Arts
The Arts are alive and well in San Antonio. Join us here for the highlights of the best and brightest talent in the categories of art and design that are shaping the fabric and landscape of our great city.
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San Antonio, a city renowned for its vibrant artistic landscape, is once again poised to host a significant public art installation: CowParade San Antonio 2025. This initiative represents a noteworthy convergence of local artistic expression, civic engagement, and philanthropic endeavor, slated to transform the urban environment with a collection of unique sculptures.
Welcome to our Index of local and regional artists that we have featured in the past! They might be featured as an individual, were mentioned in a group show, or were included in one of our video projects. Click on their name to view the article!
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Our MiSA Perspectives series highlights the experiences and thought leadership of creative professionals based in San Antonio, Texas. Read on as contemporary artist, Rex Hausmann, shares his thoughts from his recent trip to New York City.
Our most viewed articles in 2024 consisted of the review of a chic new sushi restaurant, a mid-century modern house recently renovated in Alamo Heights, two San Antonio-based visual artists, and a contemporary dance choreographer you need to know about. Learn more below!
Raul Rene Gonzalez was born and raised in inner-city Houston, just ten minutes from downtown. Throughout his adulthood, he lived in various parts of the city, and in August 2012, he moved to San Antonio to pursue his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio. After obtaining his degree, he intended to move back to Houston, but he and his wife found a house that was perfect for them, and they decided to make San Antonio their home.
Jesse Moreno is a skilled artist and craftsman whose woodworking is focused on honoring the raw material while ushering it into a new life as refined functional art. He is originally from El Paso, Texas, and joined the U.S. Navy during his college career. As with many recruits, his training landed him in San Antonio. It made such an impression that he returned here to raise his family.
Cinco Preguntas with Jason Kirkland: Director of Exhibitions, Collections & Education at the Briscoe
Jason Kirkland is the Director of Exhibitions, Collections & Education at The Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. He spent a portion of his childhood in Mississippi then moved to San Antonio at the age of 12. In high school, he moved to Lubbock where he attended a magnet arts program and admits this was where he began to hone his passion for the arts. In college, he started out in Texas Tech's Studio Art program but missed being in San Antonio closer to family and friends so he transferred to UTSA and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Anthony Welborn is a Graphic Designer for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1996. With 25+ years of experience, he is a self-starter, a former studio owner, and has collaborated with small businesses domestically and internationally in a vast range of industries.
We spoke with him about how he got started in graphic design, some tools of the trade, his experience with the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, and how he thinks AI will influence the industry.
Carrot & Honey Interior Design, LLC provides interior design services and custom fabrication solutions for commercial and residential spaces in San Antonio, Texas. They are owned and operated by Kai Thompson, RID, IIDA, and Jonathan Davis.
[Sponsored] Rockport, Texas was once known as a small Texas coastal fishing town. Today, it is a thriving and rapidly growing community, which still includes fishing, but also has a strong presence in tourism and the arts.