The FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Exhibitions & Events Calendar is posted with information currently available. Dates, times, and other information may vary. Each venue may have its own Covid-Safety protocols in place. Anyone attending a reception or an exhibit should comply with these protocols. Please visit the venue websites or call them for information about safety requirements, and to confirm dates and times before attending.
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2021 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE Monographs
YANG SHUN-FA (Taiwan)
The Submerged Beauty Of Formosa
Curated by Michael Mehl
Special thanks to Mong-jane Wu for curatorial assistance, translations and communications
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE MONOGRAPHS
Born in 1964, Yang Shun-Fa was raised in a farming family in Tainan, Taiwan. He knew of the harsh conditions of the land and what it takes to strive in such environment. After military service, he entered China Steel Corporation and worked there ever since. CSC’s photo club was where he learned photography and where he delved into the world of image making. For over 30 years, he has produced dozens of projects, many of which have been exhibited at major institutions and festivals worldwide, including Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Grand Palais, Paris, Kosovo Biennale, and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Lishui Photography Festival, CO4 Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta.
Yang’s artistic approach evolved from the early pictorial style, to a more subjective expression, then to staged photography and digital image manipulations. His experimentations carried throughout the 1990s and 2000s. His reflection on the social atmosphere of Taiwan’s post-martial law era were incorporated in projects of social documentary, artistic interventions, performance art, and photo-installations. Notable works include Reconstructed Kingdom (1993-1997), Rampant Beasts (1998-2002), the community intervention project Embellishing Hongmaogang (2007), Home and Rootless (2004-2008), and The Island Project (2014-ongoing).
In recent years he has committed to documenting and representing his beloved island of Taiwan. The Island Project was conceived under this goal in 2014, and has been Yang Shun-Fa’s ongoing endeavor to this day. The Island Project includes four parts: Homage to Chen Ting-Shih (Part I), The Submerged Beauty of Formosa (Part II), The Submerged Beauty of Formosa—Defending the Nation, the Land (Part III), Taiwan To-Go (Part IV).
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MAMI KIYOSHI (Japan/France)
Wadako – Stories Of Japanese Kites
Curated by Michael Mehl
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE MONOGRAPHS
Mami Kiyoshi graduated from Musashino University of Art, Tokyo. Since 2003, she has been working on a project called New Reading Portraits, which in the long run will show the plurality of humanity in the 21st century through a series of portraits playing on the individuality and diversity of people she meets around the world. In 2010, she received a grant from the Japanese government to carry out a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Since then, she has been living in France and continues to travel to meet new models. The French-Japanese collaborative project WADAKO – Stories of Japanese Kites is a sub-category of her personal universal project New Reading Portraits. This project was initiated by Cecile Laly, a researcher and specialist of Japanese culture who has been studying Japanese kites for many years. In 2018, Cecile and Mami traveled together to take portraits of the remaining Japanese kite makers.
Mami has received numerous awards including the ARTE/ L’ART ET LA VILLE PRIZE, the Bourse du Talent and SFR Jeunes Talents. Her works are in the collections of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, the Musée de la Ville de St. Quentin en Yvelines and the Bibliothéque Nationale de France.
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FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Galleries
GUILHERME BERGAMINI (Brazil)
Education For All
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Gallery
Guilherme Bergamini is a Brazilian photographer and visual artist with a degree in Journalism. He currently lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. For more than two decades, Guilherme has developed photography projects using the various narrative possibilities that the medium offers. His work is a dialogue between memory and socio-political criticism. Guilherme believes that photography is both an aesthetic endeavor and a means for social transformation. He has been awarded in national and international competitions, and has participated in collective exhibitions in 36 countries. In 2018, Guilherme Bergamini, produced the Education For All photo book, a self-published limited edition of 200 books.
Democratic societies need educated citizens, well-informed and critical. Democracy requires that everyone be able to determine their preferences and choose among viable alternatives, exercising their right to hold their representatives accountable and be part of the political process. In this context, education is a universal right and a duty of the State, which should provide it for free and at high standards to the whole community. Brazilian democracy appears to be a far away dream because of the precarious condition of public education in the country. A country marked by a deeply unequal and unjust history, Brazil faces serious challenges to its future by not ensuring the best education for all its people, especially for the children. –Guilherme Bergamini
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AL RENDON (San Antonio, TX)
Patient Portraits – Faces Of Resiliency
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Gallery
For nearly fifty years, photographer Al Rendon has been documenting his hometown, San Antonio, photographing big-name rock bands, Conjunto and Tejano musicians, local artists, street food purveyors, charreada riders, and ordinary citizens. Rendon still remembers fondly how, as a teenager, he sweet-talked his way backstage at San Antonio rock concerts to get photographs of big stars like Rod Stewart, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. He would rush home to develop and print the photographs, and then find his way into after-parties to sell the printed images to the stars and their entourages. “I had so much fun, but because of all the close-up loud music I was exposed to back then, now I can’t hear anymore” Al jokes. But he says that the experience taught him lessons about the business side of photography. It also taught him how to capture moments and people on the fly.
