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ARTMATTERS 11: Lynda Benglis

ARTMATTERS 11: Lynda Benglis
ARTMATTERS 11: Lynda Benglis

Employing a diverse range of materials, pioneering American sculptor Lynda Benglis creates abstract works that have been comically described as "birthday cakes that have exploded in the oven...sea serpents...discarded shells of strange crustaceans...graceful meteorites." This summer the McNay Art Museum is proud to offer a window into one aspect of this artist's highly unique world. ARTMATTERS 11: Lynda Benglis, on view through July 29, 2007, showcases over 25 abstract ceramic sculptures that drip, twist, billow & ooze in strangely familiar yet unidentifiable ways.

This ARTMATTERS presentation is accompanied by an illustrated gallery guide. The exhibition and related programs are funded by the King Ranch Family Trust Endowment for Visiting Artists.

Potentialities

Potentialities
Potentialities

In this new body of work, collaborators Irie and Talvacchio use objects and installations in their continued exploration of the boundary between the ordinary and the extraordinary, between the possible and the impossible, between the given and the yet-to-come. These works come to the very edge of ordinary reality, so as to take its seemingly stable structures and render them malleable, uncertain, unpredictable and, decidedly, unstable. From the standpoint of such arresting moments, we might wonder what new paths we are now free to take up.

The Baroque World of Fernando Botero

The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero

San Antonio is the first U.S. stop on a long-awaited retrospective exhibition of paintings, prints and sculptures by the Colombian-born artist Fernando Botero.

The exhibition will divide 100 of Botero’s works between two locations – the Southwest School of Art & Craft (1201 Navarro) and the San Antonio Museum of Art (200 West Jones Avenue). Most of the artworks come from Botero’s own collection, offering a rare opportunity to view works from throughout his prolific career.

The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International.

Myths and Rituals

Myths and Rituals
Myths and Rituals

San Antonio artist Appelin-William's mixed media works use a visual language that's both ancient and contemporary, drawn from family life as well as from universal human experiences.

Intricate Simplicity

Intricate Simplicity
Intricate Simplicity

Lucy Fradkin’s gouache and collage portraits are at once beguilingly complex in imagery and naïve in form. Juxtaposing delicately painted, boldly colored figures with found imagery such as birds and flowers, Fradkin’s works invite the spectator into the narrative of the painting, as well as spaces of reflection and wonder.

Contemporary Art - Texas and Beyond

Grand opening and celebration of Robert Hughes Gallery and the gallery artists.

Post-Apocalyptic Nuclear Family

Post-Apocalyptic Nuclear Family
Post-Apocalyptic Nuclear Family

The Return of Quetzalcoatl

The Return of Quetzalcoatl
The Return of Quetzalcoatl

Artists Gallery Talk: June 23, 2pm at Bihl Haus Arts.

Xavier Garza and Luis Valderas reinterpret the iconic pre-Columbian deity in a modern-day setting by retelling the story of Quetzalcoatl-the man and the myth. His return is one of many in the Chicano ancestral time continuum. The morning and evening star, cosmic creative force in the universe, coming back to set in motion un Nuevo Sol…

Stories Told: Selected Works by Carole Greer

Stories Told: Selected Works by Carole Greer
Stories Told: Selected Works by Carole Greer

Carole Greer: Selected Works.
Roger Colombik: Ethereal Terrains, Sculpture 1998-2007.
Stewart Reuter: New Sculptures

¡Qué Queer! San Antonio!

An exhibition of art, artifacts, ephemera, images, and mementos of San Antonio's lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two-Spirit, transgender and queer communities.

Works on Paper, Stencils and Pimp'd Our Ride

Works on Paper, Stencils and Pimp'd Our Ride
Works on Paper, Stencils and Pimp'd Our Ride

An exhibition of various approaches to works on paper: photographic, drawn, painted & printed, stenciled & the pimp'd out stencil van...Sweet. Various locations on the OLLU campus - Fine Arts Building, Library Community Room & the Center for Women.

WindowWorks: Andréa Caillouet

San Antonio-based Andréa Caillouet expands site-specific installation into the realm of intervention with her WindowWorks project on view through Artpace's Main Avenue windows throughout the month of July.

