![Patrick Renner, Sunburst, 2012. Found painted wood and polyurethane.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130120115718im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0887-150x150.jpg)
Lawndale Big Show Highlights!
Lawndale’s annual and much-anticipated Big Show opens tonight (Friday the 13th) from 6:30 – 8:30. Curated by Marco Antonini, gallery director of Brooklyn’s NURTUREart, it’s one of the smallest and sparest Big Shows in memory and that’s not a bad thing at all. As artist Elaine Bradford sagely observed at last night’s preview, “It looks [...]
![Big Show Drop-off. Photo courtesy Lawndale Art Center](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130120115718im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/image-1-800x600.jpg)
Most Fun Volunteer Gig in Town
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to assist with the jurying of Lawndale Art Center’s annual Big Show. I have volunteered for this event for the last three years, and it has become a cherished annual ritual for me. When I arrived on Saturday, the galleries were filled with nearly a thousand artworks submitted [...]
![Little Big Show: Piana Chart Reveals How Antonini Downsized Outsize Exhibition](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130120115718im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-show-graph-150x150.png)
Little Big Show: Piana Chart Reveals How Antonini Downsized Outsize Exhibition
Juror Marco Antonini has waded through the 381 entries for this year’s edition of The Big Show at Lawndale Art Center, choosing the smallest number of artists and pieces in the last half-decade, according to statistically-minded artist (and former Glasstire virtual artist in residence) Brian Piana, whose handy historical chart of Big Show Participation has [...]