Feb 19 Wednesday
Lesta Frank is a local San Antonio artist. Her work includes art journaling, watercolor and mixed media. Her love for painting started with finger painting when she was two. The artist’s current work is mixed media, contemporary, intuitive, abstract painting, and figurative abstracts.
Lesta received and a Bachelor of Fine Art from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Master of Fine Art from Rochester Institute of Technology.
The exhibit will be on view in the KWA Molly Shafer Gallery Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. through Thursday, February 27, 2025 FREE and open to the public of all ages.
This exhibit was created by LULAC (the League of United Latin American Citizens) and presents highlights of LULAC's 95-year history.
The exhibit will be on display from January 6 - February 21, 2025, at MACRI's Visitor Center, 2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207.
The exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM - NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.
MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, Wells Fargo, and individual donors like you! Gracias!
Do you really believe that? is an exhibition celebrating the power of Abstract and Minimalist Art and honoring the legacy of the public contributions, scholarship, and teaching of Dr. Frances Colpitt. This exhibition was organized by UTSA and Texas Christian University, and contributions were made by Artpace and Ruby City. Colpitt (1952-2022) was a professor at UTSA 1990-2005 and Texas Christian University 2005-2021. She was enormously influential in Texas and nationally.
Opening Reception: January 22, 6-8pm at UTSA Main Campus
Lisa Alvarado: Sensorial Cartography brings together trajectories in modern and contemporary conceptual art and abstraction with popular artistic traditions that welcome viewers to consider personal and shared cultural geographies. Alvarado is a San Antonio native, with an international exhibition record, whose works will attract and inspire audiences in our region. Her works both demonstrate the influence of her Mexican American heritage and everyday contexts of visual culture growing up in South Texas and emphasize the conceptual character of sensory experience in engagement with artistic installation. The exhibition will feature brightly colored paintings on fabrics that are suspended from the ceiling and mixed media works that include early 20th century family photographs documenting Mexican American history. Alvarado’s work proves that abstraction extends beyond elitist modernist contexts and offers dynamic potential for diverse populations. The exhibition also features video performance of the Natural Information Society,whose avant-garde jazz musical performances are in dialogue with Alvarado’s visual art.
Feb 20 Thursday
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.
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).
Celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of rasquachismo at Noche de Rasquachismo! This free event honors the exhibition 'Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility' with an evening packed with art-making, storytelling, and community connection.
Get crafty with activities like paper bead necklaces, soda can repujado, and printmaking led by local artist Juan de dios Mora. Plus, explore the exhibition with docent-led tours.
Registration is required for this free family event. For more information, contact education@mcnayart.org or call 210-805-1768.