out and encouraging community engagement on all levels by adding new hands-on visual art activities, classes, performances and outreach programs.” LHUCA is building a permanent stage and restrooms on its newly dedicated Plaza and has set its sights on an inaugural literary festival for 2017. The visionary Charles Adams
Studio Project provides working studios, shared equipment and time, and even living space to practic- ing artists. CASP has just finished putting in a small foundry behind the Metals Studio, and has broken ground on the first of twenty new work studios behind the CASP 5&J building, backing up against the Martha Sharp Freeway. The LHUCA/CASP campus,
situated just east of Avenue K at its intersection with Mac Davis Lane, is worth a visit aside from its perfor- mances, exhibitions and studios. The buildings serve as one of Lubbock’s strongest models for historic pres- ervation and adaptive reuse. Parking and walking are easy in this welcom- ing corner of the city.
Museums and More AT THE TOP of the list of Lubbock’s art destinations is the Museum of Texas Tech University (a general museum located at 3301 4th St., whose art collections include the Diamond M Collection, the William C. and Evelyn M. Davies Gallery of Southwest Indian Art, and the Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium and Sculpture Court). From Old Masters to heritage quilts to contemporary sculpture, the museum invites an hour’s stroll or a half day of deeper exploration. Also nearby on the Tech cam-
pus, the Texas Tech University System Public Art Collection— one of the top 10 university public art collections in the U.S. — situ- ates stunning outdoor installations, as well as indoor works, among the green spaces, plazas and corridors of one of the nation’s largest and most beautiful university campuses. Since 1998, funded by an allocation of one percent of the estimated total cost of each major Tech capital project, the Public Art Program has com- missioned or purchased more than 100 artworks by some of today’s leading artists, including Deborah Butterfield, Terry Allen, Barbara
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Grygutis, Larry Kirkland, Mike Mandel, Jesús Moroles, Owen Morrel and Shan Shan Sheng. While you’re in the area don’t miss the sculptures and exhibi- tions that are part of the univer- sity’s National Ranching Heritage Center (3305-3319 4th St.), or the International Intercultural Center (601 Indiana Ave.), which displays distinctive photographic works capturing the spirit of arid lands during its annual “High and Dry” exhibition. You’ll also find wor- thy works from the South Plains and around the globe at galleries such as the Lubbock Fine Arts Gallery (part of the Buddy Holly Center at 1801 Crickets Ave.), the Roots Historical Arts Council (1728 19th St.) and its newly opened Caviel Museum of African American History (1719 Ave. A), the Municipal Garden and Arts Center (4215 University Ave.) and numerous private galleries through- out the city.
Arts in motion Aficionados of ballet, ballet folk- lorico, theatre, film, symphony, choral music, house concerts, comedy, poetry, spoken word and other performances don’t lack for regular opportunities in Lubbock. The “Go” section of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal newspaper, pub- lished Fridays, is the city’s most reli- able guide to these happenings. A sampling of Lubbock’s major annual arts events spans a wide range of interests:
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greatest number of artists and partic- ipants each year is the Lubbock Arts Festival, coming up this spring April 16–17. Located in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center (1501 Mac Davis Lane), the two-day celebra- tion is the largest fine art/fine craft event in West Texas, according to Lubbock Arts Alliance director Elizabeth Regner, bringing more than 150 visual artists from around the nation to display and sell origi- nal work in the mediums of paint- ing, drawing, pottery, fiber, leather, jewelry, glass, wood and sculpture. Works range from a juried gallery of professional work to the creations of area school children. The 38th annual festival fea-
tures the visual work of cerami- cist Von Venhuizen of the Texas Tech arts faculty. Also, focusing on a whimsical “food as art” theme, the festival has invited internationally renowned food artist Jim Victor to create a large sculpture made entirely from butter (a medium no State Fair fan can fail to appreciate). As part of the festival geared
to a younger set, the National Ranching Heritage Center will host a storytelling and signing perfor- mance by John Erickson, author of the beloved “Hank the Cowdog” series. Many other special events are scheduled in connection with the festival, including its customary ticketed Premiere Night to show off the lineup amid culinary treats and special demonstrations.
Stay Tuned If the current slate of arts activ- ity has you itching to get out the map and head to Lubbock, watch for even greater things to come. Charles Adams has heard from vis- iting artists and arts organizations that Lubbock is developing facili- ties unrivaled in the state—and we don’t doubt that for a moment. “We are out here on the plains,” says Adams, “and if we want it, we have to make it happen.”
LIVE LOVE LUBBOCK: From pottery to music, the city provides artistic endeav- ors for patrons of all ages.
FROM TOP: COURTESY LUBBOCK ARTS FESTIVAL; JOHN WEAST
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