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On view January 9th-March 8th: Celebrating photography

We’re focusing on the art of photography in the City Arts Center in multiple ways! We have two exhibits, one gracing walls, panels, and pedestals, another that you can take a seat and view on a large display screen. But wait, there’s more! Take your selfies against the Cyanotype Selfie Wall (artwork by Amy Jasek) and peruse the analog camera display too.

Shutterbuggin'

The art form of photography is more accessible than ever before what with the ubiquity of cell phone cameras. This exhibit includes an array of different types of photography (including travel, fashion, mixed media, and beyond), made with all types of photographic equipment too. Yes, even cell phone cameras!

Shutterbug: one who takes photographs an avid shutterbug who takes their camera with them everywhere.

Pixel Panorama

Our virtual exhibit is viewable during your visit to the City Arts Center. Grab a chair, watch, and get inspired to use your cell phone, digital camera, film camera, tablet and other gizmos to create your own art!

Click below for a PDF of artist statement from the “Pixel Panorama” exhibiting artists.

Pixel Panorama – Artist Statements – About each artwork

Cyanotypes, Selfies, and Analog Camera Exhibit

After you’ve taken in the art exhibits, check out the analog display of cameras and Cyanotype Selfie Wall, courtesy of photographer Amy Jasek.

Celebrate with Us!

You’re invited to celebrate photography with us at our upcoming exhibit reception:

February 14, 2025, from 6pm-8pm at the City Arts Center

This is a chance to see the exhibits, meet the artists and ask them how they do what they do, check out our analog camera display, and get inspired to take your camera skills to the next level, even with yes, your cell phone camera! Be sure to take your selfies against the backdrop of the Cyanotype Selfie Wall too!

Our photography exhibits will be on view through March 8th, so if you can’t attend the reception, we welcome you during our regular hours of operation to visit us.

Complimentary refreshments and nibbles will be provided.

Call for Art | Exhibit Opportunities

We love to show off talented local and area artists. If you wish to be considered for an exhibit, we invite you to fill out an online application for an upcoming Call for Art. Please note: There is no application fee, so if you’ve never applied to be in an exhibit before, we’re making it easy for you!

Stay tuned to our social media for announcements about opportunities for artists (FB and IG).

Call for Art: Cuteness Overload! - Deadline to apply, February 10, 2025

Exhibit Title: CUTENESS OVERLOAD!

VENUE: The City Arts Center, 231 East Main Street, Suite 160, Round Rock, TX 78664

Deadline to submit artwork for consideration: February 10, 2025

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT: We’re getting seriously adorable in the City Arts Center! Help us transform the gallery into an experience of all things cuddly, gloopy, funny, lovable, heart-melting, fluffly, squishy soft, yummy, and sweet! We’re on the lookout for the most kawaii and cute art that you make in all of its forms.

ALL MEDIA 2D AND 3D: We’d love to see creative expression in 2D and 3D artwork that includes, but is not limited to, Anime/Manga, toys, sculptures, miniature figures and oversized funny objects/sculptures, posters, graphic design, photography, painting, screenprinting, illustration, fiber art, ceramics, glass, collage, mixed media, artistic banners, mobiles, cartoon art, digital design, fashion, installation art, and beyond!

ALL ARE WELCOME: We are a welcoming place for artists at all stages of art-making, including those who have never exhibited in their entire life, alongside new, emerging, and professional artists equally.

NO FEE TO APPLY: There is no fee to apply for our City Arts Center Call for Art, however if your art sells during the exhibition, we will deduct a 20% commission.

Apply online using our form, by clicking here.

Pick With Austin Partnership

The City Arts Center serves as a welcoming pickup/drop off point for the local mental health awareness nonprofit Pick With Austin (http://pickwithaustin.com).

Connect directly with Pick With Austin to inquire about its no-fee instrument program, or stop by the gallery to see if we have an instrument on display that might be of use to you. A goal of this nonprofit is to help youth through the gift of music, by way of no-fee instruments and musical equipment. Have an instrument to donate? Bring it to the gallery, and we’ll pass it along to the nonprofit organization for you.

We Welcome You!

The City Arts Center is a public space where you can savor art in welcoming environment. In other words, we are an unpretentious and inviting space for you to recharge yourself by checking out local creativity! For local and area artists, we invite you to scroll above to see what Call for Art exhibit opportunities that might be of interest to you and your creativity! We are welcoming of artists at all stages of their careers, from the very first time one has exhibited, along with new, emerging, and professional artists.

Who are we? The City Arts Center is staffed and managed by the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture.

Looking Back

This same address was previously an art gallery, where so much creativity was shared…and now, as the City Arts Center, we have so much talent to share with you! We look forward to meeting you upon your next visit to our art gallery!