Scrappy: By Any Means Necessary

Featuring Artists: Hollie Brown, Ellen Crofts, Lisa Guevara, Julia Hungerford, John Le, Elisa Lendvay, Niloofar Mofrad, Hilary Nelson, Gyan Shrosbree, Jim Shrosbree, and Narong Tintamusik

A scrappy individual will accomplish their objective by any means necessary with resources at hand. This exhibition is a celebration of the many ways this quality of scrappiness might manifest in the artist’s studio. The word can be used pejoratively to describe an end product lacking polish and finesse – where the preferred final form would rebuke evidence of its process and the hand that shaped it but risks sacrificing meaning and warmth. Artists embrace scrappiness for a multitude of reasons and in as many ways: as a means to acquire affordable art supplies and fodder, to avoid waste, to reference or recontextualize an object or material’s imbued meaning, to hasten or simplify their process, to access the improvisational spirit of readymade and autoconstrucción, or as an indexical shorthand for the body. They tip their paper hats to Duchamp, Braque, Stockholder, Cruzvillegas and Lucas, but also to the history of craft(quilting, scrapbooking and papier-mache).

Join us for the opening on Saturday December 13th from 7pm - 10pm, where handpainted artists merchandise, complimentary drinks and music will be present. Many thanks to our 2025 sponsors such as City of San Marcos Arts Commission, San Marcos Film Lab, Texas State University, Fast Signs, Spellerberg Projects, Cult of Happy, Topo Chico, Tito's Vodka, Austin Beer Works, Middleton Brewing, Carabuena Tequila, and Twin Liquors. 

Closing Reception, February 7th, 6 - 9pm