By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor While the French Impressionists are famous the world over, their American counterparts are not exactly household names even in America. That’s where the new San Antonio Museum of Art’s exhibit, America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution can help. Consisting of more than 60 paintings, it covers a lot of territory, both artistically and geographically. We like …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor As a Texan and an art curator, Elyse Gonzales was aware of Linda Pace’s work as a collector and philanthropist, who founded Artpace and the Linda Pace Foundation, but her interest was piqued when she heard that the Foundation was building a “physical location” to house that famed collection. Named Ruby City, due to its red …

The San Antonio Museum of Art has a summer treat for y’all! Its new exhibit, “America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution” introduces and showcases American painters who adopted the French “revolutionary” style, known as Impressionism, the first serious break with traditional formalism and precision. The French Impressionists chose to paint outdoors, “en plein air” rather than in studios, depicting landscapes, …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When she was only 13 years old, Constanza Roeder, was diagnosed with leukemia. That devastating blow was followed by two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy at the children’s hospital in Santa Cruz, California, which was painful but ultimately successful.  Now a San Antonio resident, the vivacious young woman is the founder and CEO of Hearts Need Art, a …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor After being closed and silent for a number of months, the San Pedro Playhouse came alive with the sound of excited voices this past Friday during the Public Theater’s season announcement event. The occasion brought together theater folks and theater fans from across the city and felt a bit like a reunion of kindred souls. Everyone’s …

Lots of news in the visual arts! First, kudos to the City of San Antonio for including art in the newly renovated City Hall. Six new art installations by local artists are now a permanent part of the building that dates back to 1889. According to the press release, it is one of the oldest public buildings in continuous use …

by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Painting portraits is a time-honored art form that artists have practiced for some 5.000 years. For most of human history there was no other way to record someone’s looks except by drawing, painting or sculpting the face and head – or the entire figure of a person. The goal has always been to recreate the features …

Hollywood Westerns’ popularity may have declined in recent times but in its heyday, the Western was cinematic gold. A new exhibit at the Briscoe Western Art Museum looks at the story of the genre from the late 1960s through the 1980s. Titled Still in the Saddle: A New History of the Hollywood Western, the show “allows everyone to literally walk …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Back in 1957, a group of black students attempted to join their white counterparts at Little Rock’s Central High School to start the process of school desegregation. Three years earlier the Supreme Court had decided that segregation in education was unconstitutional, and this group of teens was selected to test the new rules. There were nine …

BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The Majestic Theater, home of Broadway musicals in San Antonio, has been silent for far too long, but the sound of music will be back in just a few months when the new 2021-22 Broadway Across America season makes its debut here with the beloved classic “My Fair Lady.” Then it’s off to a full schedule …