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We try to post updates on any changes or cancellations, but since we may not receive the necessary information in a timely manner, we strongly recommend contacting each venue or artist to confirm posted schedules for exhibitions and events. 

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

BYRD WILLIAMS IV (Plano, Texas)

Proof Of Life

REM Gallery
219 East Park Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 224-1227 | remgallery@aol.com
www.remgallery.com

Opening reception: Saturday, September 1, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition on display: September 1 – October 19, 2018
Viewing hours: Fri – Sat, 12 – 6 pm | And by appointment
Contact: Dana Read | (210) 884-3769 | remgallery@aol.com

Free and open to the public

• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 – Boerne, Texas –––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

MICHAEL TIDWELL (Lakehills, Texas)

The Missions – A Perspective In 19th Century Cyanotype

Organized by Robin Stauber 
Patrick Heath Public Library Adult Services Librarian

Patrick Heath Public Library
451 North Main Street
Boerne, TX 78006
(830) 249-3053 | stauber@boernelibrary.org
https://www.ci.boerne.tx.us/197/Library

Opening reception: Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 5:30 – 7 pm
Exhibition on display: September 1 – October 20, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Thu, 9 am – 7 pm; Fri, 9 am – 6 pm; Sat, 10 am – 4 pm
Contact: Michael Tidwell | (830) 431-1760 | michaeltidwellphotography@yahoo.com
www.michaeltidwellphotography.com

Hispanic Heritage Month at Patrick Heath Public Library 
Free and open to the public

As a practicing organic chemist and an artist, I enjoy pursuing opportunities to merge my passions for chemistry and photography. In my job as a Research Scientist at UTSA’s Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, I research new drugs and treatments for diseases using the art of synthetic organic chemistry. On the other hand, I’ve practiced photography for many years and am primarily self-taught. I have been a member of the Viewfinders Photography Club at Southwest Research Institute since 2011 and served a two-year term as club President. I routinely support the Boys and Girls Club of Bandera County as well as the local Lakehills Area Library by donating prints to be sold in their fundraising efforts. Subjects that I have photographed over the years are extremely diverse and wide ranging. However, the beautiful city of San Antonio and the San Antonio Missions are among my favorites. As a subject, I believe the Missions are ideal for the cyanotype process. More specifically, the lack of multiple vibrant colors forces the artist and the observer to focus almost exclusively on the composition. Practicing this alternative photography technique unites my passion for chemistry with my artistic pursuits as a photographer. Ultimately, my goal is for the observer to appreciate that each original cyanotype print begins with a chemical reaction and ends with a unique photograph that cannot be duplicated.

The cyanotypes included in the display are original and authentic prints containing no other inks, dyes, or pigments other than Prussian blue using Herschel’s original formula. Each piece is contact-printed from sunlight using a digital negative based on my own photographs of the Missions (dating back to 2003) onto archival quality, acid-free, cold-pressed, heavyweight paper. Any post toning is accomplished using either tea, coffee, or red wine according to traditional methodologies known in the art. –Michael Tidwell

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

IRENE ABREGO, TRICIA BUCHHORN, JOAN FABIAN 
RUSSELL GUERRERO, CARRIE HERNANDEZ, JO HILTON 
EDMUND LO, MARK MAGAVERN, LEONARD ZIEGLER 
(Faculty And Staff Of San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas)

Gathering Moments

Curated by Joan Fabian

San Antonio College – Moody Learning Center
1819 North Main Avenue, 4th Floor
San Antonio, TX 78212

Opening reception: Thursday, September 6, 2018, 2:30 – 4:30 pm
Exhibition on display: September 6 – 30, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 7:30 am – 7 pm; Sat – Sun, 1 – 5 pm
Contact: Joan Fabian | (210) 486-1346 | jfabian@alamo.edu

Free and open to the public

This exhibition highlights the creative endeavors of nine artists that use the medium of photography to express themselves outside their daily work duties at San Antonio College. They use their cameras to capture moments in their lives –always searching for that perfect picture. The subjects vary from nature, culture, travel, and abstraction. Regardless of the subject matter, they gather their moments for us to experience through their eyes. 

