Lawndale Art Center Celebrates 40 Years Of Showcasing Emerging Contemporary Artists, Plus “Dear Evan Hansen” Comes To The Hobby Center
Flashback on Lawndale Art Center’s four decades of serving the community through contemporary art, and meet two singer-actors from a Tony Award-winning Best Musical.
Lawndale Art Center, circa 1981; Stephen Christopher Anthony and Jessica E. Sherman in "Dear Evan Hansen" (Photo Credit: Lawndale Art and Performance Center Records, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections; Matthew Murphy)
Lawndale interior, unknown exhibition circa 1981 (Photo Credit: Lawndale Art and Performance Center Records, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections)
Reception at Lawndale circa 1981 (Photo Credit: Lawndale Art and Performance Center Records, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections)
Lawndale artists including Ed Wilson (center), Jack Massing, Kelly Alison, Bert Samples and Mary Jenewein with bird puppet, Spring 1982 (Photo Credit: Lawndale Art and Performance Center Records, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections)
Lawndale Art Center at 4912 Main Street, Houston (Photo Credit: Emaileelink [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)])
Pete Gershon (Photo Credit: Erica Nix)
Stephen Christopher Anthony as "Evan Hansen" and Jessica E. Sherman as "Heidi Hansen" (Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy)
Stephen Christopher Anthony as "Evan Hansen" and the North American touring company of DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy)
Stephen Christopher Anthony as "Evan Hansen" and the North American touring company of DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy)
John Hemphill (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Broadway Across America)
Jessica E. Sherman (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Broadway Across America)
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In this episode of the podcast "Unwrap Your Candies Now," Catherine Lu chats with Houston arts writer Pete Gershon about Lawndale Art Center's 40th Anniversary. They discuss the center’s history and impact, from its DIY beginnings in 1979 as an annex for University of Houston art students and its role as an incubator for experimental art to current exhibits and plans for the future. Gershon is Chair of Lawndale's Advisory Board and author of Collision: The Contemporary Arts Scene in Houston, 1972 – 1985.
Then, Ernie Manouse sits down with John Hemphill and Jessica E. Sherman, two of the stars of the National Touring Production of Evan Hansen. Broadway Across America presents this Tony and Grammy-Awarding winning musical at the Hobby Center from November 12 – 24.
Share your comments, questions and ideas at UYCN@houstonpublicmedia.org.
Music used: Philip Glass: Mad Rush from Glassmasters and Dear Evan Hansen courtesy of Broadway Across America
While growing up in Chicago and Houston, Catherine’s love for art, music and creative writing was influenced by her teachers and parents. She was once concertmaster of the Clear Lake High School Orchestra and a four-time violinist of the Texas All-State Symphony. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Catherine...
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