In July of 2020 I started a special portrait project for San Antonio-based WellMed Medical Management; traveling to several cities in Texas in which WellMed provided palliative care during the Covid-19 Pandemic. I photographed patients and healthcare workers in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Austin, Edinburg and McAllen. Patients and caregivers were interviewed about their personal experiences related to health, health care, and recovery from Covid-19. The photographs presented here are a sample selection from the project. The complete set of photographs and interviews will be published as an ebook later in 2021. –Al Rendon
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FIONA LANSING (Southwestern USA)
Up Close
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Gallery
Born and raised on a farm in South Texas, Fiona knew that farming would not be her life. After high school she got a job as a short-order cook, working in truck stops throughout the Southwest. She loves to cook, and moving around between truck stops allows her to meet people and make new friends. An old trucker she got to know gave her a camera. Since then, when she isn’t cooking she is outside learning to look at things and to see them through the lens of her camera. She always keeps in mind her Dad’s farming advice: Watch the crops closely, they’ll tell you what they need. All her life, she has had a knack for finding or seeing things that others have missed. Fiona likes to think that nature is a lot like life, examining it up close is much more interesting than from afar.
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MICHAEL MEHL (San Antonio, TX)
Event Horizon
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Gallery
Michael Mehl is the founder/director of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA SAFOTO. He is a composer, musician, photographer, digital artist, writer and curator.
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THE LIGHT CATCHERS SOCIETY – MARIANGEL CASTANEDA, ALFREDO GONZALES, ASH SAN MIGUEL,
KIMBERLY RUBIO, MARCOS MARTINEZ, MAYTE LARA (San Antonio, TX)
We Live Here
Curated by Francisco H. Cortés
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Gallery
The Light Catchers Society was officially founded in October of 2016 by Francisco Cortes. In 2017, The Light Catchers Society and SA Heals began a collaboration to provide leadership workshops and guidance for students, while providing planning and sponsorship for annual end-of-year photography exhibits. We Live Here is an ongoing body of youth work that aims to change the negative narrative of the near East Side. While addressing social justice issues that directly affect themselves, Light Catcher artists interview and document a cohort of East Side community members that range from immigrants and law enforcement, to youth and leaders, to those with a difficult past. Through photography and storytelling, We Live Here gives insight into the complexity of a community that has been consistently represented as one-dimensional.
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TRACEY MAURER (San Antonio, TX)
Lotería De Comida – San Antonio FOOD Inspired Images
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Online Gallery
Tracey is a Texas native who has specialized in commercial photography for the last 28 years. She holds a BFA in acting from UT Austin and attended the graduate program at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. Tracey’s experiences in the arts and her work as a commercial photographer have given her a keen eye for inspired lighting & storytelling. She has built a successful business by bringing a creative edge to her photography and by maintaining high standards and quality.
Tracey’s FOOD photography has a creative edge that reflects her lifelong appreciation and support of the arts. Her background in Theatre has inspired her photographic lighting, set design and storytelling over the years. Tracey’s images have contributed to the success of custom marketing campaigns for her San Antonio, regional and national food industry clients. In addition to her commercial work, she has taught various food photography workshops at culinary seminars and at area schools. She has been a guest instructor for The Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio and The Art Institute of San Antonio. Tracey has also taught food photography workshops for the Texas Department of Agriculture through their Education Service Center & Child Nutrition Programs, The American Writers and Artists Association and the philanthropic culinary organization of women leaders known as Les Dames d’ Escoffier International.
Lotería De Comida is an original art-inspired project that started conceptually years ago when I was working on several food photography projects featuring Mexican cuisine in San Antonio and south Texas. I’ve always been intrigued by the cultural origins of food and how they relate to modern life. While increasing my understanding of Mexican food and it’s unique ingredients and after marrying into a caring Hispanic family in the 80’s, I naturally became involved in many other aspects of Mexican-American family life. As a long-time San Antonio resident, I am familiar with various cultural past-times including the south Texas appetite for bingo and it’s Mexican counterpart called lotería. After years of awareness and personal observations, I became more acquainted with lotería with its rich historical influence throughout Mexico and Europe. I fully appreciate how the game has inspired many artists throughout the centuries to create new and imaginative versions by utilizing their own unique and culturally inspired illustrations. My version, likewise, combines two iconic facets of our local & Mexican cultures: a distinctive cuisine and a beloved social pastime.