Schlamm / Mud

Schlamm / Mud presents four videos by Austro-Croatian artist, Marko Lulic, that are emblematic to his investigation of the process and failure of modernization in former Yugoslavia. Lulic uses video to reconstruct architectural spaces, moments and ideologies employed through Tito's dictatorship to evidence the contradictions of the totalitarian communist regime and its efforts to create a modern liberal nation. His critique points to a specific moment in history and at the same time reflects upon present sociopolitical conditions. Lulic was born in Vienna in 1972 to a family from Croatia and Serbia.

His work has been exhibited at spaces such as, The Swiss Institute (NYC), the Kunstverein Heilbronn (Germany), Bastard (Oslo, Norway), the Office for Contemporary Art (Oslo, Norway) and the Portland Art Museum (upcoming). A monograph on Lulic's work is being published by the Kunstverein Heilbronn and Snoeck Books, Cologne, with texts by Eva Diaz (Whitney ISP Program), Gianni Jetzer (Swiss Institute), Branko Dimitrijevic (theoretician, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade) and Joerg Heiser (editor Frieze magazine).

CAM @ the Guadalupe: Six Painters

Painting by six young, emerging San Antonio artists.

"Cape"

"Cape"
"Cape"

San Antonio artist Jerry Cabrera will explore the bullfight as no one ever has when his exhibit, "Cape", opens at the Museo Alameda on June 27. Cabrera, who teaches painting and drawing at Texas State University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, says the idea for this group of paintings came to him after finding a correlation between the movements of the matador and that of a ballerina. The series depicts bullfights without the bull or the matador -- only the movement of the cape. This is Cabrera's way of illustrating the beauty and elegance of the bullfighter's movements without glorifying the violence of a bullfight.

Did you just see what I saw?

As you walk the circle of the room, immerse yourself in a short carousel ride of mirrors and velvety drawings and all will be reflected.

Blue Star 22

Blue Star 22
Blue Star 22

"Eight Gestures in Airborne Rope" + Embellishments

"Eight Gestures in Airborne Rope" + Embellishments
"Eight Gestures in Airborne Rope" + Embellishments

"The Rope Gestures are a balanced solution, weighing the simple expressive act of gesture against the removal of the artist from the work, the existence of pure natural form, eternal, against the genesis and ongoing evolution of symbol and alphabet, perhaps freedom against being bound & a pretty touch to a mundane thing." -Jason Jay Stevens

River Art Group Gallery

The River Art Group Gallery celebrates Contemporary Art Month by showcasing the vividly colored, multi-media, art creations of the gallery's award-winning contemporary artists.

attention whore, part 1

The first in the attention whore series, a collaborative effort and split show: edgy photography together with erotic graphic prints.

Join us opening night for art, music, food, drink, happenings.

Ephemeral: Joan Grona Gallery

Ephemeral: Joan Grona Gallery

Main Gallery
Jason Pearce Willome, New Works

"With these new paintings, I am taking images that I have encountered in the newspaper, on television, or in a movie and I am thinking of them as a way of framing my own experience of the encounter with the event or idea they represent or recall. In these newer works, the images operate almost literally, as frames – a contextual reference to an encounter with the referent."

Gallery II
Karl Frey, Blocks 'n Pieces: Shaped Lego Paintings.

"This series of shaped paintings is constructed out of Lego blocks and the images are based on everyday aquarium toys. The largest of the paintings are about four feet tall and are meant to be roughly the same scale to humans as the original aquarium toys are to fish. It is my attempt at creating landscape paintings that create an environment that extends beyond the shape of the single painting. Each image is worked up from a sticker sketch and is then painted in layers of acrylic and oil on gessoed blocks of Lego.

Gallery III
Paula Cox, "Dogs&Cats&Devils, Oh My!"

"I have been working with linoleum relief printmaking and handmade paper, combining the two to create unique large-scale cut-out pieces. The work is often assembled together after pieces have been done separately, creating a puzzle piece effect. In some artwork epoxy resin is used to coat and enhance the surface. Pulp painting and shredded materials are added to the paper pulp for texture and color." -Paula Cox

the heART of it all

the heART of it all
the heART of it all

The Parks and Recreation Department celebrates Contemporary Art Month with an exhibit of paintings, sculptures and mixed media art created by students and instructors in the department's visual art programs. The exhibit is showcased at Bolivar Hall, La Villita, 428 Villita Street, for most of July. A grand opening reception, where art instructors and students will be on hand to mingle with guests, is scheduled for Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 6pm. A variety show will follow at the Arneson River Theatre beginning at 8pm.

