Glasstire's staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal “best” lists for 2023.
Blue Star Contemporary
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Ashley Allen reviews the exhibition "JooYoung Choi: Songs of Resilience from the Tapestry of Faith" at The Contemporary at Blue Star.
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This week: a pop-up art exchange featuring Houston-based artists in Brownsville, a solo show about human history told through the the development of modern dog breeds in San Antonio, a two-person exhibition featuring works made on and with paper in Houston, and more.
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Glasstire's staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal “best” lists for 2022.
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Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio has announced a new name, graphic identity, and website.
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Essay
Objects of Deployment: Blue Star Contemporary Presents “The Veterans Book Project” and “Travel Distance”
Barbara Purcell on two exhibitions at Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio that feature artwork about and by U.S. service veterans.
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Earlier this month, Blue Star Contemporary, a San Antonio-based cultural institution, and Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, a Houston-based commercial gallery, announced new hires.
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This week: solo shows in San Antonio, Marfa, and Austin; large-scale abstraction in Lubbock; and photographers and painters focus on portraiture in Arlington.
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Review
On Loss and Healing: Megan Harrison’s “From Your Brow Rise Leaf and Lyre” at Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio
by Ashley Allenby Ashley AllenAshley Allen reviews a solo exhibition by Megan Harrison, currently on view at Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio.
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Sarah Fox and other San Antonio-based artists, some of whom pulled their work from an upcoming show at the McNay, will display their work at the Blue Star Arts Complex.
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Contemporary Art Month San Antonio is planning to award four micro-grants to artists living and working in the city.
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Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio is accepting applications for their future exhibitions and other opportunities.
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Review
Redefining the Portrait: “The Sitter” at Blue Star Contemporary
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoThe exhibition provides space for several artists to not simply tell their stories, but to spin a whole intricate and lush world.
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This week: summer group shows in Austin and Houston, a trip to Lubbock, and pandemic-loomed work in San Antonio.
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News
Blue Star Contemporary Announces New International Video Competition for San Antonio Artists
by Glasstireby GlasstireBlue Star Contemporary has held an artist residency in Berlin since 2013, but this collaboration grew out of San Antonio’s Sister City relationship with Darmstadt.
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"The objects have also become significant as symbols for #BLM. It’s interesting how both sides appropriate the objects for their own use."
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The contract between the individual and the community is the space where Mark Menjivar focuses his efforts.
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During the shutdown, the acclaimed artist residency has a bit of extra room to host an informal writing residency in collaboration with Glasstire.
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Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on the solo debut of a Texas transplant, a show about sanctuary cities, and a show of disappearing Austin.
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With uncertainty still the rule around Coronavirus testing, cases, and a possible vaccine, a lot of reopening plans are in flux.