Houston Showdown

November 4 – 30, 1983

Organized by the Alternative Museum in New York, five Houston organizations participated in co-presenting this regional exhibition which included 65 artists from the Southwest, 70% of them from Texas. The exhibition was hosted by the Houston Coalition for the Visual Arts at member organizations including the Almeda Project for the Arts, the Women’s Caucus for the Art, Square One, Studio One, and DiverseWorks.

At DiverseWorks, artists included John Alexander, Mel Chin, Sean Early, Rudy Fernandez, Linnea Glatt, Joe Havel, Deborah Hunter, Suzanne Klotz-Reilly, Jerry Kunkel, Bert Long, Dalton Maroney, Cesar Martinez, Jesus Morales, Nancy O’Connor, Suzanne Paul, Ann Lee Stautberg, Robin Utterback, Randy Lee White, and Mac Whitney.