Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum Archives - San Antonio Report

4x5 participants converse outside of Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone.

Local art community cautiously resuming First Friday activity

by James Courtney November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

November’s First Friday, while still significantly scaled back and modified out of caution, saw more action than any since March.

Artist and Curator Mark Anthony Martinez stands in front of his piece in the show Images of Power at Freight Gallery & Studios.

Black, Brown, and Female Perspectives Emerge In Art Shows Around SA

by Nicholas Frank February 17, 2018January 31, 2020

San Antonio Museum of Art at 200 W. Jones Ave. Photo by Scott Ball.

My Journey from Fine Wine to Fine Art

by Kellis Chandler July 16, 2017January 31, 2020

The new stairwell leading to Blue Star Contemporary.

Blue Star Contemporary Reopens, Celebrates 30th Anniversary

by Wendy Weil Atwell November 4, 2016January 31, 2020

Angela Wilson shares her experience at Blue Star Contemporary at the Trinity University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Conference. Photo courtesy of Angela Wilson.

Arts & Culture, Education

Commentary: A Trinity Student’s Experience Interning at Blue Star Contemporary

by Angela Wilson August 13, 2016October 7, 2016

Alyssa Danna’s Subversive Beautifications

by David S. Rubin March 27, 2016March 27, 2016

Xavier Menjares, left, and Ezekiel Garcia, right, work on flattening out clay to make a ceramic tile. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone

WATCH: Blue Star Students Use 1,000 Handmade Tiles for Mosaic

by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone March 24, 2016January 31, 2020

(From left) The "How to Collect" panel was comprised of Susan Oliver Heard, Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Celeste Wackenhut, Alexa Armstrong, and Alex Rubio. Photo by Iris Gonzalez.

Collecting Contemporary Art 101: The Whys, Hows, and Whats for Buying Art

by Iris Gonzalez March 3, 2016October 7, 2016

(From left) Artist Alex Rubio, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum Executive Mary Heathcott, MOSAIC co-lead artists Elizabeth Samuel and Tanya Helbig, Councilman Alan Warrick (D2), and DCCD Director Felix Padrón pose as the ribbon is cut. Photo by Scott Ball.

Eastside Mural Honors MLK’s Dream of Peace

by Camille Garcia February 15, 2016January 31, 2020

Christie Blizard Defies Art Labels in ‘The Absorption of Meaning’ and Beyond

by Wendy Weil Atwell February 5, 2016October 7, 2016