By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — September has been Fotoseptiembre USA month in San Antonio since 1995, a month devoted to photography-based art, with dozens of exhibits held at multiple San Antonio and Hill Country venues. But this year things will be different. Like with everything else, the current pandemic has had an impact. The month-long festival will be smaller, mostly …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — You left Gemini ink to go to Washington, D.C. to work for AWP. Tell us about your job.As the development director I am supposed to get funding and develop strategic partnerships. Most of the income for AWP normally comes from the huge annual conference that features 550 events and 10,000 to 15,000 attendees. It was …
How do you define HOPE?Sheila Black’s poem and the painting by artist Jay Dalvi offer their inspiring interpretations. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope.” HopeBy Sheila Black It is treacherous like picking your way acrossa field with bits of glass or wirehidden under high grass. Today the clerkbehind the Plexiglass …
Pandemic or not, San Antonio arts organization remain active, productive and creative. The McNay Art Museum has opened two exhibits this month: Folk Pop: Victoria Suescum’s Tienditas which opened Aug. 19, and Hockney to Warhol: Contemporary Drawings from the Collection, which opened today, Aug. 27. Both feature works on paper, such as drawings and watercolors. A native of Panama, San …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — As time and history march forward, a lot of events, efforts, and changes end up forgotten, relegated to dusty files in seldom used archives or in sketchy notes and documents that are sometimes discovered decades later by a new generation. One organization in San Antonio that’s been trying to preserve those “hidden histories” on the …
Jim Lavilla-Havelin’s short and to-the-point poem is a wise little fable. Its companion here is Lucia LaVilla-Havelin’s delightful piece “Look Skyward” (hand-embroidered cotton floss on linen, vintage postcard). The rabbits don’t see it but danger is chasing them…. Run Rabbit: A Cautionary and Prepositional Tale for School Administrators By Jim LaVilla-Havelin Fox, blood-mouthed, slinks out from under after feasting …
Have you ever heard of Artemisia Gentileschi? Few people have though she’s getting kind of popular these days. And with good reason. Artemisia was a highly accomplished painter in 17th century Italy when the art world was almost completely dominated by men. A good many of her works can still be seen today in various museums in Europe and the …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — You and your team came up with the idea of having just one-person shows for the entire 2020-21 season as a way to reduce the risk of infection on stage and in the theater. Did you have any problems finding good solo shows to fill a season?They are not exactly plentiful but there are a …
Alexandra van de Kamp’s poem Dear Time is a poem you’ll want to reread multiple times to discover all the subtle surprises woven into her verses. Alexandra is well known in San Antonio and beyond as the executive director of Gemini Ink, but she is also the author of two poetry collections and a translator of women poets from Spain. …
The COVID-19 pandemic may be on everyone’s mind, but the climate change issue is still the big crisis coming our way even if temporarily forgotten, it seems. The new exhibit at Bihl Haus Arts, Hot Pursuit: A Visual Commentary on Climate Change, featuring the work of artist Sabra Booth, is here to remind us. The show opens online Aug. 15 …
