November 2009

Monthly Archive

Quinceanera Response

Posted by thomas-cummins on 30 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Dec 19
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Debut: Works In Response To The Quinceanera

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Time:
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
716 E Euclid

Description

Quinceañera ( keen-say-ah-NYAIR-ah )-Is to be properly pronounced. Is a coming of age celebration. Where “girls become ladies.” Where, traditionally, young females are ready for marriage, and motherhood. Where elaborate is a minimal term in describing the atmosphere. It is a melting pot of “Latino” culture, and can be traced to Aztec ritual. It was once only for the wealthy, the privileged, but times have changed. Traditions have changed. The Quinceanera has changed.

La Chicana Collective has the honor of inviting you and your distinguished family to our Debut.

Works by:

Ruth Buentello
Sarah Castillo
Kristin Gamez
Mari Hernandez
Christina Ordonez

Come one, come all.

Drawing. Painting. Fotography. Video. Soundscape

We would like to acknowledge all the strong women (especially in our community) that were before us, that inspire us now, and that will continue the tradition of Chicanisma.

Treviño Mural Tour

Posted by thomas-cummins on 30 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Dec 12
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Jesse Treviño Cross-town Mural Tour

Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Time:
10:00am – 12:00pm

Description

In partnership with San Anto Cultural Arts, the Museo Alameda presents a tour of Jesse Treviño’s public art across San Antonio. The tour will highlight pivotal moments in Treviño’s career, including “The Spirit of Healing,” a 90 foot tall mural on the side of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital. Other points of interest include the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, and the Our Lady of the Lake University Library. Pre-registration is required. Admission is $10 and includes transportation. To register, please call 299 4300

Garza reading at Alameda

Posted by thomas-cummins on 30 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sun, Dec 13
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Xavier Garza – Reading and Discussion

Host:
Network:
Global
Date:
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Time:
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location:
The Alameda Regalo Gift Shop and Botánica
Street:
101 S. Santa Rosa
City/Town:
San Antonio, TX

Description

The Museo Alameda’s Regalo Gift Shop and Botánica invites you to a reading and disscussion featuring Xavier Garza. The reading will be immediately followed by a book signing. Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, author and luche libre aficionado Xavier Garza is a prolific author, artist, and storyteller whose work focuses primarily on his experiences growing up in the small border town of Rio Grande City. He published his first book, Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys (Arte Publico Press), in 2004. Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask was released in Spring 2005 and quickly became a hit among children and lucha libre fans. Lucha Libre won an Honor Book, Américas Award and a STARRED REVIEW from Críticas Magazine. Garza released Charro Claus & the Tejas Kid: The story of Santa’s primo and his little sidekick in Fall of 2008.

Xavier Garza is the eighth author of the Regalo Gift Shop and Botánica Author Signing and Reading Series. Other authors have included Las Mujeres Writing Group, Dr. Roberto Treviño, Ward Albro, Ruben Cordova, Ernesto Nieto and Robert Chavez. Contact the Regalo Gift Shop and Botánica for more information on upcoming events

Refreshments will be provided.

artpace Holiday Window

Posted by thomas-cummins on 30 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Thu, Dec 3
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Holiday Window
Artpace
December 3, 2009 – January 10, 2010

Celebrate this arrival of the holiday season with Artpace’s annual Holiday Window exhibition, “featuring a collaboration between local creative team The Prime Eights and the all new Henry Ford Academy. This work, featured in Artpace’s front windows, celebrates the season of giving with a collection of unique video installations.”

Location
Artpace
http://www.artpace.org
445 N Main Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78205   

SAALM Holiday Gala

Posted by thomas-cummins on 29 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Thu, Dec 3
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Mark your calendar – This Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6-10 PM San Antonio Downtown Market Square Hotel (formerly the Radisson) 502 W. Durango and across the street from downtown campus of UTSA.  Free and open to everyone.  Come see and bid on 144 original works of art donated by San Antonio’s leading artists.  All proceeds benefit the San Antonio Art League and Museum.

Gibson Lecture at BihlHaus

Posted by thomas-cummins on 29 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Dec 5
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Burning Desire

Ceramic Sculpture by Laurel Gibson

Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:30pm
End Time:
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 5:00pm
Location:
Bihl Haus Arts
Street:
2803 Fredericksburg Road San Antonio, TX 78201

Description

The artwork in “Burning Desire” draws strength from the collective voice of women who have been marginalized in society. This voice comes from the energy within– there all along, but buried like the ancient past, and longing to be free. They are inspired by iconic depictions of the Goddess in ancient cultures across Europe, the Middle east, India, and Egypt that revered women not only as life giving vessels, but also for their strength, wisdom, intuition and healing abilities.

