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Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 | 713.528.5858
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Lawndale Art Center Newsletter
Thursday, September 24, 2015
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Visit our
Flickr page for images of current and past exhibitions!
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Support Lawndale at No Cost to You!
Have Kroger Plus Card?
Lawndale is part of
Kroger
's Community Rewards program and receives a portion of proceeds from purchases made
by
everyone enrolled!
Link your Amazon.com account to support Lawndale Art Center!
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you.
Visit smile.amazon.com and select Lawndale Art Center in the search menu for a portion of the proceeds from your purchases to benefit Lawndale!
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Join us in welcoming Stephanie Mitchell, Lawndale's new Executive Director. Ms. Mitchell has worked in the arts for over a decade. She brings to Lawndale curatorial and development experience from institutions including The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Drawing Center in New York City, as well as The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, where she received her Master's in the History of Art from Williams College. Before relocating to Houston with her husband, Ms. Mitchell co-directed the first on-line art fair, VIP Art Fair and directed the curatorial program at Leo Koenig, Inc., a contemporary art gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea district.
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On View
through THIS SATURDAY, September 26, 2015
Also on view
through January 9, 2016
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 Saturday, September 26, 2015
11 AM - 5 PM
Tickets: $30 ($25 online with promo code 'LAWNDALE')
The 2015
Houston Modern Home Tour will take place on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The day-long event is a self-guided driving-tour of Houston's coolest modern architecture, designed by some of Bayou City's greatest architects. From 11 AM to 5 PM, tour-goers can explore the inside and outside of 6 private residences in the area that are sure to wow even the most casual observer. Lawndale Art Center is the official non-profit partner of the 2015 Modern Home Tour - so spend a day checking out some of Houston's finest modern residential architecture, and help support Lawndale Art Center! Tickets are $30 in advance.
Lawndale Art Center friends, family and associates can use the
coupon code LAWNDALE to get $5 off each advanced ticket purchased online. Proceeds from every ticket purchased with this code benefit Lawndale Art Center.
Texas Contemporary
October 1 - 4, 2015
George R. Brown Convention Center
Texas Contemporary
returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston's historic downtown district this October 1 - 4 with exciting new programs and sixty leading galleries from around the world. Building on its years of success as the region's leading art fair, Texas Contemporary's fifth edition will afford new opportunities for engagement with the city's thriving arts community.
Lawndale Art Center is proud to be a cultural partner for this years fair and offer complimentary fair passes for our supporters!
Click here to receive yours.
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28th Annual Día de los Muertos
October 19 - November 7, 2015
Lawndale Art Center presents the 28th Annual
Día de los Muertos
series of programs. Join us as we celebrate the art, music and folklife of Mexico through an exhibition of artist-made retablos, student installations, workshops and performances.
Día de los Muertos
programs educate audiences and encourage dialogue about the rich Mexican-American heritage in our region, as well as promote cultural awareness of this celebration of family, life and community.
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Volunteer Opportunities
We are now preparing for our upcoming 28th Annual
Día de los Muertos
events here at Lawndale, which kick off in early October! We're in need of help from amazing
volunteers
like you for all aspects of the upcoming festivities, and hope you'll be able to lend us your support during one or multiple
volunteer
shifts between October 6 and November 7, 2016!
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Programs at Lawndale Art Center are supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, City of Houston through the Houston Museum District Association, Texas Commission on the Arts, Houston Endowment, The Brown Foundation, Inc., The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation, John P. McGovern Foundation, Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Foundation, Felvis Foundation/David R. Graham, Mid-America Arts Alliance, John M. O'Quinn, Gracie and Bob Cavnar, Cecily E. Horton, Ann W. Harithas, Diana M. Hudson and Lee Kaplan, Jenny and Mark Johnson, Paula Murphy, Nicole and Joey Romano, Scott R. Sparvero, Mary Martha and Joel Staff, Nancy and Sidney Williams, Nina and Michael Zilkha, Abel Design Group, Architectural Floors, Sterling McCall Lexus, TeleFlex, United Airlines and other contributors, memberships, benefit events and many volunteers.
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