10 Years of OC3!

Join us as we rewind and celebrate 10 years of Oak Cliff Cultural Center!

Oak Cliff Cultural Center has provided quality arts and culture programming for over 10 years. We are excited to celebrate and hope to have you join the fun as we “replay” OC3’s biggest hits through workshops, performances, and more.

ABOUT OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER
Oak Cliff Cultural Center is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture. It opened in August of 2010 replacing the old Ice House Cultural Center at a new location purchased by the City of Dallas.

Since 2010, the Oak Cliff Cultural Center has served over 200,000 patrons while providing over 7,000 arts and cultural services. OC3 has fostered the growth of several successful arts programs and organizations including Alegre Ballet Folklorico, Cuicani In Xochitl Aztec Dance Group, Cara Mia Theatre and the School of Yes! Summer Camp, Prism Movement Theatre, La Rondalla Guitar Program, La Virgen de Guadalupe Annual Art Exhibit, and the Oak Cliff Dia de Muertos Festival to name a few.

We are excited to celebrate with you and hope to see you on August 28th and/or at a workshop celebrating 10+ years of arts, culture, and Oak Cliff Cultural Center.

Click on the tabs below to learn more about how we’re celebrating 10+ years of arts, culture, and Oak Cliff Cultural Center!

GALLERY

About Marine Park

Marine Park is a photographic series centering around a Fort Worth skatepark that local

skateboarders have found both community and solace in. The photographs share the faces

and details that can be found in an otherwise desolate and makeshift course that many

lower-income and communities of color may experience. Making due and finding peace

with the skatepark’s unique personality.

“Over the last two years, I have returned to this place to document, take part in, and capture

the beauty found at Marine Park, the idiosyncrasies of skateboarding culture, and the visual

language it speaks through a group of people that have embraced its lifestyle.” – Raul

Rodriguez, 2021

 

About the Artist
Raul Rodriguez is a photographer, artist, curator, and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. He

graduated with a BFA from the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design

with a focus on Photography. As an artist, he investigates communities and cultures like

skateboarding, boxing, and Lucha Libre, as well as social justice topics linked to the Latino

identity. His projects reveal the layers and complexities of his personal and cultural

experience as a first-generation Mexican-American. His work has been exhibited in galleries

and spaces including the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Works Art, The Oak Cliff

Cultural Art Center, Southern Methodist University, and the Latinx Project at New York

University. He has worked with museums and organizations like Make Art with Purpose,

the Dallas Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Amon Carter

Museum of American Art. In 2020, Raul received the Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Grant

for his photographic community platform Deep Red Press, a platform that focuses on underrepresented

artists in Texas.

Marine Park will open on August 28th at Oak Cliff Cultural Center.

We’re sharing our favorite OC3 memories weekly on our social media platforms and we’d love to share YOURS too!

Midas by Prism Movement Theatre (2016)

Submitted by: Rafael Tamayo

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Thank you to all that joined us!