Our Mission


Arts Mission Oak Cliff holds space for a diverse community to cultivate, celebrate, and sustain their creativity while actively engaging and inspiring the public with the arts.


 

History

Arts Mission Oak Cliff (AMOC) opened its doors in February 2017. The massive restoration of the Winnetka Congregational Church in Oak Cliff’s Winnetka Heights historic neighborhood was a dream and labor of love for Executive Artistic Director Anastasia Muñoz and the investors behind the project, Lola and Todd Lott. Emerging conflicts and opportunities in Oak Cliff offer an optimal climate for the creation of art, but finding an affordable space to create and produce that art is challenging. AMOC meets this challenge. 

AMOC is, all at once, a shared workspace, performance space, rehearsal space and community center offering artists a place to practice, teach, develop and display their crafts. The original sanctuary offers a space for full productions and workshops. The half-basement, nicknamed “The Underground”, is lined with Sunday School classrooms transformed into various creative workspaces. As the first performance in the sanctuary in the Spring of 2017, Dallas-based Cara Mia Theater launched their world premiere of Caridad Svich’s De Troya.

AMOC has since provided opportunities for local artists and arts groups to create and share their work through both rentals and its own programming. The Artist-in-Residence program launched in 2021, and AMOC Presents, a monthly live performance event featuring local artists, will begin January 2022. AMOC also offers Exchange Club, a three-month work exchange program. AMOC continues to adapt and expand its offerings to support the needs of local creatives.

ADA Accessibility

Arts Mission Oak Cliff is a historically-designated restored building, originally built in 1929. As a historic site, every change made to the structure must be approved by the City of Dallas and executed by skilled professionals. The process of becoming ADA accessible has begun. The building now has an ADA accessible ramp, and there is designated space for an ADA compliant lift. In addition, one of the four bathrooms is ADA accessible. AMOC hopes to complete the process soon and plans to acquire funding to support this continued effort to make the facilities and programming accessible to all people.

 

Our Beliefs

community
people-centered | collaborative | stewards | relational

Growth
learn | train | encourage | empower | take risk

local
self-producers | sustainable | ecosystem | opportunity

play
creative | curious | fun

value
integrity | entrepreneurship | character | elevate | affordable

 

Artists from all walks of life have filled our space with their creative voices. Click the link to see a complete list of organizations, groups, and individual artists we have hosted.