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

MAUREEN “MOMO” BROWN, CHELLE DELANEY, KIMBERLY HOPKINS 
ALEXANDRA “SASHA” NELIPA, SUSAN MICHAEL SORENSEN 
(San Antonio, Texas)

Light + Form X Five

Curated by Chelle Delaney

Tribeca 212 Restaurant
4331 McCullough Avenue 
San Antonio, TX 78212 
(210) 320-0698
www.tribeca212.com

Opening reception: Thursday, September 6, 2018, 4 – 6 pm
Closing reception TBA
Exhibition on display: September 1 – November 4, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 11 am – 10 pm; Sat, 10 am – 10 pm; Sun, 10 am – 3 pm
Contact: Chelle Delaney | (210) 240-4005 | caridela@gmail.com

Free and open to the public

Maureen ‘Momo’ Brown, a native of San Antonio, has loved taking photographs all her life for fun and for work on archaeological projects and publications and as a museum professional. She has shown her works for over twenty years winning several awards and directing photographic projects in San Antonio, Jamaica and Florida. In this series of photographs Momo joins other artists in an exploration of light and form focusing on her love of the sea, water, historic architecture, street scenes, markets, cuisine and surprises along the way from her recent travel adventures to Provence and the French, Corsican, and Italian Rivieras. Her works combine both of her mediums of photography and her whimsical abstract “Momo” sketches that were inspired by being present in the moment on location in bistros, cafes, coffee shops, and plazas, etc.

Chelle Delaney captures the built environment –man made environments that surround our everyday lives– often during road trips throughout the South. She documents residential and commercial structural forms, ranging from the creations of architects who design these structures, to teams of construction workers who in concert erect shapely skyscrapers and the exoskeletons of San Antonio’s roads and expressways, to homeowners who create and adorn their individual habitats. Her work has been recognized by the New Mexico Press Association and has been shown in juried shows in the U.S. She lives in San Antonio.

Kimberly Hopkins is a native Houstonian and has lived in San Antonio since 2011. Her background in architecture, and urban, and regional planning led her to photography, a passion for photography that started when she picked up her first digital camera in architecture school. Soon thereafter, she applied this passion by mixing her design influences to create her own unique style. Kimberly believes, “Every photo is a memory; there is no better way to capture it than how you see it, not how the camera sees it.”

Alexandra “Sasha” Nelipa’s most recent work focuses on the history and natural landscapes of Cuba. “It’s like a place frozen in time, pretty much the same as it was thirty years ago. It was like I took a ride in a time machine,” says Alexandra who visited the island in June, through the Support People of Cuba program. Her artistic inspirations are drawn from the old Masters which she adroitly interprets through the mediums of photography, oils, acrylics, water colors, mixed media and ceramics. Alexandra stresses that, “A work of art can only arrive at its completeness when an audience is present and views the work.” Her work has been exhibited locally at venues such as Bihl House, HighWireArts, Centro Cultural Aztlán, Mercury Project. She is a native of Crimea who has lived in San Antonio for ten years.

Susan Michael Sorensen’s photography as well as her painting and drawing work ranges from fanciful figurative to colorful abstract pieces. “Vivid color combinations create energy and form, regardless of the style of work,” Susan says. She has a BFA from the University of North Texas and has studied at California College of the Arts, Laguna Gloria Art Academy and Southwest School of Art. Since 1983, she has exhibited in various venues including The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, University of North Texas Gallery, Diverse Works in Houston, Jack London Gallery in Oakland and performed live painting in Code Red. Susan lives and works in San Antonio. 

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

PAUL STRAND (1890 – 1976, United States) 
MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO (1902 – 2002, Mexico)

Trinity University Presents 
Paul Strand & Manuel Alvarez Bravo 
Selections From The Stumberg Gift 

Trinity University – Department Of Art And Art History
Michael And Noemi Neidorff Gallery – Dicke Art Building
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 999-7682 | art-arthis@trinity.edu

Closing reception: Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5 – 7 pm
Exhibition on display: July 20 – September 8, 2018
Viewing hours: Summer hours (July 20 – August 21), Tue – Fri, 1 – 4 pm
Fall hours (August 22 – September 8), Tue – Sat, 1 – 5 pm
Contact: Mark Anthony Martinez | (210) 999-8871 | mmarti12@trinity.edu

Free and open to the public

Trinity University Presents – Paul Strand & Manuel Alvarez Bravo – Selections From The Stumberg Gift, on view July 20 – September 8, 2018. This summer (through early Fall), Trinity University Art and Art History department will host photographic works from Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902 – 2002) and Paul Strand (1890 – 1970) pulled directly from the university’s own teaching collection. The exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the late trustee Louis H. Stumberg and the Coates Library Special Collections and Archives. A closing reception will be held on September 6, 2018, 5 – 7 pm, in the Dicke Art Building Foyer.

