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The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture is the custodian of city-owned cultural facilities, where a wide variety of arts and cultural programs are offered for citizens and visitors. These facilities consist of many of our community's most important cultural venues, and when combined, represent more than 1.5 million square feet of space dedicated to arts and cultural functions in our community.

The OAC directly operates seven of these facilities: two performing arts venues (Majestic Theatre and Moody Performance Hall), four cultural centers (Bath House Cultural Center, Latino Cultural Center, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, and South Dallas Cultural Center), and the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House and Museum.

Additionally, the OAC manages twelve other cultural facilities through private/public partnerships with non-profit arts and cultural organizations with long-term management or operation agreements approved by City Council.

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​OAC Managed Venues:​

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Bath House Cultural Center

The 10,640 sq. ft. facility was designed by Carson & Linskie. Located on the shores of White Rock Lake, the Bath House is one of the earliest Art Deco buildings in Texas and was originally built by the Dallas Park Board. It was renovated into a cultural center in 1981.

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Latino Cultural Center

Designed by renowned Mexican architect and AIA Gold Medal recipient Ricardo Legorreta, the Latino Cultural Center opened its doors in​ 2003. The 27,000 sq. ft. facility was built through a public/private partnership and features a visual arts gallery, an outdoor plaza and courtyards, the 300-seat Oak Farms Dairy Performance Hall, and supporting spaces.

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Oak Cliff Cultural Center

A 5,000 sq. ft. storefront on Jefferson Avenue, adjacent to the historic Texas Theater, the OCCC is a community arts center with space for dance and music classes and a gallery/multipurpose room for exhibitions, lectures and other cultural events. The OCCC inaugurated in August 2010.

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South Dallas Cultural Center

This 24,000 sq. ft. facility first opened in 1988; after an extensive renovation and expansion, it reopened in 2008. Today, it features a 120-seat black box theater; a visual arts gallery; studios for dance, two-dimensional arts, ceramics, printmaking and photography; and a full service digital recording studio. Programs at the SDCC help inspire in both the young and old love of art from the African Diaspora.

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Majestic Theatre

One of the most elegant and historic performing arts spaces in the Southwest, the historic Majestic Theatre is managed by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. Built in 1921, the Majestic hosts a variety of concerts, performing arts, comedy and corporate events through the year presented by national and local artists, promoters and nonprofit arts organizations.

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Moody Performance Hall

The last of the four venues in the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts complex, Moody Performance Hall was designed by the iconic American architectural firm SOM (Skidmore Owings Merrill). The 40,000 square foot initial phase includes a 750-seat hall suitable for music, dance and theater performances and was designed specifically to serve as the performing home for more than 100 small and mid-size cultural organizations in the Dallas Arts District.

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Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House and Museum

The 1300 sq. ft. one-story frame house was the home of Juanita Craft, o​​ne of Dallas´ most significant civil rights figures and the second African American woman to serve on the Dallas City Council. Programming at the Juanita Craft Civil Rights House is coordinated by the South Dallas Cultural Center.​

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Partner-Managed Venues:

OAC oversees seven long-term use and management agreements with nonprofit cultural organizations for the operations and programming of City owned cultural facilities including:  

  • Dallas Theater Center 
    • Kalita Humphreys Theater  
      • ​​The 33,000 sq. ft. Kalita Humphreys Theater (KHT) was designed by American architectural legend Frank Lloyd Wright and is the only stand-alone theater designed by Wright that was built. It was built by the Dallas Theater Center in 1959 and transferred to City ownership in the 1970s. The KHT has been in continuous operation since 1959 as the home of the Dallas Theater Center.​
    • Heldt Administration Building  
      • The 30,000 sq. ft. facility provides office, rehearsal and costume shop space to support the theatrical activities at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. The Heldt was designed by Dallas architect Art Rogers and completed in 1990.​

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  • Dallas Museum of Art  
    • The 528,000 sq. ft. facility was designed by AIA Gold Medal recipient Edward Larrabee Barnes. The building anchors the Dallas Arts District´s western side and first opened in 1984, with a subsequent addition opening in 1993. The facility was funded through a public/private partnership between the City of Dallas and the Dallas Museum of Art, a nonprofit corporation.

DMA Management Agreement: Agreement-DMA.pdf, Agreement-DMA-1stAmend.pdf, Agreement-DMA-2ndAmend.pdf, Agreement-DMA-3rdAmend.pdf, Agreement-DMA-4thAmend.pdf, Agreement-DMA-5thAmend.pdf

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  • Dallas Symphony Association 

    • Meyerson Symphony Center  
      • ​The 400,000 sq. ft. facility was designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect I.M. Pei. Located at the center of the Dallas Arts District, the Meyerson opened in 1989 and is widely considered one of the finest music halls in the world, celebrated for both its elegant design and the masterful quality of the acoustics. The facility was funded through a public/private partnership between the City of Dallas and the Dallas Symphony Association, a nonprofit corporation.​
  • Sammons Center for the Arts ​​
    • This historic landmark began its life in 1909 as the Dallas Water Utilities Turtle Creek Pump Station. In 1981, through the efforts of the cultural community, it was renovated through a public/private partnership into the Sammons Center for the Arts.​

​To contact Cultural Venues staff, visit the Contact Us page.
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