About 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 Lawndale's original location.

Each year Lawndale Art Center invites a guest juror to select from work submitted by artists living within 100 miles of Houston. Artists are invited to bring up to three works of art, not previously shown in Houston, to Lawndale Art Center where the work is juried on-site for a chance to be included in the show and a shot at one of three cash prizes.

Guest juror Larissa Harris, Curator at The Queens Museum of Art, selected a total of 122 works by 73 artists for the exhibition from 972 works submitted by 404 artists. Artists selected for the exhibition include: ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

http://www.lawndaleartcenter.org/events/bigshow2011.html

The pieces in this show are:

MORE PRESS:
http://blog.chron.com/socialclimbing/2011/06/lawndale-supporters-gear-up-for-the-big-show/

Lawndale supporters gear up for ‘The Big Show’

Board members and supporters of the Lawndale Art Center gathered at the home of Jenny and Mark Johnson to greet the guest curator of the 2011 installment of The Big Show, the alternative art space’s annual juried open-call exhibition.

Guests sipped margaritas and wished Larissa Harris, curator at the Queens Museum of Art in New York, luck with the daunting task of sifting through the 972 artworks submitted by 404 Houston-area artists.

(Over the next two days, Harris selected 125 works by 74 artists. Her picks go on view July 1-30 at Lawndale; a selection of rejected works can be seen at Salon des Refusés July 1-9 at Gallery M Squared.)