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Stuff I Made Today (aka $#%& I Made Today or the Shit Show LBK)
$#%& Show 23/24 Guest Curator Christina Rees
Teams of artists were given the prompt "The Year 2050." Guest curator Christina Rees is the former Editor-in-Chief of Glasstire, a winner of the national Rabkin Prize for Art Criticism, and now works in the private sector in North Texas. For 2024’s $#%& Show, artists were divided into two teams: cat and dog.
Stuff I Made Today (2022)
For 2022, 11 invited artists met at 5&J Gallery in Lubbock 24 hours before the exhibition opened. Then, they selected a box containing a random object which they responded to in order to create, install, and light work before the exhibition opened. (January 2022 at 5&J Gallery, CASP, Lubbock, Texas.) Image: Lindsay Maestri
Stuff I Made Today (2020)
Artists made work within a 24-hr window before the exhibition opened, working with the theme "ring." (January 2020, 5&J Gallery, CASP, Lubbock, Texas.) Image: Jessica Lambert
Stuff I Made Today (2017)
Artists made work within a 24-hour period before the exhibition opened, working with the material or theme "clothing". (January 2017, 5&J Gallery, CASP, Lubbock, Texas.) Image: Kathy Kelley
Participating Artists, through the years
Curator Hannah Dean has cocurated with Scotty Hensler, Jon Whitfill, and Chad Plunket. Artists include Maisie Marie Alford, Victoria Marie Bee, Harrison Brooks, Lindsay Maestri, Zach Morriss, Irvin Medrano, Madison Manning, Adam Farcus, Danielle Demetria East, Chris Marin, Jon Revett, Co-opt, J. Eric Simpson, Chisum Justus, Cody Arnall, Aaron Hegert, The Button Project, Jane Lindsey, Shannon Cannings, Kathy Kelley, Ashley Busby, Charles Dreis, Sydney Kim, Nicole LaMere, Natalie Lawrence, Jimmy Petereson, and more. Image: Harrison Brooks
Stuff I Made Today (2018)
For 2018, artists had the prompt of using "found art" to create work. Several artists used thrift store art as a base. Cody Arnall had a video performance of himself copying Bruce Nauman, Maisie Marie Alford stacked a pile of Felix Gonzales Torrez's candy in the corner of the gallery, and more. (January 2018 in 5&J Gallery, CASP, Lubbock, Texas)
Stuff I Made Today (2019)
Artists used the theme "leisure" to create work within a 24-hour window before the show opened. (January 2019 at 5&J Gallery, CASP, Lubbock, Texas.) Image: Chris Marin
Stuff I Made Today (2014)
The first Stuff I Made Today happened because of a last minute cancellation in 5&J Gallery--some artists agreed to fill in with their scheme of a material-based, time-constrained show. The first iteration was made of cardboard and all artists worked in the gallery, on site. (Feburary 2014, 5&J at CASP, Lubbock, Texas.) Image: Scotty Hensler fetching cardboard)