Frida's 100th Birthday Celebration

Frida's 100th Birthday Celebration
Frida's 100th Birthday Celebration

Frida's 100th Birthday Celebration sponsored by the Mexican American Unity Council, Inc. and the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs. Silent auction artwork generously contributed by exhibiting artists. For more information call 210-978-0523. To join our electronic mailing list send an email to info@mauc.org.

Out of Generica

Out of Generica
Out of Generica

Out of Generica is a group show of local San Antonio artists addressing the idea and impact of a generic society.

SteamRoller Prints

Large scale woodcuts printed in May using an actual steamroller will be auctioned to support the nonprofit Printmaking Center. The artists carved 4x8 foot sheets of plywood which were then inked up and used to print large sheets of fine art paper with the steamroller.

Hot Wheels Hot Lips

Hot Wheels Hot Lips
Hot Wheels Hot Lips

San Antonio's coolest Quad artist Robert Rehm presents the latest in wheelchair art and special paintings created by mouth. If you aren't familiar with Rehm and his work, a stop by Jump-Start is definitely in order!

Lonesome Roads Are the Only Kind I Seem to Travel

In this series of work, I combine compelling images of sunsets with maxims of equal significance. Influenced by commercial reproductions of sunsets in greeting cards and calendars, these works are reflections of mainstream American consumerism, as well as serving as a barometer for what is analogous with a contemporary American aesthetic. Because of its acceptance by mainstream American consumers, landscape as a subject matter is often seen as inferior in "high art" arenas. But whether or not these images or truisms fit neatly with the viewers aesthetic tastes, they continue to exist in the present and enjoy a long-standing tradition as subject matter in art.

Further inspiration for this body of work comes from my emotional response to paintings by Joseph William Turner, the profound song lyrics of 80’s pop and country music and the awe inspiring sunsets of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.

"Cholo Y Hyna Untold Stories"

The series of the "Cholo Y Hynas" takes a new direction through the addition of personal narratives. Each portrait is a search into the personal stories that underlie the Chicano and Chicana experience. The range of difficulties and the response by the Cholo Y Hynas are at the heart of this series.

"Meditating Pools"

Meditating Pools involves the use of color and surface to create works that invoke a process of thought and meditation. The work examines the play of image and thought and the act of processing the interplay. The work is constructed in a way to reflect this process.

Masks from Many Cultures

Masks from Many Cultures
Masks from Many Cultures

Clay masks inspired by the cultures of Africa and Oceania.

Young & Upcoming

"Young & Upcoming" small scale work curated by Robert Tatum, held at Jupiter 726 S. Alamo. Opening on First Friday 7/6/07 from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

(g)host

(g)host
(g)host

The forty something male singer is more at home in a small, uncrowded smoky bar, jukebox playing b songs with a pool table. the pool table's felt is torn, and thus playing, he insists that every shot curve around the rip. Why bother. He hangs out here but no one knows who he is, he is invisible or blendable as he has become as permanent and predictable as the anchored bar stool he sits on each evening.

Shambhala Arts Festival Exhibition

This exhibition is part of a Contemplative Arts Festival hosted by the Shambhala Meditation Center of San Antonio. Artwork made with a meditative aspect will be displayed.

col•LAB•oration

A showcase of SAY Sí Student and Staff contemporary work.

col•LAB•oration features student artwork created under the leadership and direction of SAY Sí Alumni David Cordero and Gabriel Garcia - participating in our first alumni summer residency program + an exhibit of new work by the SAY Sí teaching staff + New work by Gabriel Garcia and David Cordero + screening new music videos created for local bands by our media students and a preview of their summer narrative set to premier in August + Eco Prints and Animation projects by SAY Sí middle school students.

excerpts from The Book of @Trophy

excerpts from The Book of @Trophy

"Our demand for hyper-extensions of our physical and behavioral environments (from big game hunting to trophy wives) in search of identity is tragically ironic, yet ever increasing. In my work these extensions manifest themselves as aesthetic indulgences and eccentric limitations. These analogs of missing consciousness represent the restriction markers used by all living humans to define and identify self, territory, and others. I examine Western cultural identity (as they relate to "aesthetics") and reposit a modern social identity of the artist - as 'producer and consumer of waste and excess.'" - EM

"Eclectic ***Eclectica" @ Pulquerios'

Bridge over koi

Come see a local studio where Artists live and work in a magical setting. One must first walk over the bridge of koi pond before entering the two story studio where you can see local craftsmen assembling hand carved doors, longhorn furniture, Florentine style furniture and turning bowls. Also, enjoy a first hand look at Liz Steving's multi media paintings, giclées and found art sculptures.

