Come one, come all! Denton's Day of the Dead Pinebox Derby is moving for Sunday. Watch homemade racers face off for bragging rights and this year's trophy!

Derby kits are available for pick-up at GDAC during our business hours for those who have registered.

Visit the DOD Festival website for more information, guidelines, and to register.

We are partnering with this year's Day of the Dead Festival to bring the celebrations down to GDAC with a live coffin race stream, art vendors, food trucks, a cash bar, and trunk or treat.

We are still looking for vehicles to be part of our Trunk or Treat on Saturday from 2 - 6PM. If you would like to enter your car to be a part of the festivities, please fill out the form linked here- we would LOVE to have you! We’re also taking candy donations during business hours for anyone wanting to contribute something to sweeten the day.

The Early Birds is an early music ensemble dedicated to celebrating the rich and expressive sounds of the Baroque era. In collaboration with singers of The Concertists, their upcoming program, “Masques and Monsters,” showcases some of the finest baroque instrumentalists and singers in the area. This will be a selection of spooky arias and instrumental works that puts the "howl" in "howwwlloween."

Step back into the raddest decade ever for an evening of food, fun, and suspense! Join us for a buffet-style dinner, drinks from Denton County Brewing Co., and a killer live show by The Murder Mystery Company.

It's the 80s again, and all the big names are in town for a concert—until backstage secrets spill into the spotlight with like, totally tragic results! This isn't an episode of Miami Vice — this is like… murder. Now it's up to you to crack the case in true 80s style.

So tease your hair, pile on the neon, and channel your inner "Smooth Operator," because you're not just here to party, you're here to solve a crime!

Each ticket includes a full-course dinner, two drink tickets for beer or wine (non-alcoholic drinks will be available as well), and a fully interactive murder mystery experience. Guests are encouraged to come dressed in their favorite 80s attire (you know you want to)!

Doors will open at 5:45 PM. From 6:00 to 7:00 PM, enjoy dinner, mix and mingle with fellow guests, and grab your drinks before the show begins at 7:00 PM. Guests must be 18 or older to attend.

Get ready to solve the crime of the decade—this is one night you won't want to miss!

Tickets are limited, and they’re going fast! Secure your spot today: https://80smmdinner.givesmart.com

Experience the glow of Electric! — a one-night-only light art exhibition! Back for its second year, this event showcases artworks by students from UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, in partnership with Professor Alicia Eggert’s Art in Public class and Professor Chris Meerdo’s New Media Senior Studio class. 

GDAC will be transformed inside and out with glowing sculptures, interactive installations, and projection art. Alongside the art, enjoy craft drinks from Union Bear, food trucks, and live music by DJ Freakhorse. 

Entry is FREE and all ages are welcome. Don’t miss out on this electrifying experience!

Join us as well celebrate the arrival of Denton's first Art-o-mat! This will be in conjunction with our community graffiti event, so grab an original work of art from the Art-o-mat, then tag the walls outside of GDAC! Remember to bring either $1 or $5 bills, as the machine only accepts cash. EACH ORIGINAL WORK OF ART IS ONLY $5!

We owe our enormous gratitude to the community for contributing to our Art-o-mat fundraiser. We couldn’t have done this without Denton’s enduring commitment to the arts.

GDAC is thrilled to kick off the Halloween season with our new theme this year: Tag or Treat! We’re celebrating our love of graffiti and street art with our friend Eder Tron, artist and confounder of the Dallas Fabrication Yard, who you might remember from last year as the genius behind our Island of Misfit Toys mural. Once again, we’ll have a public graffiti wall outside the building, open for all ages to come spray paint! What kind of spook-tacular graffiti will you do? We can’t wait to find out!

Free admission. More details to follow soon!

Come out for an open skill-sharing creative gathering providing a casual, supportive atmosphere for those interested in fiber art. Feel free to drop in and out of workshop sessions at your leisure.

To learn more about Sew Gold, visit their website.

Meetings are held at GDAC at least once a month.

Update: This workshop is SOLD OUT!

Thank you all so much for the amazing response — spots filled up quickly! If you’d like to be added to the waitlist, please DM us or email jess.green@dentonarts.com

Don’t worry if you missed this one — we’re planning more themed needle felting workshops in the future! We also have more spooktacular events planned for October, like our 1980s theme Murder Mystery Dinner, and Electric! Light Art Exhibition!

Get into the spirit of spooky season with this free, hands-on crafting workshop at GDAC! Learn the basics of needle felting and create your very own festive pumpkin to take home. This workshop will be led by artist Lera Watts. No experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided.

Space is limited — sign up here to reserve your spot: https://form.jotform.com/GDAC/needle-felting-workshop-pumpkins

Join The PETAL Project for a pop-up exhibit and artist talk with Denton-based photographic artist Jordan Funk. Jordan's work explores themes of identity, memory, and topography, combining Polaroid photography with landscape sediments. 

