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Simryn Gill: Becoming a Plant

  • In 1999, spring resident artist Simryn Gill described the inspiration for her exhibition Vegetation as being derived from her desire “to be a plant in the American landscape” and her investigation of the complexities that surround what it means to be indigenous. During her...

Stay Home, Read Books

  • Looking for something to do while practicing social distancing? Our Artpace Team has compiled a list of book recommendations to get you through the next few weeks. We’ll be releasing a new recommendation every week on our social media channels and we will be...

Adam Putnam: Layering Architecture

  • In this activity, you will illustrate your own architectural design and reconstruct remnants of classical architecture, led by Adam Putnam, Spring 2013 Resident Artist. MaterialsVellum or tracing paper (xerox or notebook paper will also work!)Magazines and/or Google imagesTapeWriting utensil (pencil, pen, marker) Additional MaterialsGlueScissors...

Makerspace: Watercolor Landscapes

  • In this activity, you will experiment with watercolors to create landscapes. Materials Paper (watercolor paper works best) Fabric, about 10” x 10” (muslin, canvas, and old t-shirts work, too!) Embroidery hoop Watercolors Brushes Painting reference (go outside or use a photo!) Instructions Select a...

Tala Madani: One-Point Perspective

  • In this activity, you will learn to identify a one-point perspective and overlapping elements by creating a composition of buildings and clouds, exploring depth and colors. Materials Canvas (or use paper or cardboard, 8.5” x 11” or larger) Paint or Markers (any two colors)...

Make a 3D Geographic Map

  • Clarissa Tossin: Geographic Maps This activity will nurture your application of research, design, and construction. You will explore two separate geographic locations that share a connection or commonality and merge them together by cutting and folding juxtaposed satellite images. This exercise will promote and...

Art Resources for Social Distancing

  • For an indoors art boost: Visit our Instagram! Browse our Exhibitions Archive for virtual galleries of all our previous exhibitions, complete with corresponding gallery notes (soon available in Spanish as well) Glasstire’s Five Minute Tours of Texas galleries. Video exhibition walkthroughs by James Kalm....

Zine-Making with Artpace

  • A zine (/ziːn/ ZEEN; short for magazine or fanzine) is a self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images. Zines can be made from collaging found images with added drawings and text. Zines can be whatever you want anything you want them to...

Remix: For Teens, By Teens

  • Hey high school students: our Teen Council is hosting a FREE event for teens only this Friday, October 30, 7 to 10pm. Remix showcases contemporary art at Artpace through an array of happenings created by teens, for teens. The event will feature screen printing...

Camp Artpace Reflections: Justin Korver

  • Another year of Camp Artpace has passed and it was full of smiles, questions, one-minutes sculptures, melted records, book binding, onomatopoeias, pounds of glitter, and learning to boot. We had the distinct pleasure of dreaming big with campers from all over the San Antonio...

You[th]Pace Teen Art Council Capstone Success!

  • The You[th]Pace Teen Art Council is a diverse group of 15 high school students from all over San Antonio who work at Artpace to explore ways to engage youth in the community through contemporary art. Students get a first-hand perspective of the artistic process,...

Volunteers Needed For Artpace Family Day

  • Exciting news! Artpace and SA2020 are once again teaming up to recruit volunteers for Artpace Family Day on March 21, 2015. Artpace Family Day: A Contemporary Celebration invites families to explore the Spring 2015 International Artist-in-Residence, Window Works, and Hudson(Show)Room exhibitions together through tours,...
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Artpace is generously supported by: National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and more…