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DOMINIQUE BELTRAN, KIMBERLY HOPKINS
(San Antonio, Texas)

What The Streetz Gave Us

Curated by Kimberly Hopkins

LiftOff
2014 South Hackberry Street
San Antonio, TX 78210
(210) 374-2170 | www.liftoff.liftfund.com

Opening reception: Thursday, September 6, 2018, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Exhibition on display: September 6 – October 31, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 9 am – 5 pm
Contact: Lisa D. O’Briant | (210) 374-2170 | lobriant@liftfund.com
Kimberly Hopkins | (713) 501-4530 | hopkinskimberly2@gmail.com
www.khopphotography.com

Free and open to the public

What The Streetz Gave Us is a street photography exhibit highlighting the journey of two women street photographers Kimberly Hopkins, originally from Houston, and Dominique Beltran from San Antonio. These two photographers have made the Streetz their playground as they captured images of everyday life, from day to night in spontaneous photographs of people in the streets, enjoying life in different cities. Each image in this exhibition tells a story and the viewer can appreciate them in different ways. Photography and art allow us to write our own story, feel different emotions, and give us a different perspective on life.

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

ED MALCIK (Austin, Texas)

Selling The Alamo And Other Photos

Mockingbird Handprints Gallery
1420 South Alamo Street, Building B, Suite 108
Blue Star Arts Complex
San Antonio, TX 78210
(210) 878-5711 | mockingbirdhandprints@gmail.com
www.mockingbirdhandprints.com 

Opening reception: Thursday, September 6, 2018, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition on display: September 6 – 30, 2018
Viewing hours: Thu, 11 am – 8 pm; Fri – Sun, 11 am – 6 pm | And by appointment
Contact: Jane Bishop | Gallery (210) 878-5711 | Cell (210) 262-6698
mockingbirdhandprints@gmail.com

Shooting On The Street – Paris, Chennai, New York, Austin, San Antonio
Ed Malcik Gallery Talk 
Mockingbird Handprints Gallery
Friday, September 14, 2018, 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Free and open to the public

Ed Malcik is a former photojournalist and diplomat. He currently lives in Austin and is a documentary photographer with an emphasis on street photography. He was staff photographer for the Texas House of Representatives in 1975, and the Austin American Statesman from 1975 – 1980. Ed’s work has been published extensively in books and magazines, and he has presented exhibits of his photographs in several countries, including the United States.

In 1980 Ed was a volunteer in the Peace Corps and worked with the USAID, in Gambia, West Africa. From 1985 – 2010 he worked as a Foreign Service Officer at US embassies and consulates in Cameroon, India, Barbados, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Germany, and Stockholm. In Washington, DC, he served as Administrative Officer, Management Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission, and Office Director. Ed retired from the Foreign Service in 2010 to pursue his photographic interests.

The exhibition Selling the Alamo and Other Photos by photographer Ed Malcik at Mockingbird Handprints in the Blue Star Complex, was shot on and around the streets of San Antonio over the last eleven years. It is a different take on what makes San Antonio a unique city, such as its western traditions and its interaction between commerce and religion. 

• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD (San Antonio, Texas)

University Of The Incarnate Word – The Word Lived In The Past

Curated by Dr. Gilberto Hinojosa
University Of The Incarnate Word Professor Emeritus Of History

University Of The Incarnate Word – Department Of Art
Kelso Art Center – Condos Student Gallery
4301 Broadway Street
San Antonio, TX 78209

Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 2018, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition on display: September 7 – October 5, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 10 am – 5 pm | Closed for UIW holidays
Contact: Roland Sul | (210) 829-3852 | sul@uiwtx.edu

Free and open to the public

The University of the Incarnate Word takes a glance at its past in a Foto History. The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word arrived in San Antonio in 1869 responding to a call to help those suffering from a yellow fever epidemic. Three young Sisters set up a clinic that would become Santa Rosa Hospital. Next they took up the challenge of an orphanage and then a school which in time evolved into The College and Academy of the Incarnate Word. This mission of the Sisters –and their successors– continues at UIW today, with a promise for the future.

• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

NINA A. PADILLA (San Antonio, Texas) 
Vignette & Tango – Motion

TIFFANY PEREZ (San Antonio, Texas) 
Vignette & Tango – Stills

The Gallery At MBS
1115 South Alamo Street, Suite 2212
San Antonio, TX 78210
(210) 412-0398 | info@mbslife.com
www.mbslife.com

Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 2018, 6 – 8 pm
Live music and dance performances | Cash bar
Exhibition on display: September 1 – 30, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 2 – 5 pm
Contact: Joshua Levine | (210) 364-4458 | josh@mbslife.com
Nina A. Padilla | (210) 649-5707 | nina@vignetteportraitphotography.com
www.vignetteportraitphotography.com
Tiffany Perez | (210) 872-5014 | tangop.2011@gmail.com

Free and open to the public

The Vignette & Tango Stills & Motion photography exhibit will showcase the talent and architectural beauty of San Antonio as seen through the lenses of local artists, Nina A. Padilla and Tiffany Perez. Stills & Motion celebrates the structural elements of our incredible city and the local talent that serves as its artistic soul. Images in this photography exhibit will include cityscape night scenery, perspective textural fine art stills, dance portrait photography and selected images from the BARE Artist portrait series; a year long portrait series that features local artists that are giving back to our community. 

• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

ANDERS LILLEBERG (San Antonio, Texas)

Cinematic Candids

Curated by Rubio

Rubio Gallery-South
111 Probandt
San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 793-8899 | rubiogallerysouth@gmail.com

Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 2018, 7 – 10 pm
Exhibition on display: September 7 – 29, 2018
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception
Contact: Rubio | (210) 793-8899 | rubiogallerysouth@gmail.com

Free and open to the public 

Anders Lilleberg is a photographer and filmmaker born in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1985. He graduated from The New York Film Academy in 2006 and is currently based at the Blue Star Arts Complex in San Antonio, Texas. He credits his influences to filmmakers such as David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Federico Fellini, and Stanley Kubrick.

Anders has several films in development, including a documentary in collaboration with Robert Tatum and a Neo-Film Noir entitled, Weeding Eden. He has produced several music videos for Bryson Brooks, Education Rock Music, and Sweet Carbonneau & the Fur Trappers; and has worked with CBS, Hewlett Packard, Ballet San Antonio, and SAFilm.

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 – Comfort, Texas ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

BRUCE BARSHOP, POLLY HARRISON 
SAMIRA MESSNER, SARAH PAGONA 
(San Antonio, Texas)

The Miracle Still Here

Curated by Tracy Lynch

Intermezzo Gallery
716 High Street
Comfort, TX 78013
(830) 995-3899 | intermezzogallery@yahoo.com
www.intermezzogallery.com

Free and open to the public

Opening reception: Saturday, September 8, 2018, 1 – 4 pm
Exhibition on display: September 8 – October 14, 2018
Viewing hours: Tue – Fri, 11 am – 4 pm; Sat, 10 am – 4 pm; Sun, 11 am – 4 pm
Contact: Jeannette MacDougall | (830) 995-3899 | intermezzogallery@yahoo.com

This exhibition brings together four professional photographers with a diverse interpretation of the human figure and portraiture. The collection of images highlights Sarah Pagona’s Body Politics, the street photography of Bruce Barshop, Hispanic touring circuses by Polly Harrison, and the sisterhood of incarcerated women in Ethiopia by Samira Messner.

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

MARK HORVATICH (San Antonio, Texas)

A Glimpse Of Our World

Lone Star Art Space
107 Lone Star Boulevard
San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 884-8100 | jesustoromartinez@yahoo.com 

Opening reception: Saturday, September 8, 2018, 6 – 9 pm 
Exhibition on display: September 2 – 22, 2018 
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception 
Contact: Jesus Toro Martinez | (210) 884-8100 | jesustoromartinez@yahoo.com
Mark Horvatich | nomad799@gmail.com

Free and open to the public

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Mark Horvatich has traveled the world extensively, taking photographs and making documentary films. He is driven by curiosity, a sense of adventure, and desire to explore unknown corners of the world. Mark has made his home in Japan, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guam, constantly immersing himself in the local culture. Awed by the dazzling diversity of people, landscape and architecture, his camera never tires, his eyes never weary: there is simply so much world and too short a life.

The images in this exhibition capture the fleeting moments of a life among lives here and then there, seen, shared, and then re-seen. With the belief that travel broadens one’s view of the world. Experiencing other cultures, meeting people from other countries, and seeing the beauty of the world helps people understand that all of our lives are simultaneously interconnected and individual.

These photographs are the result of twenty five years of roaming, spontaneity being the only constant; sleeping in villages, camping in the bush, and staying in local hotels and homes in towns and villages has created a plethora of opportunities for daily immersion along the way. As the images of other photographers have inspired Mark to explore the world, he hopes these contributions will motivate other aspiring vagabonds. 

