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Nurses Week Art Exhibit: Sarah Castillo
UT Health, School of Nursing 1.102
San Antonio artist Sarah Castillo will discuss her concepts of art and the exhibit “Remedies for Remembering.” The exhibit will be on display from May 1 to July 1 in the School of Nursing. Much of Castillo’s work is a reflection of the Chicana experience in the context of mental health and the Mexican American experience in San Antonio.
It's official. NALAC has announced the 2016 NALAC GRANTEES of the NALAC Fund for the Arts Artist/Ensemble Grants and my proposal has been selected:
To support the creation of Untitled, a new body of visual art by Sarah Castillo that represents a Chicana experience in the context of mental health and the Mexican-American experience in San Antonio, Texas. Through autoethnography that utilizes identity-based art strategies for understanding the ways in which Chicanas claim their ethnic, gendered, and racialized identities, this public exhibition will display works that materialize a tactile reality of mestiza consciousness as a way to challenge systems of oppression. More at www.nalac.org/2016-nfa-grantees/2016-artists/2016-artists-2/2102-sarah-castillo
To support the creation of Untitled, a new body of visual art by Sarah Castillo that represents a Chicana experience in the context of mental health and the Mexican-American experience in San Antonio, Texas. Through autoethnography that utilizes identity-based art strategies for understanding the ways in which Chicanas claim their ethnic, gendered, and racialized identities, this public exhibition will display works that materialize a tactile reality of mestiza consciousness as a way to challenge systems of oppression. More at www.nalac.org/2016-nfa-grantees/2016-artists/2016-artists-2/2102-sarah-castillo
politics and resistance
St. Sucia Zine, Issue ix. 2017.
A Woman's Place Is
Curated by Kathy Vargas @ Centro De Artes
March 9, 2017 - August 20, 2017
This exhibit of fifteen Latina artists is an acknowledgement of where women artists have been, looks to the places they occupy now and the roles they will fill in the future. This cross-generational exhibit, with artists ranging in age from 20 to 80, includes women who were active participants in the first wave of feminist art and younger artists who are just now discovering the mythic history of that rich legacy.
Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos
Curated by Rebel Mariposa @ Esperanza Peace & justice center
March 25, 2017 - May 26, 2017
The exhibit, Aquí Estamos Y No Nos Vamos, highlights the resistance, solidarity, anger, hope, and healing women of color are experiencing in response to the abusive and oppressive rhetoric that is/was disseminated during Trump’s campaign and carried on into his presidency. The art speaks to a transformation of a social or personal strife that translates into piercing visions of the present and a futuro con Esperanza. The artists featured in this exhibit believe that art must address the abuse on our bodies, communities, and lands. An online zine about the exhibit can be found here issuu.com/esperanzasanantonio/docs/aquiestamosprogram-forissuu
Women’s History Month 2017
artivist plática | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
Tuesday, March 21
Anel Flores and Sarah Castillo
On Not Belonging (Anywhere): San Antonio Artivists on Trauma and Art
10 AM in Room MB 1.124
In this plática, artivists Sarah Castillo and Anel I. Flores will discuss how their respective bodies of work address Chicanas’ feelings of “not belonging” and trauma. Castillo is a visual artist, author of a published thesis titled, “Art as an Embodied Practice: Artistic Expression, Conocimiento, and Identity Formation," and the founder of Lady Base Gallery, a group that supports women and LGTBQIA artists in the San Antonio community. Flores, a Tejana, lesbian writer, and artist, is the author of the Lambda literary award nominated book, Empanada: A Lesbiana Story en Probaditas, and co-editor for the forthcoming anthology Jota. For a calendar of events, please visit http://education.utsa.edu/womens-studies/whm2017/
Anel Flores and Sarah Castillo
On Not Belonging (Anywhere): San Antonio Artivists on Trauma and Art
10 AM in Room MB 1.124
In this plática, artivists Sarah Castillo and Anel I. Flores will discuss how their respective bodies of work address Chicanas’ feelings of “not belonging” and trauma. Castillo is a visual artist, author of a published thesis titled, “Art as an Embodied Practice: Artistic Expression, Conocimiento, and Identity Formation," and the founder of Lady Base Gallery, a group that supports women and LGTBQIA artists in the San Antonio community. Flores, a Tejana, lesbian writer, and artist, is the author of the Lambda literary award nominated book, Empanada: A Lesbiana Story en Probaditas, and co-editor for the forthcoming anthology Jota. For a calendar of events, please visit http://education.utsa.edu/womens-studies/whm2017/
multiples, Group exhibition
Galería Guadalupe | Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
February 17 – March 31, 2017 (detail of my work below)
multiples is a showcase curated by a rotating mix of artists, local not-for-profit collectives and alternative galleries. The intent of this showcase is to present a diversity of media and voices to the local landscape in an effort to expand the conversation of representation and identity within the arts.
