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In 1984, a concept became reality when the East End Show, now simply known as "The Big Show", opened and a juried exhibit of Houston artists became an annual event. Originally sponosored by the East End Progress Association and held at the Lawndale Art Center's original location, the exhibit has grown into an annual open-call exhibit (juried, did we mention juried) to showcase artists whose work would possibly go unnoticed without this venue. This year, over 407 artists submitted 1,017 works for consideration. Guest curator, Aram Moshayedi selected 95 works by 60 artists for this years show. Running from July, 11 - August, 22, The Big Show kicks off tomorrow with a public reception from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - awards will be announced at 8:00 p.m.
There are so many freaking cool things happening this weekend -- here's just a list of what Houstonist has on hand. Please send us the rest. Thursday November 29th HOUSTON. IT'S WORTH IT. Book Launch Party At the Lawndale Parking Lot, 4912 Main Street 6:30PM-9PM Images from the book will be projected on North wall of Lawndale art center. DJ Pooks spins the tunes and there will be refreshments. Proceeds from sales of the...
::Lawndale Opens Día de los Muertos Exhibit:: Today kicks off one of Lawndale's longest running annual exhibits, Día de los Muertos. For 20 years, Lawndale has hosted an open call exhibition of artworks created especially for Día de los Muertos, featuring over 300 Texas artists who contribute their contemporary interpretations of traditional retablo devotional painting.Every year the works created for this exhibition range from the very traditional to very contemporary and abstract. All proceeds...
Spent all your cash on girlie drinks and shattered dreams again this weekend, didn't you? No worries - Thriftster gives you the lowdown on cheap stuff to do until Paycheck Friday. Monday: Soothe the remnants of your weekend hangover with the (free) strains of a Rice University music faculty concert from 8-9:30pm at Alice Brown Pratt Hall. Suck it up - if Mozart and Brahms aren't usually your homeboys, you can always make up for...
Here's your chance to take part in an installation at the Lawndale Art Center! Today and tomorrow, from noon to 5:00 p.m. you have the opportunity to join artists Jamie Wentz and Kurt Mueller on site for Round Up and become a part of an installation that is an exploration of the myth of the Western cowboy/ranger and its provisions for the establishment and maintenance of law and order. How? Well, each person is given...
Lawndale Opening Exhibit x 3 What's better than a Thursday night opening at Lawndale? Try 3. Saw that one coming, huh? Hey, it's been a long week, we're spent. Tonight, Lawndale Art Center presents exhibitions in three galleries, all opening August 30, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, with artist talks at beginning at 6 pm. The exhibitions continue until October 6, 2007. In the John M. O’Quinn Gallery will be, Round Up, an installation by...
In honor of the upcoming Dia de los Muertos (in November, yes) the Lawndale Art Center is giving out retablo tins for area artists to decorate for a silent auction benefiting Lawndale programs. Retablos are small traditional Mexican paintings of saints and religious imagery, although we've seen punk rock, KISS and Paul Frank retablos in our day as well. Wannabe retablo artists need only pick swing by Lawndale (4912 Main St.) and grab one for...
Houston, it's time for the annual "Big Show" at the O'Quinn Gallery of Lawndale Art Center. Tonight and tomorrow night, beginning at 7:00 p.m. - and totally free to the public (the second best four-letter "F" bomb - FREE! We are partial to "Fart", too) the Big Slide Show is taking place. Now, what in the wide world of art-y and cultural-like stuff is this? Well, let us do some 'splaining to you, care of...
Lawndale Art Center: The Big Show! Houstonist hearts Lawndale. And we have a really big heart for their really big show, appropriately-titled The Big Show. The Big Show is Lawndale Art Center’s annual open-call, juried exhibition. It has been an important venue through which emerging and under-represented Houston area artists gain exposure since the show’s conception in 1984. The Big Show was formerly the East End Show, sponsored by the East End Progress Association, at...
We at Houstonist love all things well-designed, especially those that are environmentally friendly, and you already know how we feel about certain kinds of real estate. Imagine our delight when we found them all together, hanging out at the Lawndale Art Center. Snapshot: Houston Design on View 2007 exhibits 85 pieces of art, images, models and other doodads from a variety of projects, both realized and not, throughout Houston. The Rice Design Alliance (RDA)...
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Never Been to Houston Gallery Talk If our post about the Never Been to Houston show at the Lawndale Art Center couldn't convince you to go, and our interviews with some of the photographers didn't do the trick either, we have just the thing for you: a gallery talk! Jon Rubin, co-curator of the exhibit, along with Aurora Picture Show, will be speaking about the show tonight at Lawndale. Rubin is a multi-disciplinary artist whose...
Houston is pretty image-conscious, and rightly so. We've been labeled fat, dangerous, and not exactly the best place to have a kid either. Houstonians know our city's tops, but how do we tell the rest of the world that? The Aurora Picture Show and professor Jon Rubin (who's never been to Houston himself) are curating an exhibit about Houston by people who have never been here, and the results are very interesting. Rubin and APS's...
Saturday: Empty Bowls Houston For a minimum $25 donation, diners will receive a simple lunch of soup freshly prepared by the Houston Food Bank Community Kitchen, along with bread and water, and then have the pleasure of selecting a bowl from hundreds of one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted bowls donated by Houston area ceramists and craft artists. The empty bowls will serve as a reminder of all the empty bowls in our community and around the world. All...
If you haven't notice by the cajillion H&R Block vs. TurboTax commerical wars, it's tax time. And as we await our W-2's in the mail, many local artists long for the day they will receive theirs.
Waiting to Explode Exhibit: Opening Reception The Lawndale Art Center will feature works by San Antonio artists Richie Budd and Jimmy Kuehnle (whose work is featured on the right), with their exhibit "Waiting to Explode," opening tonight and on display until March 3. The exhibit opens today with a reception held at the John O' Quinn Gallery at the Lawndale Art Center. Richie Budd is an installation artist who deals in multi-media sculpture and "self-contained...
It's no secret Houstonist loves art. Loves it. It's also no secret that we love to stick it to the man. Really, every entry to this blog is another death blow to the MSM. So we have to bring it to your attention when these two great tastes that taste great together come to town. Through January 20 at the Lawndale Art Center, Yumi Janairo Roth will be showing , a show of traditionally authortarian objects (barricades, pylons, etc.) that have been given the Studio 54 disco ball treatment. Says the Lawndale:
The artist sets these objects throughout the city and documents the different interactions that happen when they are placed in the context of urban mobility.Sounds fierce. This evening at 6 p.m. the artist will be on hand to discuss the work, followed by an opening reception until 8:30. Riot shields and tear gas are optional.
So we're assuming you've already sampled Fleur-de-lis Restoration Ale, which benefits the rebuilding of areas affected by Hurricane Katrina? Good, good — drink up and get ready for some art impulse buying.