Contemporary Art Month: Events

CAM Event Listings for July 2008

Paint it Black

In New York-based Oliver Lutz's first solo museum show, Paint it Black, Artpace presents an exhibition experience exploring dimensions of contemporary mass spectacle. Austere paintings, cloaking pigments, sound, and surveillance technology implicate the viewer in an installation that deconstructs modes of viewing, cognition and participation in spectacles, be they art exhibitions or sporting events.

Sandy Whitby & Linda Lang at the Radius

Partners in Art

Partners in Art
Partners in Art

Scott Jarisch and Jean Longone showing collaborations and individual works in oil, acrylics, watercolor, photography, ceramics, sculpture, glass, digital imaging and mixed media. All art that speaks for itself.

Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle

Artist Patti Schermerhorn works in oil and mixed medium in this series which speaks to the viewer in free form prose.

Armonart Studio presents Distressed Copper Art

The artist is featuring mixed medium distressed copper and exotic wood veneer wall art.

+/- 200

+/- 200
+/- 200

Bihl Haus Arts is pleased to present the exhibition +/- 200, an installation of 200 (more or less) small collages by Marcy McChesney. McChesney’s postcard-sized collages, produced on a near-daily basis for over a year from found and recycled materials, exhibit an elegant economy of decision-making about color, form and texture. Through this process, the artist has become fascinated by the organic, instinctual spontaneity and immediacy of creating small-format collages. The works, viewed both individually and en mass in the installation are hung end-to-end in a continuous line. They form a belt-like separation of the gallery walls and convey the sense that beauty can be found in the most common ephemera. "Small Collages" workshop on Sat, July 12, 2-4pm. ($20.00 per person. For reservations, call 383-9723)

Equivocal Topographies

Equivocal Topographies
Equivocal Topographies

UTSA's Constance Lowe's drawings, paintings, and sewn felt works use images derived from ink blots to explore the shifting nature of perception.

Texas St. University's Beverly Penn's environmentally sensitive sculpture is comprised of delicate metal castings of plants she gathers along the roadside.

Min-Tse Chen, Jason Jay Stevens & Bill Amundson at Joan Grona Gallery

Min-Tse Chen, Jason Jay Stevens & Bill Amundson at Joan Grona Gallery
Min-Tse Chen, Jason Jay Stevens & Bill Amundson at Joan Grona Gallery

Min-Tse Chen: Story
Curated by Kimberly Aubuchon
Neither once upon a time nor on-going now, the story suspends in another space-time continuum. No beginning, no end. --Min-Tse Chen

Jason Stephens
The Theoretical Fixed Point in the Turbulent Aeviternity (Come You Lost Atoms to Your Center Draw)
New Mixed Media Sculpture Installation by Jason Jay Stevens

DISABLED DEVELOPEMENT:
Drawings by Bill Amundson

Blue Star 23: Playing with Time

Blue Star 23: Playing with Time
Blue Star 23: Playing with Time

Blue Star Contemporary Art Center celebrates twenty-three years with the Blue Star 23: Playing with Time exhibit curated by David S. Rubin opening June 26 through August 17, 2008. The exhibition includes recent works by both established and emerging area artists who use time or space as major themes in their work.

Many of the artists combine references to the past and the present, and at times the future. This can be seen in the photographs of Kathy Vargas, who uses a process of double exposure, or in those by Rolando Briseño and Trish Simonite, who achieve a similar effect through digital technology. John William Keedy also uses digital processes as he creates double self-portraits that show the artist in passive and active moments within a single photograph.

David Anthony Garcia gives abstract form to the idea of connectivity within the space/time continuum, while other artists, such as Ansen Seale and Aaron Forland, use pictorial language to represent movements of dance or music. Conceptual artists Stuart Allen, Suzanne Paquette, and Nate Cassie translate their ideas about time using abstract vocabularies. Allen employs a sailcloth filter to photograph light at different times of day, while Paquette makes drawings to study the shifts in light during the cycle of a variable star. Cassie visually quantifies two different events that took place at two different points in time, but at the same location. Chris Sauter's installation, a work that took several years to complete, is a record of its own making. It includes all the documentation from original concept and drawings to completed installation.

