Upcoming Events
DAC Nights Pride Presents: Codependent Lesbian Alien Seeks Same
An in-person event
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
7– 9pm
Love is love is love is love, even for space aliens! Join DAC for a free screening of the film Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same. Enjoy a popcorn snack before and after the screening and watch a visitor to Earth navigate the human dating scene in the spirit of Ed Wood and other low-budget sci fi films. As you might guess, hilarity and romance ensue.
This event is free! Registration is required, as seating is limited. The film is rated PG and runs 75 minutes.
For more information about this event, email DACTheater@austintexas.gov
DAC Nights Pride: How to Primp Your Pet for Pride
An in-person event
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
7-9pm
Need ideas, inspirations, or guides on how best to pride up your pet? Look no further! In preparation for our Pride Pet Parade on Saturday, June 24, DAC Nights is hosting a how-to to for glowing up for your pet! Supplies and crafting materials will be on hand to build or augment your pup’s look. Groomers and stylists will lead quick tutorials for getting your cat’s cowlicks to point the right way. And our resident theater technicians will guide you through the path your furry, feathery, or scaled best will take on our stage.
This event is free! Registration is encouraged, but not required. Register at the Eventbrite.
Supplies and materials will be provided, but if you have specific ideas, we encourage you to bring your own material. No pets will be allowed at this event.
For more information about this event, email DACTheater@austintexas.gov
DAC Nights: Pets and Pride Parade
An in-person event
Saturday, June 24, 2023
1-4pm
The Dougherty Arts Center is celebrating Pride in the best way we know how: a Pride Pet Parade. Pet parents are invited to sign up their pet to walk the DAC stage in their best Pride presentations. Style up your pup, cat, lizard, or hamster with rainbows, glitter, and more to celebrate Pride with us!
This event is free! Registration is required, as seating is limited. Register at the Eventbrite.
If you are interested in having your pet participate, please register at tinyurl.com/DACPetPride. Registration is required for participation in the parade!
For more information about this event, email DACTheater@austintexas.gov
Social Media Marketing for Artists
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
6:30-8pm
This free workshop will cover three major components of social media marketing for artists. Learn about boundary work, branding, and helpful tools to successfully market your art so that you can tell your story as an artist, start gaining followers, and share your work with the world!
Presented by Sari Shryack.
Artist Talk: Mars Woodhill, Darcie Book, and Alicia Philley
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
7-9pm
Learn firsthand the processes, inspiration, and techniques of artists Mars Woodhill, Darcie Book, and Alicia Philley.
All gallery events are free and open to the public.
Digital Programming
The DAC is proud to offer free digital programming for the public.
- Adult Art Lessons
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Instructor-led lessons in various different mediums of ceramics, drawing & painting, and digital arts.
Ceramics: Adding Form to Coil Vessel
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 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: Basics - The Painter's Sketchbook
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
Watercolor: The 10 Minute Field Sketch
Watercolor Sketchbook: Simplifying a Complex Subject
Digital: Photoshop - Clone Stamp
Digital: Photoshop - Blending Modes
Digital: Introduction to Illustrator
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
Crafting: Upcycled Sweater Mittens
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
- 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.
- 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.