Opening November 20 5:30 to 8:30 pm

Exhibit dates November 20-December 19, 2009

Gallery Open Fridays & Saturdays, 1-4pm

Art on the Hill

Posted by thomas-cummins on 28 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Fri, Dec 11
6:00 pm to 10:30 pm

2nd Friday Art Walk Dec. 11, 2009

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Friday, December 11, 2009
Time:
6:00pm – 10:30pm
Location:
Tobin Hill Neighborhood ( recommended start venue: Brad Braune Studio 9107 E Mistletoe recommended start venue)

Description

A walking tour of neighborhood Art Galleries and Art studios featuring local artists

UIW Senior Art Show

Posted by thomas-cummins on 26 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Thu, Dec 3
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

UIW Fine Arts Senior Art Show

Come View Up and Coming Amazing and Important Talent

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time:
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Location:
Semmes Gallery University of the Incarnate Word
Street:
4301 Broadway

Description

Mateo Ayala, Emma Kanko, Jessica Correa, Vanessa Mendoza, Chris Craig, Kathryn Navarro, Candace M. Hardin, Stacey Rushing, Ana L. Harvey, Demetrius V. Smith

Opening Reception
Thursday, December 3, 2009
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Semmes Gallery
University of the Incarnate Word

The exhibit will be on display
December 3, 2009 – January 8, 2010

Gallery hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday
(except UIW holidays)

Live art at Flop House

Posted by thomas-cummins on 26 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Nov 28
12:00 pm to 11:59 pm

Work in Progress live art party

come out and create

Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 12:00pm
End Time:
Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 2:00am
Location:
The Flop House art gallery @ 118 Lone Star

Description

All visual and musical artists are invited to the Flop House for a “work” day… bring paint, materials, etc. and pieces to work on and INSTRUMENTS, a little beer and whatnots, an open mind, some friends, and create art and music as the spirit of the Flop House moves you to do.
There will be a PA and some instruments, open mic all day, music by Sarah Maspero, Kevin Sanchez, antsinatree, The Heavy Feathers, World’s Biggest Necklace, and more… NOON – 2am

Sweeney lecture at Texas State

Posted by thomas-cummins on 25 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Mon, Nov 30
10:00 am to 11:00 am

Holy Cow!!! A Gary Sweeney lecture at Texas State

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Monday, November 30, 2009
Time:
10:00am – 11:00am
Location:
JCM 2120, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Description

The big fat joke himself, Gary Sweeney, will give a lecture and discussion about his work. Whoa!!!

2ND SATURDAY

Posted by thomas-cummins on 24 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Dec 12
7:00 pm to 11:00 pm

coastlines & cloudlines

Kendra Curry @ FL!GHT Gallery

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:
FL!GHT Gallery
Street:
1906 S. Flores
City/Town:
San Antonio, TX

Description

Exhibition Statement :

This is a game I made up for us. But first:

You’ve seen big clouds from the ground, looking up into the sky from below. Maybe you’ve gazed down into clouds from an airplane window or a hot air balloon. I’m talking about those dense, puffy clouds, the ones that look like cotton balls or big scoops of whipped cream. You now the ones.

This game is all about those clouds. But it’s also about coasts.

Open one of those paper maps with millions of folds and look for water- maybe you’ve found a river, a lake, or a coast. Follow this waterline with your finger. Draw it from memory into the dust that’s built up on your computer screen or the humidity on a foggy window.

Our game is up to you: name my lines coastlines or cloudlines

Class Warfare Is What Gets Me Out Of Bed Everyday.

second saturday december: new small-scale work by aaron hans forland on canvas, iron & wood, alongside a group print show and special book release from underbelly printing (aka liz molina & scott jennings.)