The exhibition includes an example from the late Linda Pace's Time Lines series, where objects gathered cumulatively over time are joined together and bonded by their uniform color. Justin Parr's installation relives a road trip to Marfa through photo-documentation of a sculptural object, while Justin Boyd's video and sound installation records the artist's attempt to match sound to landscape while on a long drive. Other time-based works include an interactive installation by George and Catherine Cisneros and videos or animations by Joey Fauerso, Karen Mahaffy, Potter-Belmar Labs, Juan Miguel Ramos and Luis Valderas.

Exodus

Exodus
Exodus

The pre-apocalyptic images in the Exodus exhibition are an attempt to compare images of past religious, historical doctrines and superstitions with our contemporary fears of the end of days.

My focus has always been on community awareness through images of my Westside San Antonio barrio, my family, and my neighbors. This exhibit also focuses on community but a more universal community. During the past few years many people from around the world have been experiencing fears of the end of days, because of the current events both natural and political. What is interesting is that these fears have not changed from those fears of the past, however the imagery has. Contemporary man has combined the past with the present by modifying these images to better represent our own times. My hope is, through these pre-apocalyptic images in the Exodus exhibition, to make a comparison of historical religious philosophies and doctrines, superstitions and folklores of many cultures to our ever-changing contemporary age. --Alex Rubio

Field Trip

Field Trip
Field Trip

Solo exhibition by Austin artist evoking memories of explorations and discoveries.

Glenn Harper Texas Uprising Sculpture Symposium

Glenn Harper Texas Uprising Sculpture Symposium: Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture magazine visits San Antonio to lead a symposium focusing on architecture and its forms in public art. This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Co-sponsored by Texas Sculpture Network and the ISC.

River Art Group Gallery

River Art Group Gallery
River Art Group Gallery

The River Art Group is one of the largest and finest artist cooperatives in the country. Every year The Group invites all their contemporary art members to bring in one of their pieces. Come see the work of over 300 local artists as they exhibit and catch a glimpse of our local cultures with unique & original pieces.

foundart24

foundart24
foundart24

Eclectic mix of regional art and antiques from 19th century to contemporary. Includes ceramics, paintings, sculpture, textiles and found objects.

Zubiate projects for CAM

Zubiate Projects will be opening its doors to celebrate one of its favorite bands, Fear Snake Face and to celebrate Stephanie Lindsey's departure to life in the Big Apple. Peter Zubiate will be unveiling some beautiful new furniture and Katie Pell's
artwork will also be on display.

Still Painting After All These Years, Exhibit & Open Studio

Still Painting After All These Years, Exhibit & Open Studio
Still Painting After All These Years, Exhibit & Open Studio

The exhibit includes Mazur's newest paintings and 4-Way interactive, kinetic pieces, along with several older works which contributed significantly to the development of her 4-Way ideas. In August, the exhibit will include works in progress on the floor.

Hybrid Vistas: Two South Texas Painters

Hybrid Vistas: Two South Texas Painters
Hybrid Vistas: Two South Texas Painters

Armendariz and Martinez share an interest in bringing together varied and disparate visual influences to create hybrid statements in their richly worked paintings. Armendariz's paintings update Western art history with Chicano heritage. Martinez's paintings owe their origins to European Baroque and Modernist painting.

New Art/Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2008

New Art/Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2008
New Art/Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2008

President Ricardo Romo and Dr. Harriett Romo & the University of Texas at San Antonio department of Art and Art History announce, New Art/Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2008. This juried competition will inaugurate an exhibition of artists living and working--or with roots/raíces--in South and West Texas.

Gi-Normous Prints!

A selection of prints from StoneMetal Press' large scale print projects. Prints from 3 years of SteamRoller prints, 4' x 8' woodcuts printed with an actual steamroller! A series of woodcuts by Regina Sanders from PrintDance, a collaboration between StoneMetal Press and Modacolab, also 4' x 8' woodcuts, printed by the movements of modern dancers performing on the plates. And large scale woodcuts from YuthCrue, StoneMetal Press' printmaking project with the youth of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center.