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

FORREST GOOD (San Antonio, Texas)

Sense Of Place

Curated by Rubio

R Space
110 East Lachapelle
San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 793-8899 | rubiogallerysouth@gmail.com

Opening reception: Saturday, September 8, 2018, 7 – 10 pm
Exhibition on display: September 8 – 22, 2018
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception
Contact: Rubio | (210) 793-8899 | rubiogallerysouth@gmail.com

Free and open to the public 

Forrest Good was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Focus in Technology, Minor in Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is currently in his third year at St. Mary’s Law School and works for Fahle Han Law, a criminal defense firm. When not studying law, he enjoys playing music and creating art in different media.

What started as a reminder of life outside of the confines of the St. Mary’s Law Library has turned into Sense of Place, a series that identifies the perception of belonging and authenticity at particular locations and events in our world. Through photography, Forrest hopes to capture his take on this elusive feeling and share what we may not always take the time to appreciate.

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

EDMUNDO MACIAS (San Antonio, Texas)

Cuba Before McCuba

S.M.A.R.T. Projectspace
1906 South Flores Street
San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 227-5718 | smartsatx@gmail.com
www.smartsa.org

Opening reception: Saturday, September 8, 2018, 7 – 10 pm
Exhibition on display: September 8 – 28, 2018
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception
Contact: Yvette Benavides | (210) 748-3181 | yvette@benavidestsudio.com

Free and open to the public

With each visit to Cuba I feel a little closer to the people. The intent, with many of my photos, is to be able to look into the Cuban people’s eyes and capture their emotions. The older people seem to evoke despair while the young people show a glimpse of hope in their eyes. While the people struggle, they hang on and wait for a better day. Ever changing U.S. policy continues to evolve but there will eventually be a day when relationships will be normalized and the U.S. will lay it’s footprint on the island. I wanted to capture the beautiful island and its people and its magic before you see a McDonald’s on every corner. Hence, the title of my exhibit, Cuba Before McCuba. –Edmundo Macias 

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

KIMBERLY HOPKINS (San Antonio, Texas)

Street Formation – A Movement Within The Music

AP Art Lab
1906 South Flores Street
San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 705-2332 | apartlab@gmail.com

Opening reception: Saturday, September 8, 2018, 7 – 10 pm
Exhibition on display: September 8 – 26, 2018
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception
Contact: Amanda Popawsky | (210) 705-2332 | apartlab@gmail.com 
Kimberly Hopkins | (713) 501-4530 | hopkinskimberly2@gmail.com
www.khopphotography.com

Free and open to the public 

Kimberly Hopkins is a native Houstonian and has lived in San Antonio since 2011. Kimberly received a B.S. in Architecture from Prairie View A&M University and an M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Kimberly’s photography explores and chronicles the poetic and lyrical nuances of daily life; city streets, people and public transportation are her visual language. Her passion for photography ignited when she picked up her first digital camera in architecture school, where she applied this passion by mixing her design influences to create her unique style. Kimberly believes every photo has a story behind it that allows viewers to see her outlook on everyday life.

Music has long been used as a social platform to promote change. During the 1950’-60’s, musicians in the African American community across genres, successfully addressed social issues within their music. For example, Sam Cooke and Curtis Mayfield focused on social issues that emphasized uniting as a country and as people for the civil rights of African Americans. 

Curtis Mayfield’s “People get ready” reaches across racial and religious lines to offer a message of redemption and forgiveness. Sam Cooke created “A Change Is Going To Come”, a ballet in support of the civil rights movement, spreading a message of equality for African Americans. These artists, along with others before them; created a platform for today’s famous musicians and street musicians to share their voice, their talent, and rhythm which has moved us, healed us, and continues to inspire us today.  
 
Kimberly Hopkins’ images are reflections of how musicians have impacted other musicians all over the world. New Orleans is known worldwide as the birthplace of Jazz and Funk. Jazz, like blues and other southern birthed genres can be attributed to African Americans: Buddy Bolden (1895), Nick LaRocca (1917) and Louis Armstrong (1936), who all played a tremendous role in the birth of Jazz in New Orleans. Furthermore, Chicago is known as the home of blues, Europe is the birthplace of Classical Music, and Brazil is native for the sound Samba. Above all, musicians share one thing in common, talent. If you are a singer use your voice, a writer uses a pencil, no matter who or what style of artist we are we have a responsibility to the people we influence to be a voice when our following is voiceless. Music is to social change as words are to images. Everyone has their own interpretation of what it could be as music helps to influence and adapt the change we protest about. 

