Upcoming Events
DAC Nights: Flower Power
An In-Person Event
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
7-9pm
Register online on Eventbrite.
Spring may have come early this year, but April is the month to celebrate flower power! At DAC Nights: Flower Power, experiment with several approaches to flower dye, including making flower tie dye (bring your own shirt!), dye drawings, and (best of all) flower crushing.
This event is free! Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Artist Talk with Ziesook You
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
7-9pm
Learn firsthand the processes, inspiration, and techniques of artist Ziesook You.
Learn more about the exhibit "Scent of Austin" at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery webpage.
Acute Inflections presents Soulful Sounds in Austin!
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 7:30pm
Ticketing information at Acute Inflections’ Eventbrite page.
This New York's Jazzy R&B duo might remind you of Lucy & Ricky, and if you like everything from Erykah Badu to Billie Holiday, you'll love grooving to their Soulful Sounds.
Austin City Ballet presents "Snow White and the Magic Mirror" and "Performance Project 2024: The Process of the Art"
Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Purchase tickets through Brown Paper Tickets
The Austin City Ballet presents their annual Performance Project and an original story ballet called "Snow White and the Magic Mirror". The performance is broken into two acts, with the first act exploring Snow White’s relationship with the Evil Queen as reflected through the Magic Mirror. The second act, “The Process of the Art”, features local singers, dancers, actors, and musicians sharing their process in performance.
Austin City Ballet is part of the Artist Access Program, through the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department, Division of Museums and Cultural Programs, and the Dougherty Arts Center.
Art in Cahoots
A Pop-Up Arts Experience for Caregiver & Child
Friday, May 3, 2024
10-11am
Art in Cahoots is a free one-hour event designed for prekindergarten-age students with an accompanying adult caregiver. Each will include sensory, multi-disciplinary, process-based arts activities for children and caregivers to experience together. Children can build social-emotional skills, familiarize themselves with a classroom setting, and learn while still under the wing of a trusted caregiver.
Road to Leadville 100 - Si Se Puede
Film Screening and Talk
Sunday, May 5, 2024
2-4:30pm
Join us for a free screening about Daniel Flores' journey going for the seemingly impossible, & being able to push through & make it happen!
Road to Leadville 100 - Si Se Puede is an inspirational documentary about Daniel Flores’ journey to complete the Leadville Trail 100, one of the most difficult 100 mile ultra-marathons in the world, due to its high elevation and difficult terrain. The film reveals how we are more capable than we think to shoot for the seemingly impossible and make it happen - si se puede! Flores says, “The cool thing about the documentary is that it tells a story. It’s not just about a race. It shares my journey as a Mexican immigrant coming to the U.S.”
Film is in English. Screening will be followed by a bilingual (Spanish/English) talk-back with Daniel Flores and the film's director.
This event is free and everyone is welcome!
DAC Nights: Ob-la-di Ob-la-DAC
An In-Person Event
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
7-9pm
The Dougherty Arts Center Theater will be transformed into a dance hall on Wednesday, May 15 for DAC Nights: Ob-la-di Ob-la-DAC! A professional dance instructor will review best practices and guide participants through some of the wedding season’s most popular crowd-pleasers, including songs like The Cupid Shuffle and Copperhead Road. Wear clothing and shoes you feel comfortable moving in. Footwear is required in the theater.
This event is free and everyone is welcome! Registration is required, as space is limited.
Artist Talk: Bernie Diaz and Katie Conley
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
7-9pm
Learn firsthand the processes, inspiration, and techniques of artists Bernie Diaz and Katie Conley.
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