Lawndale's 40th Anniversary BIG SHOW opens Friday, June 7
Treatment (3), graphite on paper, 30 x 88”. 2024
I’m excited to announce that a work of mine was selected for Lawndale Art Center’s “The Big Show”, now celebrating its 40th consecutive run, exhibiting art by those living within 100 mile radius of Houston, TX.
LOCATION: 4912 main st, houston, tx 77002
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 5-7PM
hours: Wed – Sat: 11 AM — 5 PM; Sun – Tues: Closed
ON VIEW THROUGH AUGUST 17, 2024
The show was juried by Dr. Laura Agusta, Curator of the Rubin Center for Visual Arts at the University of Texas El Paso. She writes,
“With 140 works in this edition of The Big Show, we barely scratch the surface of this city. And yet, there are shared and unexpected conversations unfolding across the exhibition: Anxieties about the natural world partner with quiet observations of human impact on the landscapes around us. The quiet interiority of loss and remembrance sits alongside insistent whimsy and colorful playtime. Dynamic abstractions engage histories of color and form while skillful explorations of figuration reflect Houston’s many communities. There are signals of protest and moments of repair: Houston is nothing if not deeply imbricated in the worlds far beyond its vast edges. And yet the works here also sing of the city’s special something. As you visit The Big Show, I hope you intuit the depths of Houston’s rich secrets, the shadowy corners of its abundant strip malls, the muddy trails left behind in its cycles of flood and fever, the ways in which its peoples wander intrepidly through the city’s bustle and sprawl. There is no making order from Houston’s particular delights and remarkable troubles but here, in this selection, I hope you find glimmers of what makes this place a herald of the future.” — Dr. Laura Augusta
The exhibition will be on view from June 7 through August 17. A public opening reception will be held on Friday, June 7, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with remarks by Ms. Augusta and an announcement of awardees at 6 p.m. Learn more about the exhibition at Lawndale’s website.
EXHBITING ARTISTS:
Isela Aguirre, Josh Alan, Erika Alonso, Sallie Barbee, Darla Barolini, Beatriz Bellorin, Maria Bordelon, Betty-Ann Brose, Via Aphrodite Cabanez, Chelsea Clarke, Katie Coleman, Alexandra Constantinou, Carol Sandin Cooley, Margaux Crump, Sandra de la Rosa, Nabila Dadabhoy, Laura De Leon, April DeConick, Jacinto Deleon, Roslyn M. Dupré, Jake Eshelman, Jailyne España, Diana-Sofia Estrada, Jen Figueroa, Julia Fisher, Brent Fogt, Farima Fooladi, Madelyn Foutz, DIXIE FRIEND GAY, Abigail Garcia Garza, Ian Gerson, MICHAEL GODOY, Caroline Gray, Katie Hagar, Jeanette “Joy” Harris, Lucy Malone Haslam, Juliette Hemingway, Michael Horvath, Mayra Huerta, Aisha Imdad, Cedric Ingram, Sarah Jentsch, Heather L. Johnson, Jeanne Jones, Caro Kroger, Joana Liu, Steve Louis, Renata Lucia, Elias John Lytton, Jennifer Marion, Carrie Green Markello, Jennifer K. G. Martin, Sofia Mekonnen, Jade Elizabeth Mellor, Lorena Molina, Venessa Monokian, Mark Nelson, Lay-Ing Oji, Carolina Otero, Annette Palmer, Jin Park, Naomi Peterson, Jessica Phillips, Ellen Phillips, Julon Pinkston, Gladys Poorte, Cary Reeder, Winifred Riser, Lia Rodi, Henry G. Sanchez, Michelle Schoenberg, Caz Scott, Lauren Selden, Adrienne Simmons, Kylie Sivley, Kaylan Smith, Carole Smith, Margaret Smithers-Crump, Gretchen Bender Sparks, Dreana Booker, Lisa Urban, Pavlina Vagioni, Elizabeth Waggett, William Warden, Lillian Warren, Michelle Whitney, Chris Wicker, AmyBeth Wright, XZZX, and Grace Zuñiga