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 – Schertz, Texas ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DORNITH DOHERTY (Denton, Texas)

Mediated Garden

Organized by Debra Schafter 
Visual Arts/Fine Arts Professor, San Antonio College 
Curated by Eduardo Rodriguez 
Visual Arts/Fine Arts Professor, San Antonio College 

San Antonio College – Visual Arts Center
950 Lewis Street
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 486-1042 | erodriguez2@alamo.edu 
http://www.alamo.edu/sac/

Opening reception: Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 5 – 6:30 pm, VAC Gallery
Exhibition on display: September 12 – October 31, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 8 am – 5 pm
Contact: Eduardo Rodriguez | erodriguez2@alamo.edu
Debra Schafter | dschafter@alamo.edu
Dornith Doherty | www.dornithdoherty.com

Archiving Eden 
Dornith Doherty Lecture
San Antonio College – McAllister Auditorium
Corner of San Pedro Avenue and Courtland Place
Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 7 – 8 pm
Immediately following the opening reception for the Mediated Garden exhibit

Exhibition made possible by a SAC STE(A)M Grant
Free and open to the public 

Dornith Doherty is currently Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, where she has been on the faculty since 1996. In addition to receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012, she has been the recipient of grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the Indiana Arts Commission, the United States Department of the Interior, the University of North Texas, and the Houston Center for Photography. She also received the Honored Educator Award from the Society of Photographic Education South Central Conference in 2012, and more recently the Texas Legislature named her 2016 Texas State Artist 2D. 

In large-scale photographic prints of hauntingly cavernous and methodically arranged international seed vaults, Dornith Doherty has devoted a decade to documenting global efforts to secure the survival of genetic diversity in wild and agricultural plant species. Conversely, intimate and delicate x-ray images of plant seeds and tissue convey a sense of fragility, while their structures, exacting and stable, offer a promise of resilience. The exhibition, Mediated Garden, showcases the recent completion of Doherty’s Archiving Eden project and presents a critical examination of the intersection of art, science, technology, ecology and human mediation in an age of rapid climate change and declining biodiversity. 

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

GRETA PRATT (Norfolk, Virginia)

A Cloud Of Dust

Curated by Cosby Lindquist

Northwest Vista College – Palmetto Center For The Arts
3535 North Ellison Drive
San Antonio, TX 78251
(210) 486-4000 | nvc-palmettoarts@alamo.edu
www.palmettoarts.org

Opening reception: Thursday, September 13, 2018, 11 am – 1 pm
Exhibition on display: September 10 – October 14, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 8 am – 6 pm
Contact: Cosby Lindquist | (614) 937-1027 | cosbylindquist@gmail.com
Greta Pratt | www.gretapratt.com

Free and open to the public

Greta Pratt is an American photographer concerned with issues of national identity and American myth. Pratt is the author of three monographs, The Wavers (Blue Sky Books 2014), Using History (Steidl, 2005) and In Search Of The Corn Queen (National Museum of American Art, 1994). Pratt’s work is included in major public and private collections and has been shown in Art in America, New York Times Sunday Magazine, and The New Yorker, along with numerous books and catalogs nationally as well as internationally. She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of a New Jersey State Arts Council Grant.

Much like fake news, fake history becomes a truth that functions to influence the thoughts and belief of the present. For the past three years I have been photographing the American West to examine western mythology and the elevation of hyper-masculinity. The iconic male characters of the west, the cowboy, the gunfighter and the lawman embody a code of bravado and violence and yet still hold a nostalgic and populist place in American memory. Recent manifestations of gender, power, and populism, in the U.S. make this topic even more provocative. The underlying motivation for all of my work is the realization that history and national memory influence the present and shape the public’s response to current issues and events.

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

NICOLE MARIE MOORE (San Antonio, Texas)

Along The Way – Moments Captured In Nature, Dance And Life

Saint Mary’s University – Louis J. Blume Library Gallery
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
(210) 436-3430 | www.stmarytx.edu

Opening reception: Thursday, September 13, 2018, 4 – 5:30 pm
Arte y Pasión Flamenco dance performance: 4:30 – 5 pm
Exhibition on display: September 13 – October 14, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Thu, 7:45 am – Midnight; Fri, 7:45 am – 6 pm
Sat, 1 – 6 pm; Sun, 1 pm – Midnight
Contact: Brian St. John | (210) 473-8331 | bstjohn@stmarytx.edu

Free and open to the public

My work as a photographer has consistently focused on singular moments in time. I believe the desire to preserve moments of solitude, beauty, or what the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca calls duende, or passion and inspiration, helps cultivate a greater understanding of the world in which we live.

