Apr 25 Thursday
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center announces the call for entries for CineFestival San Antonio, the nation’s original and longest-running Latino film festival. Celebrating its 45th edition, San Antonio’s annual celebration of independent Latino cinema will take place July 11-14, 2024. The festival will accept films finalized after January 2023, continuing its call for programming focusing on Chicano, Latinx and Native American cinema, with an emphasis on Texas and San Antonio related films. The regular deadline for call for entries is May 5, 2024.
Discover what it takes to become a space explorer and an Earth defender!
Experience life as an astronaut through hands-on activities, see real NASA artifacts and learn how scientists are defending the planet from catastrophic asteroid impacts in Surviving Space: Astronauts & Asteroids.
The Briscoe Western Art Museum is happy to welcome all residents of San Antonio and Bexar County to come and experience the culture and art of the West for FREE! Our neighbors can enjoy a FREE day of art and culture on the first Sunday of each month.
“Full STEAM Ahead” programming is now a part of Locals Day! Families and visitors are invited to learn about the American West in the Briscoe’s monthly education series with hands-on activities and workshops all ages will enjoy.
Night of Artists draws artists, collectors and art enthusiasts to the Briscoe for two days of unforgettable festivities on the San Antonio River Walk and kicks off one of the premier Western art exhibitions and sales in the world. Beyond the opening celebration, Night of Artists is a public exhibition and sale that spans six weeks at the Briscoe, March 24 – May 5.
From scenic landscapes, stunning wildlife and classic cowboys to inspired Native Americans and dazzling vaqueros, the wide range of artworks reflects the vast beauty of the American West – and features something for every art enthusiast. Participating artists this year include Billy Schenck, Don Oelze, Z.S. Liang, John Coleman, C. Michael Dudash, George Hallmark, Kim Wiggins, Jeremy Lipking, Bonnie Marris, Michael Ome Untiedt, Teresa Elliot, Jan Mapes, Kevin Red Star and Walter Matia.
Notable new artists and artists returning to the exhibition this year include Brandon Bailey, G. Russell Case, David Griffin, Jennifer Johnson, Huihan Liu, James Morgan, Ed Natiya, Scott Tallman Powers and Morgan Weistling.
Join us in the UTSA Main Art Gallery for our Spring 2024 BFA Exhibition. Closing reception on May 8, 6 pm - 8 pm.
Learn about the music genres that come from African American history and culture in this youth matinee film screening that also includes a live movement and drumming activity with dancer Tanesha Payne and percussionist T’Bow Gonzalez.
This Carver Youth Matinee Series event is in partnership with the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum as well as the producers of “The Quilt”, Musical Bridges Around the World. The film is an educational documentary recommended for ages 8+ that explores the music genres born and formed by African American history and culture and how music of the past connects with that of the present, just like the layers of a quilt. Learn more about the film at: mbaw.org/quilt
Film Sponsors & Partners: H-E-B, Muriel F Siebert Foundation, Plum Foundation, Dominic Anderson, Faye L. & William L. Cowden Charitable Foundation, Texas Public Radio, Carver Community Cultural Center, San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum, African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio, San Antonio Film Commission, Digital Pro Lab
The event is free and open to the public. No registration required.
Committed to serving law enforcement, veterans, and active service members, WBU-SA is opening its doors to the community to make it easy for individuals looking for a career in law enforcement and public safety to connect with agencies that have open positions. The goal of the job fair is to promote law enforcement and government agencies in their search for quality candidates and to be a resource for the public as working adults look to further their careers or begin new ones.
Attendees can expect to visit with various local law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to Bexar County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Bexar County Detention Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and local police departments and school districts.Individuals attending the job fair in anticipation of securing employment should come professionally dressed with copies of their current resume. Private rooms will be available for on-the-spot interviews and one-on-one discussions. Attendees will have access to computers to complete online applications on-site.
UTSA's Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching will host a virtual open house where participants will learn about about ILT graduate programs and speak with faculty. Attendees will receive an application fee waiver.
This collection of work stitches together Louisiana imagery with domestic lesbian life. Alex uses iconography such as catfish, gas stations, ‘gators, and baptist themes to allow her to converse about the Southern lesbian experience in a way that refuses to demonize the South as a whole. Some of these icons, such as the catfish, have become a self-identifier for her throughout her MFA experience. While the catfish is a symbol of community and Louisiana culture, to “catfish” someone is to lie about who you truly are. In becoming a catfish, she confronts the reality that many LGBT community members faces of not being completely out to family, friends, and loved ones. Alex repurposes recorded conversations with family, old family photos, and memories to see them through a lens of both yearning and apprehension.
My artwork expresses the permanent dialog occurring in the psyche of a middle-aged Mexican ex-patriate. “Uprooting” depicts a cumulus of experiences and life occurrences that continuously steer the personal path toward eventful situations that modify the perception of the self. It is a search for the self through the examination of statements of faith, a sense of displacement, beliefs of belonging, ideas of existence, and acceptance of the human condition. Juxtaposed images and ideas pursue balance for experienced concepts like life vs. death, faith vs. despair, and innocence vs. corruption. Fetishism is embedded in the materials chosen for the work. The ritualistic mechanics of working with these materials evoke a nostalgic reminiscence of my childhood, Mexican heritage, and domesticity. The mixture of elements helps the artwork achieve, at first glance, a whimsical feeling, which yields to an emergence of the dire under-layered content that is constantly searching for belonging. The realization of meaning proves to be more irreverent and biting than innocent. My artwork is not only denunciatory—solutions are presented within. Balance is pursued with nurturing and creative power from the female perspective.