Digital Programming
In light of the recent Stay Home-Work Safe Order requiring residents to stay home as much as possible, the DAC is proud to offer free digital programming for the public.
Poet Showcase: A Virtual Art A La Carte Event
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March 2, 2021 from 7:30-8:30pm
Facebook Live
DACTheater@austintexas.gov
ages 13 and up
New Date!
The Dougherty Arts Center is celebrating spoken word poetry with a special Facebook live showcase, featuring renowned local writers Ebony Stewart and Joe Brundidge. Listen in as both nationally recognized performance artists, authors, and community activists share their powerful poetry as a tool for change.
Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Lecture Series:
Lena Richard and Julia Child: Two Women Who Changed Culinary History
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 7 PM EST
Free & Online
Join Smithsonian Affiliations for a look at chefs Lena Richard and Julia Child. Through their cookbooks, teaching, and television programs, these extraordinary women inspired generations of people to take cooking seriously. Featuring Paula Johnson, Curator, National Museum of American History, and Ashley Rose Young, PhD, Historian, National Museum of American History.
Register on the Smithsonian site.
Painting on Glass with Emma Hadzi Antich
March 20, 2021
2 – 3 pm
Join Artist Emma Hadzi Antich as you she guides you through the process of painting on glass. Learn to work backwards and layer paint in a strategic way so that the completed artwork is rich in color and visually correct. Watch as bold lines, vibrant colors, and beautiful iconography unfolds before your eyes. This demo will take place via Zoom.
Register for Emma Hadzi Antich's demo.
Creating a Visual Journal with Meena Matocha
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April 10, 2021
2 – 3 pm
Explore the meditative world of visual journaling. Have pencils and paper ready as Meena Matocha guides you through this integral part of her art making process. Learn how to set yourself up for an uninterrupted, meditative style journaling session, and gain tips and techniques that move your entries from concept to finished artworks. This demo will take place via Zoom.
Register for Meena Matocha's Demo.
Adding Depth to Underglazes with Marianne Levy
May 8, 2021
2 – 3 pm
Marianne Levy will demonstrate her glazing process that creates a muted yet surreal finish to her sculptures. Learn how she creates depth in her work by adding a copper wash to her underglazes and applies layers of sprayed glaze that add beautiful variations to a sculpture's surface. This demo will take place via Zoom.
Register for Marianne Levy's Demo.
Creating a Diorama Collage with Marty Lewis
June 12, 2021
2 – 3 pm
Mixed media artist Marty Lewis takes you on a journey creating a diorama collage. Discover how you can use found objects and images from vintage prints to build a narrative and tell a visual story. Learn techniques that help you visually address a small three-dimensional space and apply collage materials to create a one-of-a-kind artwork. This demo will take place via Zoom.
Register for Marty Lewis' Demo.
- Adult Art Lessons
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Instructor-led lessons in various different mediums of ceramics, drawing & painting, and digital arts.
Ceramics: Pinch Pots to Sculptures
Ceramics: Raku at the Dougherty Arts Center
Ceramics: How Make A Mug with Clay Slabs
Ceramics: Basic Coil Construction for Sculptures
Ceramics: Adding Form to Coil Vessel
Ceramics: Making Clay Texture Stamps Part 1
Ceramics: Making Clay Texture Stamps Part 2
Ceramics: Hand Building a Sheep Planter with Saucer
Ceramics: Making a Bowl on the Potters Wheel
Ceramics: Adding Details to Sculptures with Jon Nelson Video 3
Ceramics: Rhyton Part 1 - Handbuilding the vessel
Ceramics: Rhyton Part 2 - Decorating the vessel
Ceramics: Hand Building a Dog Food Bowl
Ceramics: Hand Building a Cat Food Bowl
Ceramics: How to Make a Plate on the Wheel
Ceramics: Texture Glazing Ceramics - Video 4
Ceramics: Learn How to Make an Oil Bottle
Ceramics: How to Make A Vase on the Potters Wheel
Ceramics: Make a Cup on the Wheel
Ceramics: Make a Ring Holder on the Potters Wheel
Ceramics: Make a Coffee Pour Over
Ceramics: Make a Flower Brick part 1
Ceramics: Make a Flower Brick part 2
Ceramics: Make a Large Serving Dish
Ceramics: Trim a Large Baking Dish
Ceramics: Make a Teapot Part 1
Ceramics: Make a Teapot Part 2
Ceramics: Make a Bird Bath & Feeder
Ceramics: How to Reclaim Clay Scraps
Ceramics: Trimming With a Chuck
Ceramics: Make Screen Printed Decals
Ceramics: Make a Clay Pumpkin on the Potter's Wheel
Ceramics: Pinch Pot Clay Pumpkin
Ceramics: How to Pull Cup Handles
Ceramics: Glazing a Mug: Two Ways
Ceramics: Cut and Slam Wedging
Ceramics: What Are Pyrometric Cones?
