Council Backs Parkland Preservation in Vote for New Dougherty Arts Center Site

Austin's oldest community arts venue would relocate to new facility in Butler Shores' southeast corner

"...The Dougherty Arts Center's new pad is one step closer to..."

May 28, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Affordable housing, climate change, and the Dougherty Arts Center took center stage at a mostly brisk..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

“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

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

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: The Arts Commission Hustle

City group gets moving on policy plan for Austin creatives

"...The special called meeting of the Austin Arts Commission pretty well lived up to its name Tuesday..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Visual Arts Association: Thrilled to be hitting the big 3-0

The Austin Visual Arts Association is celebrating its 30th anniversary in high style, with a pair of exhibitions and a big reunion party for local artists

"...Austin has its share of venerable arts organizations. The Austin Symphony has been delighting our ears..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Nosferatu

When this play looks in the mirror, the dramaturg is invisible

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through Oct. 31..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Arts Survey

Answer a few questions, and you might help the city ramp up its arts programming

"...cost you all of 10 minutes. Just head to www.austinartsurvey.com, and answer the questions from the Cultural Affairs Division...."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tintypes

Violet Crown Players' revival of the revue 'Tintypes' doesn't always work theatrically, but musically, its celebration of early 20th-century American music is pleasing to hear

"...Dougherty Arts Center Theatre, through May 14..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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

"...8) BUTRIDGE GALLERY (Dougherty Arts Center) What we said above goes for this..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Intermission

Gobotrick Theatre Company's Intermission isn't a musical but kind of a live concert with real musicians pretending to be characters in front of a pretend audience in front of a real audience

"...Dougherty Arts Center Theater, through June 16..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Texas Biennial, Okay Mountain

The 2007 Texas Biennial exhibition at Okay Mountain generates color and a communal spirit while raising questions about festivalism and appropriating sources

"...reach and spread across four Austin galleries, the Chronicle's visual-arts writers chose to review the exhibit collectively, in a..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Review

2007 Texas Biennial, Butridge Gallery

The Chronicle's visual-arts writers review the second Texas Biennial in dialogue and find the work at the Dougherty Arts Center to be diverse but presented awkwardly

"...Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, through April 15..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Review

Five Local Arts Events Using the Human Form as Inspiration

Fascinations of the flesh, from portrait to burlesque

"...11-27. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. Extra show: Sat., Aug. 20, 2pm. Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 512/974-4000. $20-$25. thestageaustin.com..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Odyssey: A Rock Musical

This adaptation of Homer's epic is faithful to a fault and rough around the edges

"...Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 891-8387..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Steve Brudniak: 'Noumenon'

Steve Brudniak's newest exhibition is thoroughly retro-futuristic, but don't use the "s" word to describe it

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through July 1..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ronnie Weeks: Reinventing the Wheel

Collage is a valid form, and artist Ronnie Weeks uses it well

"...Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center, through Oct. 29..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

Gary Grinkle's Battles With Wrinkles And Other Troubles In Mudgeville

Watching Second Youth Family Theatre's visually delicious theatrical confection 'Gary Grinkle's Battles With Wrinkles and Other Troubles in Mudgeville' is like seeing a children's book come to life

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through March 19..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

In Between

The art show 'In Between' provides the viewer with a rare opportunity to interact with the ideas that inform the exhibited works

"...Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, through Feb. 28..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Review by Benné Rockett

Song From the Sea

"...Dougherty Arts Center Theatre, through Oct. 9..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Petra's Pecado

Rupert Reyes' bilingual comedy 'Petra's Pecado' hits the audience with Mexican culture like a well-wrapped enchilada washed down with a frosty margarita

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through Aug. 7..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Five Arts Events in Austin This Weekend

FronteraFest, Refigured, Ellsworth Kelly, Ballet Austin, ColdTowne

"...2) You want to hie yourself over to the Dougherty Arts Center, tell you what, because that perennially taken-for-granted..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Arts Funding

A new clash over what arts groups are legally entitled to bed tax funds

"...You may have heard that the Austin arts community rose up in arms in late March over..."

April 9, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Night at The Opera: Artists Sing Out at Arts Commision

"...Like most everyone else at the Dougherty Arts Center (DAC) on Monday, June 7, I am..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Telos

The look and sense of the raw materials creates compelling harmony here

"...Butridge Gallery in the Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 974-4000..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pushing Boundaries

Eight new dances that spoke engagingly to the place individuals have in groups

"...Dougherty Arts Center Theatre..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Moon for the Misbegotten

The Celtic Cultural Center and Renaissance Austin Theatre Company bring O'Neill's 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' to life with an authentically dark and droll Celtic sensibility

"...Dougherty Arts Center Theatre, through Sept. 24..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Five Arts Events Beyond (but Near) ACL Fest

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

"...So near to ACL Fest's Zilker Park epicenter, the Umlauf's famed garden features expertly carved bronze or..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

"...the long walls of the Butridge Gallery in the Dougherty Arts Center, offering astonishing views of insects and arachnids..."

July 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2007 Texas Biennial, Bolm Studios

"...reach and spread across four Austin galleries, the Chronicle's visual-arts writers chose to review the exhibit collectively, in a..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Review

Texas Biennial, Site 1808

The 2007 Texas Biennial exhibition at Site 1808 boasts strong outdoor artwork, but the use of PODS didn't quite realize its potential

"...reach and spread across four Austin galleries, the Chronicle's visual-arts writers chose to review the exhibit collectively, in a..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Review

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