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Dale County Council of Arts and Humanities
  • Our Story ... Then & Now
  • 2019 Exhibitions
    • "Anything Goes"
    • Trio of Local Artists
    • 2019 Kaleidoscope - Member & Art Patron Pledge Drive featuring Youth Art Exhibition
    • Black and White Exhibition
    • Art Work of Elsie Prather
    • Annual Regional Art Exhibition
    • Claybank
    • Artisan Christmas Market
  • Past Exhibitions
    • 2018 >
      • Artisan Market
      • Claybank Jamboree 2018
      • Regional Juried Show
      • Alabama 200
      • Artist in the Woods Exhibit
      • Drawing Class / 4.21.2018
      • 2018 Photography Exhibit
      • Membership Exhibit
    • 2017 >
      • 2017 Christmas Bazaar
      • 2017 Black and White Show
      • 2017 Member Show
      • 2017 Collections & More
      • 2017 Back to the Garden - Nature Show
      • 2017 Susan Boyles Solo Show
      • 2017 Regional Art Show
      • 47th Claybank Jamboree
      • 2017 Ila Jean Newman Solo Show
      • Make A Difference Day
    • 2016 >
      • 2016 Lindy Bruggink Solo Show
      • 2016 Holiday Open House
      • 2016 Student Art Explosion
      • 2016 Rethought Trash
      • 2016 Photography Show
      • 2016 Member Show
      • 2016 Back to Nature Show and Reception
      • 2016 Judy Neher Show
      • 2016 Southern Cultural Celebration (2)
    • 2015 >
      • 2015 Artisan Market
      • Young Artist Show
      • 15th Annual Regional Art Exhibition
      • Jack DeLoney: "Jack's Pallette"
      • Nature Show, 2015
      • Black and White Show, 2015
    • 2014 >
      • Juried Art Show, 2014
      • From One Extreme to the Other"
      • Three Artists Exhibition
      • Our Town, 2014
      • Yonder; Leslie Blackmon, 2014
    • 2013 >
      • Mary Ann Casey, October 2013
      • 13th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
      • 7 x 7 + 3 My Lifetime Journey to Becoming an Artist, 2013
      • Cows, Cats & Critters
      • Recycle Show, 2013
      • Black and White Show, 2013
      • Frozen in Time
    • 2012 >
      • Artisan Holiday Show and Sale, 2012
      • Ann Rudd's Seaworld
      • 12th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition, 2012
      • Nature Show, 2012
      • Black and White Show, 2012
      • The Science of Primary Colors
      • Pieces
    • 2011 >
      • Shaping My Thoughts
      • Back Street Art
      • 11th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
      • Stained Glass Class
      • The MFA Show
      • Fusion Show
      • Photography Show
      • I Saw the Light or How I Made it Home
    • 2010 >
      • Studio Within
      • 10th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
      • Fashion Revival - Too Good to be Through
      • Hoofbeats and Heritage
      • 10th Anniversary Reflection Art Center in Ozark
    • 2009 >
      • Sessions
      • Stained Glass Class
      • 9th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
      • Deb Scott
      • Color Splash
      • Black and White Show
      • Wild at Heart
    • 2008 >
      • 70s Party
      • Albert Dean
      • 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
      • Frank Thompson
      • Where Art Thou?
      • Kevin Hargrave
      • Black and White Show
      • Ruthie Arad
    • 2007 >
      • 7th Annual Regional Juried Aft Exhibition
      • Stained Glass Class
      • Creativemess
      • Expressions
      • Quilt Show
    • 2006 >
      • Tails of the South
      • Art in Bloom
      • Decorative Artists Show
      • Where ART Thou
      • Black and White Show
      • Art in Nature
    • 2005 >
      • Janet Hiinton McLeod Exhibit
      • 5th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
      • Robert Bruce Exhibit
      • Brian Wilson and Tim Richardson Exhibit
      • Troy State's Foundation Art Department Exhibit
      • Black and White Show
    • 2004 >
      • 4th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
      • Helen Taylor Andrews - One Woman Show
  • 2019 Membership Form
  • Become a Member
  • Artist Days
  • Calendar (2018/19)
  • Sponsors Needed
  • Events Photo Album
  • Board and Committees
  • Our Artists
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    • Frank Thompson
    • Ann Rudd
    • Gaynelle Mixon
    • Susan Boyles
    • Kevin Hargrave
    • Tracy Lamb
    • Jean Newman
    • Jeffrey Babine
    • Karen Morales
    • Rick Beach
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A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.      ~Hans Hofmann

WHO ARE WE?

 Our Mission Statement:
“To promote the arts in the local community via exhibits, workshops and productions in various artistic fields and to provide a location for community functions that will expose the public to cultural experiences in our area.”

The Dale County Council of Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) was organized in the 1960’s by people at the library and librarians with a few artists organizing early activities. Under Mayor Tom Goff, a house on Broad Street was acquired as the location for the arts council and extensive renovation was achieved on the Sollie house on Broad Street.
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The first Claybank antique show was held there and also several fiddlers' conventions were held on the front porch.

​In the late 1980’s the city sold the building as the arts council couldn't afford to operate it. The arts council went into dormancy until 1999. In November of that year Jim Rudd bought the long unoccupied Dowling Building on the Courthouse Square with a donation through the Wiregrass Foundation. The building was a gift to the city to be used by the reorganized arts council as a gallery and museum. The building was named for the previous owners and his wife, a painter, as the Dowling Museum Ann Rudd Arts Center. The entire project was a millennium venture. Restoration had proceeded to a functional stage by March of 2000 and the first exhibit by a wide range of artists from Dale County was organized by a social club, The Arts Guild. Since then more than 50 exhibits have been mounted. The upstairs houses artist studios.

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The DCCAH is a non-profit organization is run solely on donations and membership dues. The museum is open to the public and free of charge.

We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon!

Hours

Tuesdays and Wednesdays
11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.


​Artist Escape every
Wednesday between 11 and 3!

ADDRESS

Mailing Address:
 P.O. Box 1512
Ozark, AL 36361-1512


Physical Address:
144 E. Broad Street
​Ozark AL 36360

Telephone

334.445.6526

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