Rich Aste Reflects on His First Two Years at the McNay
“I arrived with very big ideas,” Rich Aste says, as he surveys his first two years as Director of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.
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Texas Studio: Audrya Flores and Lisette Chavez
When I walk into Audrya Flores’s home studio in San Antonio, I find a wood-paneled room, with a carefully curated selection of objects—needlework, prints, collages, fabric pieces—paired with found things—a turtle shell, stones, a preserved bat, potted plants.
Capturing the Moment at San Antonio Museum of Art
The donated collection includes over 500 photographs, 75 of which will be on view Feb. 22 – May 12 in Capturing the Moment: Photographs from the Marie Brenner and Ernest Pomerantz Collection at SAMA alongside key works from the Museum’s existing photography collection.
Art for the Crowd: Luminaria Layers History in San Antonio
“My biggest take away from last year was that I didn’t get to experience everything,” says Kathy Armstrong, executive director of Luminaria.
REVIEW: ‘Reclaimed’ at Ruby City
In Reclaimed, the current exhibition through Jan. 26, 2019 at Ruby City in San Antonio, the collection attempts to host a myriad of themes, visual relationships, and connections through a small sampling of works by nine prominent female artists.
San Antonio Tree of Life: Margarita Cabrera and Mission Espada
For the better part of a year, Phoenix-based artist Margarita Cabrera has been working on Árbol de Vida: Voces de Tierra, a community-based sculpture for San Antonio’s Misión Espada and Rancho de las Cabras.
What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston
Thank goodness, because one thing our arts communities do not need is another wannabe dictator (ditto the world for that matter). Give us a little room for curiosity, however, and we’ll happily run with it.
It Happened in Texas: Don Carlos at HemisFair and more at the McNay
For one night, San Antonio just may have been the United States’ operatic capital.
Artists in Charge: An Uncommon Format to Celebrate San Antonio’s 300th Anniversary
Ana Fernandez planned to major in history before the smells emanating from art classes at the University of Texas at San Antonio drew her in a different direction.
The Latino List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders at the San Antonio Museum of Art
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders began shooting large-format portraits in the late 1970s, using an 8x10-inch camera to capture a certain expression or pose that would reflect something memorable in his subject.
Origins, Rations, Extractions: Paula Luttringer and Gissette Padilla at Blue Star Contemporary
Both Paula Luttringer and Gissette Padilla lived and emigrated from South American countries during eras of social and political upheaval.
A Decade of Surprises: The Refined and Undefined Appeal of Luminaria
San Antonio’s expansive, one-night-only arts festival is turning 10 this year. In a city that wears its culture on its sleeve, Luminaria is unique, a carefully choreographed explosion of site-specific art events attended by an average of 10,000 patrons.