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Residents interested in contributing items should email Cathie McMahan at Cathie@WallaceTheater.com by June 15 to arrange drop-off dates and times or contact the Wallace Theater at (806) 523-8773.
As Levelland celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Wallace Theater is asking Hockley County residents to help tell the story of the community through handmade creations, family heirlooms, and treasured artifacts for its sixth annual Pop-up Museum.
Presented in conjunction with the Levelland Centennial; Hockley County Historical Commission; and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This year’s exhibit, Locally Made: A History of West Texas Creativity (1920s-2020s), will be on display June 24-July 24 at the Wallace Theater.
The museum will showcase items that reflect everyday life, work, creativity, and celebrations across a century of West Texas history. Community members are encouraged to loan items that are handmade, modified, preserved, or passed down through generations.
The Wallace is asking for loaned artifacts in four categories:
Handmade for the Home – Quilts, embroidery, hand-sewn garments, handmade furniture, decorative woodwork, pottery, ceramics, family recipes, and cookbooks.
Making a Living – Agricultural innovations, cotton- or oil-related tools, handmade or modified work equipment, and other items that reflect the ingenuity of local workers.
Art for Art’s Sake – Paintings, drawings, folk art, student artwork, and performance costumes from schools, churches, or community groups.
Made for Special Moments – Wedding and quinceañera dresses, baptism gowns, handcrafted holiday decorations, scrapbooks, memory books, and other keepsakes tied to family traditions and celebrations.
Residents interested in contributing items should email Cathie McMahan at Cathie@WallaceTheater.com by June 15to arrange drop-off dates and times or contact the Wallace Theater at (806) 523-8773.
All items will be loaned to the Wallace Theater for the duration of the exhibition and returned following the museum’s conclusion on July 24.
The 6th Annual Wallace Theater Pop-Up Museum Dinner, June 25th, 2026 at 5pm.
Doors Open @ 5:00 PM
Dinner Seating @ 6:00 PM
Keynote Presentation by Dr. Suzanne Seriff @ 6:30 PM
Dr. Suzanne Seriff is an award winning educator, museum curator and innovator in the academic, museum, and community arts worlds. Her interactive, community-engaged exhibitions have been recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council for Museum Anthropology, the Int. Coalition of Sites of Conscience, and the American Alliance for Museums. Nationally traveling museum exhibits include “Recycled, Re-Seen: Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap” for the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, and “Forgotten Gateway: Coming to American Through Galveston Island,” for the Bullock Texas History Museum.
From 2010-2017, Seriff served as director of the Gallery of Conscience at the Museum of International Folk Art. A Sr. Lecturer in Anthropology and faculty associate of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at UT, Seriff brings her vast experience and commitment to hands-on learning, community engagement and career mentoring to design innovative undergraduate classes in anthropology, folklore, museum studies, immigration, and Jewish studies.
our next workshops are
Tuesday, June 23 and Wednesday June 24, 2026
WHAT IS THE CREATIVE TEACHING WORKSHOP?
This is an immersive and interactive workshop and professional development opportunity that equips educators with instructional strategies that are drawn from the arts, based on research, and easy to learn and implement. Creative Teaching brings the transformative power of the arts to activate higher-order thinking, boost student engagement, and foster creativity across disciplines.