231 East Main Street, suite 160, Round Rock, TX. Current open hours are Tuesday-Friday from noon-5pm.
Hosted by the City of Round Rock’s Art & Culture Department.
Gallery space in the downtown area east of Prete Plaza, exhibiting 8-10 annual art shows curated by Round Rock Arts.
Administrative offices for the arts non-profit, Round Rock Arts.
For artists looking to place work in future exhibits, please see the procedures in our Open Arts Calls page: https://roundrockarts.org/call-for-art/https://roundrockarts.org/call-for-art/
To see the current exhibited art, please see the Downtowner Gallery’s page at: https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-departments/arts-and-culture/downtowner-gallery/
Meet Our Volunteer Curator for the Downtowner Gallery
Jean comes from a background of technical illustration, art therapy and teaching. She graduated from University of Kansas with degrees in Textile Design and Art Education (TX K-12 Certified).
In the late 90’s, Jean began showing her paintings with New York City’s Ward-Nasse Gallery in SoHo. Her first solo show featuring music pieces sold out quickly. She became known as the “painter of jazz” and her work began showing up on CD covers, t-shirts and festival posters. A career highlight was being featured in JazzColours, an Italian Jazz magazine. In addition to New York City, she has been represented by art galleries in New Orleans, Tampa, Santa Fe, Omaha, and Louisville.
In addition to her studio practice, Jean teaches workshops in schools, art museums, hospitals, long term care facilities and various artist retreat facilities. She has judged and juried statewide art shows and served as a Major Grant reviewer. Currently a docent at the Blanton Museum of Art, she focuses on school age children with a program based on mindfulness and social justice.
Her involvement with Round Rock Arts began as a docent for the Allan Houser sculpture exhibit in the spring of 2018. Jean was new to the area and had found Round Rock Arts on an internet search. Next, she was asked to coordinate the volunteers for ChalkWalk. In February of 2020, she accepted the role as Curator for the Downtowner Gallery, just in time to navigate the new world of the pandemic. The Downtowner in partnership with Round Rock Arts and Culture, committed to in-person shows throughout the global challenges, giving artists a place to focus their creative energy and continue to show their work during the lockdown.
Round Rock Arts is a great way to make new friends. Jean’s favorite thing about being a curator is “art switch out day” because she gets to triangulate the artist’s face, name, and artwork. The best part of being the curator is getting to meet so many creative people in the area.
Jean can be found at JeanMason.com and on Instagram @JeanMasonArt.