Driving west on Highway 39 from Kerrville toward Hunt, you reach the Hill Country Arts Foundation where the Guadalupe River and Johnson Creek meet. That meeting of the water is where the campus got its name. Executive Director Sarah Tacey explained it to Texas Public Radio in September: "We are the point where the two bodies of water converge." For 67 years, people pictured that point as a stage. HCAF opened in 1959 as a performing and visual arts nonprofit, and its campus held a 520-seat outdoor theater, an indoor black box theater and pottery studios.
This holiday season, The Point's calendar runs through three places: the gallery, a Friday market on the grounds and a ring of standing stones. Each one keeps its own hours.
The Theaters Are Closed, So the Gallery Carries the Season
HCAF's box office page is direct about it. After the July 4 flood, "our beloved theatres are not currently accessible," and "for now, our stages remain quiet." The same page says the foundation is "grateful to continue gathering—when we can—in the art gallery."
Some buildings will not come back as they were. Tacey told TPR that the indoor theater, the offices and the ceramic studio "are just going to have to go." The outdoor theater held up better. Its walls blew out the way they were designed to in an extreme flood, so the water didn't carry off the whole structure.
So the gallery is the one indoor room that works right now. Most of the calendar below happens in it or just outside it.
ArtMart Runs on Gallery Hours
The ArtMart Christmas Showcase opened October 23 and runs through December 10. The Kerrville visitors bureau calendar calls it "a holiday shopping showcase of hand-made crafts by area artists." HCAF's information sheet for artists explains how it works. It's set up in the indoor gallery, with individual booths that are typically 3 feet deep by 8 feet wide, and it's open during regular gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., plus selected evening events.
How the sale is run tells you what a visit will be like. HCAF handles all sales, the artists keep their booths stocked, and the sheet tells artists, "You don't even have to be there." Expect a quiet gallery of handmade work rather than a crafts fair with an artist at every table. A Tuesday-morning visit is as good as a Saturday one, and booths may be restocked over the run.
There are a few limits to plan around:
- No Sundays or Mondays. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday only.
- Closes at 4 p.m. Outside the selected evening events, there's no after-work shopping.
- The last day is Thursday, December 10. The show closes two weeks before Christmas, so leave last-minute gifts for somewhere else.
Some online listings show a later start date. HCAF's own page lists October 23 through December 10. If you have questions about a special evening, the box office is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at (830) 367-5121.
Friday Evening Starts When the Gallery Closes
The gallery closes at 4 p.m., and on Fridays that's when the second part of the day starts. The Kerrville visitors bureau calendar lists a weekly Friday-night Ingram Farmers Market at the Hill Country Arts Foundation, 120 Point Theatre Rd., from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The listing promises "baked goods. homemade items, fruits and veggies, art, crafts and more," with wine, beer, juice and sodas for sale, and asks people to "make this your first Friday night stop."
The calendar shows market Fridays from mid-October through November and December and on into January 1, 2027. Christmas Day and New Year's Day both fall on Fridays this year, so call ahead before driving out on either one.
The two schedules fit together well. Arrive at The Point around 3 p.m. on a Friday and you get the last hour of ArtMart in the gallery, then the market opens as the gallery closes. You can do both in one stop, and Friday is the only day of the week that works that way.
The Stones Became a Stage
The most unusual thing the foundation has done since the flood is outdoors. Stonehenge II, the replica that has stood on the HCAF grounds for years, has also served as a theater. "We have a Stonehenge and we build a stage in the middle of it, and put seating in there and do Shakespeare and other productions now, because why wouldn't you if you have a Stonehenge," Tacey told Texas Public Radio.
HCAF's theater company has also taken shows off campus. In late August it staged "Hot Shakespeare" at Arcadia Live, 717 Water St. in downtown Kerrville. Actors performed scenes from Shakespeare, and every time a bell rang they had to stop and eat a bite of very spicy hot chicken before going on. The Kerrville Daily Times reported two 7:30 p.m. shows on August 28 and 29, with tickets at $20. As of late October, HCAF has no fall or holiday production listed, so for now the gallery and the box office are the places to watch for news.
You don't need a ticket to see the stones. HCAF says Stonehenge II is free and open to the public from dawn until dusk, and it asks visitors to call ahead to make sure the site is open. With work going on around the campus, that call is worth making.
A Late-Fall Week Along Highway 39
Put the campus schedule together with a few nearby places that keep regular hours, and you have a full week on the west side of the county:
- Weekday breakfast or lunch at Hunter House Cafe, 316 Texas 39, which lists daily specials and hours of 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- A pastry or soup at 323 Bakery, 323 Hwy 39, which offers fresh baked breads, pastries, soups and lunch items and sponsored the Ingram Duck Derby in May 2026.
- ArtMart in the HCAF gallery, any Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through December 10.
- The Friday market at HCAF from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., right after the gallery closes.
- A Saturday in Center Point on November 7 for the Zanzenberg Art & Music Festival at Center Point Historical Park and Museum, a free event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. run by Art2Heart, with live music, food trucks, games, raffles and prizes.
Breakfast spots on Highway 39 close at 2 p.m., the gallery closes at 4, and the market opens at 4. An unhurried Friday can start at Hunter House and end at the market, and the Hunt-side end of Highway 39 never has to be rushed.
What the Rebuild Is Aiming For
The gallery-and-grounds season is meant to be temporary, and the foundation has said where it's headed. In a June 16, 2026 statement, HCAF said physical reconstruction of the 15-plus-acre Ingram campus and the Point Theater is "progressing on schedule." It credited partners including the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, the Tres Grace Family Foundation and Kerr Together Long-Term Recovery Group. Capital Campaign Co-Chair Crystn Hendrickson said the foundation expects "to share more with the public later this year."
The architect has been chosen. "We are working with Lake Flato Architects in San Antonio, and we're getting really close to a final layout of our campus," Tacey told TPR. Those plans will guide a capital campaign to pay for the rebuild. In the June statement, she called it "a generational opportunity" and added, "The future is bright on this stretch of the Guadalupe."
Until a new layout is built, the season stays where it is now. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, the market sets up on Friday evenings, and Stonehenge II is open from dawn to dusk once you've called ahead.
At Fredericksburg Realty, we've worked in the Hill Country since 1965, and we follow the institutions along the Guadalupe as closely as the land around them. If you own property near Ingram or Hunt, or you're weighing a place on this stretch of Highway 39, we're glad to talk about it. In the meantime, stop by ArtMart before December 10.