Jordan will talk about her artistic process, aesthetic philosophy, and share some of her past work and on-going projects. 

In her practice, she challenges the habit of taking photographs at face value, creating space for conversations about our individuality and the ways that making our way through existence erodes us away into continually new interpretations of ourselves.

Presented by: 

The PETAL Project | Denton Zine & Art Party | Greater Denton Arts Council

Free, All-Ages

Light refreshments provided

We’re celebrating the opening of the Southwestern Watercolor Society’s 62nd Annual Member Exhibition in Meadows Gallery. Please join us in honoring this dazzling array of paintings from expert watercolor artists.

Join us in a double whammy celebration for North Texas Giving Day! In addition to creating community zines, we will also be celebrating the opening reception for our new exhibition by Sheli Petersen, Rascally Ravens. This show features illustrator and educator Sheri Petersen, TWU Professor of Graphic Design and Illustration, and the intriguing process for her newest picture book. Together with her mother, Patricia, they have created a beautiful book based upon their direct observation of ravens in the wild.

Come check out video, sketches, and get an inside view of the process of creating Rascally Ravens, create a zine with us, and enjoy a cash bar and some light refreshments. North Texas Giving Day is an opportunity for nonprofits to celebrate the work that they do in the community, and we want you to come and be a part of it!

You can donate directly to our North Texas Giving Day page here.

Learn more about Sheli and the book here!

Join us for our first ever art car cruise! We will have some AMAZING art cars driving all the way from Houston to dazzle Denton with their creations, as well as some of our city's very own unique 4 wheeled designs. The cars will begin at the Development Services Center, located at 401 N. Elm, cruise around the Denton square, and end at the Greater Denton Arts Council.

Once at GDAC, the cars and their artist owners will be on hand to answer questions about their creations and sell their artwork. We will also have a professional graffiti artist live painting a car AND we will have another car available for YOU to paint on as well!

There will be food, a DJ, a cash bar, and tons of creative fun. Don't miss out on this pre-party that is truly celebrating the "arts" in Arts and Autos!

We would love to also show off some local art cars on our art car cruise! Do you have a car that you have modified in some way to become a work of art on wheels? If not, you still have time to decorate your car to be a part of this year’s cruise! To enter your vehicle, click here and become part of the inaugural Denton Art Car Cruise!

Would you like to support our first ever art car cruise and help make it a smashing success? Please visit our GiveSmart page to donate any amount that you wish! Every dollar helps - thank you so much!

What is an Art Car?

An art car is a vehicle that has been transformed into a work of art through creative modification and decoration. Instead of just being a mode of transportation, it becomes a work of art on wheels. Artists customize cars with paint, sculpture, mixed media, and even lights or kinetic elements to express a theme, idea, or personal style.

Art cars can range from subtly painted designs to completely reimagined vehicles covered in found objects, mosaics, or sculptural additions. One of the largest art car parades is right here in Texas. Houston has been home to their art car parade for almost 40 years, and it has become a world wide phenomenon drawing thousands of spectators. We are very fortunate this year to have 9 cars from the Houston art car community driving down to be a part of our very first art car cruise!

Please join us for an evening of incredible music from Denton staple acts including the Fingerprints Band, Lady Cass & The Fellas, Morse Street Church Choir, Katina Stone-Butler, and more. All proceeds are in support of Patrick Johnson. Donate here.

Interfaith Ministries is celebrating 33 years of community service and you can support their mission through the For the Love of Lil' d fundraiser. 33 local artists have donated stunning artworks to the auction, all proceeds supporting the Ministries.

Buy your tickets here!

Come out for an open skill-sharing creative gathering providing a casual, supportive atmosphere for those interested in fiber art. Feel free to drop in and out of workshop sessions at your leisure.

To learn more about Sew Gold, visit their website.

Meetings are held at GDAC at least once a month.

Save the Date!

Artists Enclave of Denton County and the Greater Denton Arts Council will present Cups & Chords, the latest installment of their ongoing popular open mic series at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center.

This time, we invite participants to consider the question “What Matters?” and to answer through the work they perform. Denton’s own A Rhythm of Poets will be our featured guests.

The open mic event is open to the public. Artists in any medium from Denton County and beyond are welcome to participate.

Come out for an open skill-sharing creative gathering providing a casual, supportive atmosphere for those interested in fiber art. Feel free to drop in and out of workshop sessions at your leisure.

To learn more about Sew Gold, visit their website.

Meetings are held at GDAC at least once a month.

The artist talk for exhibition Generations in Conversation is here! Join us for an enriching conversation as we explore the deep and interrelated topics highlighted in this year's show.