Puffy Taco Plate Company

mmmm, greasy crunchy goodness.

Art by Osmosis

Art by Osmosis is a group show guest curated by Whitney Lawrence and Nick Lester that invites significant others of artists and artist friendly folk to show their creativity in a public forum.

High Lonesome

High Lonesome
High Lonesome

Chris Ake "paints", forming finely carved and layered bits of recycled tin into scenes inspired by cowboys of the plains. His paintings show how a once-egalitarian form of art becomes the specialty of skilled outsiders and bold visionaries.

Innovation: A Collaboration

Innovation: A Collaboration
Innovation: A Collaboration

Fiber artists collaborate with artists of other visual, literary, or performance media. Work displayed at Fiber Artspace and Marcia Dahlman Pottery.

Atmospheres

Atmospheres
Atmospheres

Artist's statement: With this body of work I am incorporating painting and drawing. Creating atmospheres and layered pictorial rhythms that are composed through the dialogue between spontaneous mark making and dynamic forms and lines. These techniques are used to convey ideas of balancing intuition and knowledge, the playful approach of pushing paint into sensual textures and leaving traces of motion made by my body.

The development of ideas has been from observing and working with Pre-Columbian imagery and being interested in indigenous ways of expression. Childhood exposure to nature, fabric patterns, popular imagery, various musical styles especially the musical styles from Warner Brothers cartoons have also been paticipants in the concepts that motivate me to paint and draw.
--Estevan H. Arredondo

RADIANT: Works Inspired by the Lite Brite

RADIANT: Works Inspired by the Lite Brite
RADIANT: Works Inspired by the Lite Brite

RADIANT is a group show of artwork inspired by the children's toy, Lite Brite. Hosted by Stella Haus Art Space.

Found | Form | Flow

Collaborative artworks utilizing nontraditional art materials created with SAY Sí Alumni art school students participating in our summer residency program.

Also showcasing an exhibit of new work by the SAY Sí visiting and teaching staff

Off the Screen

SAY Sí Media Arts High School Students explore experimental video techniques.
By breaking the rules of narrative storytelling and audio-visual aesthetics they find a new way of expression.

The exhibit also includes a screening of the summer film trailer and a showcase of comic books created by middle school students.

The visitors that wouldn't leave

A tale of immigrants, dogs, cats, friends and family in our lives.

Women’s Insights: The Dual Nature of the Female Soul

"Women's Insights: The Dual Nature of the Female Soul" is an art project by Raquel Beechner dealing with the four seasons of a woman's life focusing on the way women feel, and the way women instinctually live their life cycles in their own unique and creative way. The live performance piece that accompanies this exhibition will consist of writings and drawings that bring out the story of the tamed and unbridled woman archetype behind the visual images she creates. The writings were based on many interviews of women of all ages throughout the nation. Their collective voice is narrated as the artist dances on sand while drawing the symbols present within her art.

The exhibition and live performance will take place on Thursday, July 3, 2008 from 6-8pm in the Jump Start Theatre located at 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex, at the corner of Probandt and S. Alamo.

Black Light Art Party II

Ruta Maya Riverwalk hosts Black Light Art Party II first Friday July 4th, kicking off Contemporary Art Month with an exhibit of spectacular proportions. Come celebrate art with this unique and free exhibit open to the public and to all ages. The pieces on exhibit are the work of San Antonio artists whose passion for the medium has led to experiments relating to this year's theme: transparent black light work. Witness art that luminates in the dark and radiates throughout the establishment. Entertainment is provided by a bevy of Texas electronic musical talent that sets the mood with the "alien" lighting. Wine and dine available. 8pm. FREE.

