Upcoming Events
Enlightened: Community Day at the DAC
Saturday, December 3, 2022
11am - 2pm
The Dougherty Arts Center wants to hear from you!
Let us know what is important about the Arts in Austin at Enlightened: Community Day at the DAC. On Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 11am-2pm the DAC will host a family-friendly Community Engagement event, including fun and meaningful arts activities related to light, darkness, and things that glow, shimmer, and shine. During the event, staff will be collecting feedback about how the DAC is doing as an organization, what the community would like to see from us, and show participants how our programs are planned based on feedback. Get creative at the DAC and let your voice be heard.
Registration is encouraged, but not required. Register Here.
The Age of Invention
Saturday, December 3, 2022
7:30pm
Admission is Free
Freddy Carnes Productions presents “The Age of Invention,” a one-man musical about the journey of an Austin musician and theater artist. It includes 8 original songs and stories from his full life. It is a celebration of artists and their impact on our lives! One performance only. Saturday, December 3 at 7:30 pm. FREE ADMISSION!
Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theatre present: The Austin Puppet Incident
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8pm
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8pm
The Austin Puppet Incident is a joint creation of Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theater Company, with funding from the Puppet Slam Network. Local artists work in collaboration to create short pieces for adult audiences using a variety of puppetry techniques including shadow, hand and rod, tabletop, object, and physical theatre. API is a showcase of naughty, heartbreaking, harrowing, hilarious but always original stories through the medium of animated objects. For more information on tickets, visit Austin Puppet Incident.
Try It: Crooked Path Coasters
Saturday, December 10, 2022 from 10:30am – 1:30pm
Registration is required for this free event.
Explore the Scandavian weaving technique know as krokbragd "crooked path". This weaving technique allows for simple shapes and patterns on a dense, colorful cloth. Leave with a set of coasters, but also the knowledge and ideas on how to use the krokbragd technique to make rugs and other thick woven items!
Try It: Felted Gnomes
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 from 6:00-9:00pm
Registration is required for this free event.
Come explore the wonderful world of needle felting! Learn how to sculpt wool roving into soft sculptures using simple tools. Leave with a tiny gnome and big ideas to expand on in the future.
Ballet East Dance Company presents Dis-connect
Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8pm
Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 2pm and 8pm
Ballet East Dance Company’s Dis-connect is a family-oriented show, featuring modern dance by the company and Mexican Folklorico dance by Ballet East’s student outreach program. The show will explore ways of finding human connection in different scenarios. It investigates what disconnects us from the world. Is it our appetite for social media, working nonstop, or not having a moment to stop and acknowledge the present? The dances will be thought-provoking, taking audiences through a rollercoaster of emotions the whole family will enjoy. For more information or to get tickets, go to Ballet East.
DAC Nights: Breaking Bread
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
7-9pm
Free
"BREAKING BREAD is a documentary that explores the A-Sham Festival, a groundbreaking food festival where Arab and Jewish chefs work in tandem to create mouthwatering dishes in order to foster social change. Founded by microbiologist Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Israeli to win Israel’s television cooking competition, MasterChef, the action unfolds in the city of Haifa, a model of multicultural coexistence. The chefs put personal spins on traditional recipes handed down over generations – including kishek (a Syrian yogurt soup) and qatayef (a dessert served during Ramadan) – transforming flavors while political and religious differences melt away. A treat for the senses, this delectable showcase of culinary heritage gives hope to the idea that collaboration in the kitchen could be a bridge to mutual understanding and, perhaps, a first step toward a lasting peace.”
This event is free! Registration is required, as seating is limited. The screening of Breaking Bread will begin at 7:30pm. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the screening starts. No-show tickets will be released 5 minutes before the film begins at 7:25pm. Register Here.
For more information about this event, email DACTheater@austintexas.gov
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.