hodge in their first partnered show. Both artists use a variety of mediums to explore dreamlike portraits and narrative images inspired by exploration, nostalgia, and the natural world.
Exhibit: September 22 – October 21, 2017

Adrienne Hodge & Katie Ryan - Saudade
Saudade

David Thornberry
Unforgettable
Explore the mind of David Thornberry as you view the artist’s paintings inspired by photos and film stills.
Exhibit: September 22 – October 21, 2017

David Thornberry - Unforgettable
The Salute

Robin Gary
I Mailed My Armadillo and Other Tall Tales
Mixed-media sculpture artist, Robin Gary works in clay, glass, neon, and found objects to provide never-ending creative and fun sculptures. Gary’s upcoming exhibit is a comedic yet, thought-provoking look at the crossroads of today’s Austin urban sprawl and the ever-shrinking natural landscape. Cause, effect, development and preservation will be addressed in her works of art. The tone is light-hearted but the message is clear, “Take care of our native animal neighbors. We are in this together!”
Exhibit: September 22 – October 21, 2017

Robin Gary - I Mailed My Armadillo and Other Tall Tales
Extirpated

Thomas Athey
A Natural Selection
The proliferation of inexpensive digital cameras and the ubiquity of camera-enabled cell phones have provided the click-happy masses with an unprecedented capability to generate visual content on a massive scale. Athey organizes the avalanche of imagery by deemphasizing the individual image, mining it for compelling content then incorporating the result into a photographic flash-mob; snapshots aspiring to become brushstrokes.
Exhibit: October 28, 2017 – January 6, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 28, 2017, 1-3pm

Thomas Athey
Faciem Obiectum

Michelle Belto
Collecting Memories: A Solo Exhibition Inspired by My Grandmother’s Scrapbook
Working with family and found images and memorabilia, Michelle Belto uses these fragments of history as source material for her collage and wax paintings. With this new body of work, she explores the collections that have captured her imagination over the years, and the stories that created them.
Exhibit: October 28, 2017 – January 6, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 28, 2017, 1-3pm

Michelle Belto
Soul Boxes