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Location:
LoneStar Studios, San Antonio, Tejas
Street:
107 Lone Star
City/Town:
San Antonio, TX

Description

a showing of small-scale paintings on canvas, wood and iron created by forland over the last year or so, a print collaboration with underbelly, and maybe a few surprises. presented in conjunction with the underbelly printing book release featuring a silkscreened print by each of 20 artists from around the country – limited printing of only 100, along with super-limited (3 each i think?) framed versions of the prints featured in the book. with live music by houston’s the wiggins and a special advance appearance of the refarm spectacle’s “low-fi toll-free” telephone line’s december theme “fakeout,” which will feature a contribution by forland.

more details on underbelly’s participating artists asap.

107 lone star is just around the corner from 1906 s. flores, home of fl!ght gallery (kendra curry’s show opens the same night), s.m.a.r.t. art space and benavides framing.

Part Myth: Book Release and Print Show.

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Location:
Puro San Antonio. LoneStar Studios 107 lonestar blvd.

Description

We just spent the better part of the last month hand screening a book full of some or our favorite artists. The oversize portfolio includes 19 different artists from around the world. Please join us Saturday, December 12th at LoneStar Studios (Second Saturday) for a print show and book release shindig. Party Myth, books and beer plus a special musical performance by The Wiggins (HTX).

Book info: Part Myth is a 20 page fully screen printed artist book curated by Underbelly Printing. 100 copies have been hand printed, numbered, bound and sealed with an obi style strip.

Print Show info: In addition to the book, each page has been screened in an edition of 3 on archival paper. These prints will be framed and available for purchase.

Featuring work by:
Andreco
Koko Freak Bean
Domokos Benczedi
Dan Cantrell
Rene Cruz
Sebastian Forray
Matt Hart
Siri Hol
Matthew Jennings
Chris Johnson
Joe Legs
Ryan Markmann
Liz Molina
Adam Niemara
Patrick Phipps
Jonathan Read
Katie Turner
Jon Vaughn
David Wang

P.S.
We will be sharing the space with Aaron Hans Forland who will have his own show on display.

“Class Warfare Is What Gets Me Out Of Bed Everyday”
a showing of small-scale paintings on canvas, wood and iron.

We are also doing a collaboration print with Mr. Forland of one of his designs.

Hope yall can make it out.

2nd Saturday/ Laura Lechuga’s Birthday Bash

Sights and sounds for your eyes and ears… a guaranteed spectale.

Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time:
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 2:00am
Location:
The Flop House art gallery @ 118 Lone Star

Description

Art by: Laura Lettuce Bee, Dane Myth, Eric Martinez, Don Juan, M. Anthony Smith, Rafael Delagarza, Eatso

Music by: Public, Songbird, The Heavy Feathers, Dominic Rodriguez, Ecocide, Gloam, and more…

Fire/Suspension/ Visual performances by: Captain Hook and Side Show Frank, Silly Lilly, Lady Pruitt, Rain & Null, Jargon Productions

COSTUMES and DRUM CIRCLE ENCOURAGED! BYOB! 21+ only after 11 pm.

Rocket Scientist

Posted by jason + leslie on 23 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: interviews

For the third and final installment of our interview series with San Antonio art luminaries (see previous interviews, Easy Rider and Prodigal Son), we spoke with Anjali Gupta, executive director and editor-in-chief of Art Lies contemporary art quarterly. If it hasn’t been angelic qualities that have fueled this woman’s meteoric rise through the Nebula of Texan Art, than it has been her dogged work ethic, keen sense of telemetry, her concentrated gravity, and her superhuman ability to detect faint wisps of bullshit. She cannot hide her roots–tracking them all over the house on her boots–Gupta is a seasoned DIY commando, a builder of community and an emissary for that community cosmos-wide. We sat with her at our home and hers, both on San Antonio’s southside.

anjali

You were one of the driving forces behind the legendary Wong Spot in San Antonio. Tell us a little bit about the Wong days.

The Wong Spot began in a lovely building on South Flores, the old Wong’s Grocery Store, just a few months after I relocated here from Austin. Initially, it was a co-op consisting of artists James Cobb, Alex Rubio, Regis Shephard, Gary Sweeney and my ex-partner, Robert Tatum. At the time, I still had a somewhat regular studio practice, but my role was primarily what it always ends up being: the enabler. I dealt with logistics. Don’t get me wrong—it was a blast—and through Robert’s existing contacts in the San Antonio art community, it was wildly popular. We were also fortunate enough to be spitting distance from Jesse Amado and Chuck Ramirez’ studios, as well as Franco Mondini-Ruiz’ botanica. Such proximity fostered a certain synergy still prominent and strategically successful in the San Antonio visual arts community, Unit B and Sala Diaz being perfect examples.