Drawing: Portrait Drawing From Photos
Drawing: Intro to Graphite Pencils
Drawing: Implied Line Exercise
Drawing: Practicing Contour Line Drawings (PDF)
Drawing: Observable Landscape Studies (PDF)
Drawing: Practicing Value Shading Techniques (PDF)
Drawing: Using a Paintbrush and Brush Pen
Drawing: Ink + Water - Washes and Layers
Drawing: Portrait Drawing Hacks
Drawing:Urban Sketching in Your Yard
Drawing: The Five Aspects of Light
Drawing: Hatching & Cross-Hatching - Pen & Ink Shading Techniques, Part I
Drawing: Stippling & Scribbling - Pen & Ink Shading Techniques, Part II
Drawing: Drawing on Book Pages
Drawing: How To Start Drawing a Portrait
Drawing: Ditch Your Eraser: Hand Lettering
Drawing: Additive and Subtractive Drawing
Drawing: Developing a Daily Drawing Practice
Drawing: Using Notan as a Composition Tool
Drawing: Ditch Your Eraser: Embracing Mistakes
Drawing: Tips & Tricks: Thumbnails
Drawing: Gesture Drawing: How and Why
Drawing: Drawing Hair In Portraits
Drawing: Using Perspective To Draw The Human Head
Drawing: Tips & Tricks: Urban Sketching Trees & Shrubs
Drawing: 2B or not 2B: The Pencil Code
Drawing: Tips & Tricks: Sharpening Art Pencils
Drawing: Tips & Tricks: Walnut Ink
Drawing: Squint: What’s a Value Study?
Drawing: Face It: Using Value Shapes To Draw The Human Face
Drawing: Hands Up- Drawing Hands
Drawing: Why Perspective Is Hard To Get Right Part 1
Drawing: Sketching Clouds in Pen & Ink
Drawing: Why Perspective is Hard to Get Right? Part 2
Drawing: Blind Contour Drawing
Painting: Indigo Hills Watercolor
Painting: Monochromatic Still Life Study
Painting: Birchwood Blizzard Watercolor
Painting: Mushroom and Eggplant Watercolor
Painting: Sunflower Watercolor
Painting: Landscape Color Study
Painting: Lavender Field Watercolor
Painting: Basics - The Painter's Sketchbook
Painting: Glass Bottles in Watercolor
Painting: A Guide to Abstract Painting
Painting: Riverbank Scene in Watercolor
Painting: Pink Water Lily Watercolor
Painting: Creating a Watercolor Study
Painting: Blending & Dry Brushing
Painting: Seascape in Watercolor
Painting: Highlights and Edges
Painting: Tips for Beginning Acrylic Painters
Painting: Discover Watercolor Crayons
Painting Basics: The Self-Critique
Painting: Exploring Color in Neutral Tones
Painting: Watercolor Crayon Still Life
Painting Basics: Oil or Acrylic?
Painting: Beginning Watercolor: Abstract with India Ink
Painting Basics: Setting Up a Still Life
Painting: Abstract Art: What’s Going On Here?
Painting: Beginning Watercolor: Stormy Sky
Painting: Tips & Tricks: Composition
Painting: Watercolor: Using Expressive Color
Painting: Tips & Tricks: DIY Painting Set Up
Painting: Beginning Watercolor: Mixed Media Collage
Painting: Watercolor - Oil Pastels with Watercolor
Painting: Beginning Watercolor: Painting Trees
Painting: Beginning Watercolor: How to Paint Clouds
Painting: Painting a Starry Sky With Ink
Painting: Beginning Watercolor: Brush Basics
Painting: Painting Clouds With Gouache
Beginning Watercolor: Falling Leaves
Digital: Introduce Yourself to Photoshop
Digital: Photoshop Layers Panel
Digital: Photoshop - Creating a Brush
Digital: Photoshop Adjustments
Digital: Photoshop - Clone Stamp
Digital: Photoshop - Blending Modes
Digital: Introduction to Illustrator
Craft: Upcycle! Plastic Bag Coil Basket
Craft: Papier-Mâché Cactus Sculpture
Craft: Trellis Ladder for your Garden
Craft: Frank Lloyd Wright inspired Squirrel Feeder
Craft: Cross Stitch Earring Holder
Craft: Make a Peephole Diorama
Craft: Upcycled Wine Cork Board
Craft: Tips & Tricks: Cutting Collage Elements
Crafts: Bat Macrame Wall Hanging
Crafting: Upcycled Tinsel Tree
Crafting: DIY Stamped Wrapping Paper
Mixed Media: A Template for Working With Mixed Media
Mixed Media: Blackout Poetry on Book Pages
Mixed Media: Reviving an Abandoned Drawing
Mixed Media: Curating Collage Elements
Photography: DIY Camera Obscura
Photography: Make a Paraxinoscope
Photography: Smartphone Photography: How to Tune Your Image
Photography: Natural Light Photography
Photography: Smart Phone Photography: How to Remove Unwanted Content
Smartphone Photography: How to Rotate and Crop an Image
Smartphone Photography: Adding Shallow Depth of Field
Smartphone Photography: Creating a Black and White Image with the Subject in Color
Studio Tour with Jennifer Hill
Studio Tour with Adrienne Hodge
Starting and Maintaining Creative Momentum Video 1
Starting and Maintaining Creative Momentum Video 2
Starting and Maintaining Creative Momentum Video 3
Starting and Maintaining Creative Momentum Video 4
- Art Happens Here: 2 Minute Studio Tours
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DAC 2020 Artists give the audience an inside look of their work spaces and where they create.
