Blue Star Contemporary Art Center

Along with our exhibition season, we offer a year-round program of events designed to enhance and expand our public’s experience of it.  These events include lectures, gallery talks by artists, writers and curators, and artist-led workshops, which take place at both Blue Star Contemporary Art Center and the Semmes Library. 

Past presenters include:

Wayne Gilbert - Houston, Visual Artist and Curator

Sally Weber - Austin, Light Artist

John Philip Santos - San Antonio, Author

Julian Cardona - Mexico, Photographer

Kim Bishop – San Antonio, Visual Artist and Art Educator

Chiaka Booker – New York, Sculptor

Rolando briseno – San Antonio, Visual Artist

Milton Esterow – New York, Editor, ARTNews

Glen Harper – Editor, Sculpture Magazine

Oliver Herring – New York, Photographer/Sculptor

Larry Leissner – San Antonio, Photographer and Educator

McKay Otto – Texas, Visual Artist

Steinunn Thorarinsdottir – Reykjavik, Iceland, Sculptor

Vincent Valdez – Los Angeles, California, Visual Artist

Patrice Villastrigo – San Antonio, Photographer

Bettie Ward – San Antonio, Artist

By engaging art professionals and art devotees in these experiential, interactive exchanges, we are working to foster a more fruitful ground for the promotion of art at a local level and a productive dialog between our sponsored artists and our public.