Cholas, Chulas & Hynas, Laugh Now-Cry Later

Cholas, Chulas & Hynas are all formulations created by the conditions of humanity and its impact on "El Barrio". Theirs is an effort to seek a "Holy Grail" of happiness that is mutable and elusive. "Smile Now Cry Later" is the journey of confronting the illusions and the realization of the many facets of deception. The truth resides inside yourself--La sangre no muere. Orale.

Internal Weather Reports

Paintings, drawings and collage tracking the changing climate through the internal landscape of the body, using Continuum Movement as creative process.

Innovation: A Collaboration

Clay and fiber collaboration pieces. Collaboration show continues with more artists at Laurie Brainerd Fiber Art Space, Blue Star, above Joe Blues.

We are Patriots, a July 4th celebration

Stereotyped and under-represented, Latinos serve our country with distinction. Disproportionately represented in U.S. wars and highly decorated, we remain loyal warriors and a hard working people. Portraits and silk flags celebrate our participation and protest of our beloved country.

Merging Modes

Modacolab creates new work based on David Ruben's "Playing With Time" exhibit. In the annual Merging Modes contemporary dance performance, choreographers and artists merge their processes creating new work in varying modes of exhibition and performance. The San Antonio Parks and Recreation is a co-sponsor of the Modern Dancers Co-Laboratory.

For Crying ART Loud !

For Crying ART Loud !
For Crying ART Loud !

Parks and Recreation honors the arts with an exhibit of works that range from sophisticated to amateur, giving tourists and locals alike an opportunity to see both established and emerging talents in a variety of genres. Parks programs are for many the only introduction to the arts. This program is intended to help our participants gain an appreciation of the creative art process, providing students with the experience of how art should be celebrated. La Villita's Bolivar Hall serves as both a backdrop for the art and the venue of choice, located in the heart of downtown.

Conversations with Artists

SAMA's Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art David S. Rubin will once again interview artists from the collection before an audience. The conversations will take place in the SAMA auditorium on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm throughout July.

The schedule is:
July 8 -- Bettie Ward (following this conversation, a book signing for the recently published Art at Our Doorstep will take place)
July 15 -- Vernon Fisher
July 22 -- Andrew Young
July 29 -- David Zamora Casas

Baby Jane Jewelry Trunk Show and Stephanie send off

Baby Jane Jewelry Trunk Show and Stephanie send off
Baby Jane Jewelry Trunk Show and Stephanie send off

Baby Jane Jewelry of Austin is closing shop and Stephanie is off to the Big Apple! Let's lighten her load by using this final chance to expand our collection of hip and exquisite pieces made from vintage postcards and set in custom sterling. Come to Zubiate projects to wish her well and take one last look at her selection of rings, belt buckles necklaces bracelets, tie tacks, cuff links and more. Her decade long commitment to creating these pieces springs from her knowledge of sculpture art and fashion; her work has been sold around the US and featured in supercool shops like Blackmail in Austin. This is truly not to be missed.

International Academy of Design & Technology, San Antonio: 2nd Annual Student Art Show

The IADT 2nd Annual Student Art Show will showcase the designs of Graphic and Fashion students in a variety of media including prints, original artwork and apparel.

Annual Frida Forever Celebration

Annual Frida Forever Celebration
Annual Frida Forever Celebration

The Mexican American Unity Council, Inc. presents the annual Frida Forever Celebration featuring "Diego Rivera". The event will showcase art by in-residence student artists & include a silent auction, reception, food, dancing & art sale. Music by Henry Brun & the Latin Playerz, food & beverage from True Flavors Catering included with the price of admission. The ticket price is $35 per person pre-sale and $40 at the door. Please contact Debra Salinas at 210.978.0500 for ticket information.

New Works: 08.2

New Works: 08.2 presents new projects by Artpace International Artists-in-Residence Mark Bradford (Los Angeles, CA), William Cordova (Houston, TX), and Marcos Ramirez ERRE (Tijuana, Mexico). Selected by Lauri Firstenberg, Director/Curator of LA><ART, Los Angeles, California, the exhibition will be on view through September 7, 2008.