Colloidal

Colloidal
Colloidal

After a ten-year absence from the Texas art scene artists Lora Alaniz and Jennifer Beth Guerin return for San Antonio's Contemporary Art Month 2007. This July they will transform material and space at El Sol Studio in the King William Historic District with "Colloidal". The site-specific mixed media and video installation will be made of layered convoluted polyurethane foam, natural rubber, cotton felt and synthetic fibers.

In the Moment

In the Moment
In the Moment

Michelle Belto is known for her richly textured images captured on her own cast paper canvases. Often described as "mysterious and intriguing", these art works explore new forms of storytelling. Some artists paint what they see, but Belto prefers to open a window onto a story in progress, allowing us to visually eavesdrop on the subject in an emotionally charged moment of life.

Her newest body of work is both autobiographical and universal. "I have always been interested in the relationship between personal transformation and the life story. This new series is a visual memoir of sorts. Each work deals with an important 'aha' moment in my life where consciousness has the potential of being changed forever. Sometimes it is about a new insight or a leap in understanding. Other times it is about acceptance of a situation beyond my control. The tension, of course, is the temptation to do nothing; to remain unchanged."

S.A. Icons

A group show of San Antonio's iconic artists, presenting their interpretations of various San Antonio icons.

Off The Grid

Off The Grid
Off The Grid

On-going performance art pieces in unconventional locations of the theater (the porch, the windows and our back classroom). Aerial work by S.T. Shimi, "robot noir" by Daniel Jackson & Billy Munoz and window installations by Kim Corbin & Sandy Dunn. Free!

Arte Soso

Arte Soso
Arte Soso

Rendon Photography & Fine Art celebrates Contemporary Art Month with a collection of sculpture, stained glass lightboxes and other mosaic arts from Oscar Alvarado and David Lozano. Alvarado and Lozano are hard at work two blocks south of the tracks at the southern boundary of Southtown, applying tile, glass, beads and fine finds from the neighborhood to forms flowing from their own imaginations.

Reinstallation of Contemporary Galleries

A revival of contemporary art at the San Antonio Museum of Art is planned this summer under the direction of The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art, David S. Rubin. The Museum's Contemporary Galleries will reopen with a fresh new look on July 7, 2007, in conjunction with San Antonio's Contemporary Art Month.

Rubin plans to install familiar objects and some never-before-seen gems in a beautifully designed and user-friendly manner. Sections will be devoted to traditional subjects, such as portraits, still life, and landscape, while abstract painting—one of the collection's chief strengths—will unfold in a somewhat chronological fashion that reveals the evolution and development of abstract art. Other areas—determined by the Museum’s existing holdings—include assemblage sculpture and thematic groupings devoted to identity, heritage and other social issues that defined the late 20th Century.

29° 26’ 14” N ~ 98° 28’ 55” W

Paintings Under Glass

A Conversation with Dario Robleto

The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art David S. Rubin will speak with Dario Robleto in the Museum Auditorium. Conversations are free with Museum admission and open to the public. The Museum offers free admission every Tuesday from 4 to 8 pm.

Blue Star Contemporary Art Center's ARTventure Summer Art Camp 07

Day 1: Pastels
Day 2: Wet on wet Watercolor and Clay
Day 3: Pop Artists
Day 4: Stuart Allen Kite making
Day 5: Portrait Drawings, Art Show and Party

Hometown Artist's Rodeo

Hometown Artist's Rodeo
Hometown Artist's Rodeo

This will be a special "Hometown Artist's Rodeo" honoring guitarist George Gonzales for forty years of playing as a professional musician. Some of the best musicians in San Antonio will be joining him on stage for a celebration jam. Come see who shows up!

Rodeo Ho Ho, Hyperbubble and Bunnyphonic will also be performing. There will be "art" performances, novelty acts, poetry readings, first time singers and a whole lot more fun.

The Cove is a family oriented restaurant, bar, ice cream parlor, car wash, kiddie playground and laundromat with Great Food! Cold Beer! Fine Wine! Live Music! and more fun than you can shake a fish taco at!

Contemporary Architecture of SA

A committee of architects and designers will curate submitted contemporary buildings, interiors, and urban spaces of the San Antonio Metroplex.

