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Artpace Teen Council: Murals on the West Side

  • This year, Teen Council members will research and write an Artpace blog entry about the innovative art and artists that make up the thriving San Antonio community. Murals on the West Side by Eva Rangel In the part of town that I live in,...

David Benjamin Sherry: Earth Changes

  • Using tape and chalk to compose an abstracted landscape, you will create a geometric chalk mural inspired by David Benjamin Sherry’s exhibition, Earth Changes. MATERIALS Family A variety of sidewalk chalk or pastels Blue painter’s tape INSTRUCTIONS 1. GO OUTSIDE! Decide on a clean,...

Más Rudas: Brown Style

  • Más Rudas is a Chicana art collective based in San Antonio, TX. The group is comprised of four artists: painter Ruth Buentello, textile artist Sarah Casillo, filmmaker Kristen Gamez; and photographer Mari Hernandez. The artists utilize their individual practices to create multi-media installations that...

Lordy Rodriguez: Maps to Abstraction

  • Summer 2001 Artpace resident Lordy Rodriguez modifies existing maps to create abstract compositions that turn familiar areas into mystical and imaginary places. In this activity, you will create an abstract work of art from topographic maps of cities, national parks, and landmarks. Materials Images...

Juana Córdova: Chronicles of Uprooting, Artist Book

  • During her twenty-year career, Fall 2019 Artpace Resident Juana Córdova has approached topics influenced by the places she has lived. Her work explores the role of the individual in contemporary society and its relationship with nature. Her installations and objects express concern for the...

Trisha Donnelly: Sound Collage

  • Trisha Donnelly, 2005 Hudson Showroom Artist, creates artworks that join the realms of sound and visual expression to affect the viewer’s experience. In this activity, you will use your auditory senses to visualize and create a collage based off a song of your choice....

Milagros de la Torre: Systems and Constellations

  • Spring 2020 Artpace resident Milagros de la Torre is a New York-based artist who primarily works with photography. Her work examines the photographic processes used throughout history that reveal hidden and often dark sociopolitical implications. In this activity, you will create your own facial...

Leigh Anne Lester: Composite Floral Drawings

  • Spring 2013 Window Works artist Leigh Anne Lester is a San Antonio-based artist who creates mixed-media versions of amalgamate plant species. Her work merges prehistoric ferns with backyard weeds to create specimens that resemble 18th century botanical illustrations. In this activity, you will use...

Tony Feher: Blue Painter’s Tape

  • Tony Feher, 2012 Hudson Showroom artist, took advantage of everyday objects. He altered the ordinary to create inventive pieces of artwork. In this activity, you will use tape to create a translucent window mural. Materials A window (any size!) Tape (masking, painter’s, and transparent...

Pak Sheung-Chuen: Newspaper Collages

  • Summer 2013 Resident Artist Pak Sheung-Chuen is a writer and artist who creates conceptual artwork that explores contradictions in the odd and uneventful events of daily life. In this activity, you will create the front page of your own newspaper by creating a collage...

Rigoberto Luna: Composite Self-Portraits

  • Rigoberto “Rigo” Luna is an artist, designer, curator, and Director and Curator of Presa House Gallery where he has curated over 30 exhibitions with a heavy focus on artists from Central and South Texas. In 2009, Rigo was a featured artist at Artpace Chalk...

Juan Miguel Ramos: Drawing and Photoshop

  • Fall 2002 resident artist, Juan Miguel Ramos, develops multimedia projects which utilize video, photography, Sharpie® drawings, and text to question stereotypes and to suggest the nature of identity. In this activity, you will gain a basic understanding of Photoshop tools and how the program...
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