Silo Alamo Heights Contemporary Art Month Exhibit

With an exceptional duo of two very talented and established local artists, this show is not to be missed! Vibrant color, depth and motion are touching the surfaces of these pieces. They express great passion and love for the work of being a painter. Please join us for the artist reception and enjoy a glass of wine, a sampling of fabulous food and an extraordinary visual experience!

TeatroALAS Summer Performance

In honor of Contemporary Art Month, the students of SAY Sí's TeatroALAS will be performing a play inspired by "Shadow Theatre" and focusing on scene and lighting design.

Art in the Garden

Art in the Garden
Art in the Garden

Contemporary artists James Surls and Susan Budge will be featured in this summer's Art in the Garden exhibit at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Budge’s work, titled Myths Magic and Mysteries, is comprised of large scale ceramic pieces created in her distinct and colorful style. Surls' large wood, steel and bronze sculptures complement the natural beauty of the Garden setting.

FOTOGRAMA

FOTOGRAMA
FOTOGRAMA

photography and video installation

Summer Literary Festival

Gemini Ink's annual literary festival, themed Recuerdos | Family Stories, features a wide variety of classes, readings and performances for kids, teens and adults of all ability levels. Festival highlights include by 2 to Watch, a free event on Thursday, July 24, 6:30 @ 8 pm. Gemini Ink and Artpace will present a pairing of the verbal and visual arts. Join us for a reading by writer Lyle Rosdahl and a presentation of artist Leslie Raymond's work at Artpace, 445 N. Main.
For more information or to view this year's offerings please see the Gemini Ink website listed or call 210.734.9673.

Exhibit with a Z

Hometown hero and 2008 Tiffany Grant winner Alejandro Diaz takes a breather between his new hit LACMA show, Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement, and his one man show at The Aldridge to feature his hilarious and pointed signs in paper and neon--many with a San Antonio twist. Chocolate Factory founder and Phoenix groovester Hector Ruiz escapes the heat of Phoenix for the San Antonio debut of his poignant and rebellious sculptures and paintings. And Kristy Perez comes on board with a new and shiny series of work.

Also coming: July 25--the Texas premiere of international art star Tracey Moffatt's 2008 Sydney Biennial-commissioned "Revolution", a shockingly beautiful video. More surprises T.B.A.

Hometown Artist's Rodeo

Hometown Artist's Rodeo
Hometown Artist's Rodeo

Ken Little and Rodeo Ho Ho will perform along with the Mark Little Jazz Experiment, other "Art" performances, music and novelty acts.
There will be a $5 cover charge at the door.

Moller

Introducing international award winning artist Gustavo Moller of Saltillo, Mexico. Winner of 7 international awards, Gustavo will display a body of work including paintings, prints, sculptures and photography. Also featuring select new works from Chet Graham.

Contemporary Artist Showcase: Fred Rich

Contemporary Artist Showcase: Fred Rich
Contemporary Artist Showcase: Fred Rich

Join us as we showcase local contemporary artist, Fred Rich. Fred's pieces are more than paintings, more than mixed media. His images touch on several media from graffiti art to painting to carpentry. Deep in detail and deep in spirituality his art speaks on many levels.

presArt

Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Stained Glass & Mosaics. Jesse Borrego will perform on July 11th. Music by Psychics.

'Cholismo' (Calo) The Old Slang of el Barrio.

'Cholismo' (Calo) The Old Slang of el Barrio.
'Cholismo' (Calo) The Old Slang of el Barrio.

Images of the old Chicano slang of El Barrio

New works by Anastacia Uriegas

Moctezuma's Table

The exhibition and workshop, organized by Blue Star Contemporary Art Center made possible by generous funding from the Office of Cultural Affairs, is part of a neighborhood arts program focusing on education outreach through contemporary exhibitions at the Semmes Library, 15060 Judson Road San Antonio, TX 78247.

Opening Reception
Saturday, July 12, 2008 2-4pm

Mr. Briseño will be presenting paintings illustrating the cuisine of pre-Columbian Mexico and Meso-America. In this series Mr. Briseño utilizes foods such as different chiles and spices in his paints.