We did everything on a shoestring. It was truly a community effort. When we relocated to East Commerce, however, it became an all-out business venture: a full kitchen, bar and a staff of 14 in a 10,000 square foot space. We staged weekly mini shows, monthly gallery shows, weekly film screenings and music five nights a week. (Did I mention that I was also running a video postproduction house out of the same building during the day?) It was a veritable circus, and ultimately—sans trust fund—sadly and inevitably unsustainable. But we didn’t really learn our lesson. Robert and I moved on to a series of smaller endeavors including Ellis Bean (which I quickly backed out of due to the, um, idiocy factor), The Honey Factory and 811 on Guadalupe and, finally, booking and curating the Wiggle Room for a spell. During this period, I survived on freelance writing gigs, graphic design jobs, gardening on the Riverwalk and producing videos, primarily for artists-in-residence at Artpace. I then woke up one day and consciously opted for a career instead of a series of really expensive and exhausting hobbies. Ten years, two paragraphs. Whew.

As somebody who grew up in Texas but has branched out, how has your opinion of the Texas art scene changed?

Actually, I spent half my formative years on the East Coast. I’m also a first generation American, which certainly shaped my psyche much more than being a “Texan.” My interest in the arts began as child (I was a fairly talented painter and my parents encouraged this), was fostered by my sister in my teens (she is an art historian and curator), by studying abroad in Germany and by my previous incarnation as an ethnographic filmmaker, which landed me in San Francisco in the early 90s working for Survival Research Labs.

That said, I have lived in Spring (just outside of Houston), Dallas, Austin and now San Antonio. Clearly, there is a distinct timbre in each of these cities and, by extension, a “Texas art scene.”

From your idiosyncratic perspective, is it all piñatas and cowpokes, or is there hope for other Texas art outside of Texas?

Mmmmk. At least you didn’t say scatological.

I assume by “hope” you mean an audience, and furthermore, success. My question to you is what yardstick do you, as an artist, use to measure success? Mine stick is qualitative, not quantitative. It is made in Texas out of imported wood and yes, it can beat the crap out of your piñata.

Have you seen any New Media artwork lately that has had an impact on you?

Sure. Some enchanting and some disappointing, which is to be expected no matter what the media.

Prove that you’re telling the truth, and name one. And tell us where you saw it and what made it stand out from all the other sermons you’ve heard in the last year.

Miguel Angel Rios’ 2008 video series White Suit, Crudo and Matambre comes to mind. I first saw them in person at the 2009 Armory Show, which was the perfect venue for this work—a hands down smack down—a balls out parody of the art industry. What makes this work stand out is that is not a sermon at all. I like art on the secular side of the spectrum. I don’t like to be preached at.

What is the difference between contemporary art and art made contemporaneously?

Content.

If you’re lining your eyeballs up with the fine line that separates the two, what can you see on either side?

Shit/Shinola. Please see David Robbins’ Brie Popcorn in Art Lies 52.

Do you ever get too much art?

If I do, it is probably time for a career change.

How do you cope?

I don’t. I allow myself the latitude to act out with impunity.

So, despite rumors, there are no outstanding warrants for your arrest?

I didn’t say that.

How can artists be productive members of society outside of the art world?

That is reductive. The art world is an imaginary space.

There are a lot of people going into debt pursuing degrees to prepare themselves for that imaginary space.

The industry of the MFA is problematic any way you look at it. I know plenty of smart, talented artists (and curators and art historians) with advanced degrees working multiple unpaid internships and/or bartending, driving cabs, stripping, walking dogs for cash, etc. This is nothing new. Spillage is normal and healthy. The very idea that a degree is somehow an automatic direct flight ticket to see the wizard is a very strange fallacy—one quite obviously reinforced in the labyrinths of our upper learning institutions. People coming out of prestigious MFA programs are simply not prepared for rejection, and let’s face it, even rejection has to be earned. Perhaps the idea of a PHD in studio art is a temporary solution to your question. That way, by the time these kids get out of school, they will be totally incapable of dealing with the real world and well prepared for the comforting and insular interior of a padded cell.

How did the economic crisis impact artists and the art industry?