When I photograph a subject –be it nature, landscape, musician, or dancer– I am drawn to elements of color, movement, texture, contrast, and even sound-sense: light against dark; the translucent against what is more present; vivid color against the muted; the solitary amongst chaos; and even, those moments, when a singular image quiets the mind. I believe that many senses can be captured and presented by the photographer’s tool, the camera.

Photography is a type of communication. When we stop to look at an image that is before us, we connect to our own celebration of being and recognize the familiar in the world in which we live, love, and create.

Dance, in particular, has become a favorite subject of mine, as it expresses intense, and, I think, honorable human qualities. The poise and sternness of the dancer, the intense gaze, the play of shadow and light, the expression of determination shows a life dedicated to discipline, achievement, and celebration.

This exhibit allows me to share moments of beauty, singularity, and integrity that I have captured in nature, dance, and life, along the way. –Nicole Marie Moore 

• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

NAIN LEON, PEDRO BARRANCO, GREYSON CARLYLE
CARLOS CASTANEDA, ALBERTO ESCALA, MELL GARZA
VICTOR JOSE MARIA GONZALEZ SANCHEZ, JADE HERNANDEZ
URIEL DE JESUS JUAREZ TAVERA, YAZMIN TORRES MARQUEZ
SALEM MCBUNNY, OSVALDO MEDINA XOLALTENCO, RAUL MEJIA
JUAN PABLO PUENTE LUNA, DANIELA RIOJAS, CRISTINA RODRIGUEZ
JOSE ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ SERRANO, SAVANNAH SAUNDERS
DAMIAN SERRANO, LIVIER MIROSLAVA ULTRERAS CORNEJO
SERGIO VALENCIA
(Mexico – Texas)

Construyendo Realidades – Constructing Realities

Curated by Alfredo Avalos

UNAM San Antonio
600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, Building 333
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 222-8626
www.unamsa.edu

Opening reception: Thursday, September 13, 2018, 7 pm
Exhibition on display: September 13 – October 13, 2018
Viewing hours: Mon – Thu, 9 am – 6 pm; Fri, 9 am – 2:30 pm
Contact: Alfredo Avalos | avalos.alfredo@gmail.com

Free and open to the public 

Naín León is a digital Artist and commercial Photographer. He received his degree in multimedia and photography from UNAM, Mexico, in 2010. He loves creating conceptual and surreal images in his personal work, and in his commercial work as well. Some of the companies he has worked for include The Discovery Channel, PEI WEI, Manulife, 500px, Shutterstock, BBVA, MICHELOB ULTRA, and Prudential Financial. He has been featured in magazines and websites around the world such as FARENHEIT Magazine (Mexico), GET Inspired (Netherlands), and VOGUE (Italy), among others. 

Photographers from Texas and Mexico come together in Construyendo Realidades, a photography exhibit of constructed images attempting a poetic disruption of reality. Through each artist’s unique eye and perspective, the exhibit creates an extraordinary connectivity among the group that delivers images conceived in impossible worlds, in which, form, color and captured emotion will challenge the viewer’s imagination.

• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

FLOR AMEIRA (San Antonio, Texas)

The Prettiest Part Of Rumination

Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery
​1704 Blanco Road
San Antonio, TX 78212
www.clamplightsa.com

Opening reception: Friday, September 14, 2018, 7 pm
Exhibition on display: September 14 – 28, 2018
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception
Contact: Flor Ameira | ameira.flor@gmail.com

Free and open to the public

Flor Ameira uses photography and performance to challenge internal and external norms for women, their bodies, and how they relate to societal expectations. Exploring the constant embrace and rejection of her relationship with her surroundings, Flor uses physical distortions and restrictions of the body that reference conflicted internal feelings, which result in an inability to recognize the woman behind the fabric. Even though her portraits may seem disturbing at first glance, Flor’s use of color, light, and gestures suggest beauty within the constrained. 

• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

KLARISSA PEREZ (San Antonio, Texas)

New York, New York!