After much creative trial and error, Lotería De Comida emerged first as a series of canvas art images and then later as a reimagined San Antonio FOOD inspired lotería game – complete with a deck of 54 playing cards, 10 tablets (tablas), 54 poems (versos) in English and Spanish – and, of course playing instructions in both languages. Getting this off the ground in 2020 has been a challenging and rewarding experience. –Tracey Maurer
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FOTOSEPTIEMBRE 2021 Exhibitions & Events
• THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
GABRIEL CHAVEZ ZECKUA (San Antonio, TX)
San Antonio – Perspectives From The Sky
Curated by Alfredo Avalos, Joao Quiroz and Gabriel Chávez Zeckua
UNAM San Antonio Gallery
600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 222-8626 Ext 232 | aavalos@unamsa.edu | https://unamsa.edu
Opening reception: Thursday, August 26, 2021, 7 pm
Exhibit on display: August 26 – October 1, 2021
Viewing hours: Mon – Thu, 9 am – 6 pm; Fri, 9 am – 2 pm
Contact: Alfredo Avalos (210) 222-8626 Ext 232 | aavalos@unamsa.edu
Free and open to the public
What you see depends not only on what you look at, but where you are looking from. Using the unique perspective that aerial photography offers, I strive towards capturing these amazing views. In the last six years that I have been taking pictures with a drone, my greatest inspiration has been to show images of ordinary elements from a different perspective; taking advantage of the freedom to raise the camera to unimaginable heights and place it at extraordinary angles. My work shows that, as in life, there is more than one way to look at things.
–Gabriel Chávez Zeckua
• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 (San Marcos, Texas)
ALICIA AHUMADA SALAIZ, YOLANDA ANDRADE, BYRON BRAUCHLI, KEITH DANNEMILLER, FAUSTINUS DERAET, STEPHANIE DUPRIE ROUTH, ALINKA ECHEVERRIA, MIGUEL GANDERT, KEVIN GREENBLAT, JESSE HERRERA, GRACIELA ITURBIDE, GEOFFREY KROLL, ED MALCIK, MAYA MARTELL, ENIAC MARTINEZ ULLOA, FRANCISCO MATA ROSAS, NORMAN MAUSKOPF, RODRIGO MOYA, RAUL ORTEGA, AL RENDON, RICHARD SPEEDY, BILL WITTLIFF, MARIANA YAMPOLSKY (Mexico – United States)
Devotion – Photographs Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe
Curated by Carla Ellard, photo-archivist for the Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection at The Wittliff
The Wittliff Collections
Alkek Library – Texas State University
601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666
(512) 245-2313 | thewittliffcollections@txstate.edu | https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu
No opening reception
Exhibit on display: September 1 – December 10, 2021
Viewing hours: Mon – Fri, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm; Sat, 11:00 am – 4:30 pm; Sun, Noon – 4:30 pm | Closed Labor Day
Contact: Carla Ellard (512) 245-1399 | ce10@txstate.edu
Free and open to the public
The Wittliff takes you on a visual exploration of the cultural phenomenon that Our Lady of Guadalupe has created throughout the United States and the world. This major photography exhibition features documentary photographs by 23 artists of the faithful who visit the basilica in Mexico City, those who venerate her throughout Mexico, and the traditions and customs honoring her in the Southwest United States. The exhibition also highlights the popularity of her image and the cultural impact it has made on secular society.
Wittliff Collections exhibition link: https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/exhibitions/Devotion.html
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
HAYFER BREA (San Antonio, TX)
Nothing To Say
Curated by Verena Gaudy and Martín C. Rodriguez, Owners, Un Grito Gallery
Un Grito Gallery
1420 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78210 – Blue Star Arts Complex
ungritogallery@instagram
Opening receptions: Thursday, September 2, 2021, 7 – 11 pm, and Friday, September 3, 2021, 7 – 11 pm
Exhibit on display: September 2 – 18, 2021
Viewing hours: By appointment
Contact: Hayfer Brea (862) 304-3235 | hayferbrea@gmail.com | hayferbrea.blogspot.com
Free and open to the public
Hayfer Brea is a visual artist and researcher. He always goes beyond the conventional in his photographic exhibitions, including other media, such as found objects, installations, etc. Proposing other ways to visualize and present photographs.