How did it or how is it? We’re all still pretty fucked, top to bottom, coast to coast. Anyone who says differently is trying to sell you a self-help seminar. Funding freezes. Hiring freezes. Layoffs. Cutbacks. Ad budgets slashes. Programming halts. Tenure track position cuts. Gallery closures—I could go on, but the bottom line is now is the time to get creative. Collaborate. Pool resources.

Survive.

Elliott Reading at Bihl Haus

Posted by thomas-cummins on 23 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Wed, Dec 9
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Stephen Elliott’s Reading/Booksigning

‘The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir or Moods, Masochism and Murder’

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
Bihl Haus Arts
Street:
2803 Fredricksburg Road (Inside the gates of Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apartments)

Description

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Author Stephen Elliott reads from his book, ‘The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism and Murder.’

Based on a true life event, Stephen Elliott will read from his book and sign books at the end. A Question and Answer session will follow.

Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

“Despite the luridness of the subject matter, the author creates a refined, beautiful work of art. His themes-seemingly crime, murder, drugs and sadomasochistic sex-actually encapsulate the nature of truth, self, love and memory, and the limits of art to get at them all. Deserves a place on the shelf next to such classics of uninhibited American introspection as On the Road and A Fan’s Notes.” – Kirkus (starred review)

Vanity Fair writes, “Elliott may be writing under the influence, but it’s the influence of genius.”

Elliott’s writing has been featured in Esquire, The New York Times, GQ, Best American Non-Required Reading 2005. He was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and is an editor at The Rumpus.

** Please NOTE: Subject matter may contain adult content and may not be suitable for children or young adults.

Advance books are for sale for $20.00 if you’d like to save a little money and read the book BEFORE the reading, please contact Lesley via Facebook or email for a book.

We look forward to seeing you at this event. You won’t want to miss it!

Remember, WEDNESDAY, December 9th, 2009 at 7PM at the BIHL HAUS ARTS.

Black Light at Calcasieu

Posted by thomas-cummins on 23 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Nov 28
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Black Light Art Party

Host:
Maureen Brown
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:
Calcasieu Gallery, 214 Broadway, San Antonio

Description

Please join us at the “Black Light Art Party” this Saturday pm for ART, Music, & Refreshments! Lots of New art by Mark and Momo.

Final Friday BikeRide

Posted by thomas-cummins on 23 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Fri, Nov 27
9:00 pm to 11:59 pm

Alamo at 9

1ST THURSDAY: Tia Chuck Xmas, Boyd at Cactus Bra

Posted by thomas-cummins on 22 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Thu, Dec 3
6:00 pm to 11:00 pm
The Familiar Unknown
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
Opens Thursday, Dec. 3, 6-9 pm
Through February 13.
The Familiar Unknown, curated by Ovidio Giberga, (and featuring Susan Beiner, Rebekah Bogard, Rebecca Hutchinson, and Anne Drew Potter) is Blue Star’s first curated exhibit of contemporary ceramic works. “While Hutchinson’s and Beiner’s works examine different perspectives on ecology and nature, Potter’s (shown) and Bogard’s address the varied existence of human relationships.” Also check out work by Sally Weber and Kim Bishop.
Justin Boyd: Yew Tree Gate
cactus bra SPACE
Opens Thursday, Dec. 3, 5-8 pm and Friday, Dec. 4, 6-9 pm
Through December 20.
Justin Boyd will be exhibiting some of his work from the Arthouse Texas Prize finalist show for the first time in San Antonio at cactus bra SPACE. Justin Boyd is a San-Antonio based artist who utilizes a vast range of media—from video, sound, and performance to sculpture, installation and two-dimensional work—to create environments and objects that tell non-linear yet evocative stories about American history and layered cultural experiences.”
MFA Thesis Exhibitions
UTSA Satellite Space
Opens Thursday, Dec. 3 and Friday, Dec. 4, 6-9 pm
Through December 20.
UTSA Satellite Space presents three concurrent MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Erin Stafford, Jessica Ramirez (shown), and Tommy Gregory.

A Tia Chuck Christmas

Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 6:00pm
End Time:
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 9:00pm
Location:
Three Walls
Street:
106D Blue Star, Building B

Description

Join us for Chuck Ramirez’s lovely vision of Christmas: art-style. Come down to Three Walls Thursday Dec. 3 from 6-8pm or Friday Dec. 4 from 6-9pm for eggnog and Christmas delights, all for sale.

