Artists get one prompt and 24 hours to make, install and light a whole exhibition. It opens that night on Lubbock's First Friday Art Trail.
Hannah Dean founded the show in 2014, with help from her friends. It opens the year at the 5&J Gallery at CASP every January.
This show only exists due to brave artists and miracle workers, who pull off impressive feats of creativity and collaboration each year.
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The prompt
The curators reveal a material or theme. Some years artists get a couple of weeks' notice; some years they find out when they walk in.
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Make it
Everything is made in the gallery, on the lot outside, or in a borrowed corner of a studio. Install, lighting and wall text are part of the deadline.
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Open the doors
The show opens to the public that evening on the First Friday Art Trail and stays up as the first 5&J exhibition of the year.
“This reality-TV-like, pressure-cooker set up isn’t really meant to tap into artists’ oeuvres. Rather, it intends to challenge the artists in an immediate sense, and maybe act as foil to their usual process.”
Friday, January 8, 2027Opening on the First Friday Art Trail 5&J Gallery at CASP · 602 Avenue J, Lubbock
ThemeTBA
Theme and instructions are announced to artists closer to the date.
Curators
Hannah Dean
Christina Rees
Chad Plunket
Maisie Marie Alford
Artists (so far)
Zach Morriss
Eli James Ragland
Jesse Whitley
Rachel Gililland
Ryder Richards
Alberto Careaga
Jimmy Peterson
Emily Peacock
Matthew Williams
Dirk Fowler
Kegan Hollis
Kara Speedy
Oscar Cain
Amanda Sneed
Isadora Jackson
Michael Bisbee
Robbie Stafford
Janelle Barrington Spivey
Larry Simmons
John Chinn
Sara Peso White
Chad Plunket
Maisie Marie Alford
Hannah Dean
Archive
Past shows
2026Mums
Curators: Hannah Dean and Christina Rees. Artists: Dirk Fowler, Ryder Richards, Carol Flueckiger, Jon Whitfill, Chad Plunket, Jesse Whitley, Maisie Alford, Nathalie Lawrence, Mallory Prucha, Brad Carlson, Zach Morriss, Jimmy Peterson, Miles Walker, Eli Ragland, Albert Hernandez, Avery Bonnette, Kegan Hollis, Oscar Cain, Megan Moore, Kara Speedy, Amanda Sneed, Jackson Fowler, John Chinn, Cody Arnall, Harrison Brooks, Ashley Busby, Dyson Fowler, Josuè Galvan, Madison Hebert and Scotty Hensler.
Opening nightMum with streamersArtists gather at 5&JMid-deadlineWorking on the lotAssembling a giant mumBear, ribbon, glue gunMid-installVisitor, with dogAt the roll-up doors
2025Weather
Curators: Hannah Dean and Christina Rees. Artists: BC Gilbert, Sara Peso White, Emily Peacock, Sangmi Yoo, Jesse Whitley, John Chinn, Matthew Williams, Chad Plunket, Zach Morriss, Jon Whitfill, Josuè Galvan, Ryder Richards, Harrison Brooks, Nathalie Lawrence and Dirk Fowler.
2024Cats vs. Dogs
Guest curator Christina Rees split the artists into two teams, cat and dog. Rees is the former editor-in-chief of Glasstire and a winner of the national Rabkin Prize for Art Criticism.
Team Cat: Maisie Marie Alford, Cody Arnall, Josuè Galvan, Dirk Fowler, Nathalie Lawrence and Zach Morriss. Team Dog: Harrison Brooks, John Chinn, Emily Peacock, Chad Plunket, Jon Revett, Ryder Richards, Noah Wakefield, Rob Weingart and Jon Whitfill. Zine essays: Michael Glenn and Scotty Hensler.
Hannah Dean and guest curator Christina Rees co-curated, the first of their annual collaborations. Artists worked in small teams on the prompt “The Year 2050.”
