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 41 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.
On Display
Scent of Austin
Ziesook You
March 23-April 20, 2024
Artist Reception: March 27, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: April 17, 7-9pm
Ziesook incorporates symbolism inspired by Broq-pa floral traditions to capture intimate, multi-layered portraits. She began working with this theme in 2016, taking photos of her twin daughters, and has since expanded her subjects to include single mothers, seniors, and people with multi-cultural backgrounds. Since moving to Austin two years ago, Ziesook has begun work on her “Scent of Austin” series, utilizing flora and fauna from central Texas in her photographs of Austinites.
Paper Trails
Bernie Diaz
April 6 – June 1, 2024
Artist Reception: April 10, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: May 22, 7-9pm
Bernie Diaz manipulates words and images to create assemblages that redirect and obscure origins. Incorporating historical processes of revision, omission, and embellishment, he creates glyph-like arrangements that seek completeness from fragmentation. His process involves scavenging, cutting, layering, and rearranging materials to achieve a sense of completeness from seemingly unrelated parts informed by his ongoing identity formation as a border-dwelling, queer, Tejano.
Parts to Whole
Katie Conley
April 6 – June 1, 2024
Artist Reception: April 10, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: May 22, 7-9pm
Parts to Whole is a collection of collages meticulously crafted from postage stamps. Each intricate detail plays a vital role in the larger design and is the result of hours of careful consideration. Testing the size, shape, color, and subject matter of each stamp, Katie Conley ensures harmony in every composition, often surprising viewers with her sourced material.
Upcoming Exhibits
Totally Cool Totally Art
April 27-May 9, 2024
Awards Ceremony: May 8, 5:30-7:30pm
Totally Cool Totally Art’s annual end of year showcase at the Dougherty Arts Center! Totally Cool Totally Art (TCTA) has been cultivating creative teens since 1996. TCTA is unique in that the classes are completely free to Austin's youth teen community. Teens learn various techniques by working directly alongside professional artists in various mediums.
Luster Woo
MuthaGoose
May 18 - June 22, 2024
Artist Reception: May 29, 2024, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: June 12, 2024 7-9pm
Luster Woo is the debut show of Austin artist duo Jill Garcia and Kim Phu, otherwise known as MuthaGoose. Luster Woo showcases a unique blend of vintage aesthetics and modern technology to shed light on timeless issues faced by women. It features mixed-media sculptures and paintings with upcycled ephemera, fabrics, ceramics, and archaic technologies, all in iridescent muted tones.
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