The Buddy Holly Center invites the community to participate in Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail, a program of LHUCA (the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts). Held on the first Friday of every month in venues around the city, galleries, restaurants and businesses open FREE of charge to display local and regional visual and performing art. A free trolley service to and from venues will be offered in the downtown area. Cash bar and refreshments will be available.
The First Friday Art Trail works to promote art and outreach within the community of Lubbock by providing an opportunity to enjoy fine art and entertainment.
July Exhibitions at the Buddy Holly Center:
Natura naturans – Photographs by Melany Sarafis is on display in the Foyer Gallery. Melany Sarafis creates photographs featuring vistas of stunning natural areas – places with dark skies, no crowds and amazing landscapes. Many of these images were taken during her recent tenure as the Artist in Residence at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. This exhibit includes images from state and national parks and untamed lands in Texas, California, Utah, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona.
Girls on Film: 40 Years of Women in Rock is on display in the Fine Arts Gallery. The Buddy Holly Center is thrilled to host this traveling exhibition from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that features over 40 images by photographer Anastasia Pantsios. Beginning with a 1969 portrait of Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane and continuing through contemporary star Gwen Stefani, the exhibition features photos of Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bjork, Melissa Etheridge, Patti Smith, Tina Turner, and many more notable rockers.
(News release from the City of Lubbock/Buddy Holly Center)