Group Show

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time:
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
Joan Grona Gallery
Street:
112 Blue Star

Description

Group Show:

Carol Benson
Cornelia Swann
Jar Schepers
Jimena Marin

Stories: Works by Hiromi Tsuji

Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 6:00pm
End Time:
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 11:00pm
Location:
Justiceworks Studio 113 Blue Star Arts Complex

WTF R U Wearing???

Posted by thomas-cummins on 21 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Nov 21
9:00 pm to 11:59 pm

Artist Talk at FLIGHT

Posted by thomas-cummins on 21 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Tue, Nov 24
6:30 pm to 10:30 pm

Artist Discussion

Welcome to the Gun Show / Blown in San Antone

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Time:
6:30pm – 10:30pm
Location:
FL!GHT Gallery

Description

TUESDAY _two brand new brews from freetail brewery will make their way to your mouths on This Tuesday (nov 24) right out of the handbuilt bar. Check out the the handblown glass tap-handles in person & listen to a short artist discussion between Raygun & Jake – FL!GHT Gallery – 1906 S Flores, San Antonio TX 78204

SAM’S VIDEO JAM

Posted by thomas-cummins on 21 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Tue, Nov 24
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

SAM’S VIDEO JAM

Host:
Type:
-
Network:
Global
Date:
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Time:
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:
330 E GRAYSON

Description

THAT’S RIGHT TURKEY LOVERS, IT’S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH…

TIME FOR MOVING PICTURES AND BEER!!!!

SWSAC Openings

Posted by thomas-cummins on 19 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Thu, Nov 19
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
OPENING RECEPTION | Peter Sowiski: Stealth Service
Thursday, November 19th | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery II , Navarro Campus


Free and open to the public.

OPENING RECEPTION | Art of Pulp Painting
Thursday, November 19th | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Navarro Lobby Gallery , Navarro Campus


Free and open to the public.

OPENING RECEPTION | Engaged and Fragmented
Thursday, November 19th | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery I , Navarro Campus
Free and open to the public.


Engaged & Fragmented

Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time:
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location:
300 Augusta 78205

Description

Nov 19, 2009 – Jan 24, 2010
Russell Hill Rogers Galleries, Navarro Campus

Engaged and Fragmented
Peter Sowiski: Stealth Service
New York artist investigates military might through an installation of pulp painting and silkscreened images.
John Risseeuw: The Paper Landmine Print Project
Arizona artist includes the detritus of war in handmade paper works.
Eric Avery: Do Unto Others
Texas artist addresses healing from human rights abuses in prints on handmade paper.
Combat Paper Project
Artists Drew Cameron and Drew Matott, of the Vermont studio that transforms uniforms worn in combat into paper, lead regional Veteran’s during a residency at the Southwest School of Art and Craft.

The Art of Pulp Painting
Navarro Lobby Gallery, Navarro Campus
Portfolio of 17 national artists, selected by Hand Papermaking Organization of Maryland.

EVENTS

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Features poetry readings by Combat Paper Project artists

Hands-on Paper: Saturday, January 9th 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Texas Public Radio presents a family adventure program exploring handmade paper

Artist Reception: Thursday, January 14th 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Meet artists from The Art of Pulp Painting exhibition.

Dramatic Readers Theater: Sunday, January, 17th 2:00 PM
Gemini Ink presents a fusion of music, theatre and literature reflecting the themes of the exhibitions.

Nov 19, 2009 – Jan 9, 2010
Art for Giving
Ursuline Hall Gallery, Ursuline Campus
The Southwest School of Art and Craft Gallery Shop expands with new selections for holiday giving.

Please call our Audio Cell Phone Tour to hear the artists talk about their work.

Free and open to the public.

Night on the Hill for Arts

Posted by thomas-cummins on 18 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Nov 21
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm

A Night on the Hill for the Arts

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time:
6:30pm – 10:00pm
Location:
La Casa Rosa
Street:
527 E Dewey Pl.
City/Town:
San Antonio, TX

Description

La Casa Rosa Art Studio is hosting “A Night on the Hill for the Arts” to
benefit the Tobin Hill Arts Alliance. A silent auction will be conducted from 6:30pm to 8pm and is made possible by the the generosity of 60 artists and the supportof the “Friends of the Arts”.

We need to raise funds to continue our efforts to bring art to the community.

The Tobin Hill Arts Alliance, through its own efforts, has brought
excitement and art to the historic Tobin Hill neighborhood. In only 6
months we have been incredibly successful and we need to continue with your generosity and support by participating in this event. Be ready for a night of excitement and celebration for the arts.

