I'm not saying that many of the works on display would not have been better left in their shipping crates, but whether dogs or divas, I'm glad they were here.
Lawndale Art Center
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So who are these three artists who beat out bunches of eager applicants for the ninth round of Lawndale Artist Studio Program’s nine-month residency? What are they going to do…
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Glasstire Editors Bill Davenport and Christina Rees count down the top five art events in Texas for the week of August 28, 2014
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Houston’s Lawndale Art Center is turning over all of its galleries, as well as its outdoor garden space, to its upcoming exhibition Texas Sculpture Group 2014: A Panoramic View, curated…
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If you haven’t yet seen The Big Show—Lawndale Art Center’s annual open-call, juried exhibition, you have until August 9th to spend some time with the whopping 115 works by 106…
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The annual Big Show at Houston's Lawndale Art Center isn't the free-for-all it was when it was literally free for all (and curated by Walter Hopps), but I always look forward to it because I'm a hoper.
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Lawndale Art Center has announced Erin Elder, Artistic Director at Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts, as its 2014 juror of The Big Show, its annual open call exhibition. For…
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On Tuesday, April 8, the 38-foot high bronze sculpture Tree and Three Flowers by the artist James Surls will be formally dedicated as a work of public art on Kirby…
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Gather your friends whose work you actually admire, pool your resources, and rent space in a vacant strip mall for a month.
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CentralTrak is one of the only university-backed residencies in Texas. With a steady gallery program, and a sense of community through constant creative activity, there is professional energy bubbling.
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Houston Art Collective to Unveil Mural and Public Health Program
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonTomorrow evening, the Houston art collective Otabenga Jones & Associates (OJ&A) will officially unveil a new mural at Lawndale Art Center. A project of Creative Capital, the mural kicks off…
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Seattle gallerist Karen Light moved her Garde Rail Gallery several times before deciding to physically move to Texas in 2009. After five years, Light has now decided to open a…
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Secor uses objects and artifacts that connote her mother's presence. Huckaby sketches more than a hundred portraits of people in his neighborhood in Fort Worth.
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If anyone actually needs help in staging awkward family holiday portraits, Houston’s Lawndale Art Center is here to help. Artist-in-residence Emily Peacock knows awkward; for her show, You, Me &…
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Ed Cooper died unexpectedly early this week after an accidental fall in his home. He was 61. A wealth manager with LPL Financial by day, Cooper was an enthusiastic and…
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NASA announced today that the Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has now entered interstellar space, making it the first human-made object to leave our solar system and wander into the…
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If the 2011 Biennial was, as some claimed, too slick and shiny, the massed works by the 2013 juried artists counter with a rumbling texture reminiscent of worsted wool.
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Those who may suspect that the artists chosen for the 2013 Texas Biennial might just be flukes can check out two exhibitions this weekend to decide if past participants have…
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In the latest of her Glasshouses series, Debra Barrera talks with Angel Oloshove about pop culture, transcendence, and Kokeshi dolls.
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Even those who braved the heat, the lack of parking, and the crazy crowd to attend last night’s successful opening of The Big Show 2013 at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center…