Moctezuma’s Table Lecture Saturday, July 12, 2008 noon-1pm

Mr. Briseño will discuss his work illustrating the cuisine of pre-Columbian Meso-America.

Hello, Walls.

Austin Favorites "Single Frame" (http://www.singleframe.net/) will be playing a free live show at 9pm on Second Saturday, July 12th. The drummer, Adreon Henry is featured in July's show, "Hello, walls."

Exquisite Corpse: Adivinando El Border's Divine Body & Soul

ArtCessibility

Celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Visit ArtCessibility's exhibit of artworks by artists with diverse abilities.

Private Prisons and the Blue Sky

Individual works and site installation share stories of personal struggle and breakthroughs, using the family room of this 1920's home as a backdrop.

Nueva Works

Nueva Works

The Speaking Image

The Speaking Image

In honor of Contemporary Art Month, Lion's Field Adult and Senior Citizens Center will hold its annual Instructor/ Student Art Exhibition on the 18th and 19th of July, 2008. As a community center under the City of San Antonio's Parks and Recreation Department, Lion's Field has provided many opportunities for adults and seniors to explore their creative talents over the years.

Featuring works from our arts and crafts, ceramics, sculpture, photography, printmaking, stained glass and jewelry classes, this two day event will showcase works created by our members and instructors in a variety of media. The event is free and open to the general public and will include refreshments and live entertainment. The opening reception will be held on Friday, July 18 from 5pm-7pm; So please come join us as we pay tribute to the creative spirit.

Monoplex

Monoplex is mobile movie theatre. In a back yard, on a frozen lake, to empty parking lots. Tune in you radio to 97.7FM or the local tuning and listen in like at the drive-in. Also comes with outdoor sound system.

Please note: I am connected with Potter Belmar labs. The Monoplex will go someplace to be determined as I am not sure where it will work. I put your street address to get the form in. If issue please let me know. David

Rrose Amarillo Open Studios

Rrose Amarillo Open Studios
Rrose Amarillo Open Studios

Rrose Amarillo Studios will be open for tours. Art, music and a cold beer. Free.

Sign Language

Sign Language
Sign Language

Unit B (Gallery) and the UTSA Downtown Art Gallery are pleased to present Sign Language featuring recent works by Chicago artists and friends Juan Angel Chavez and Michael Genovese. Artworks will be on view at both the UTSA Downtown Gallery (opening July 17, 5:30-7pm) and at Unit B (opening July 18). An artist lecture will take place at 6pm on July 17th at the UTSA Downtown Art Gallery.

Rock Paper Scissors Summer Show

Rock Paper Scissors Summer Show
Rock Paper Scissors Summer Show

San Antonio's favorite artists showcase their latest contemporary crafts.

Con Honor a l@s Artistas del Barrio

Con Honor a l@s Artistas del Barrio
Con Honor a l@s Artistas del Barrio

Centro Cultural Aztlan presents artists whose work and identity is deeply rooted in their communities of origin. This exhibition celebrates the artists and the
rich cultural heritage they share.

Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery

A 24-foot long rented Ryder truck converted into a traveling gallery space visits the art school, spending one day on the historic Ursuline campus, the next on the contemporary Navarro campus.

Organized by artists Ryder Richards, Piotr Chizinski, & Jon Whitfill.

Painted Earth

As part of the Contemporary Art Month festivities, artists from the San Antonio Art Meetup Group will paint at this event using the theme "EARTH". The individual pieces will be joined together to form a collage to be shown at the gallery for the remainder of the month. The artists will have other works on display during this one day event.

CAM Filmaker Showcase

Doors Open at 7:30pm.
NALIP-SA showcases the best of local & regional filmmakers and their contemporary works.

Eclecticism

Eclecticism

Come celebrate,see and discover original artwork by diverse and talented artists, including: paintings, ceramics, jewelry and sculpture. Refreshments & wine! Free Inspire t-shirts will be given out until they are gone!