- Youth Art Lessons
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Instructor-led lessons in various different mediums of visual, performing, and digital arts.
Giacometti Sculptures with Mr. Jon
Martian Finger Puppets with Mr. Adam
Patterns & Presents with Mr. Kyle
Shadow Box Theater with Ms. Jules
Marbled Flower Pot with Ms. Sydney
Wooden Architecture with Mr. Jon
Downloading & Using Twine with Mr. Kyle
Make a Beat in Drumbit with Mr. Matt
Collagraph Fish with Ms. Claire
Nature-Inspired Pattern Making with Ms Jules
Paint like Miro with Mr. George
Pet Portrait Pt 1: Backgrounds with Mrs. Carina
Pet Portraits, Part 2: The Pet with Mrs. Carina
Making a Song in Song Maker with Mr. Matt
Monotype Printmaking with Ms. Claire
Downloading Piskel with Mr. Kyle
Paint like Sonia Delaunay with Mrs. Carina
Rock Store Animated Music Video with Mr. Matt
- Virtual Exhibits
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Fall 2020 Exhibits
Discover the artists who were scheduled to exhibit during the Fall of 2020. Due to COVID-19, their shows have been postponed but you can still explore their art practice on our Fall Exhibits page.
Whether they are looking to the past to inspire the future of the arts, imagining a future without human, or celebrating the presence of tradition, artists Jonathan Paul Jackson, Emma Hadzi Antich, and Leticia Mosqueda create worth that not only causes a viewer to reflect, but urges them to act.
Enter Fall Exhibits Page HereEncuentra la versión en español aquí.
FotoATX 2020 Exhibits
Visit our interactive webpage to learn more about photographers Amar Gupta, Sarah Luna, and Michelle Gardella. Enjoy beautiful images celebrating the concepts of being, belonging, and community.
Summer 2020 Exhibits
Visit our interactive webpage to learn more about exhibiting artists, Nora McMillen Burke, Jon Nelson, and Marianne Levy and explore works including whimsical sculptures and paintings rich with symbolism
West 2020 Exhibits
Delve into the work of Cara Jackson, B. Shawn Cox, and Layla Luna and view artworks ranging in media from acrylic and flashe paint to origami and fiber.
Spring 2020 Exhibits
Learn more about Susannah Haddad, Austin Community College, and Nancy Wood and explore works ranging from ceramic Sriracha bottles and abstract landscape views, to digital renderings of the Texas Hill Country.
- Artist Professional Development
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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.
- Art is Everywhere Map
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Art is Everywhere and we have proof. Check out the DAC's complete interactive guide to art you can safely enjoy from the comfort of your car. Use this map to plan out your next Sunday afternoon drive, go on an art scavenger hunt and more! Do you have a spectacular yard sculpture in your front yard or business you want to include on the map and share with the public?
Check out the link to find out how you can participate. Art is Everywhere Map
- Austin Art-O-Rama: Virtual Vendor 2 Minute Studio Tours
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Dougherty Arts Center’s Austin Art-O-Rama artists show you where the art happens! Learn more about the virtual vendors and explore their studio spaces with these two-minute video tours.
Austin Art-O-Rama: Lisa McPike Smith Studio Tour
Austin Art-O-Rama: TJ Maclaskey Studio Tour
Austin Art-O-Rama: Marcie Dodd Studio Tour
Austin Art-O-Rama: Luis Coss Studio Tour
Austin Art-O-Rama: Vickie Flaugher Studio Tour
Austin Art-O-Rama: Gary Swenor Studio Tour
- Paper Pandemonium
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is taking the next steps toward moving the Dougherty Arts Center out of the beloved naval center and into a newly envisioned building to be constructed on Butler Shores Park.