(Hey, still trying to pull this thing together).

New Works: 07.2

New Works: 07.2 presents new projects by Artpace International Artists-in-Residence Stefano Arienti (Milan, Italy), Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui (Austin, Texas), and Lorraine O’Grady (Los Angeles, California). Selected by James Rondeau, Frances & Thomas Dittmer Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, the exhibition will be on view through May 13, 2007.

new work

McNay Art Museum: Artists Looking at Art

Judith Cottrell will produce new work to be displayed at the McNay Art Museum in response to the works of Linda Benglis and theater productions of Madame Butterfly.

Silo Alamo Heights Contemporary Art Month

This show features a variety of exceptional pieces extending from beautiful folk/figurative work by Jeri Moore to minimal works on metal by Louis Vega Trevino and abstracts by Ben Mata. Rounding out the show are "Foodie Photographs" by Pauline Stevens. Please join us for our celebration of culinary and visual arts.

"Oedipus! The Musical!" and "Poet Faustus"

"Oedipus!" and "Poet Faustus" are new plays by San Antonio favorites John Poole and Rebecca Coffey. In The Overtime Theater's perpetual celebration of altered art, these two classic tales have been updated while staying true to the qualities that made them 'classics' in the first place. Funny and insightful, these two comedies are guaranteed to please. Also, a revolving exhibition of Altered Art will be displayed in the lobby.

Photography at the Radius

Photography show: Arturo Almeida (San Antonio), Leslie Addison (New Orleans), Sally Hoffman (San Antonio), Rick Hunter (San Antonio), Gary Smith (San Antonio) & George Yerger (New Orleans).

The Final Run Ins (concert on the roof)

Join Artpace for an exclusive performance by an irregular hardcore band, The Final Run Ins, featuring Hudson (Show)Room artist, Nathan Carter (New York, NY). The Final Run Ins are known for their peculiar stage sets inspired by: an obscure German Memphis design collective, the Louisville, Kentucky prank scene & the shadowy backroom of a Hong Kong restaurant. This spring they continue their adventures with a very special show at Artpace on Friday, July 13. Doors open at 9pm, performance begins at 10pm.

Stuart Allen

Stuart Allen
Stuart Allen

Porn Paintings: The Allure of Color

Porn Paintings: The Allure of Color
Porn Paintings: The Allure of Color

Against a backdrop of inevitable death, Suarez explores our attraction to (or the denial of the importance of) human color and the illusion of race.

Los Maestros

The Los Maestros exhibit recognizes a group who have influenced and inspired younger generations of artists in San Antonio. This group exhibit includes such artists as Jesse Almazan, Jose Esquivel and Jose Guadalupe Guadiana.

What I Meant To Say

What I Meant To Say
What I Meant To Say

Christopher Biasiolli

Christopher Biasiolli draws from the devices of childhood to make sense of social and political issues. For Trap (2003), a simple drop trap became large enough to ensnare a room full of people, and Homeland Security (2004) wired together more than 100 panda bear night-lights in a makeshift chandelier. His installation at Sala Diaz constructs a life-sized approximation of a once popular electric football game, which was first conceived in the late 1940s, as a metaphor for the dynamics of the current Bush administration. Set atop a crude, sheet metal plate, cardboard silhouettes of the president and his cabinet-all suited in a singular uniform-substitute for the magnetic toy figures whose uncontrollable movements propel the game into action.

Sala Diaz is a 501(c)3 not for profit exhibition space located at 517 Stieren near the intersection of South Alamo and South Saint Mary's street in the heart of the San Antonio Restaurant Supply District. Open hours: 2-6pm, Thu-Sat. Just knock next door at 519 if the door is not open. Chuck Ramirez (313.7159) will let you in.

The Red Man Series

The Red Man Series
The Red Man Series

"The Red Man Series" pays homage to those who "brung" us up, raised us, and inspired us to flirt with the divide between Heaven and Hell.

RockPaperScissors Collective

RockPaperScissors Collective
RockPaperScissors Collective

RockPaperScissors is a collective of six San Antonio artists bringing fine art and craft to the public through neighborhood trunkshows. Each artist brings her own style and insight to the media of her choice!

Jane Bishop: scarves, wearables, furniture & linens; Paula Cox: printmaking & silk screen; Georgie Cunningham: woven paper tapestries & wall hangings; Diana Kersey: earthenware pottery; Rhonda Kuhlman: folk art & eclectic jewelry; Pat Guerrero: fine silver & gold jewelry.

