The Julia C. Butridge (JCB) Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center is accepting Exhibit Proposals for the 2027 Gallery Season. 

Applications may be submitted November 8, 2025 – January 25, 2026, at 11:59 pm. The JCB Gallery celebrates a wide array of artists with diverse practices and strives to promote the livelihood of Austin’s vital art culture by offering as many opportunities as possible to both emerging and established artists. The submission process includes an artist statement, exhibit proposal, and images. There is no fee to submit an exhibit proposal, and all related exhibits and events are free and open to the public. 

To submit please visit: doughertyartscenter.submittable.com/submit. 

On Display

Austin modern Quilt Guild, Collaborative Member Quilt

Connecting Threads

Austin Modern Quilt Guild
November 22, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Artist Reception: Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 7-9pm

The Austin Modern Quilt Guild presents Connecting Threads, where each quilt tells a unique story of interconnectedness. From traditional motifs to bold contemporary designs, witness the diverse ways in which threads weave together narratives, cultures, and communities. The Austin Modern Quilt Guild is a vibrant community of quilters in Austin, Texas, dedicated to exploring and promoting modern quilting techniques and aesthetics. 

Instagram: @austinmqg
Website: https://austinmodernquiltguild.wildapricot.org 

Laura Clay, Willow House

Windows of the World

Laura Clay
November 22, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Artist Reception: Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 7-9pm

Drawing from her experience as a Mexican-American artist, Laura Clay's latest body of work invites viewers to peer through metaphorical windows into multifaceted worlds. Each piece acts as a portal, framing the complex interplay of bicultural identity, memory, and the search for balance between chaos and order. The exhibition explores how our internal landscapes are shaped by the cultural and traditional windows we look through. 

Instagram: @lauraclayart
Website: www.lauraclayart.com 

Of Mind and Hand: Visual Artists in Residence Showcase

Anna Gadzhikurbanova, Jamie Lerman, Chance Ramirez, Gargi Sharma, and Diane Sung
November 22, 2025 – January 10, 2026 

Artist Reception: Wednesday, December 3,  7-9pm 
Artist Talk: Thursday, December 4, 7-9pm

Of Mind and Hand showcases the work of Dougherty Arts Center’s 2025 Resident Artists, Anna Gadzhikurbanova, Jamie Lerman, Chance Ramirez, Gargi Sharma, and Diane Sung. 

Anna Gadzhikurbanova explores the parallels of how natural forms and human emotions emerge, develop, and expand into their environment, translating her observations into biomorphic clay forms and glaze patterns. Diane Sung uses sculpture and claymation to visualize her fascination with different forms of communication and reflect how moments of distortion and innate desire can shape how people process and convey experiences. Gargi Sharma reconstructs rusted, weathered textures on hand-built forms, drawing on everyday objects and a deep connection to cultural memory rooted in her Indian origins. Chance Ramirez works with the clay body to express how their own body moves through the world, building vessels that integrate themes of repetition, personal narrative, and embodied awareness. Jamie Lerman’s work pulls inspiration from familial folklore, sanctuary design, Judaica pottery, and glaze chemistry forms, where each tile serves as a diary of tethered stories with recurring figures and motifs throughout. 

Upcoming 

 Participant of Austin Creative Reuse’s Reuse On The Runway event in 2025 

Reuse On the Runway: The Exhibit

Austin Creative Reuse, Reuse Fashion Designers
January 17 – February 28, 2026

Artist Reception: January 21, 2026, 7-9pm
Artist Talk: February 3, 2026, 7-9pm

Can fashion be both stunning and sustainable? Reuse On The Runway reveals the answer. Experience highlights from Austin Creative Reuse's signature fashion show, where artists renew and transform materials – fabric remnants, architectural samples, pop tabs, ticket stubs, newspapers, and more – into extraordinary creations. Explore the ingenuity of upcycled fashion design, challenging conventions and inspiring a future where creativity and conservation collide.

Website: https://austincreativereuse.org/reuse-on-the-runway-the-exhibit
Instagram: @austincreativereuse
Facebook: @Austin Creative Reuse 

Ashley Rose Marino, RIP Austin Matchbook Memorial 

RIP Austin Matchbook Memorial

Ashley Rose Marino
January 17 – February 28, 2026

Artist Reception: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 7-9 pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 25, 2025, 7-9 pm

RIP to your Austin favorites. The RIP Austin Matchbook Memorial is our community’s collective matchbook collection, featuring graphite illustrations of places from Austin’s past paired with stories from those who remember them fondly. Each hand-drawn matchbook transforms a shared memory into a keepsake, representing the city’s homegrown nostalgia and the voices of Austinites old and new.

Website: www.ashrosecreative.com
Instagram: @ashrosemarino 

 Lin Zagorski Latimer, To smash or not to smash, that is the question

Feasts in the Absurd

Lin Zagorski Latimer
January 17 – February 28, 2026

Artist Reception: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 7-9 P.M.
Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 25, 2025, 7-9 P.M.

Feasts in the Absurd is a playful and visually indulgent exploration of food’s aesthetics and its place in our cultural, emotional, and sensory experiences. The exhibition contrasts hyperrealistic depictions of modern processed foods with surreal and fantastical interpretations, revealing the strange duality of what we eat today. Through bold color, vivid detail, and a fusion of realism, surrealism, and pop art, Lin Zagorski Latimer invites viewers to reflect on food as both sustenance and spectacle.  

Website: www.linwithaneye.com
Instagram: @linwithaneye