For contemporary arts lovers, Blue Star’s Red Dot Show & Sale is a beloved annual tradition, which this year is somewhat different in a definitely good way. Forced by the pandemic to rethink the format of what used to be a one-night event for collectors, the organization has expanded Red Dot’s reach both in terms of featuring new artists in …
by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — The Blue Star Contemporary’s Red Dot Art Sale is always a big deal but this year it’s a deal with a twist. Instead of packing 500 collectors and other art lovers into the Blue Star galleries during a single big party – which is, of course, verboten at this time – the organization decided to …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Arts organization have been hit hard by the COVID pandemic and the measures put in place to prevent the spread of the disease. Many closed their doors for months, furloughed employees, halting programming and worried about long-term survival. The hardest hit were small performing arts companies that depend on ticket sales and do not have …
A unique exhibit featuring contemporary Chickasaw artists is opening next Friday at the Briscoe Western Art Museum. If you think of Native American art in terms of turquoise jewelry and woven basketry, you will be surprised to discover a whole new range of artistic expressions in painting, sculpture, mixed media, fiber, and other media. Titled Visual Voices, and actually put …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Back in 2017, the Briscoe Museum’s CEO, Michael Duchemin, traveled to Norman, OK, to see an exhibit that he thought might be right for the Briscoe. It was called Visual Voices: Contemporary Chickasaw Art and it was presented by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum on the campus of the University of Oklahoma at Norman. He …
AskACurator Day at the Witte Museum Today For an hour today, from 3-4 p.m., you can visit with several Witte Museum curators who will speak about their jobs at the Witte and answers your questions. The announcement of this virtual visit was sent out to the press earlier today. The featured curators are chief curator Amy Fulkerson, curator of archeology …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — v Back in 2018, the furniture store Period Modern decided to offer its customers – and other San Antonians – something special by hosting live music performances on its premises. “It was a really cool experience, having people sitting on the eclectic furniture and watching a band play,” said Roberto Martinez, the Texas Public Radio’s …
The Public Theater of San Antonio is launching its new season of one-person shows this weekend with Buyer & Cellar, a hilarious comedy about Alex, a struggling actor in L.A. who gets a job as a caretaker of a superstar’s basement “Main Street” shops, featuring her collection of dolls and other “treasures.” Playwright Jonathan Tolins was inspired to write the …
What do you think of when you hear the words World Heritage Festival? What comes to mind is a festival showcasing diverse cultures from around the world, right? But in San Antonio, the phrase is used to indicate a celebration of our own cultural heritage, specifically the five Spanish missions which have been recognized by UNESCO as one of 1,121 …
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 …
