November 22, 2024 - January 23, 2025
H-E-B Gallery, Jeanie & Bill Wyatt Gallery, and Mendez Family Gallery
Reception Saturday, December 14, 5-7pm
Running November 22, 2024, through January 23, 2025, the Big Wave! Annual All-Members Exhibition will feature works from nearly 200 of RCA’s talented member artists, along with Merit Artist, showcasing three juried member artists from last year’s Big Wave! exhibition.
Spanning the H-E-B, Mendez Family, and Jeanie and Bill Wyatt galleries, The Big Wave! will include more than 200 original works, such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and pottery. This year’s Merit Artist exhibition will be displayed in the McKelvey Charitable Fund Gallery from November 1, 2024 - January 3, 2025, with works by Abbagail Medrano, John Morris, and Natash Bajema, selected by 2023 Big Wave juror, Michelle Smythe, Executive Director of K-Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi.
This year’s Big Wave! guest juror will be Joe Schenk the former director of the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, who will have the honor of selecting the three participants for next year’s Merit Artist show. The artists will be announced at a special reception on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 5–7 p.m., which is free and open to the public, and features work available for purchase from both exhibitions. The reception will be part of the final Austin Street Art Walk of the year, a free, alfresco, walkable art experience featuring RCA and other galleries located in downtown Rockport.