Community Calendar

UT San Antonio is squaring off against Texas State—not only on the football field, but in a spirited fundraising competition to tackle food insecurity. Huddle Against Hunger is a week-long challenge to rally the most donors in support of campus food pantries at both universities. From August 29 to September 6, fans and alumni can join the challenge by making a gift to help stock the shelves for students in need. With nearly half of college students nationwide reporting recent struggles to access nutritious meals, your support makes a real difference. Learn more and donate at https://huddlehunger.com/.

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

Sign up now!

You're invited to two events!

Healthy Together: A Public Health Film Night
Thursday, August 28, 2025, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Free screening of "The Invisible Shield," examining community health challenges.
Panel discussion with local leaders on public health issues and future solutions.

Thriving Together Conference: Advancing Community Wellness
Friday, August 29, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Half-day event with discussions on building a healthy, safe, and connected community.
Engage with experts, leaders, and community members through panels, exhibits, and activities.

Space is limited for both; sign up today!

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out, the first interactive exhibit based on the award-winning Disney and Pixar film, helps visitors - young and old - understand the important role emotions, memory and imagination play in our everyday lives. Focusing on the five core emotions featured in the film - Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear - hands-on and digital experiences in the exhibit offer opportunities to explore some of the ways we express our emotions - and recognize emotions in others, too.

Blood donors make waves! Sign up to donate blood at the Mammen Family Public Library! On Friday, August 29 stop by Room C where South Texas Blood and Tissue will be accepting blood donations.

Irrationally Speaking highlights two art forms—collage and assemblage—as artistic techniques and conceptual approaches. With the simple act of placing two or more distinct images or objects together (sometimes jarringly so) artists can create a complex whole to address a multiplicity of meanings. Combined wood fragments, cut-and-pasted paper, seamless digital and photo-based prints comprised of disparate pictures, bronze sculptures created from discarded shoes, and contrasting clothing articles put together —these are some of the ways that contemporary artists harness a myriad of materials and methods to craft the art in this presentation.

Irrationally Speaking will be on view 9.21.24 - 8.31.25

Entry to Ruby City is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended but not required.

Join Celebration Circle for this one-of-a-kind community art exhibition featuring 60 handcrafted altars—each the same size, but infinitely unique. Artists from across South Texas have contributed original works using paint, wax, glass, metal, ceramics, fabric, and more. Some are deeply spiritual. Some are playfully satirical. All are heartfelt, vibrant, and alive with meaning. All are available through an online silent auction. And all would make wonderful gifts for a loved one – or yourself – as a constant reminder of the greater good.

KEY EVENTS
Friday, August 22: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Meet-the-Artists Opening Reception
Celebrate opening night with the artists. First look, first bids, and community joy!

Sunday, September 7: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Closing Reception + Final Bidding
Come claim your winning altar! Bidding ends at 4:45 pm and you get to take it home with you!

VIEWING & BIDDING
View and Bid In-Person or online at the San Antonio Art League & Museum
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Closed Sunday & Monday)
Dates: August 22 – September 7, 2025
View & Bid Online: bit.ly/altars2025

ABOUT THE ART & THE ARTISTS
This exhibit honors the rich Southwest tradition of nichos—small, handmade shrines rooted in both sacred and everyday spaces. Our altar artists include first-timers and long-time creatives, each exploring personal meaning, spiritual connection, or playful storytelling through a shared altar format (approximately 12” x 14”).

Contributing Artists: Ana Arrieta, Zet Baer, Andre Bally, Virginia Bally, Lyn Belisle, Alexis Bierman, Jane Bishop, Cee Jay Black, Elaine Bornemeier, María Brown, Marilyn Camp-Jones, David Caris, Anita Centeno, Ray Chavez, Ilna Colemere, TAM Corbette L., Alston Cox, Sofia Dabalsa, Shea Daniel-Youngblood, Sandy Dunn, Joy Fisher Hein, Maggie Fitch, Sarah Ford, Joan Frederick, Geri Garcia, David Anthony Garcia, Vera Garcia, Nancy Gerfers, Skip Gerson, Irma L. Gros, Rudi Harst, Mark Hiebert, Jon Hinojosa, Amanda Hinojosa, KC James, Janice Joplin, Nishima Kaplan, Nena King, Waldinei (Wally) Lafaiete, Claudia Langford, Lynn Maverick Denzer, Jeff McDaniel, Kathy Miner, Susie Monday, Deborah Murphy, Chloe Palmer, Cindy Palmer, Ray Palmer, Theresa Powers, Thom Ricks, Patsy Sasek, Edwin Sasek, Daniel Stoneham, Melanie Strybos, Alicia Tapp, Chris Taylor, Resa Wohlrabe, Terry Ybanez, Melissa Young