Nothing To Say is a photographic investigation carried out between 2020 and 2021, in which Hayfer has documented a series of empty billboards in the city of San Antonio and its surroundings. The exhibit includes a selection of 42 photographic images, including instant film (Polaroid i-Type) and digital photos printed on paper. Also included are several sets of letterboards on which Hayfer arranged different photographs -Polaroids and small prints– and other framed images. He proposes a tautological game by presenting referents and signifiers at the same time –iconic photographs and factual boards– as an extra-artistic object. In other words, both the photographs of the empty billboards and the letterboards without letters show the same thing: the absence of a written message, without a slogan or advertising logo.
Disused, abandoned and silent billboards are contemporary ruins that, in their silence, evoke the opulence of other times. Here the unsaid -what no longer sells or shows something- speaks to us of absence, loneliness, hopelessness.
–Hayfer Brea
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
MARIA JESSICA ALVARADO, EMILY BLASE, JEREMY BROSCH, LENARD BROWN, JIAWEN CHEN, CHEL DELANEY, REBECCA DIETZ, LAUREL GIBSON, DEBORAH KELLER-RIHN, ANNETTE XUCHITL LANDRY,
BECKI RINNER-DOEGE, AND OTHER BLUE STAR ARTS COLLECTIVE ARTISTS (San Antonio, TX)
Transformations In Black And White
Curated by Deborah Keller-Rihn
Blue Star Arts Collective
1420 South Alamo Street, Studio 209, San Antonio, TX 78210 – Blue Star Arts Complex, Upstairs Studios
(210) 800-5441 | kellerrihnstudio@yahoo.com | https://www.deborahkellerrihn.com
Opening receptions: Thursday, September 2, 2021 and Friday, September 3, 2021, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibit on display: September 2 – 29, 2021
Viewing hours: By appointment
Contact: Deborah Keller-Rihn (210) 800-5441 | kellerrihnstudio@yahoo.com
Free and open to the public
Transformations in Black and White is a show by members of the Blue Star Arts Collective, a group of artists in the Upstairs Studios at Blue Star Arts Complex dedicated to creative self-expression for the transformation of the individual, the society and the world. This show explores the idea of transformation as well as contrast, unity and value as it relates to black and white photographic imagery.
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
DALE JOHNSON, ANGELA MARTINEZ, WILEY MARTINEZ, AND GUESTS (San Antonio, TX)
In Tempore
Slab Cinema Arthouse
134 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204 – Blue Star Arts Complex
(210) 212-9373 | arthouse@slabcinema.com | https://www.slabcinema.com
Opening receptions: Thursday, September 2, 2021, 5 – 10 pm; Friday, September 3, 2021, 6 – 11 pm
Opening receptions feature real-time photos shot in interactive picturescapes
Exhibit on display: September 2 – 25, 2021
Viewing hours: By appointment
Contact: Angela Martínez (210) 212-9373 | angela@slabcinema.com
Free and open to the public
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
LILIANNA STORY (San Antonio, TX)
Cuentos De Cuba
AnArte Gallery
7959 Broadway Street, Suite 202, San Antonio, TX 78209
(210) 826-5674 | anartegallery@me.com | sofiaortega.anarte@gmail.com
https://www.anartegallery09.com
Opening reception: Friday, September 3, 2021, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibit on display: September 3 – 30, 2021
Viewing hours: Mon – Tue, 11 am – 6 pm; Wed – Sat, 11 am – 8 pm; Sun, 11 am – 5 pm | And by appointment
Contact: Ana Montoya (210) 826-5674 | anartegallery@me.com
Sofia Ortega (210) 386-6941 | sofiaortega.anarte@gmail.com
Free and open to the public
These photographs are a collection of visual stories reflecting on the rich culture and traditions of a world suspended in time.
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
MARTHA MORENO (San Antonio, TX)
Perdóname, Madre Naturaleza
BLKWHTGRY Gallery
1420 South Alamo Street, Suite 204, San Antonio, TX 78210 – Blue Star Arts Complex
https://blkwhtgry.co
Opening reception: Friday, September 3, 2021, 7 – 11 pm
Exhibit on display: September 3 – 26, 2021
Viewing hours: Fri, 5 – 7 pm; Sat, Noon – 6 pm
Contact: Martha Moreno (830) 200-7043 | marthamorenoart@gmail.com
Free and open to the public
My childhood was spent in El Timbinal Mexico, a small town supported by agriculture and immigrants. I come from a family of farmers and ranchers whose livelihood depended on one thing, nature. Growing up I learned to worship and fear Mother Nature because I knew my life depended on her, we lived off the earth. My childhood ended when I immigrated to the United States. After accepting my new life I quickly began working towards the privileged life I have now. I don’t make a living working the land, and I often take for granted where my food comes from. It is only when I visit my childhood town that I am faced with the reality of who I am in comparison to Mother Nature and how insignificant my presence is in this world. It is humbling and it puts into perspective what we have done as humans to this earth that has given us everything.
