For a city as traditional as San Antonio, you wouldn't expect the contemporary art community to be so strong. Artpace, a local foundation with national influence, anchors the art community with impressive exhibits, active public outreach and an international artist-in-residence program. Each artist's residency is launched with a potluck dinner, which coincides with the exhibit opening and is meant ...
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Artpace is a foundation that promotes contemporary art in San Antonio through shows of regional and international artists, hoping not only to educate the public, but also to serve as a mechanism and catalyst for the creation of new art by contemporary artists. The foundation is housed in a renovated 18,000 square foot 1920s building that was once a Hudson car dealership. One of the programs offered ...
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Pick Up the Pace Founded in 1995, ArtPace owes a debt of gratitude to another Alamo City great: picante sauce. Like an economic godparent, the salsa not "made in New York City" helped build this premier art endeavor. Heir to the Pace Picante fortune Linda Pace turned ArtPace's location, a former auto body shop, into an internationally renowned foundation/gallery. Fresh ...
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on April 03, 2008, (Edited August 18, 2003)
San Antonio's cutting-edge contemporary art gallery features rotating shows displaying the work of artists selected by a guest curator for 2-month residencies at the facility. One artist must be from Texas, one from anywhere else in the United States, and one from anywhere else in the world. The result has been a fascinating mélange, including everything from twists on the traditional -- such as a ...
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San Antonios cutting-edge contemporary art gallery features rotating shows displaying the work of artists selected by a prestigious international panel for 3-month residencies at the facility. One artist must be from Texas, one from anywhere else in the United States, and one from anywhere else...
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