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Más Rudas : LA or Bust

Jul 28th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat

(Courtesy Más Rudas) Left to right: Ruth Buentello; Cristina Ordoñez; Sarah Castillo; Kristin Gamez and Mari Hernandez . Más Rudas is headed for LA where the multimedia Chicana art collective — composed of Mari Hernandez, Ruth Buentello, Sarah Castillo,…



San Anto Cultural Arts needs your vote

Jul 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat

With just six days left to vote, San Anto Cultural Arts is ranked 11th in the arts & culture/$50,000 category of Pepsi’s Refresh Everything campaign. To win a grant, the West Side organization must place in the top 10. To…



Make shaggy, rainbow-colored costumes, not war

Jul 19th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat, jimmyjamescanales

(Photo by Elda Silva) Jimmy James Canales explores the perimeter of Nightrocker in "The Zarape Ghillie Monster," a performance for Oscar Mike. The one-night only, war-themed art happening that happened on Saturay included work by Albert Alvarez, Rigoberto Luna,…



San Anto takes Pepsi challenge

Jul 16th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat, Visual art

San Anto Cultural Arts is vying for a chance to win a $50,000 grant in Pepsi’s Refresh Everything campaign, a national online competition. To win a grant, the West Side arts organization must place in the top 10 in the…



Museo Alameda: A/C out, but you can come in

Jun 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat, Visual art

The Museo Alameda is open again after being shut for a few days. Problems with the building’s HVAC system prompted staff to hang up a ‘closed’ sign, but incoming board chairman Rolando Pablos has instructed staff to resume allowing visitors…



First Friday roundup

Jun 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat

(Courtesy Cactus Bra Space) Image by Larry Graeber. A funny thing happened to Larry Graeber on his way to Houston. He discovered a small parcel of land inhabited by dying pine trees, a small herd of cows and a…



Tech-Down: The kids are alright

May 10th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat, Visual art

(Photo by Elda Silva) Jimmy Canales and Maria Palma recreate their performance piece at “Tech-Down.” There weren’t too many folks at “Tech-Down” Friday at the Museo Alameda. Too bad. The dismantling of the “Techjano/a: Hybrid Logic” was something to…



First Friday roundup: Kitschy cool at Joan Grona Gallery & more

May 7th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat, Visual art

(Courtesy Joan Grona Gallery) Mixed-media collage by Kelly O’Connor. Kelly O’Connor mines pop-culture imagery to create gleefully disturbing multimedia collages while Wesley Harvey explores the appeal of kitsch in his ceramic works. The two artists are featured in “In-Appropriate,”…



Spaztek goes to Houston

May 6th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat

(Courtesy CAMH) “You Say You Do Pero I Know You Don’t,” watercolor and gouache on paper by Cruz Ortiz. San Antonio artist/trickster Cruz Ortiz and his alter ego Spaztek are taking over the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston starting Friday…



Techjano/a redux

May 5th, 2010 | By | Category: Art Beat

(Courtesy Mari Hernandez) Maria Palma wraps Jimmy Canales in serapes as part of their performance for “Techjano/a” last week. “Techjano/a: Hybrid Logic” was supposed to be a one-shot deal. But — lucky for us — the six young artists…