GALLERIES

Of Animals

Presented by The Art Institute of San Antonio at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

June 7-June 8, 2013

Of Animals is a photography collaboration between 8 photography students from the Art Institute of San Antonio and is a photographic representation of the human-animal experience.

Exhibition: Fiesta, Fête, Festival

Presented by McNay Art Museum at McNay Art Museum

January 16-June 9, 2013

Fiesta, Fête, Festival moves from San Antonio to Seville, Venice, Versailles, St. Petersburg, and other cities to celebrate some of the world’s great festivals. Scene and costume designs from the Tobin Collection reveal that San Antonio’s own Fiesta—from NIOSA and Charreada to the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo and Cornyation—belongs to a rich tradition of popular and court celebrations.

*Display Image:  Eugene Berman, Costume...

Summer Teacher Institute: Every Object Tells a Story

Presented by McNay Art Museum at McNay Art Museum

June 11-June 13, 2013

Just as authors tell tales with words, artists use materials to describe scenes, characters, actions, and conversations. This summer, experience three days of storytelling, art making, and careful visual investigation. Look to works of art and consider the stories we know, the stories we learn, and the stories we imagine.

Teachers earn 18 hours of continuing professional education credit for attending all three days. Fee (includes lunch on Thursday and museum admission all three...

Jugando a la Guerrita: Drawings and Prints by Fernando Andrade

Presented by Hausmann Millworks at Hausmann Millworks

May 23-June 23, 2013

An exhibition of drawings and prints by Fernando Andrade. The title, Jugando a la Guerrita, translates as Playing at the Little War, which is a reference to the so-called War on Drugs in Mexico and the U.S., often viewed more as a skirmish or 'Guerrita' rather than a true large-scale war to eradicate drugs.

Fernando's elegant drawings and prints portray a small boy (his brother), with a stick, held like a gun. Fernando, who grew up in Mexico, addresses in his works the way...

Things That Make You Go Hmmm | Opening Reception

Presented by University of Texas at San Antonio at University of Texas at San Antonio - Satellite Space

July 5-July 21, 2013

The UTSA Satellite Space will host Things That Make You Go Hmm, on view July 5 - July 21, 2013, with an opening reception on July 5, 2013 from 6-9pm.

Things That Make You Go Hmmm is a group exhibition organized by Raul Gonzalez. Four artists, Roberto Celis, Raul Gonzalez, Lee Peterson and Nico Whittaker ask you to question their interpretations of identity, culture, work, communication and social expectations. The artists examine these issues through reflections of themselves...

Jo-Anne McArthur curated by Cyndi Rook

Presented by Epitome Institute

July 12-August 2, 2013

Award-winning photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur documents our interactions with non-human animals in such a way that we may find new significance in ordinary, often unnoticed situations of use, abuse and sharing of spaces. Her documentary project, We Animals, is internationally celebrated and over 80 animal organizations, including Igualdad Animal, Sea Shepherd and the Jane Goodall Institute, have benefited from her photography. In April 2013, Ghosts In Our Machine, a feature length film...

Texas Meets Paris: Printmaker Mary Bonner's French Works

Presented by Villa Finale at Villa Finale Visitor Center

March 21-August 24, 2013

Ninety years ago, in the midst of the roaring twenties, San Antonio printmaker Mary Bonner arrived in Paris to learn printmaking from French masters. From that moment onward, Bonner was inspired by the culture, people and landscape of France, at the same time producing very Texan works for her new French audiences.

Villa Finale has assembled over 30 prints, watercolors and etchings of both Bonner and her French mentor, Édouard Léon for the exhibition "Texas Meets...

Exhibition: Majority Rules: A Decade of Contemporary Art Acquisitions

Presented by McNay Art Museum at McNay Art Museum

January 23-September 15, 2013

Supporting acquisition of contemporary art for the McNay Art Museum is a vital part of the mission of the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum (MCCF). Since 2003, MCCF has purchased one or two works of art for the McNay’s collection at the group’s annual fall View & Vote. To date, MCCF has acquired 12 contemporary works in various media. Previous acquisitions include works by John Miller (2003), Ed Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz (2004), John Fraser (2005), Susie Rosmarin...

Salt Of The Earth ~ Contemporary Art Month (CAM) Exhibit Opening Reception

Presented by The Jackson Ranch

February 27, 2013-February 27, 2014

Please join us for a CAM, Contemporary Art Month, Exhibit, SALT OF THE EARTH, featuring several local artists exhibiting a variety of mediums, including sculpture, paint, jewelry, photography, and more.

Water sculpture by Lauren Browning;

Iron Sculpture by our darling, the late Krisanne Frost;

Photography of Incan Salt Mines by Patrice Villastrigo;

Hand sculpted jewelry by Denise Smith-McCoy;

Scultpure and a painting by Janice...