It was just a matter of time before we started feeling the consequences from mistreating the earth. The increasing amount of fires in the west, drought, hotter summers, and other natural disasters seemed so far away and other than a moment of sympathy and inconvenience, they had no effect on me and did not disturb my life. However, living through the winter storm was eye-opening. It reminded me we have no control on what Mother Nature does and we are at her mercy. She provides for us as long as we take the time to know her.
Perdóname, Madre Naturaleza is a collection of images that represent the connection between nature and me as a human. My privileged access to her beauty, her nourishment, and now a front view of her decline knowing well I am one of the humans that caused it. –Martha Moreno
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
ED MALCIK (Austin, TX)
For More Than A Year
Mockingbird 2
1420 South Alamo Street, Suite D-141, San Antonio, TX 78210 – Blue Star Arts Complex
Opening reception: Friday, September 3, 2021 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Closing reception: Friday, October 1, 2021 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Exhibit on display: September 3 – October 3, 2021
Viewing hours: Sat, 11 am – 3 pm; Sun, Noon – 4 pm
Contact: Jane Bishop, Gallery Owner (210) 262-6698 | mockingbirdhandprints@gmail.com https://www.mockingbirdhandprints.com
Free and open to the public
For more than a year we have lived with the coronavirus pandemic. During this time we also witnessed racial protests, political rallies, and a presidential election. This exhibition is one photographer’s view of those momentous events, but also the smaller commonplace and personal happenings as life went on around them. You lived through this time; here is what it looked like to someone else. –Ed Malcik
• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
WINNING PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM BEXAR, WILSON, KARNES & GOLIAD COUNTIES
San Antonio River Authority’s 4th Annual River Clicks Photo Contest
The Witte Museum
3801 Broadway Street, San Antonio, TX, 78209
(210) 357-1900 | info@wittemuseum.org
https://www.wittemuseum.org
No opening reception
Exhibit on display: September 4 – November 11, 2021
Viewing hours: Mon – Sat, 10 am – 5 pm; Sun, Noon – 5 pm
Contact: Beth Stricker, Vice President of Exhibitions
(210) 357-1870 | BethStricker@wittemuseum.org
Museum entrance fee may apply
The Witte Museum is proud to display, once again, the past year’s most beautiful photographs of the San Antonio River.
The San Antonio River and its tributaries are featured in the 4th Annual River Clicks Photo Contest, organized by the San Antonio River Authority. Photographers of all skill levels submitted pieces that best capture the River’s beauty, unique aspects and recreational amenities. Creative, artistic, fun and memorable photographs highlight river scenes from Bexar, Wilson, Karnes and Goliad Counties. Each year a new location in one of the River Authority’s four-county service district is recognized in the special category; this year’s is Helton Nature Park. Participants entered in the following categories: Student, Plants & Insects, Animals, Recreation, Creeks & Rivers, Seasonal Variation and the Special Category. Additional winning categories include Judge’s Choice for each county and People’s Choice, for which the public voted on their favorite finalist.
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas) 
MARI HERNANDEZ (San Antonio, TX)
Figments Of Truth
Michael And Noémi Neidorff Art Gallery
Department Of Art And Art History
Trinity University – Dicke Art Building
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212
Contact: Benjamin McVey, Gallery Manager (210) 999-8871
| neidorffgallery@trinity.edu
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PLEASE NOTE : We did not receive any advance notice but due to Covid restrictions, the opening reception for this exhibit was postponed. We do not know how this will impact the exhibition schedule. Please contact the gallery manager for details. Our apologies to everyone that showed up for the reception.
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Mari Hernandez makes photographic self-portraits exploring identity and construction of the self. Focusing on inward concerns to generate visual narratives, she creates distinct aesthetic moods, as well as references to cultural mores and art historical movements. Acting as photographer, subject, make-up artist, and designer, she alters her identity and physical appearance through the use of make-up, prosthetics, wigs, costumes, and props. Through these narratives, she reinterprets histories and proposes new ones. Elements of performance distinguish her work from other modes of photography and highlight the staging of identity, gender and action.
• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
ED MALCIK (Austin, TX)
Paris – Peacocks, Truth, And Tony Parker
Mockingbird Handprints
1420 South Alamo Street, Suite 112A, San Antonio, TX 78210 – Blue Star Arts Complex
(210) 262-6698 | mockingbirdhandprints@gmail.com | https://www.mockingbirdhandprints.com
Opening reception: Saturday, September 11, 2021, 11 am – 2 pm
Artist visit: Friday, October 1, 2021, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibit on display: September 2 – October 17, 2021
Viewing hours: Thu – Sun, 11 am – 5 pm
Contact: Jane Bishop, Gallery Owner (210) 262-6698 | mockingbirdhandprints@gmail.com
Free and open to the public
Lots of people have been to Paris, maybe you. People go for Notre Dame Cathedral, the Mona Lisa, a glass of Burgundy at a corner bistro, Chanel. None of that is in this exhibition. What is in it is peacocks, truth, and Tony Parker, which I think is much more interesting. Parker, by the way, is more popular in Paris than he was when he was in San Antonio with the Spurs: Paris, not San Antonio, named a burger after him. I spent three years in Paris wandering. It’s a popular sport, wandering streets, looking in shop windows, stopping here and there, turning corners at random, with no purpose but to look around. I carried a camera. This is my fifth solo exhibition at Mockingbird Handprints. –Ed Malcik
• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
RAMIN SAMANDARI (San Antonio, TX)
Portraits – A Study In Faces
Magical Realism Studio
107 Lone Star Boulevard #107-B, San Antonio, TX 78204
(210) 861-4325 | magicalrealismstudio@gmail.com | www.magicalrealismstudio.com
Opening reception: Saturday, September 11, 2021, 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Exhibit on display: September 11 – October 1, 2021
Viewing hours: Wed – Sun, 11 am – 5 pm | And by appointment
Contact: Ramin Samandari (210) 861-4325 | magicalrealismstudio@gmail.com
Free and open to the public
Portraiture is a very old art form going back at least to ancient Egypt, where it flourished from about 5,000 years ago. Before the invention of Photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone. But portraits have always been more than just a record. They have been used to show the power, importance, virtue, beauty, wealth, taste, learning or other qualities of the sitter. What makes portraits so magical is its ability to depict not only the physical but also psychological characteristics of a figure. For me, Portraiture has always held a special place in my photography. It comes from my fascination with faces, what unspoken feelings they convey. The selection presented in this exhibition is but a small selection of hundreds of portraits that I’ve done in the past 15 years. –Ramin Samandari
• MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
JC GONZO (San Antonio, TX)
Desert Flowers
Curated by Esteban Delgado, Assistant Professor, Northwest Vista College
Northwest Vista College Online Gallery
https://www.alamo.edu/nvc/pcagallery/desertflowers/
Online exhibit on display: September 13 – October 25, 2021
Contact: Esteban Delgado (361) 522-0034 | edelgado5@alamo.edu
Free and open to the online public
JC Gonzo (b. 1989) takes investigative photographic excursions; researching, documenting, and re-contextualizing sub- and counter-cultural histories as a form of meta-ecology. These reports are depicted through a variety of media that function both as a referential document and a celebration of chaos as exhibited by the natural world.
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
ROBERT CLARE (San Antonio, TX)
Raising The Dead
Curated by Brian St. John
Exhibition essay by Dr. Margaret Cantú-Sánchez
Saint Mary’s University – Louis J. Blume Library
One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228
(210) 436-3441 | https://stmarytx.edu
Opening reception: Friday, September 17, 2021, 3 – 5 pm
Exhibit on display: September 17 – November 2, 2021
Viewing hours: https://lib.stmarytx.edu/home/hours
Contact: Brian St. John (210) 473-8331 | bstjohn@stmarytx.edu
Robert Clare (210) 260-6311 | rclare1@mac.com
Free and open to the public
Robert Clare has been involved with photography for more than 40 years. He has worked as a photographer, photographer’s assistant and photo lab manager and is now retired. He began personal photography in 1976, working exclusively in black and white until switching exclusively to digital in 2006, when he started working only in color. He is married to Victoria Vaughan. They live in San Antonio with their poodle, Zeus, and six adopted feral cats.
This project began after he switched from black and white film photography to digital technology and started as an exploration of Mexican-American cemeteries for purely color photographic possibilities. Even though the images are primarily an exploration of the medium of photography, the cultural and historical significance of these unique spaces cannot be ignored. The Day of the Dead is the most recognized Mexican tradition celebrating the lives of lost loved ones, but it is not the only way that Mexican- American community honors its dead. In many cases, their memory is celebrated year round. There are the traditional decorations of flowers, but they can also include objects symbolic of things important to the deceased, as well as references to holidays or seasons, and religion. Thus these tributes are not only mourning the loss of someone loved but serve to pay homage to the life that person lived. As a result some of these memorials are uniquely beautiful and approach the level of folk art.
