Art Gallery Spring 2026 Exhibition Schedule
The Art Gallery at the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center (JDCAC) operates during the following hours:
Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Saturday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. • Sunday: Closed
Please note that gallery hours may vary depending on exhibition receptions and programs.
The May Show: Watercolors
May 11 – June 18
An open exhibition featuring both transparent and opaque art mediums, techniques and styles. Professional, student and amateur artists and craftspersons ages 18 and older may submit up to two original new or recent works based on the exhibition theme. Not all entries are guaranteed acceptance. Composition and subject matter are open. Eligible works may be two-dimensional in any size or style — including realistic, abstract, geometric, linear or painterly — and created with any transparent or opaque watercolor medium, such as gouache, watercolor pencils, colored inks or water pastels, using traditional or contemporary techniques. There is no entry fee. Works may be offered for sale. A reception will be held during the exhibition.
Entries are due Thursday, May 7, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Art Gallery in the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center. The exhibition will be on view May 11–June 18.
The Summer Invitational
June 22 – July 31
A special exhibition of two-and-three-dimensional works based on an assigned theme.
Off The Wall
August 3 – 26
An invitational exhibition of works on loan from area artists and collectors.
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Gallery hours may vary based on exhibition receptions and programs.