Free Opening Reception: Friday, February 17, 2017 6:00–9:00pm
723 S. Brazos, San Antonio, TX 78207
This year’s Curators and Entities involved include, Rigoberto Luna, Kristel Puente, Megan Solis and Jason Eric Gonzales Martinez. For more information, go to: http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/multiples-community-exhibition/.
Free Opening Reception: Friday, February 17, 2017 6:00–9:00pm
723 S. Brazos, San Antonio, TX 78207
This year’s Curators and Entities involved include, Rigoberto Luna, Kristel Puente, Megan Solis and Jason Eric Gonzales Martinez. For more information, go to: http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/multiples-community-exhibition/.
Lujuria
Michael Martinez at AP Art Lab
Opening: Saturday, March 11, 2017 I Closing: Saturday, April 8, 2017
Lady Base Gallery presents a pop-up art show for Contemporary Art Month featuring Lujuria by multidisciplinary conceptual artist - Michael Martinez . Lujuria is a body of work which expresses and celebrates Queer endurance. Centering on articulating the pressures of "coming out," Lujuria articulates a lust for life, freedom, and respect.
Second Saturday Artwalk in Southtown the Arts District
at AP Art Lab. 1906 S. Flores.
Doors open 7-10pm
We thank AP Art Lab and Viva Vegeria for sponsoring this exhibition.
Bio
Michael Martinez is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist whose work confronts identity from the vantage of a Gay person of color. Working primarily within performance, installation, and new media, Martinez’ art practice centers on articulating the pressures endured by LGBT members of the Latin American diaspora. Challenging convention, Martinez’ portfolio illustrates a need to expand the narrative of the Latino experience within the US and beyond.
Second Saturday Artwalk in Southtown the Arts District
at AP Art Lab. 1906 S. Flores.
Doors open 7-10pm
We thank AP Art Lab and Viva Vegeria for sponsoring this exhibition.
Bio
Michael Martinez is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist whose work confronts identity from the vantage of a Gay person of color. Working primarily within performance, installation, and new media, Martinez’ art practice centers on articulating the pressures endured by LGBT members of the Latin American diaspora. Challenging convention, Martinez’ portfolio illustrates a need to expand the narrative of the Latino experience within the US and beyond.
United we are one, group exhibition
exhibition runs January 19 - March 31, 2017
Plaza de armas Gallery
United We Are One celebrates how San Antonians have stood, marched, and sat together for equality. This exhibit features works by local artists that showcase our success on the road towards equality and recognizes the challenges we’ve faced and must continue to overcome.
The City of San Antonio hosts three significant marches – Martin Luther King, Jr. March, International Women’s Day March, and Cesar Chavez March – which are celebrated in this exhibit curated in part by the San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society and Sarah Castillo
The City of San Antonio hosts three significant marches – Martin Luther King, Jr. March, International Women’s Day March, and Cesar Chavez March – which are celebrated in this exhibit curated in part by the San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society and Sarah Castillo
