DORF

🐠 The first weekend of Fishbowl School went swimmingly! 💦 Inaugural Fishbowl resident Andie Flores held a live brainstorming work session with her writing and directing collaborator Sam Mayer to develop the story and background for an upcoming play. Like a writers room in concentration, it was a rare look behind the scenes to see how art is made. Watch the full stream on our website, and come check Andie’s process out in person every Saturday in June.

Fishbowl School, devised and curated by Andie Flores, invites guest artists into her residency space for real-time experimentation, conversation, and creative exchange. Audiences are welcome to observe the process as it unfolds.

Her first Fishbowl School guest, Sam Mayer, is a playwright based in Austin whose work has been presented at Fusebox Festival, OUTsider Festival, The Museum of Human Achievement, Co-Lab Projects, and Intramural Theater, among others. He holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin. He is also the upcoming and second Fishbowl Resident for DORF’s inaugural Fishbowl Residency.

Thank you and Caroline Drew () for featuring DORF’s inaugural Fishbowl Residency!

Fishbowl Residency invites artists to create in real time, transforming our gallery into a transparent studio where visitors can witness experimentation, collaboration, risk-taking, and discovery as they unfold.

Today, June resident Andie Flores () will be working with longtime collaborator Sam Mayer () from 12:30–2:30 PM as they develop new performance-based work through costuming, character-building, writing, and improvisation.

DORF is open today and every Saturday from 12–5 PM. Stop by, peek behind the scenes, and experience the often-unseen process behind performance.

Read the full article at the link in bio.

Photo credits for Sam and Andie:

Slides 1 - Photo courtesy of the artist and Jade Skye Hammer ()
Slide 3 – Photo courtesy the artist and Bill McCullough for Fusebox Festival () ()
Slide 5 – Photo courtesy the artist and Camille Barnett ()

🐠 FISHBOWL SCHOOL: SAM MAYER 💦

Join us this Saturday, June 6, from 12:30–2:30 PM as playwright Sam Mayer () enters the Fishbowl to collaborate with current resident artist Andie Flores ().

Fishbowl School, devised and curated by Andie Flores, invites guest artists into her residency space for real-time experimentation, conversation, and creative exchange. Audiences are welcome to observe the process as it unfolds.

Her first Fishbowl School guest, Sam Mayer, is a playwright based in Austin whose work has been presented at Fusebox Festival, OUTsider Festival, The Museum of Human Achievement, Co-Lab Projects, and Intramural Theater, among others. He holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin. He is also the upcoming and second Fishbowl Resident for DORF’s inaugural Fishbowl Residency.

Fishbowl School is free and open to the public.

📍 DORF
🗓 Saturday, June 6
⏰ 12:30–2:30 PM

DORF is open to the public from 12:00 - 5:00 PM, every Saturday.

Fishbowl Residency transforms DORF into a visible, working studio where artistic process becomes public, collaborative, and unpredictable.

This project is supported in part by an Austin Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment, Carpenter Hotel, and DORF’s generous community of volunteers and donors.

Slides 1 + 2 – Photos courtesy the artists and Bill McCullough for Fusebox Festival () ()
Slide 3 – Photo courtesy of the artist and Jade Skye Hammer ()

DORF presents: 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨 | 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 Session I, June 1-27, 2026 — our inaugural summer residency that turns the gallery into a visible, working studio and public site of creative experimentation.

Fresh off sold-out Fusebox performances and completing her doctorate at UT Austin, Dr. Andie Flores enters the Fishbowl June 1–27 to create fabric sculptures, develop iconic characters through costuming + scripting, experiment with video, and dive deep into process — all visible through DORF’s glass walls (and streaming online via Twitch).

Throughout the residency, Flores will also host 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡— collaborative sessions with guest artists exploring choreography, painting, tattooing, illustration, woodworking, music-making, and more.

💦 Programming Schedule
📍 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 at DORF
June 6 – Sam Mayer
June 13 – Mic Garza
June 20 – Carrie Fussell
June 27 – Kelsey Oliver

📍 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 + 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙠
June 18 | 7–9 PM
Start at Carpenter Hotel, then walk with us to DORF to experience the evolving work in person.

Fishbowl Residency invites audiences into the messy, playful, vulnerable space of artistic process — where making becomes performance and creation unfolds in real time.

Learn more + follow along:
🔗 www.dorfworld.org/fishbowl

Fishbowl Residency is made possible through our partnership with Carpenter Hotel. These programs are free and open to all.

