1. Art! to build art skills and business knowledge
2. Community! to build an artist community within Dripping Springs
3. Connection! to support awareness and art sales

Over the past five weeks we’ve focus on 4 primary areas:

1. Nonprofit formation: this is important because it speaks to our relationship with the art community. We are here to enhance  the lives of area artists and the community, not to generate profit or power. Our nonprofit status enables us to work with various resources to help mitigate much of the cost of events and workshops. We seek for our programming to be affordable to all.
2. Staffing up: we have assembled a passionate, diverse, and determined group of volunteer artists, gallery owners, and business leaders intent on working together to deliver game changing programming and events.
3. Programming plans: from your feedback, we have developed an extensive and broad programming palette including six quarterly offerings:
   • Hands-on Art Experiences – Workshops, Make-and-takes, and Demonstrations – Local Artists sharing their techniques and creative ideas with members in an interactive format.
   • Business Forums for Artists  – Gatherings with professional speakers who share best practices for marketing and selling your art.
   • Art Social Connections – Gatherings offering opportunities to build community and connection. Create relationships for support, camaraderie, and mentorship.
   • Plein Air Events – Free-form outdoor “make-your-own art in community” events. Meet-up with DSAL members to create art outside, hosted by different members and friends of the DSAL.
   • Spotlight Events  –  Join an artist member for a personal conversation and sharing of their unique creative processes. View how they organize their work space, share in the story of their journey in art making, and witness their art in process.
   • Organized Clubs  –  member organized meet-ups with “like-minded” artists on-the-regular to build long lasting support for specific media of artistry. DSAL will facilitate
   • PLUS…Tours & More: we are planning gallery and home studio tours, as well as partner events to bring art to the broader Dripping Springs community.
4. And now, the exciting part…We just can’t wait for 2024, so we have scheduled two upcoming events:

Collaborative Art Mixer