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🎁 One way to give the gift of art this season is through an Artpace Membership! 🎁
Your support ensures the vital creation of contemporary art in San Antonio. When you become an Artpace Member in December, you'll receive 20% off! Members enjoy exclusive invitations to members-only events to directly funding our Artpace residencies.
Learn more at https://artpace.org/join-support/membership/
CURATOR TALK | Join us on Thursday, December 15, from 6–7pm for an evening talk with our Fall 2023 International Artist-in-Residence Guest Curator, Missla Libsekal. During this talk, Libsekal will tell us about her curatorial practice, followed by a Q&A. Doors open at 5:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Register at Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curator-talk-missla-libsekal-tickets-483407313287
Missla Libsekal (b. Addis Abeba, Ethiopia) is an independent curator and writer whose practice centers on alteriority and knowledge transmission. Her long-term interdisciplinary research looks at historically marginalised ways of knowing, with the current chapter considering what stories of living in the land can offer better ways of being in relation with the places that we inhabit and occupy? She is based Vancouver, Canada the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Photo by Nii Obodai.
NOW ON VIEW | In Luis Valderas' exhibition, The Sacred Portal of Amaxactli (place where the waters split) – 2022, the figureheads are made of Styrofoam, a shipping material that protects wares from being damaged while being shipped thousands of miles across many borders and discarded upon arrival. This packaging is engineered to keep the objects safe but has also created aesthetic forms, which Valderas has integrated into his visual language.
ℹ️ On view at Artpace until January 1, 2023.
🎟️ Artpace is always free and open to the public.
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
📸 Photo by beth Devillier
🎁 Happy holidays from Artpace! 🎁
Your support ensures the vital creation of contemporary art in San Antonio. When you renew become a new Artpace Member in December, you'll receive 20% off!
Become a member at https://artpace.org/join-support/
NOW ON VIEW | María José Crespo has created an environment that layers human presence, land and water politics, and an ever-changing territory into a border poem. Specifically, her exhibition, Flaws in negotiation with non-cohesive sand, references the US – Mexico border and how it functions and adapts through time, space and materiality.
ℹ️ On view at Artpace until January 8, 2023.
🎟️ Artpace is always free and open to the public.
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
📸 Photo by Francisco Cortes
Today is World Aid's Day and launches Visual Aid's Day With(out) Art 2022: Being and Belonging.
From navigating s*x and intimacy to confronting stigma and isolation, Being & Belonging centers the emotional realities of living with HIV today. How does living with HIV shift the ways that a person experiences, asks for, or provides love, support, and belonging? The seven videos are a call for belonging from those that have been stigmatized within their communities or left out of mainstream HIV/AIDS narratives.
Featuring work by:
Camila Arce (Argentina)
Clifford Prince King (USA)
Jaewon Kim (South Korea)
Mikiki (Canada)
Jhoel Zempoalteca & La Jerry (Mexico)
Davina “Dee” Conner & Karin Hayes (USA)
Santiago Lemus & Camilo Acosta Huntertexas (Colombia)
With 100+ screenings worldwide, find one near you at visualaids.org/dwa2022
Image: Jhoel Zempoalteca and La Jerry, Lxs dxs bichudas, 2022. Commissioned by Visual AIDS for Being & Belonging.
Morning Mixer is back on this week and features Hotel Valencia! Join us on tomorrow, Friday, December 2, from 8am–10am, for coffee courtesy of Estate Coffee. This special First Friday edition is sponsored by our friends at Hotel Valencia! They will be provided breakfast bites from their hotel restaurant, Dorrego’s!
Mark your calendars for the last few mixers of the year: December 2, 9 and 16.
Yonghyun Lim continues to explore the characteristics of contemporary media through his media artworks. "Tik Tok" speaks of the current environment where media is continuously consumed and produced. Today, social media platforms are no longer mere sites of leisure but motors that turn the cogwheel of endless consumption.
임용현은 미디어아트를 통해 미디어라는 매체의 속성에 대해서 지속적으로 연구하는 작가이다. 은 현대사회가 미디어라는 매체를 소비하고 생산하는 순환고리 속에서 소셜 플랫폼은 단순한 여가를 넘어 톱니바퀴 속 멈출 수 없는 소비행위라는 현실을 보여준다.
On view as part of our current Hudson Showroom exhibition, "Our City: Our Hope," in partnership with the Gwangju Museum of Art and the City of Gwangju. On view until January 1, 2023 at Artpace.
Image: Yonghyun Lim, "Tik Tok," 2020. 3D projection mapping, mixed media. Photo by Beth Devillier.
Morning Mixer is back on this week! Join us on the rooftop this Friday, December 2, from 8am–10am, for coffee courtesy of Estate Coffee and donuts on us.
