
About The Oak Cliff Cultural District
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The Oak Cliff Cultural District
Oak Cliff Cultural District is a geographically defined cultural district located in Oak Cliff, Dallas, District 1 which formally came together in 2023 to establish itself as a destination for travelers across North Texas and beyond. OCCD is filled with restaurants, galleries, theaters, mom and pop shops and major annual events. It is also the home to the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, the Jefferson Corridor, TyPo District, Dallas Arts District, Winnetka Heights Historic District and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center, one of five major cultural centers owned, managed and programmed by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.
It’s readily accessible off of two major interstate freeways – Interstate 30 and Interstate 35 – and via the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (or DART) Dallas Streetcar. The streetcar is conveniently located near Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station in downtown Dallas, which is used by the DART light rail, the Trinity River Express (TRE) commuter service between Fort Worth and Dallas, Amtrak and local buses.
OCCD footprint is defined as the area within east and west sides of Zang Boulevard from 12th Street north to West Davis; north and south sides of West Davis moving west to Rosemont Avenue. East and west sides of Rosemont south to 12th Street, east and west sides to S Willomet Avenue east and west sides south to W Brooklyn Ave east to Buckalew St north to W Page Avenue east to S Tyler Street moving north to 12th Street east to Zang to Boulevard.
The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts serves as the management entity for the Oak Cliff Cultural District.
Our Oak Cliff Cultural District Committee.
Oak Cliff Cultural District Committee is currently lead by a team of local residents, artists and arts organizations representatives volunteering their time and talent to lead the formation and development of this membership-based organization.
OCCD Committee is working on becoming the next cultural district as defined by the State of Texas and the Texas Commission on the Arts. For more information about TCA’s Cultural Districts, visit this link.
OCCD Committee Members include:
Petrine Abrahams, President, Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts
Julia Alcántara
Sylvana Avila Alonzo, Vice-Chair
Yanet Andablo
Avery-Jai Andrews
Buddy Apple
Carina Arellano
Lucy Bocanegra
Shannon Driskoll
Barak Epstein
Aaron Glover
Jessica Gonzalez, State Representative House District 104
Todd Hedrick, Chair
Alexandra Hernandez
JR Huerta
Augustine Jalomo
Charles Johnson
Kiyundra Jones
Rhiannon Martin
Suzi Migdol
Donna Miller, Secretary and Liaison, Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts
Travis Lee Moore
Kenda North
Teresa Norton
Diana Pollak
José Rico
Rosa Bella Rodriguez
Lori Sundeen Soderbergh
Rafael Tamayo
Claudia Vega
Chad West, City of Dallas Council Member District 1