Curated by Liz Paris

Revenant Gallery
1913 South Flores Street
San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 862-8875 | revenantgallery@gmail.com

Opening reception: Saturday, September 15, 2018, 7 – 11 pm
Exhibition on display: September 15 – October 5, 2018
Viewing hours: By appointment after opening reception
Contact: Roland Fuentes | (210) 862-8875 | revenantgallery@gmail.com

Free and open to the public

Klarissa lives in San Antonio and works in fashion, portrait, and street photography, often allowing one to influence the other and at times combining the three. She works entirely as an analog photographer, with 35mm film, developing black and white negatives and producing hand-made prints in her personal darkroom.

This series began while she spent a year documenting life as she saw it on the streets of New York. Focusing on simple and satisfying moments, she creates a visual memoir of New York with timeless quality. Klarissa’s work explores subtle and poetic moments seen in day-to-day life, and her photographs operate as a reaction to these scenes. She creates images in the street relying on her sensibility as a calm, collected and lighthearted human to produce a visual language that is as refreshing as it is powerful. Her deep interest in fashion photography as well as portraiture inform her approach to street images. 

• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

CHRISTIAN FUCHS (Lima, Peru) 
Montagues & Capulets – Transgeneration

MARI HERNANDEZ (San Antonio, Texas) 
Montagues & Capulets – Hombres

Cinnabar Art Gallery
1420 South Alamo Street, Suite 147
Blue Star Arts Complex
San Antonio, TX 78210 
(210) 557-6073
www.cinnabarart.com

Opening reception: Friday, September 21, 2018, 6:30 – 9 pm 
Artist talk: Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:30 pm
Exhibition on display: September 21 – November 10, 2018
Viewing hours: Wed – Sat, 12 – 6 pm
Contact: Susan Oliver Heard | (210) 557-6073 | cinnabarart@gmail.com

Free and open to the public

Montagues & Capulets: “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny; where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” Shakespeare leaves the ancient grudge between the two feuding families to his audience to decipher, but historians and scholars agree only land and title would cause such a permanent rift.

From two separate vantage points and with juxtaposed processes the two artists in this exhibition examine the history and impact land and title play in our current society.

In her series, Hombres, Mari Hernandez uses archetypes endowed with natural and unnatural features to expose the ingrained culture of romanticizing colonization and celebrating manifest destiny.

Christian Fuchs in his series, Transgeneration, delves into the subject of title through personal memory. He seeks to reinvent history through recreating his family tree. His personal anthropological experience over the span of hundreds of years traces the effects gaining and losing title have on society.

Through elaborate costumes these artists become their subjects and the photographs transport the viewer to an ancient time, but remind them that the actions of the past determine our future.

Our current socio-political climate illustrates the hefty ransom land and title still hold on society. Through careful examination we can remember these stories that were initiated in ancient times with ancient grudges and perhaps new narratives can be created.

• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

KAT GAMBS (San Antonio, Texas)

Bits & Pieces

ArtistsWithAMission Collaborative
1100 Broadway Street at Jones Avenue
2nd Floor Studio Exhibit Space
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 392-4764 | katgambs@gmail.com
www.artistswithamission.com

Opening reception: Friday, September 21, 2018, 7 – 10 pm
Closing reception: Sunday, September 30, 2018, 2 – 6 pm
Exhibition on display: September 21 – 30, 2018
Viewing hours: Fri (21 & 28), 6 – 10 pm; Sat (22 & 29), Noon – 8 pm
Sun (23 & 30), 2 – 6 pm
Contact: Kat Gambs | (210) 392-4764 | katgambs@gmail.com

Free and open to the public 

In every moment there is a story being told. A small universe, waiting to be discovered. –Kat Gambs

This year, Kat Gambs –founder and coordinator of the ArtistsWithAMission Collaborative at 1100 Broadway– is celebrating the 15th anniversary of sharing open walls in the historic building at the corner of Jones Avenue, just steps away from River Reach North. Emerging and established artists at all stages of their careers have had the opportunity to exhibit work in a collaborative setting.

As a visual artist Kat Gambs considers herself a radical recycler. Her chosen art form is found objects embedded in recycled paper, a combination of printmaking and sculpture. At an age that others consider elderly she is ready to take her passion and make it happen! She loves to synergize and intends to focus the rest of her life on causes, along others with a similar vision, to support missions and ministries around the world.

Her Fotoseptiembre 2018 exhibition, Bits & Pieces, takes her fascination with capturing photographic images to a new level. After coordinating exhibits for others as an art educator and encourager throughout her life, her first solo exhibition showcases everyday images throughout San Antonio and other places she has traveled. New stories to be told!