Hear from artists over 60 and under 30 as we explore themes such as living between borders, the metaphor of ghosts and the body, science and art's relationship to the environment, revisiting childhood fantasy and magic, queer identity and relationships, and more.

This year's featured artists in our talk will be:

Phil Samson - @phil.samsonart
Kelly Stribling-Sutherland - @kelly_primitives
Ham Berman - @hamburger4art
Maria Esswein - @a_glass_of_esswine
Selena Mize - @selenammize
Dan Wiley - @eatinginsectng
Jesus Trujillo - @@imjoniibass

Small bites and light refreshments will be served! See you there.

Learn the basic working properties of non-ferrous metals used in artisan jewelry fabrication with brass and sterling silver. Create your own set of stacking rings and a pair of textured earrings!

Local artist and metalsmith, Kristen Kendrick Bigley of KKB Metal Studio, will guide you through the steps to properly size and solder a set of stacking rings out of brass and sterling silver. There will also be materials and tools available to create simple brass textured earrings, paired with silver ear wires.

Please dress comfortably and bring readers if you need additional magnification for detailed work. Workshop will be held at Denton County Brewing Co. Get tickets here! Can’t make it to the Crafts & Drafts night but still want to support the Art-o-Mat fundraiser? No problem, donate through our GoFundMe page!

For information about the KKB Metal Studio visit www.kkbmetalstudio.com.

Back again is Generations in Conversation, a GDAC signature exhibition! The artists, who are either 30 years old and younger or 60 years old and older, are using their work to bridge the distance between two generations often seen in opposition to each other socially, culturally, and sometimes politically.

We invite you to the official opening reception to enjoy this thoughtful, diverse selection of work. The artist talk is postponed at this time.

Generations will be on display from July 19 to September 20.

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the opening of "Intersections, Voices in Feminist Art" exhibition, which features five installation artworks by Aubree Dale, Christine Irving & Suzi Manrique, Karla Ramirez-Santin and Robyn Rozelle.

Accompanying the installation exhibit in the hallway outside of the gallery, next to our library, hang four self-portraits by TWU students from professor Dr. Agatha Beins's "Art, Activism and Social Justice" course who reflect on and explore facets of identity and self.

These works explore a wide range of topics including the body, social media, motherhood, homemaking, safe spaces, disability and accessibility.

Join us for an enriching artist panel discussion about the work and its themes during the opening reception, on Thursday, July 17th.

Panel Talk: 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Receptions: 5 - 8 PM

Installation Artists:

@aubree._.dale @ifyouknewsuziq @art_by_kfrs @raabynraazelle & Christine Irving

Portraiture Artists:

Micha Damon, Katie Jordan, Taylor Hilley-Carroll, and Agnes K. Browning

Intersections will be on display from July 5 to August 30th.

This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date!

Join us for the for a night out at Denton County Brewing Company to help raise funds for Denton's own Art-o-mat art vending machine. We began a go fund me page a few months ago for this project, and many amazing supporters donated to the cause. This is the second of 3 workshops that will be held at DCBC to help get us across the finish line!

The evening will include learning the craft of Suminagashi, or Japanese floating ink. Participants will learn the history and cultural significance of this art form and practice techniques that include layering colors, guiding patterns, and capturing their marbled creations on various papers. Tickets include all supplies needed for the workshop as well as 2 drink tickets. Come have a night of creativity and laughter and help support an awesome cause for Denton arts!

Grab your tickets here! To learn more about Art-o-Mat machines, visit the locator website to find them across the country. Can’t make it to the Crafts & Drafts night but still want to support the fundraiser? No problem, donate through our GoFundMe page!

Come out for an open skill-sharing creative gathering providing a casual, supportive atmosphere for those interested in fiber art. Feel free to drop in and out of workshop sessions at your leisure.

To learn more about Sew Gold, visit their website.

Meetings are held at GDAC at least once a month.

GDAC will be closed for the Fourth of July, starting with early closure of PAAC on Thursday 7/3 at 5pm. Normal business hours will resume Saturday, July 5. See you then!

In partnership with iconic Recycled Books & Records, KUZU 92.9 FM will host their annual REVOLUTION RECORD CONVENTION at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center in the heart of downtown Denton June 28, 2025.

This cost-free family-friendly event will feature local, regional, and national vendors offering collectible vinyl records, posters, memorabilia, and other music media. Live entertainment will include DJs, a panel discussion and special guest appearances.

Attendees can order personalized screen-printed gear from local merchant Pan Ector Industries, grab a drink from Union Bear Brewing, or snack on food from local food trucks.

For those who would like to browse before the crowds, Early Bird tickets for $10 provide one hour of exclusive entry from 10am-11am. Doors open free to the general public at 11:00am and the event will run until 5pm.
Event details, including information on how to become a record vendor, are available at kuzu.fm/revolution.