“Picasso to Hockney” Spotlights Visual Artists who Also Designed for the Stage

-By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor- With Picasso to Hockney- Modern Art on Stage, the McNay Art Museum is shining a bright light on stage set and costume design by showing the work of celebrated artists who also designed for performance. And to show how the curators feel about it, the exhibit is installed in the main Tobin Exhibition Galleries rather than …

“Elliot-A Soldier’s Fugue” Looks at 3 Generations of Combat Veterans

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – “Hudes writes at the intersection of music and drama,” said the Los Angeles Times in an article about Quiara Alegria Hudes, the author of Elliot- A Soldier’s Fugue, a Pulitzer Prize nominated play that will have its San Antonio premiere at the Classic Theater of San Antonio this weekend. What a poetic way to describe …

Jane Dunnewold’s Work: Visually Complex, Distinctive, Beautiful

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Jane Dunnewold is the first fiber artist to be named artist-of-the-year in San Antonio Arts League’s 74-year history of honoring exceptional San Antonio artists. Asked about how she felt about this significant moment in her career and in the history of fiber arts, Dunnewold admitted that “It was thrilling.” But she didn’t believe she was …

Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor and Music Director of the San Antonio Symphony

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – You were quoted as saying “There’s nothing more exciting than creating a new hall,” implying that an orchestra can mold the concert hall’s acoustics to create a unique sound. Could you elaborate on that? As the violin is the instrument of the violinist, the instrument of an orchestra is the hall. The hall that melds …

The Texicana Mamas: a Triumvirate of Talent

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Tish Hinojosa, Patricia Vonne and Stephanie Urbina-Jones are three San Antonio natives with beautiful voices, creative minds and successful individual careers in multiple musical styles, each enjoying a substantial following not only in Texas but across the U.S. and abroad. But now, the three artists have cooked up something new and intriguing: they have joined …

Ethel Shipton, Artist

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Your current exhibit at the Ruiz-Healy Art gallery shows your work inspired by the time you spent in Berlin as one of the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien residency artists, selected by the Blue Star Contemporary.  How has the Berlin experience impacted you as an artist? Since, until recently, I always had to have a day job to …