Programs and Events
Upcoming Events
Artist Reception: Land and Sea, Realms, and Morphology & Modularity
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
7-9pm
Celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery. Join artists Anita Horton, Charlotte Seifert , Victoria Majesta Marquez, Jamie Spinello, and Kristen Van Patten for an evening of art, conversation, and community as their work explores abstract structures, surreal natural worlds, and the dynamic relationship between land and sea.
This event is free and open to the public.
Learn more about these exhibits at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery webpage.
Freeing Your Creative Practice
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
6:30 - 8 p.m.
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This workshop is for artists who feel critical of their process or are stuck in a box they want to break out of. It was designed for those who feel the pressure of producing art that is accepted by the public but might not be authentic to themselves. Attendees will learn practical exercises they can do every day to nurture their inner artist, restore a sense of freedom and wonder to their practice, and take away exercises they can share with others.
Presented by Rhodalynn Jetton
Kung Fu Cowgirl presents Light
Thursday, May 28 – Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 4 – Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Light is a one-woman play that blends deeply personal storytelling, music, and the visual poetry of traditional Chinese shadow puppetry. This innovative solo play tells the story of a daughter’s journey to understand her father through memory, distance, loss, and love. It is deeply personal, yet powerfully universal. A touching theatrical experience about family, memory, and the love that stays with us. After moving audiences in Beijing, Harbin, New York, and Austin, Light (光) returns to the Dougherty Arts Center as an intimate solo performance written, directed, and performed by Snow (Xue Zheng).
Kung Fu Cowgirl is part of the Artist Access Program, through the City of Austin’s Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment Department and the Zilker Hillside Theater.
Artist Talk: Land and Sea, Realms, and Morphology & Modularity
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
7-9pm
Hear from artists Anita Horton, Charlotte Seifert, Victoria Majesta Marquez, Jamie Spinello and Kristen Van Patten as they discuss the ideas, materials, and processes behind their exhibitions currently on view at the JCB Gallery. Horton and Seifert will reflect on how their work explores the landscapes, waters, and everyday life connected to Texas’s land and sea. Marquez will discuss her surreal, maximalist paintings that transform spontaneous textures and natural forms into immersive imagined realms, while Spinello and Van Patten will share how modular forms and abstract structures inspired by nature, architecture, and mechanics shape their sculptural and ceramic works.
This event is free and open to the public.
Learn more about these exhibits at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery webpage.
Digital Programming
The DAC is proud to offer free digital programming for the public.
- Video Art Lessons
Instructor-led video lessons in various different mediums of ceramics, drawing & painting, and digital arts.
- Artist Professional Development
The Artist Resource Center is pleased to host free monthly professional development workshops for artists. Covering a different topic each month, our workshops give artists the tools to develop and advance their careers in the arts.
- Paper Pandemonium