Mark your calendars for the last few mixers of the year: December 2, 9 and 16. There will be no Morning Mixer December 23 and 30.
Photo courtesy of Estate Coffee
Today, we're to all of our partners and supporters! To start, we'd like to thank our amazing Artpace Alliance Partners. Alliance Partners provide Artpace Members with benefits courtesy of their local businesses, such as discount on food, beverages, products, and services.
A big thank you to our Alliance Partners that support Artpace, contemporary art, and our members! ❤️
Big thank you to everyone that joined us for the opening reception of our Fall 2022 International Artists-in-Residence exhibitions. ❤️
A big and heartfelt thank you to Maria, JD, K8 and Sofia for a wonderful residency!
All three of the exhibitions are on view until January 8, 2023.
Photography by Francisco Cortes.
Whether you purchase a piece of art from us or just need something framed, we have you covered, just in time for the holidays.
(Fine Art Builders) specializes in fabrication of complex artworks and custom framing, among other things. When you get your artwork framed at Artpace, you're also helping us support contemporary artists. It's a win-win. To learn more about Artpace FAB, visit our website for more: https://artpace.org/about/fine-art-builders/
Please note that Artpace will be closed on Thursday, November 24, for the holiday. We'll resume regular hours on Friday.
❗️There will also be no morning mixer this week.❗️
NOW ON VIEW | K8 Hardy’s exhibition, March through June, features a singular, abstract painting. Hardy's turn to this most prestigious (and elitist) of art forms is a departure, like everything else this multidisciplinary artist does, from the expected. Hardy takes up the genre we most associate with the elitism of art history's so-called great male artists. But she turns paint into an explicit feminist medium, without announcing itself as such because the artist is so deeply embedded in embodied institutional critique that the canvas speaks for itself. Saturated and thick, this is more than a painting: it's a vehicle for transformation.
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
📸 Photo by Beth Devillier.
OPENING TONIGHT | JD Pluecker opens another chapter of the 12-year-project of The Unsettlements with the Artpace exhibition, The Unsettlements: Moms. The exhibition is the result of a dive into the archives of their two moms–their birth mother, Claire D. Pluecker and the person JD calls their “dyke mom,” Linda L. Anderson. Wading through the archives of both women, Pluecker unearths the legacies of both of their moms, creating a series of object poems, tracings, and embroidered pieces, investigating the exclusions of the traditional Western genealogical tree and centering an expanded sense of lineage as q***r, trans, and feminine.
ℹ️ The opening reception will take place tonight, Thursday, November 17, from 6–9pm, at Artpace San Antonio.
🎟️ This event is free and open to the public.
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
📸 Installation view of Pluecker's exhibition. Photo by Beth Devillier.
OPENING TOMORROW | María José Crespo's exhibition "Flaws in negotiation with non-cohesive sand" unfolds in a series of structures informed by gestures that administer water and land at the border between Mexico and the United States during the 20th century. During her residency, Crespo explored on-site and in archives how different landscapes, objects, and mechanisms around the Rio Grande - Bravo are part of a history that can be expanded into multiple materialities and observed as diverse layers of experience in different settings.
ℹ️ The opening reception will take place on Thursday, November 17, from 6–9pm, at Artpace San Antonio.
🎟️ This event is free and open to the public.
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
📸 Photo by Beth Devillier.
Through various media and installation works, Eunsol Cho has continuously contemplated human communication and the formation of relationships. Cho reinterprets the meaning of individuals, others, and communities, to explore the aspects of collective relationships in an individual's existential life. Recently, she has expanded this exploration to reflect on aspects of non-verbal communication that occur between humans, space, and time.
조은솔은 다양한 매체와 설치 작품을 통해 인간의 소통과 그 관계의 형성에 대해 끊임없이 고민하는 작가이다. 개인과 타인, 공동체의 의미를 재해석하여 개인의 실존적인 삶 속 집단적인 관계 양상에 대해 연구한다. 현재는 그 대상을 인간, 공간, 시간 등으로 확장시켜 비언어 커뮤니케이션 양상의 이야기로 담아낸다.
On view as part of our current Hudson Showroom exhibition, "Our City: Our Hope," in partnership with the and the City of Gwangju. On view until January 1, 2023 at Artpace.
Image: Eunsol Cho, "Two to Tango," 2020. Two channel video.
❗️APPLY FOR AN ARTPACE INTERNSHIP❗️
Artpace is now seeking applications for Spring Interns! Gain first-hand experience in arts development and mentorship with Artpace staff / internship programs are tailored according to the student’s goals.