The D’Antoni Project: The Concept of RED

The D’Antoni Project: The Concept of RED
The D’Antoni Project: The Concept of RED

The D'Antoni Project is a large-scale, multi-sensory art event featuring twenty talents from various disciplines and all over the world. The D'Antoni Project boldly incorporates large oil paintings, live dance performances, live piano and guitar, fashion design and photography, among other media. Its feature-length shows will be presented within a unique custom-built environment.

The event is part of a tour that has been traveling from Savannah, GA through Dallas, TX to San Antonio to participate in Contemporary Art Month and then will continue to Atlanta GA. This is an event you will not want to miss. All artists in the Project look to the lives of the 12 Apostles for inspiration in a contemporary multi media exploration.

Hendricks studio’s group show

Group show and open studio. Stone carving demonstration with Rachman Ulmer. Free food drink and music.

New werx by Genevieve & Scotch!

New werx by Genevieve & Scotch!
New werx by Genevieve & Scotch!

In conjunction with port-o-potty posse:
www.myspace.com/pixielife
www.myspace.com/el_scotcho

The Final Run Ins

The Final Run Ins
The Final Run Ins

Known for their peculiar stage sets and for disturbing conservative bird brained ninnies worldwide, The Final Run In's are an irregular hardcore band comprised of three mischievous malcontents searching for that highly elusive element of fun in an increasingly unfun art world.

They will perform at Unit B on Saturday evening during the opening of their punk rock poster exhibition. The exhibition and stage set will be up through Sunday, July 15 with extended gallery hours.

The Speed of Dark : Not So Steady State

The Speed of Dark : Not So Steady State
The Speed of Dark : Not So Steady State

Say you step out and look into the night sky. You begin to see stars. Wait awhile and you begin to see more stars. Why? Because the slow-poke known as light takes time to register with your eyes, whereas DARK hits you right away!

The Speed of Dark (Patrick Visentin & Gerard Leckey of Montreal, Canada) have accumulated 35 years of experience in every discipline available and now they go further than they ever thought they'd go. Creating an interdisciplinary work for the FL!GHT Gallery they combine video with still imagery in an experiment in recall. The work is riddled with clues as to what was experienced while viewing the artwork.

A Conversation with Gregory Amenoff

The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art David S. Rubin will speak with Gregory Amenoff in the Museum Auditorium. Conversations are free with Museum admission and open to the public. The Museum offers free admission every Tuesday from 4 to 8 pm.

Transiciones

Transiciones
Transiciones

The abstract paintings of Carla Bustamante de Veliz are colorful expressions of the joy of life and the pursuit of happiness. Even her darkest works are painted with such freedom that the joy of creativity underlines the subject matter, no matter how tormented they may appear on the surface.

A native of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, Carla Castañeda Bustamante de Veliz has recently been invited to participate in the next edition of the Florence Biennial in Italy. Although she is only in her thirties, Carla's work exhibits a depth and sensitivity typical of much older artists. She has been exhibiting her work since the age of ten, so perhaps this maturity is not surprising.

Burn me naked

Burn me naked
Burn me naked

Olmos Famous: A Survey of Local Legends and New Talents

In Search of the Beloved

In Search of the Beloved
In Search of the Beloved

The exhibit features large-format Polaroid transfers of ephemeral imagery superimposed with poetic calligraphy from Persian Sufi poet, Jelaluddin Rumi.

Artist Talk and Poetry Reading:
Saturday, July 21, 2pm
Ramin Samandari discusses his work and reads excerpts from the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, featured in his latest photographic series, In Search of the Beloved. Rumi is the thirteenth-century Sufi mystical poet who speaks of "The Beloved" as a metaphor for the divine. Poems will be read in Farsi and translated into English.

Rrose Rrizin'

Rrose Rrizin'
Rrose Rrizin'

A grand reopening of the Exhibition Space Rrose Amarillo featuring a fresh group of emerging artists from San Antonio and Austin. There will be performances at the reception by Bunnyphonic and Rodeo Ho Ho. Also open on the evening of the reception will be some of the artist's studios in the Rrose Amarillo building. Call Ken Little at 229-9994 for more information.

