The Big Show is an ambitious open-call juried competition of artists practicing within a 100-mile radius of Lawndale that reflects our commitment to supporting local and regional artists at various stages in their career.

A video of a performance and conversation on July 13, 2019 at Lawndale Art Center with John Pluecker and Laura August. Begun in September 2018, The Unsettlements are a growing body of work that delve into sites of trauma, violence, and familial memory in Houston and in Texas, places where seven generations of Pluecker's mainly German settler-colonial family have lived. The first exhibition of this long-term project—The Unsettlements: Dad—was part of citysinging, the 2018/2019 Artist Studio Program Exhibition at Lawndale Art Center and was curated by Laura August.

Playing with concepts established on his recent solo album, ///// EFFECTUAL, Williams will explore how spirituality and abstraction are made manifest through the nuanced sounds made on his drum set.

Mon Frère is an installation that confronts the viewer with Irene Reece’s brother Froncell in his day-to-day. Irene Reece is attempting to render a double consciousness of sorts; how the world sees Froncell and how he sees the world. The bigger issue within this body of work concerns the caregivers of this population. The parents, siblings, relatives, and friends of children and adults with special needs face daily challenges. The inevitably they will have to face of who will take care of their children when they are no longer here.