To learn more, visit https://artpace.org/education/
🗓️ Early deadline: Friday, December 9, 2022, at 5pm
🗓️ Final deadline: Friday, January 13, 2022, at 5pm
❗️NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING NEXT WEEK ❗️
Join us on Thursday, November 17, from 6–9pm, for the opening of our three new resident artist exhibitions.
To learn more, visit https://artpace.org/event/fall-2022-international-artist-in-residence-opening-reception-artist-talk/
🍷 Complimentary wine and beer for those 21+
🎟️ Free and open to the public
🅿️ Free parking is available at 513 N Flores
🚧 There's a bit of construction going on around Artpace. Visit our website for a helpful map of the road closure near our building and how to access our lot.
TOMORROW! Saturday, November 5, at 2pm! At Artpace!
Avisos: Women and memory over the Baja California landscape features the work of five women filmmakers and artists from Baja California whose work is interconnected by themes of the body territory, archive, and memory. Spanning a variety of formats, from anime to web scraping to family films, these films serve as a way to understand and relate with the landscape as well as moving from personal narrative to collective memory.
THIS EVENING!
Join us for a special dance party at Artpace!
THIS EVENING!
Join us for a special dance party at Artpace!
The Artpace Teen Council made this beautiful ofrenda for Día de los Mu***os. This ofrenda celebrates and honors dear Artpace friends that we were so lucky to know. 🌼
COMMUNITY COLLAB | Join us this Thursday, November 3, from 5–7pm for K8 Hardy's Community Collaboration at Artpace! All ages and all genders welcome for a dance party in the courtyard thrown by Fall 2022 resident artist, K8 Hardy aka DJ icantdj. Light snacks and refreshments provided.
🎟️ This event is free and open to the public. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-collaboration-gay-club-dance-party-tickets-444294114657
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
: JD Pluecker works with language, that is, a material thing, a thing of life and history. Their undisciplinary work inhabits the intersections of writing, history, translation, art, interpreting, bookmaking, q***r/trans aesthetics, non-normative poetics, language justice, and cross-border cultural production. They have translated numerous books from the Spanish, including Gore Capitalism (Semiotext(e), 2018), Antígona González (Les Figues Press, 2016), Writing with C**a by Luis Felipe Fabre (Green Lantern Press, 2021), and forthcoming Trash by Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny (Deep Vellum Press, 2023). JD’s book of poetry and image, Ford Over, was released in 2016 from Noemi Press, and in 2019 Lawndale Art Center supported the publication of the artist book, The Unsettlements: Dad.
🗓️ Save the Date for the opening of their exhibition, happening on Thursday, November 17, from 6–9pm at Artpace.
https://artpace.org/event/fall-2022-international-artist-in-residence-opening-reception-artist-talk/
Photo by Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny
Modern people’s perception of nature reflected in their gaze towards landscape paintings. In Haru.K’s humorous landscape paintings, he depicts some of the symbolic landscapes of the Southern province and Gwangju, replacing its cultural heritage with images of ordinary food.
하루 K는 현대인이 바라보는 산수화에 대한 시선을 포착하여 자연에 대한 현대인의 인식을 그만의 유머러스한 방식으로 표현한다. 평범한 일상 속 음식이라는 소재 역시 문화적 유산의 일부로 치환한 그는 유쾌한 산수화의 형태로 현재의 남도와 광주를 대표하는 여러 풍경을 그려내고 있다.
These artworks are on view as part of our current Hudson Showroom exhibition, "Our City: Our Hope," in partnership with the Gwangju Museum of Art and the City of Gwangju. On view until January 1, 2023 at Artpace.
Image: Haru.K (하루 K), Installation view of 육각도시락 (a hexagonal lunch box), 화순환산정 (Hwasun HwansanJung pavilion), 담양 아이스크림, (Ice flakes with Greentea flavor), 무등산 수박 (Watermelon from Mudeungsan Mountain), 빵이야! (Shoot!).
: K8 Hardy is a punk rock artist who works across a motley array of mediums, including video, photography, and sculpture. Through her art practice, she unwittingly becomes a brand, intentionally exploiting persona and pop culture. Long before the ubiquity of the selfie, Hardy was experimenting in documenting her looks and various fictional selves. Her work takes us to the edge of “good taste” and makes us question those parameters. Hardy was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas and came up through the Riot Grrrl scene.
📽️ Join us for her Community Collaboration dance party on Thursday, November 3, from 5–7pm at Artpace.
🗓️ Save the Date for the opening of her exhibition, happening on Thursday, November 17, from 6–9pm at Artpace.