Summer Arts @ Askew

Mosaics and artwork in other media created by participants in Askew's Summer Arts Workshop

"Hot Art, Cool People" Annual fair for the Arts

Inspire Fine Art Center (a Non-Profit organization) fair for the arts will include 27 artists selling handmade original art work, a Contemporary Art exhibit and a raffle benefiting Inspire Fine Art Center.

New Works at Gallery Row

The galleries of George Schroeder (Schroeder Art) and Pete Zubiate (Zubiate Projects) will be exhibiting new works. Also, 118 Gallery, owned and operated by Laurence Seiterle, will be exhibiting works by Justin Parr and Ed Saavedra.

The three galleries (Gallery Row) are on the same block and were recently awarded "Best Arts Space for Downtown 2007" by the Downtown Alliance Organization.

NALIP-SA CAM Slam

NALIP-SA's Annual CAM Film Slam hosts an open and curated screening of the best experimental videos from San Antonio and from around the nation.

The Big-O Mattress Factory Art Show Weekend

Day 1 Saturday July 21, 2007
New works by: Sara Barcus, Bexar Bellamy, Albert Alvarez, Chris Tilton-Metal Fabricationist, Adam Gilreath, Lalo, Greer Neff, Jeremy Chavez, Jason Gonzales
Music by: Paperwork (Austin), Sean McCarrey, Buttercup (suprise show) & special guest

Day 2 Sunday July 22, 2007
New works by: Sable, Scotch, Alejandra Gomez, Freddy Lopez Jr., Loser(laws), Run, Ashly Renia
TRASH_CAN_SPECIALS ART GROUP: Josh Perez, Julie Aldridge, Jovonn Mercier, PopGuy Jason, Viv Vega, Supher, & Justin French
Music by: Scholars and Thieves, Pop Pistol, Dance Like Robots, Ernest Gonzales, A.M. Architect

BYOB
Guadalupe Street Coffee Drinks
Please donate at the door to help support local arts.

Soul Flow II

Soul Flow II
Soul Flow II

Soul Flow II is part 2 of a spontaneous collaborative series between (FL!GHT Gallery co-conspirators) Justin Parr and Ed Saavedra.

2007 SouthTown Art of Fashion

2007 SouthTown Art of Fashion
2007 SouthTown Art of Fashion

tickets: $60

A Conversation with Constance Lowe

The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art David S. Rubin will speak with Constance Lowe in the Museum Auditorium. Conversations are free with Museum admission and open to the public. The Museum offers free admission every Tuesday from 4 to 8 pm.

Hudson (Show)Room: Marie Lorenz

Join Artpace for the opening reception of new work by New York-based artist Marie Lorenz. Her sculptures, which often take the form of outdoor interventions and performances or unconventional installations, are set against a backdrop of elemental change, such as river currents, steam, or ice.

Art in the Garden: James Surls & Katie Pell

Art in the Garden: James Surls & Katie Pell
Art in the Garden: James Surls & Katie Pell

Bronze and wood sculpture exhibit by James Surls & Katie Pell. The public is invited to meet the artist and see the exhibit on Thursday, July 26 from 6-8pm at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. The exhibit runs for one year starting July 27.

Merging Modes: An evening of collaborative performance

An evening of innovative collaborative performances by contemporary choreographers and new-media artists, featuring film, animation, installation, flash video and electronic sound design. Collaborating artists include dancer/choreographers of the Modern Dancers Co-Lab, photographer Xuan Huong N Luong, New-York based architect Philip Vriend, artists Earl Hassan & Curtis Braziel and composers Bill Colangelo & Theodore Schechter. Modern Dancers Co-Lab is sponsored in part by San Antonio Parks & Recreation.

Check www.modacolab.org for time and place, details TBA.

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper

San Antonio artist Karen Mahaffy and Austin-based painter Erin Curtis explore aspects of interior space, including ideas of the domestic and the psychological.

This exhibition is curated by Austin's Risa Puleo.

Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby

Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby
Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby

Can you take the heat? The Dignowity Pushcart Derby decides on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 5:00pm. Pushcart teams will compete in several areas including: speed (and lack of) and creativity in design. To enter your team or for more information, contact Cruz or Mary. Early registration deadline is July 14. Children can also participate and make their own pushcarts.

A Conversation with Rolando Briseno

The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art David S. Rubin will speak with Rolando Briseno in the Museum Auditorium. Conversations are free with Museum admission and open to the public. The Museum offers free admission every Tuesday from 4 to 8 pm.

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