ABOUT CELEBRATION CIRCLE
This event benefits Celebration Circle, an inclusive, multi-faith community that embraces a creative approach to spirituality. Founded in 1992, Circle is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit grounded in inclusive spirituality, the arts, and a commitment to honoring the sacred creativity in all beings; we are dedicated to honoring our diversity while celebrating our shared oneness.
Rooted in a wide range of faith traditions, we come together through music, creative arts, meditation, and sacred ritual. Our events and celebrations offer an experiential path to spiritual understanding.
There are no membership requirements—all are welcome. Join us to affirm: WE ARE ONE.

MORE INFO
Visit our website: CelebrationCircle.org
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Email circle@celebrationcircle.org
Call Zet Baer, Creative Director at 210-837-2866
#SacredArtOfAltars

This is a call for much needed volunteers for community events we host on the Southeast side of San Antonio, Texas! All our events are open to the public and to all of San Antonio. Our goal is to help bring much needed resource vendors to our neck of the woods and help support the many small businesses that make up our beautiful city! We are always in need of Volunteers to help with this events, from greeting attendees, answering questions, helping with event setup, giveaways, etc.

Our volunteer opportunities offer community service hours as well!

If you are interested please reach out to us via email MonteViejoEventServices@gmail.com or our website monteviejocommunityevents.com/about-us to get more information!

Ruby City proudly presents Synthesis & Subversion Redux, an exhibition celebrating the legacy of Frances Jean Colpitt and the evolving conversation around Latinx art. This new exhibition revisits Colpitt’s groundbreaking 1996 show, Synthesis and Subversion: A Latino Direction in San Antonio Art, and its influence on contemporary art practices today.
In 1996, Colpitt brought together a group of San Antonio-based artists—Jesse Amado, David Padilla Cabrera, Alejandro Diaz, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Ana de Portela, and Chuck Ramirez—who explored identity, abstraction, and the everyday through conceptual approaches. The exhibition challenged norms and sparked critical debate, becoming a pivotal moment in San Antonio’s art history.

Now, nearly 30 years later, Redux builds on Colpitt’s vision while reflecting the profound changes in the art world since then. Curated by two Latinas in leadership roles at major institutions, Ruby City Director, Elyse A. Gonzales, and Curator of Latinx Art at the McNay Art Museum, Mia Lopez, Redux showcases the work of five contemporary artists: Juan Carlos Escobedo, Jenelle Esparza, Bárbara Miñarro, Angeles Salinas, and José Villalobos. These artists bring fresh perspectives to themes of identity, memory, and culture, often through craft-informed practices that incorporate textiles, personal history, and connections to the U.S.-Mexico border.

The exhibition will be on view from February 15, 2024 through September 28, 2025 at Studio, located inside Chris Park (111 Camp Street).

Drawn primarily from the McNay’s outstanding collection of works on paper, this exhibition highlights the extraordinary creativity in 19th-century France, a time when we also rarely consider that printed images were subject to censorship laws—particularly between 1820 and 1880. In fact, some of this creativity was strategy to subvert and work around existing laws. The exhibition features critical images by Honoré Daumier and Édouard Manet in the context of prints made by their peers and later artists. The latter group includes Pablo Picasso, José Clemente Orozco, José Guadalupe Posada, who were inspired by how artists such as Manet and Daumier dealt with government censorship and used caricature to make protest art. In addition, more recent works by activist Guerrilla Girls and Donald Moffett add a contemporary lens to the presentation.

"Do Not Meddle With It!!: Print Censorship in 19th Century Paris" is organized for the McNay Art Museum by Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Ph.D., Curator of Prints and Drawings.

Support is provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992.