This project is supported in part by an Austin Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment, Carpenter Hotel, and DORF’s generous community of volunteers and donors.

Slides 1 + 5 – Photo courtesy the artist and Jade Skye Hammer
Slide 2–4 – Photos courtesy of the artist and Bill McCullough for Fusebox Festival

☀️Join us this Saturday for a printmaking workshop with Milpa Press at Carpenter Hotel ✨

DORF is partnering with Carpenter Hotel () for a hands-on linocut workshop led by artist Paloma Mayorga (.mayorga) of Milpa Press (). In this intimate session, guests will learn the basics of linocut printmaking — designing, carving, and printing their own custom stamp inspired by the natural world. Whether new to printmaking or looking to deepen an existing practice, this workshop offers a thoughtful, tactile experience. Guests will leave with a one-of-a-kind handmade stamp and prints.

🗓 Saturday, May 30
⏰ 11 AM – 1 PM
📍 Carpenter Hotel
💵 $40 per person
🔗 Link in bio to purchase tickets

Family-friendly and open to all ages (kids welcome with a caregiver).

🪟 LAST WEEKEND to see Homeward Bound at DORF!  Open tomorrow from 12–5 PM at 218 S Lamar — spend some time with the exhibition before it closes.🚪

“The United States was built on and is bettered by immigrants bringing their homes to our shores, and Homeward Bound illuminates that reality – and all its complexity – beautifully.”
Caitlin Greenwood ( ) for The Austin Chronicle ( ), 

𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 is a group exhibition featuring Josue Bessiake ( ), Esther Marie Hall ( ), and Bárbara Miñarro ( ), each exploring the layered and deeply personal concept of home – a timely and moving exploration of migration, identity, and belonging.

Photography by Colette Nicole

DORF is proud to announce the inaugural season of 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 — our new invitational residency series transforming DORF’s gallery into a visible, working studio throughout Summer 2026.

This year’s inaugural residents are:

✨ 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 (Austin, TX) June 1–27
✨ 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 (Austin, TX) Aug 10–Sept 5
✨ 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 (Houston, TX) Sept 8–26

Working across performance and experimental theater, these acclaimed artists will inhabit DORF’s gallery as an active studio, production hub, and public-facing site of creative exploration.

Each resident artist or collective receives a $2,000 unrestricted stipend, artist talk stipends, curatorial support, and ongoing access to the gallery. Throughout the residency, DORF will host weekly Open Studio hours every Saturday from 12–5 PM, welcoming the public into evolving works in progress.

DORF’s partner Carpenter Hotel () is generously providing 3-weeks of complimentary lodging and pool passes for this season’s visiting artist, daily food and beverage stipends, 1-night stays for local artists and honorariums for artist talks and programming!

Named for DORF’s floor-to-ceiling glass walls, 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 invites audiences to witness artistic process unfolding in real time — where process becomes performance and the boundaries between private creation and public encounter dissolve.

🌏Learn more at www.dorfworld.org/fishbowl and through link in bio.

📍 DORF at Zilker Point, 218 South Lamar Blvd., Suite 140, Austin, TX 78704

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Special DORF announcement coming tomorrow 🫧🐟 🫧

Join DORF this Saturday at the ZACH Spring Market for a special Get Out the Vote! art activation with artist ANGRYCLOUD ()✨🗳️

We’re partnering with the League of Women Voters () to support voter registration, check registration status, share resources about voting rights, and help connect people with information about important upcoming local and national elections.

📍 ZACH Theatre, 202 S. Lamar
🗓 Saturday, May 9
⏰ 3:30–7:30 PM

Come make art, get vote ready, and celebrate civic engagement with us! Then head over to DORF right next door - we are staying open until 7:30 pm to welcome ZACH market and Friends Fair (.art) artists and visitors! Hope to see you there :)

Celebrate Mother’s Day through making ✨

DORF is partnering with Carpenter Hotel and East Side Pot Shop for a special ceramics workshop led by artist Rebeca Proctor. Participants will learn coil + pinch techniques to create small vessels, then select a custom glaze before pieces are fired offsite.

🗓 Saturday, May 9
⏰ 11 AM – 1 PM
📍 Carpenter Hotel
💵 $40 per person
🔗 Link in bio to purchase tickets

Family-friendly and open to all ages (kids welcome with a caregiver). Finished pieces will be ready for pickup at DORF two weeks later.

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