Inspire Fine Art Center is moving to a fabulous new location, just one block north of W. Sunset Rd., on the corner of Everest & Sandalwood. Look for the red brick firehouse.

Many Faces of Women

Many Faces of Women
Many Faces of Women

Planned Parenthood presents an exhibition in celebration of women and the multiple roles they can embody: mother, daughter, sister, student, community member, leader, etc. Selected works will be on display at the Southwest School of Art & Craft from July 21-27. We will announce the Best in Show at a reception on Saturday, July 26. The Best in Show will receive $300 and be featured on the cover of Planned Parenthood's 2008 Annual Report. We will be accepting artwork for consideration until July 1. Please email mara.posada@pptrust.org for more information.

Art End @ La Villita

Enjoy an evening of Contemporary Art with the Art End of La Villita. good food . cold drinks . fine art .

2 to Watch

Join Artpace and Gemini Ink for an evening of words and images pairing visual artist Leslie Raymond and writer Lyle Rosdahl. Literary and visual arts audiences will enjoy a critical discussion and examination of crossovers between the genres.

Looking at a Life

On July 25, 2008, Alberto Mijangos would have been 83. His family has selected a few paintings and drawings from his large span of work and made available various pieces representative of the different series he painted.

"Entre la Carpa (Inside the Tent)"

Adriana Garcia explores self-identity through a new series of brilliant large-scale paintings and drawings inspired by her family history. "La Carpa Garcia", a very popular traveling circus tent show begun by Adriana's great-grandfather in 1914, performed throughout the U.S Southwest until 1947. La Carpa Garcia was most famous for a comedic routine by a character called Don Fito, and a tightrope performance by Pilar Garcia. Esperanza Garcia, one of the members of the family troupe, died at an early age from a fall from a tightrope. Through these family personalities and their circus occupations and acts, Adriana delves into universal themes of life and death, joy and loss. But at whatever the cost, the show must go on.

4th Annual Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby

4th Annual Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby

This event is an artist intervention. It is designed to create a model that encourages the rebuilding of urban decay. In this specific area of San Antonio stands a beautiful and proud community that refuses to die out or give in to hungry developers and drug dealers. At this year's event we are inviting organizations whose mission is to provide solutions to the community's needs. Of course, all of this will revolve around local artists and community folks coming up with crazy ground-breaking scientific prototypes. Each and every one of these pushcarts are symbols of change. So, put your good chanklas on, bring the suegra y los kids and plenty of water and some shade, and let the races begin!

To enter your pushcart please email dignowitypushcart@gmail.com for more information.

Free event! Car pool or take the bus to the event! Recycle!

Hometown Artist's Rodeo

Hometown Artist's Rodeo
Hometown Artist's Rodeo

We are planning to release the CD "Simple America", a collection of original songs by Ken and Mark Little. There will also be various performance "Art", music and novelty acts.

There will be a $5 cover at the door.

Arena Art Tour and Wine Tasting

The AT&T Center and Spurs Sports and Entertainment celebrate CAM with a wine tasting and tours of the center's premier art collection! With 100+ works by artists with Texas roots, the AT&T Center Art Collection is the largest of any professional arena in the USA. Visit with the artists as you sample fine wines and cheeses throughout all four levels of the arena, including areas typically closed to the public. Self-guided tours 1-4pm, guided group tours at 2pm and 3pm. General Admission $15. Call Ace Barajas for details, 444-5147.

Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City

Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City

Escultura Social focuses on art that combines popular culture with a conceptual style that can be humorous, macabre and imaginative in pushing the boundaries of art. This exhibition is not defining a "movement" or looking at a panorama of artists working in Mexico, instead, it includes innovative work made primarily in the last three years that has had a significant impact outside of Mexico by artists who formed a community in Mexico City and have often collaborated on projects together.

Influenced by twentieth-century art historical movements such as conceptualism, "actions" and "happenings", the work also refers to aspects of popular culture -- television, music, advertising or flea markets -- and its history, urban life and current political issues. Escultura Social includes site-specific, performative and ephemeral projects in addition to videos, photographs and installations.

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