Get Artsy in Denton, Texas

CREATIVITY AND ARTISTRY ARE INFUSED INTO EVERY ELEMENT OF DENTON.

After all, where else can you attend premier art shows for little to no cost or experience history and inspiring views all within a ten-mile radius? Use this list to build the ultimate Denton arts experience. Browse a local art gallery to enjoy fine art made by Dentonites and other talented Texans.

Voertman’s

What better place to find great art supplies than Voertman’s? The on-campus UNT bookstore has everything you need, no matter what kind of art you’re creating.
1314 W Hickory St | 940-387-1313 | Voertmans.TextbookTech.com

Greater Denton Arts Council

The Greater Denton Arts Council (GDAC) is a catalyst for creativity, advocacy and collaboration. Located in the The Patterson-Appleton Arts Center (PAAC), GDAC celebrates the arts, inspire innovation, and engage community.

400 E Hickory St. | 940-387-1313 | dentonarts.com

Current Exhibits

With Honey, With Time

Gough Gallery - On display through February 28, 2026

Working across sculpture, drawing, and poetry, Guiomard’s work explores themes of liminality, memory, and transformation. As a queer, first-generation American and a person shaped by lived experiences of trauma, the artist engages fluidity as both subject and method. Their sculptural works—constructed from organic matter, reclaimed materials, and fiber—are intentionally impermanent, often shifting, aging, or even decaying over time.

Reused materials such as ritual wax, brewed tea bags, and personal detritus serve as markers of intimacy and lived history, while also asserting a political stance against disposability and capitalist excess. These objects carry social associations that deepen each work’s narrative presence. Drawings emerge through conventional mark-making as well as handwriting and sewn lines, expanding the definition of drawing into acts of language and stitch. Together, these interdisciplinary forms create a practice grounded in transformation, memory, and the quiet endurance of everyday materials.

Punk Love

Festival Hall - On display through February 28, 2026

Back for its second year is a GDAC original signature exhibition of artworks that explore and celebrate Alternative Love. It is for those who challenge traditional notions surrounding the expressions of Love and also for those who reject and critique the traditions of Valentine's Day.

It is an exhibition for the heartbroken, edgy, alternative, and those who love ferociously. There are more types of love to celebrate than just with chocolate and roses.

UNT CoLab

UNT CoLab is a retail boutique featuring uniquely curated selections of local and alumni-made goods that are Mean Green and Denton inspired! They also host a variety of exhibitions in their gallery space.

207 N Elm St. | 940-369-8257 | colab.unt.edu

Currently on Display:

DFW MFA Painting Exhibition: 2026 Edition

This exhibition features work from 26 artists representing six area universities, highlighting the range of work currently being produced by graduate-level painting students in the DFW metroplex. The DFW MFA Painting Exhibition, 2026 Edition, will be on view from February 6 - 28.

UNT Union Art Gallery

Located on the 2nd floor of the Union, behind the main Information Desk, the Union Art Gallery has three main objectives:

Showcase the creative endeavors and artistic output of the UNT student body
Provide students, faculty, staff, alumni, and campus visitors with meaningful encounters with the visual arts
Cultivate skills related to exhibition, curatorial, and preparator practices for UNT students

1155 Union Circle | 940-565-3825 | Website

UNT College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) Galleries

The Office of CVAD Galleries at UNT, which comprises three galleries, supports the educational mission of the College of Visual Arts and Design and the university, enriches the aesthetic environment and serves as a cultural resource for the public. CLICK HERE to view the current and future exhibitions this spring!

1201 W Mulberry St | 940-565-4001 | Website

TWU Visual Arts Galleries

The galleries for Visual Arts put on up to eight exhibitions per academic year, including local artists as well as student exhibitions. The gallery also hosts monthly artist lectures from exhibiting and local professional artists. CLICK HERE for exhibits and programming this spring!

TWU Fine Arts Building | 940-898-2000 | Website

PDNB Gallery

Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery was founded by Burt and Missy Finger in 1995 in the Dallas Uptown neighborhood.

Since that time, PDNB has been located in the Dallas Design District. In 2025, PDNB’s 30th year, the gallery moved 35 miles north to Denton, Texas, on the historic downtown Square.

The gallery specializes in exhibiting photo-based art and includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, and works on paper in its exhibition calendar. The time span of exhibited art represents the early 20th – 21st Century.

Wells Fargo Building | 214-969-1852 | Website

Currently on Display:

Texas Women Artists: 1946 - 2025, On display now through March 21, 2026

Paint En Plein Air

"En plein air" is a French expression that means “in the open air.” It is used by artists to describe the art of outdoor painting, capturing landscapes and views in natural light. Denton is full of scenery that can inspire your next painting. Grab your easel and supplies and head to one of our many lakes, parks, or even the downtown square to flex your creative muscles.