Music on the patio by GQ Velasquez. Throughout the night, we will have several raffles.

We hope to see you at “A Night on the Hill for the Arts” and meet the
artists.

Remember “A gift of art lasts forever!”

Luis Lopez
Founder and Chair, Tobin Hill Arts Alliance

Kingery at Parchman Stremmel

Posted by thomas-cummins on 18 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Wed, Dec 2
5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Brenda Kingery: In Between Spaces

Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Time:
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Location:
Parchman Stremmel Galleries
Street:
110 W Olmos Drive

Description

Stitchery from Threads of Blessing will also be available.
For further information call us at .

Jesse Treviño on KLRN

Posted by thomas-cummins on 18 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Mon, Nov 23
9:00 pm to 9:30 pm

the KLRN series Conversations sits down with Jesse Treviño, catch it on Monday, November 23nd at 9PM when Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies interviews Jesse Treviño and the Museo Alameda’s new President Guillermo Nicolas.

705: Jesse Treviño
Jesse Treviño is a small and humble man, but his sweeping, epic life story is as captivating as his paintings are. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, he was raised in San Antonio and showed a very early and sizeable talent for Art, where he won competitions as early as 10 years old, and a scholarship to a New York school in his late teens. After his time in the Big Apple, he planned to go to Paris, but his draft notice took him instead to Viet Nam where an explosion left shrapnel imbedded in his body, and the hand he used to make beautiful art…unusable.
After three frustrating years of trying to overcome those injuries, doctors removed his arm. While in rehabilitation Treviño met a fellow injured soldier who convinced him to try letting his art flow out his left hand instead. It worked!In the ensuing 4 decades Treviño has been creating world class art about the simple things, places and people of his neighborhood, and San Antonio.
Known generally for his photorealistic style, Treviño’s reputation extended far beyond the Texas border to the Smithsonian in Washington DC, where two of his paintings hang.A talent this large as his isn’t content to rest or stay within one medium, so Treviño undertook his largest work: a nine-story tall Mosaic adorning the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital. Now the Museo Alameda hosts an exhibition on the Alamo City’s most-loved artist and that’s where Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies interviewed him. Also interviewed is Museo Alameda’s new President Guillermo Nicolas.

Diamond Life at Unit B

Posted by thomas-cummins on 17 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Fri, Nov 20
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Diamond Life

Jillian Conrad (Houston, TX)
Moo Kwon Han (New York, NY)
Curated by Kurt Mueller (Houston, TX)

Jillian Conrad and Moo Kwon Han create idealized spaces, fictive structures of time and place through which we are invited to reconsider on our relationship to the real. The effect of their constructions, however, is equally refraction. Poetic dreams are realized as hopeful Chroma-key videos and imagined landscapes manifest as dazzling sculptural installations. The artifice of these mediated views is purposely apparent; lofty reaches are made tangible by humor and humble means. Conrad and Moo Kwon’s works pull from natural science, but repurpose its phenomena lyrically, as narratives of discovery and forms of accretion—metaphors for the creative process. Drawings are sculpted, calligraphic poems are performed, and the world is revealed as a multi-faceted prospect: still-forming.

Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 6:30-10pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 3-5pm or by appointment.

Kimberly Aubuchon
Director
Unit B (Gallery)
500 Stieren at Cedar
San Antonio, TX 78210
www.unitbgallery.com

SteamRoller Prints

Posted by thomas-cummins on 17 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: upcoming events

Sat, Nov 21
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

SteamRoller Prints 2009

Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time:
10:00am – 4:00pm
Location:
parking lot of the Blue Star Arts Complex, Saturday

Description

Full Steam Ahead!
SteamRoller Prints 2009
Artists:
Alex Rubio, Gary Sweeney, Luis Valderas,
Paul Karam, Adriana Garcia, and Michelle Love

Saturday, November 21, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Watch StoneMetal Press use heavy equipment to make art!

Using an actual steamroller (asphalt drum) StoneMetal Press will
print large scale woodcuts by six San Antonio artists
in the parking lot of the Blue Star Arts Complex, Saturday November 21, 2009.

This year’s event “Full Steam Ahead” will be even bigger and better.

Music, refreshments, a children’s activity station along with a cake walk

will escalate the fun of printmaking!

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