Photo by Slava Mogutin
TOMORROW: Join us for an evening talk with our Summer 2023 International Artist in Residency Guest Curator, Alejo Benedetti. During this talk, Benedetti will tell us about his curatorial practice, followed by a Q&A. This talk will take place on Thursday, October 20. Doors open at 5:30pm and the talk will begin at 6pm.
🎟️ This event is free and open to the public
🅿️ Free parking is located at 513 N Flores
Image by Stephen Ironside of Ironside Photography
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3 MORE DAYS TO APPLY TO THE TEXAS OPEN CALL! The Texas Open Call is Artpace’s primary resource for identifying artists who are interested in and eligible for participation in Artpace’s International Artist-in-Residence program and exhibitions, as well as studio visits by curators participating in Artpace’s Curatorial Residency program. Learn more and apply at https://artpace.org/about/international-artist-in-residence/texas-open-call/
TEXAS OPEN CALL: Since opening in 1995 in San Antonio, Texas, Artpace has served as an international laboratory for the creation and advancement of contemporary art. If you're a Texas-based artist interested in our International Artist-in-Residence program, apply to our Texas Open Call by September 30, 2022! An Artpace residency includes travel expenses to and from San Antonio, a living stipend of $6,000, a production budget up to $10,000, a furnished apartment, and studio/exhibition space. Resident artists have access to fully equipped wood and metal workshops and a digital media studio, in addition to technical advice and administrative support. Learn more at https://artpace.org/about/international-artist-in-residence/texas-open-call/
Join Summer 2022 Guest Curator Andy Campbell and our Summer Resident Artists, Hellen Ascoli, Jonesy, and Betelhem Makonnen as they discuss their exhibitions.
At Artpace, May is for Members! Become an Artpace Member in May and enjoy: ⭐ A free Members-only tote bag ⭐ $10 gift certificate to Estate Coffee Co. ⭐ and an invitation to our May is for Members Mixer on May 25! Visit our website to learn more! https://artpace.org/join-support/membership/ Photo by Francisco Cortes.
Meet the Oolite Arts Home + Away resident artists!
Join us for a talk with our Fall 2022 Spring Guest Curator, Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy. During this talk, Cuy will tell us about her curatorial practice, followed by a Q&A. While this event will take place at Artpace, it will also be live streamed to this page. About Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy (MX) started her tenure as Director at Kunstinstituut Melly (formerly known as Witte de With) in January 2018, after being the curator of contemporary art at Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in Caracas and New York from 2011 to 2017. In 2016-2017, she was also guest curator at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York. In 2013, Sofía was artistic director and chief curator of the 9a Bienal do Mercosul | Porto Alegre in Brazil, and before that, she was an agent of dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel. In the past, Sofía has been director of Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and held curatorial positions in New York at Art in General and Americas Society. She is also a board member of Council in Paris and of Creative Time in New York.
Artpace and Oolite Arts are excited to announce the three Miami-based artists who were selected to participate in the Home + Away travel residency program at Artpace San Antonio. The artists are: Yanira Collado, Troy Simmons and Frances Trombly. During the 5-week residency, the artists will get access to a working studio to experiment and create new work, studio visits with curators, a $2,500 stipend and a furnished apartment. Learn more at: https://oolitearts.org/homeandaway/?mc_cid=cf1e978ed1&mc_eid=UNIQID
Ariel René Jackson (Austin, Texas), Glendalys Medina (New York City, New York), and Claudia Martínez Garay (Lima, Perú / Amsterdam, Netherlands) have been in-residence at Artpace since January exploring San Antonio and creating new artwork. The Spring 2022 International Artists-in-Residence were selected by Guest Curator Marcela Guerrero. The artists and curator will be in conversation at 6:30pm at Artpace and the talk will be live streamed here.
Sabra Booth will discuss her artistic practice as well as her new body of work, Snow Shadows, currently on view at Artpace.
We're thrilled to announce that our new and refreshed website is live! The updated site includes a user-friendly design that puts everything happening right now at Artpace right on the home page. We've improved the structure of our content, so you'll get exactly what you need with a quick read. There are a lot of impactful changes to make your experience of the Artpace website that much better! Did we mention it's mobile friendly? Huge thanks to the Sweb Development team for making this site a reality for us! Take a look: https://artpace.org/
Join us for the virtual artist talk featuring artists in the "Slowed and Throwed" exhibition.
THANK YOU for your support yesterday during #BigGive2021! Whether you donated $1 or $100, we are so grateful for your contribution.
Join us for a virtual welcome talk with our Fall 2021 Resident Artists.
Join us for a virtual talk with our Summer 2022 Guest Curator Andy Campbell!
Artpace San Antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports regional, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. As a catalyst for artistic expression, we engage local communities with global art practices and experiences.
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