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
FRANCISCO H. CORTES (San Antonio, TX)
City On The Rise
Curated by Clint Taylor, Jump Start Program Director
Jump Start Performance Co.
710 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX 78201
210-227-5867 | www.jump-startperformanceco.org
Opening reception: Friday, September 17, 2021, 6 – 10 pm
Closing reception: Saturday, September 25, 2021, 6 – 10 pm
Exhibit on display: September 17 – 25, 2021
Viewing hours: Monday, September 20 – Friday, September 24, 1 – 4 pm
Contact: Clint Taylor (210) 331-0874 | clint.taylor@jump-startperformanceco.org
Francisco H. Cortés (210) 488-8437 | efephoto@gmail.com | https://efephotography.com
Free and open to the public
Francisco Cortés was born on the border between the rural states of Oaxaca and Veracruz in Southern Mexico. After migrating to Texas at an early age, Francisco called the Southside of San Antonio his home, leaving to pursue Chicano Studies and photojournalism at the University of Texas at Austin. He is known for his photojournalistic storytelling, ranging from pensive moments, to civil unrest, to the experiences of immigrants in their alternating contexts. With film photography and darkroom printing techniques as his foundation, Cortés addresses his images with a minimalist approach, accentuating but not manipulating truths. He instructs young photographers of color through educational programs, such as: Detrás Del Lente and The Light Catchers Society.
City on the Rise is an ethnographic look at the residents of the Cassiano Homes of San Antonio’s West Side and their connection and access to art. Recently, the majority of attention on public housing in the city has focused on the planned demolition of the Alazán-Apache Courts, an acknowledged center of cultura constructed beginning in 1939. Cassiano Homes, built in 1953, now faces the same fate. While Cassiano is widely known for its many historic and vibrant murals, most residents have limited access to arts education and the benefits it provides. As a community that is often associated with a negative narrative and whose homes will be lost, their stories must be preserved. Who makes the community of Cassiano Homes?
• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 (Comfort, Texas)
CIEL EVANS (Boerne, Texas)
Love Her Wild
Studio Comfort Texas
716 High Street (PO Box 887), Comfort, TX 78013
(830) 995-3750 | info@studiocomforttexas.com | https://www.studiocomforttexas.com
Opening reception: Saturday, September 18, 2021, 1 – 4 pm
The Comfort Art Festival, Comfort Business District, Saturday, September 18, 2021, 10 am – 4 pm
Exhibit on display: September 15 – October 17, 2021
Viewing hours: Thu, 11 am – 4 pm; Fri – Sat, 11 am – 7 pm; Sun, Noon – 4 pm | And by appointment
For changes to business hours and information on interactive workshops by Ciel Evans please visit
https://www.studiocomforttexas.com
Contact: Cara Hines (720) 299-0302 or Jeannette MacDougall (210) 386-8078
info@studiocomforttexas.com | (830) 995-3750
Free and open to the public
Ciel Evans is a Wildlife Biologist and Photographer who lives in Boerne with her husband and two daughters. Love Her Wild explores the interface of nature, play, and the powerful feminine that arises from the wisdom and innocence of youth.
• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
RAHM CARRINGTON, CARLOS LIMAS, JOEL SALCIDO, TITO WEST (Mexico and South Texas)
Four Visions – Carrington, Limas, Salcido, West
Ruiz-Healy Art
201-A East Olmos Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78212
(210) 804-2219 | info@ruizhealyart.com | https://ruizhealyart.com
Opening reception: Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibit on display: September 22 – November 6, 2021
Viewing hours: Wed – Sat, 11 am – 4 pm
Contact: Patricia Ruiz-Healy (210) 602-6532 | patricia@ruizhealyart.com | https://ruizhealyart.com
Free and open to the public
Ruiz-Healy Art is delighted to present Four Visions: Carrington, Limas, Salcido, West at our San Antonio gallery in conjunction with FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival. The exhibition features work by four guest artists: Rahm Carrington, Carlos Limas, Joel Salcido, and Tito West.
Rahm Carrington is a self-taught photographer from San Antonio, TX. His career began as a videographer in the music industry. Shortly thereafter he inherited his father’s 1980’s 35mm camera and has been shooting film since and using analog processes. With a documentary approach, Carrington’s subject matter ranges from South Texas cowboys to globally touring musicians.