Artists: Sangmi Yoo, Dirk Fowler, James W. Johnson, Scotty Hensler, Maisie Alford, Zach Morriss, Cody Arnall, Chisum Justus, Daniella Justus, Jacob Salazar, Matt Williams, George Zupp, Kegan Hollis, Danielle East, Jessica Lambert, Nathalie Lawrence, Lindsay Maestri, Linda Cullum, Carol Flueckiger, Patrick Kelly, John Chinn, Hills Snyder, Hayden Pedigo, Jeff Wheeler, Bryan Wheeler, Jon Whitfill, Ryder Richards, Chad Plunket, Harrison Brooks, Aaron Hegert, Sarah Aziz, J. Eric Simpson and Heather Warren-Crow. Zine essays: Michael Glenn and Scotty Hensler.
Maisie Alford and Zach MorrissMaisie Alford and Linda CullumSangmi Yoo, Dirk Fowler and James W. JohnsonCarol Flueckiger, Lindsay Maestri and Linda CullumMatthew Williams, George Zupp and Kegan HollisMatthew Williams, George Zupp and Kegan HollisNathalie Lawrence, Jessica Lambert and Danielle EastDaniella JustusFirst Friday Art TrailSet upSet upSet up
Co-curated with Chad Plunket. Eleven invited artists met at 5&J 24 hours before opening. Each chose a banker's box holding a random object, then responded to it to make, install and light their work before the doors opened.
Image: Lindsay Maestri
2020Ring
Artists made work within a 24-hour window on the theme “ring.”
Image: Jessica Lambert
2019Leisure
Artists made work on the theme “leisure” in the 24 hours before the show opened.
Image: Chris Marin
2018Found Art
With two weeks' notice, artists were told to use “found art”: items and images that had already been considered art. Several worked from thrift-store paintings. Cody Arnall made a video of himself copying Bruce Nauman's Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square. Maisie Marie Alford stacked a pile of Félix González-Torres candies, brought from the Guggenheim, in the corner of the gallery.
Curators: Hannah Dean and Chad Plunket. Artists: Maisie Marie Alford, Cody Arnall, Kyle Bassett, Jonah Bresley, Aaron Hegert, Sydney Kim, Lindsay Maestri, Zach Morriss, Jimmy Peterson and Jon Whitfill.
Artists made work within 24 hours from the material or theme “clothing.”
Image: Kathy Kelley
2014Cardboard
The first one. A last-minute cancellation left 5&J empty, and a group of artists filled it with a material-based, time-constrained show. Everything was made of cardboard, and everyone worked in the gallery, on site. Scotty Hensler was on cardboard-fetching duty.
Co-curator and organizer: Scotty Hensler, with Hannah Dean.
Cardboard towerBuilding on siteScotty Hensler fetching cardboard
Artists
Who makes it
Hannah DeanFounder. Curator, co-curator or organizer every year.
Christina ReesCo-curator four years running, 2023 to 2026.
Chad PlunketIn every show, as artist or co-curator.
Jon WhitfillIn every show, as artist or co-curator.
Harrison BrooksIn every show.
Brave ArtistsEveryone who said yes to 24 hours. See them all ↓
Everyone, through the years
● repeat participant · Co-curators over the years include Scotty Hensler, Jon Whitfill, Chad Plunket, Christina Rees and Maisie Marie Alford.
Glasstire. The 2026 show ranked No. 5 in Glasstire's weekly Top Five, noting 30 artists and the fourth annual collaboration between curators Hannah Dean and Christina Rees.
CASP. Lists Stuff I Made Today as the annual collaborative show that opens the 5&J exhibition series each January.
Awards & collections
In collections
Félix González-Torres Foundation, New York
A photograph of Maisie Marie Alford's 2018 piece is in the foundation's archive.
Andrea Rosen Gallery, which represents the Estate of Félix González-Torres, chose the image for the foundation's archive of public interaction photography, calling it “a particularly exciting representation of Gonzalez-Torres's work.”
Maisie Marie Alfordafter Félix González-Torres ‘Untitled’ (Public Opinion) with purple, 2018Félix González-Torres candies. Made for $#%! Show 2018, theme “found art.”
Private collection, Nigeria
Hannah Dean's piece from the 2017 clothing show was collected through Saatchi Art.
Hannah DeanHow it's made, 2017Pattern papers, paint and embroidery hoop. Made for $#%! Show 2017, theme “clothing.”
Visit
5&J Gallery
Address
CASP, the Charles Adams Studio Project 602 Avenue J Lubbock, TX 79401
Hours
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM Openings on the First Friday Art Trail
