Review: "I See You See Me"

Photo exhibition sheds gentle light on LGBTQ+ and disabled lives

"...See Me" (the current exhibit in the Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center) intention is paramount..."

July 28, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Five Art Exhibitions to Help You Beat the Heat

Come for the A/C, stay for the visual creativity

"...Brewing Co., 1701 E. Sixth, 512/765-4946. Free. papercommittee.com RichesArt Gallery: Bodies of Work III..."

July 14, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: The Zilker Master Plan Is Back

And so is the Community Advancement Network report

"...The Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center is accepting exhibit..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Five Arts Events Beyond (but Near) ACL Fest

Who says we can't be the other-than-live-music capital of the world, too?

"...2:30pm. 202 S. Lamar. $25 and up. zachtheatre.org Davis Gallery: "Beyond the Western Sky"..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Trailheads and Transmutations” at Davis Gallery Honors the Reparative Quality of Nature

Artists Felice House & Dana Younger capture the glory in all dimensions

"...the outside world into the elegant interiors of Davis Gallery on West 12th...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Galleries With Weird Creatures Inside

Fantastic beasts, you might say, and where to find them

"...Natural and Artificial Ephemerata.Through July 31. 1311 Harvey. instagram.com/reallysmallmuseum_atx Butridge Gallery: Creature Comforts..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Take Your Wardrobe Back to Suffragette City

Local artist Heidi Pitre pins up women’s right to vote

"...while ago, when she had a show at the Butridge Gallery in those Covid-free Before Times, of course. We..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Marianne Levy: Grimm Re-Articulated” at the Dougherty Arts Center

This exhibition of ceramic sculptures recasts fairy tales with animals who are more human than the people in the originals

"...works by Marianne Levy at the Dougherty Arts Center's Butridge Gallery (now, sadly, closed to the public because of..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Sylvia Benitez: Recalling Memory / The Interior Lay"

The paintings in this solo exhibition depict a place where landscapes are, more than anything, a Texas state of mind

"...her website – and inside the DAC's Julia C. Butridge gallery, where right now the outsides of Texas are..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner's 10 Favorite Arts-Related Things of 2019

Kinetic performances and galleries mounting great show after great show kept the year exciting

"...6) DIMENSION SCULPTURE PARK (Dimension Gallery) The sculptural shows for which Dimension Gallery is renowned..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Meeghan Morongova: Boundless Abandon" at Butridge Gallery

The photographer's first solo show is a clever and colorful fabrication of portraits

"...hanging on the wall of the Dougherty Arts Center's Butridge Gallery...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Heidi Pitre: Southern Peculiar" at the Butridge Gallery

In this solo exhibition, the South will rise again – not unlike a sort of puckish zombie made of cultural memories and witchy girlparts

"...panel, 36 by 24 inches, currently displayed at the Butridge Gallery in the front lobby of the Dougherty Arts..."

May 31, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Denise Elliott Jones: "Does It Match the Sofa?" at the Butridge Gallery

This divine Texas artist is straight-up messing with the fabric of reality

"...you back to the Dougherty Arts Center, to the Butridge Gallery therein...."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Dave McClinton: Despite It All" at the Butridge

The digital collagist’s new solo exhibition is peopled with many colors

"...currently galvanizing the walls of the Dougherty Art Center's Butridge Gallery...."

Jan. 18, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Jonathan Muzacz: Stained Slabs" at the Butridge

With his solo show, the artist revs up the gallery by bringing in the street in eye-catching style

"...art form. For his show "Stained Slabs" at the Butridge Gallery in the Dougherty Arts Center, Muzacz brings his..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Five Arts Events in Austin This Weekend

FronteraFest, Refigured, Ellsworth Kelly, Ballet Austin, ColdTowne

"...hosting an artshow (“Refigured: Radical Realism,” in the lobbyside Butridge Gallery) that will be one of the best you..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Seen / Soon: Jan. 26

Photographer Nancy Mims explores unknown lands in her neighborhood, and writers Meg Gardiner and Mark Pryor kill it with crime fiction

"...the photographs she exhibits in her solo show at Butridge Gallery, part of the FotoATX fest. An oil slick..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Column

FotoATX: Pics and the City

This new arts festival celebrates Austin as seen through the lenses of local photographers

"..."Nancy Mims: Terra Incognita"Through Feb. 3, Julia C. Butridge Gallery, 1110 Barton Springs Rd.Images inspired by the photographer's..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Seen / Soon: Jan. 5

Austin gets to see how Buddhist high holy days are celebrated in Tibet and Qinghai, and how African-Americans and Latinos once stood together in an era of social change

"...gentle reverence of a prayer bell. Through Jan. 6. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. www.austintexas.gov/jcbgallery...."

Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Column

"Greg Davis: India's Kumbh Mela" at Butridge Gallery

This exhibit's images offer impressive layers of visual intricacy but also raise the problematic questions of photojournalism

"...“Greg Davis: India’s Kumbh Mela”Julia C. Butridge Gallery, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 512/974-4000 www.austintexas.gov/jcbgallery Through Aug...."

July 28, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Valerie Fowler: Nature and Other Stories" at the Butridge Gallery

The art here tells local stories but is universal in ways that are loud, strange, and reverent for uncontrolled nature

"...for that. "Valerie Fowler: Nature and Other Stories"Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Of Course, Music Is Never Your Sole Identity

But even what brings the music to you can be a part of it

"...You want masks, well, that’s where Dimension Gallery’s new show comes in...."

Oct. 5, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Sum You Some Me" at Butridge Gallery

This show pairing artwork by Felice House and Dana Younger feels dedicated and warm, a committed homage to the body

"...like a white monolith at one end of the gallery, while elsewhere smaller torsos twist and flex on walls..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The ATX Arts Scene Will Fill Your Saturday but Good

So much to do in this town, and here are just a few excellent ideas

"...Lookin' at ME?" show at Salvage Vanguard Theater's lobby gallery, where the artist's painted portraits fill the giraffe-tall walls...."

July 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Multiple Originals XIX"

The Women Printmakers of Austin's latest group show displays both a diversity of technique and a fine array of beauty

"...Butridge Gallery, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. www.womenprintmakers.com Through Feb. 11..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art Lives Here

Jennifer Chenoweth's home embodies the essence of the East Austin Studio Tour

"...admiring art in isolation on the walls of a gallery or museum, but engaging with the person who made..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After the Battle

Photojournalists capture life 'In War's Wake' at DAC

"...of Iraq and Afghanistan” at the Dougherty Arts Center's Butridge Gallery. The show, curated by Trieb, Pentagram’s D.J. Stout,..."

May 18, 2013 Arts Post by Natalie Zeldin

'Wunderkammer: Mark Johnson & Debra Broz'

This 'cabinet of curiosities' from artists Broz and Johnson works best when the art is specific and personal

"...'Wunderkammer: Mark Johnson & Debra Broz'Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 974-4021..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Shawn Camp: The Sum of All Parts

The artist's impasto paintings transport one beyond the terrestrial

"...'Shawn Camp: The Sum of All Parts'Gallery Shoal Creek, 2905 San Gabriel #101, 454-6671 www.galleryshoalcreek.com Through..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Wax Encaustic Group Show

The melted materials employed here make for a hellishly good show

"...'Texas Wax Encaustic Group Show'Julia C. Butridge Gallery, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 974-4000 Through Sept. 25..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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