Born in Matamoros, Mexico, Carlos Limas is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, video, installation, photography, and design. He has exhibited nationally and internationally throughout México, Belgium, Slovakia, Italy, France, China, and Bolivia. Limas completed his bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Instituto Profesional de Arte y Diseño in Monterrey, Mexico, and a second bachelor’s degree in Studio Art by l’Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles in Belgium. He holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley.
Joel Salcido grew up along the U.S. and Mexican border immersed in a dual cultural reality. As a staff photographer at the El Paso Times he documented the Tarahumara Indigenous tribe of Mexico, covered the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, and traveled extensively in Latin America for USA Today. In 1991 he resigned as Photo Editor of the El Paso Times to pursue a freelance and fine art career. His work can be found nationally and internationally in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Harry Ransom Humanities Center at University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; Austonian and Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX; Federal Reserve Bank, El Paso, TX; University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China.
Tito West is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in south Texas. His work focuses primarily on conservation related issues and the people that live in the last remaining wild places on earth and their subsequent cultural evolution into today’s global world. West’s artistic practice has taken him around the globe to countries like Ethiopia and Tanzania, and back home again to the states where he has traveled to Washington, Utah, and California.
Established in 2006, Ruiz-Healy Art specializes in contemporary works of art with an emphasis on Latinx and Latin American artists, as well as working with prominent Texas-based artists. With galleries in San Antonio, Texas, and New York City, Ruiz-Healy Art’s continuous investments in these underrepresented areas have remained a longstanding signature of the gallery program.
Please contact the gallery for details regarding our opening night reception and COVID-19 protocols as well as to request high-resolution images and more information about the exhibition.
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
THE LIGHT CATCHERS SOCIETY – MARIANGEL CASTANEDA, ALFREDO GONZALES, ASH SAN MIGUEL, KIMBERLY RUBIO, MARCOS MARTINEZ, MAYTE LARA (San Antonio, TX)
We Live Here
Curated by Francisco H. Cortés
Brick At Blue Star
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PLEASE NOTE : EXHIBITION CANCELED DUE TO INCREASED COVID RATES
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The Light Catchers Society was officially founded in October of 2016 by Francisco Cortes. In 2017, The Light Catchers Society and SA Heals began a collaboration to provide leadership workshops and guidance for students, while providing planning and sponsorship for annual end-of-year photography exhibits, in spaces such as: AP Art Labs, Centro de Artes, and Brick at Blue Star.
The Harvard Place/Eastlawn neighborhood the Light Catchers reside in has been a community that has been historically under-resourced and shaped by policies that have had countless negative effects. Over the last five years, the Light Catchers Society has documented the positive and negative changes in the neighborhood, including: gentrification, mass incarceration, and the media portrayal of the community. Light Catcher representation is significant in that elementary and middle school students have been able to develop a voice and represent the East Side in general. Through their bodies of photography work, poetry, panel discussions, and testimonials to the City Council, the Light Catchers Society has been able to shift the perspective of several officials, change the narrative of the East Side, as well as become a point of pride for many in their community.
We Live Here is an ongoing body of youth work that aims to change the negative narrative of the near East Side. While addressing social justice issues that directly affect themselves, Light Catcher artists interview and document a cohort of East Side community members that range from immigrants and law enforcement, to youth and leaders, to those with a difficult past. Through photography and storytelling, We Live Here gives insight into the complexity of a community that has been consistently represented as one-dimensional.
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (San Antonio, Texas)
GREATER SAN ANTONIO HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Hot Shoe Photography Contest And Exhibition
Saint Mary’s Hall – Coates Seeligson Theater Chapel
9401 Starcrest Drive, San Antonio, TX 78217
(210) 483-9100
Rules and submission guidelines: https://smhfineart.com/hotshoe
Photography submissions due Monday, September 13, 2021
Opening reception: Thursday, September 30, 2021, 5 – 7 pm
Exhibit on display: September 30 – October 8, 2021
Viewing hours: Weekdays, 8 am – 5 pm | And by appointment
Contact: Kyle Petersen (210) 483-9252 | kpetersen@smhall.org
Free and open to the public
The Tobin Fine Arts School at Saint Mary’s Hall is proud to announce the Hot Shoe Photography Contest and Exhibition. The contest is open to middle school and high school students in the greater San Antonio area. Prizes will be awarded in each division and select images will be included in an exhibition at Saint Mary’s Hall as part of Fotoseptiembre. Images produced with any photographic process (darkroom, digital, alternative, etc.) are eligible. Please see full list of rules prior to submitting: https://smhfineart.com/hotshoe
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