By Jasmina Wellinghoff Kwanzaa may be an African American holiday, but the ideals celebrated during the Kwanzaa festivities are derived from Africa. These are expressed through the seven principles defined by black studies professor Maulana Karenga in …

“FLUID NATURE” UTSA SATELLITE SPACE 115 BLUE STAR THROUGH NOV. 21 A sensual tension defines the sculptures of Denver artist Michael Brohman. Two bronzed male heads with protruding horns face each other on pedestals in “Untitled Whispe…

“SOMETIMES I WISH I WAS INVISIBLE” STELLA HAUS ART SPACE 106A BLUE STAR THROUGH NOV. 20 The works of Jennifer Ling Datchuk are delicate and beautiful, but a quiet pain lingers in them. The show was spawned by a gesture from Datchuk’s …

“NO COUNTRY FOR OLD TIPPI” THREE WALLS 106D BLUE STAR THROUGH NOV. 26 Tippi looks nervous. She never smiles in any of her photos. She wears a pale green dress suit and coat with a gold necklace. She had blond hair pulled back, except for a …

The University of the Incarnate Word’s Cardinal Chorale will sing at Carnegie Hall Nov. 28.

Dora Peña is staging two performances of “La Malinche – Conquistada,” her translation of her father Pedro Ledezma’s play. The piece is being staged as part of the celebrations marking the bicentennial of Mexico’s War of…

Elections are approaching.

The Texas Cultural Trust is calling for nominations for its 2011 Medal of Arts. Who, exactly, are they looking for? “Our honorees have made their mark globally, but their backgrounds are rooted locally, having either been raised in Texas, developed…

San Antonio artist Jesse Treviño is behind many local iconic murals. His works have been featured from the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., to local spots such as the Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. One of his favorite areas of focus is one he’s very familiar with — San Antonio’s West Side.

The biennial PBS series Art:21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century, the only prime-time show exclusively about contemporary art, is back for its fifth season, spotlighting its most international mix of artists yet.