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On Our Way!

A new year and a new creative space. The City Arts Center will open its new doors in January 2026 in the newly renovated Griffith Building.

The location has played a variety of roles in downtown, including a fire house, auto shop, City Hall, and the library! This revitalized building will be host to the City Arts Center, the Round Rock Visitors Center, and the Round Rock Chamber.

Outside the doors of our City Arts Center, you will find the Paseo. This walkable corridor connects Main Street to Liberty Ave, allowing you to easily visit Main Street businesses, Prete Plaza, and City of Round Rock facilities like the City Arts Center!

Click here to read more about the Griffith Building renovation project.

Chihuly Chandelier

Something special is coming to Round Rock in 2026: We’re so excited to share that on December 18, 2206, Round Rock City Council unanimously approved a specially commissioned Chihuly chandelier for the new City Arts Center in downtown!

To view the December 18, 2026 Round Rock City Council meeting, please click here.

Thank you to our city leaders, residents, and visitors for supporting the arts and culture in Round Rock. Round Rock is a very special place! And thank you Chihuly Studio!

Pick With Austin

The City Arts Center serves as a welcoming pickup/drop off point for the local mental health awareness nonprofit Pick With Austin (http://pickwithaustin.com). Please note: Pickups/drop offs are currently on hold until we move into our new building. Please connect directly with Pick With Austin to make arrangements in the interim.

Connect directly with Pick With Austin to inquire about its no-fee instrument program, or stop by the gallery to see if we have an instrument on display that might be of use to you. A goal of this nonprofit is to help youth through the gift of music, by way of no-fee instruments and musical equipment. Have an instrument to donate? Bring it to the gallery, and we’ll pass it along to the nonprofit organization for you.

We Welcome You!

The City Arts Center is a public space where you can savor art in welcoming environment. In other words, we are an unpretentious and inviting place for you to recharge yourself and your imagination.

Who are we? The City Arts Center is staffed and managed by the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture.

We can’t wait to residents and visitors alike into our new space! Here’s to a 2026 filled with arts and culture excitement and inspiration! Please follow us, the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture for news about our City Arts Center.

Contact

The City Arts Center
Main number: 512-341-3113

Fred Cooley
Arts and Culture Associate
fcooley@roundrocktexas.gov
737-775-4870 (Cell)
512-671-2884 (Office)

Christina Rudofsky
Arts and Culture Manager
crudofsky@roundrocktexas.gov
512-801-0698 (Cell)
512-218-3298 (Office)

Location

The City Arts Center
231 East Main Street, Suite 160
Round Rock, TX 78664

We are currently closed and will open in the Griffith Building in January 2026.