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Local artist Michael Sanchez is the artist behind a mural at Mark’s Outing that has caught the attention of Victor Wembanyama.

Artpace’s Chalk It Up is returning to downtown San Antonio this fall to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Mexican Surrealist Pedro Friedeberg’s work will once again set up a temporary home in San Antonio, allowing everyone to admire his work spanning many decades.

Centro San Antonio on Thursday announced that they are holding an open call for artists in attempt to create a Spurs-themed mural in downtown San Antonio.

There are over 200 works from 20 award-winning photographers living in South, Central and North America to explore at the exhibit “From SA to SA: From South America to San Antonio.”

A local nonprofit that believes in the power of art and creativity to heal is changing the lives of people in San Antonio.

An exhibit at the San Antonio Museum of Art is combining art, history and beer.

Poet's Pointe is a new "pocket park" incorporating poetry and visual art.

Baten Evans, a senior at Canyon Lake High School, is celebrating scholarships and art recognition.

An Austin Fire Department crew recreated an iconic, historical photo with one goal in mind -- to win a signature huevos rancheros breakfast from their battalion chief.

San Antonio ISD students have been painting and sketching and are getting ready to showcase their work at a community event on Friday.

The “Dear Mom, I Love You” mural is a collaboration between Mexican artist Regina Moya and MM Creative, a creative consulting studio owned by Martha Martinez-Flores.

A San Antonio artist is capturing every day experiences, identities, relationships and spiritual life in a new exhibit.

The famous light show at San Fernando Cathedral is back after a brief hiatus.

The Art of Four Art Initiative was selected last fall by the San Antonio River Authority to create special murals that will be placed along the San Pedro Creek.

The City of San Antonio has announced Nephtali De León as the Alamo City’s new Poet Laureate.

The Texas Cavaliers announced the finalists and grand prize winner of the 2023 River Parade Art Contest last Wednesday.

A local artist is sharing his journey and telling stories about his homeland Rwanda in a new exhibit.

The San Pedro Creek Culture Park will host two events in March aimed at bringing together community members to celebrate the rich art and culture of the Alamo City.

A new art exhibit in downtown San Antonio highlights the experiences of Latino communities throughout Texas and features more than 100 works.

A San Antonio artist is shining light on the strength and power of African American women in new exhibit called “Essence and Style: The Afro-Centric Woman.”

Centro’s San Antonio’s “Art Everywhere” program is using art as a place-making tool and is using the projects to get more people downtown and engaged in the Alamo City.

The exhibit curated by Barbara Felix and presented by the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture is free and open to the public starting January 19 through November 17, 2023.

Art and religion are not often combined for comfort, but San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller said it’s the best way to help victims of gun violence.

A New Braunfels business, Whitworth Stained Glass, has had a hand in many of the colorful windowpanes that decorate churches and more.

Fourth-grade student Khloe Reininger wins this year’s Education Service Center Region 20 holiday card art contest.

Matthew McLendon will become the new director of the McNay Art Museum in February.

San Antonio-based artist Colton Valentine has completed a one-of-a-kind holiday mural downtown to get locals in the yuletide spirit.

Boeing and Space Foundation are giving students the opportunity to send their artwork to space as a part of its Art in the Stars program.

A cultural arts organization is working with San Antonio’s youth to help tell their stories and experiences through art.

Local businessman Charles Williams is fulfilling a decades' long dream by opening a museum to pay tribute to African Americans and African American history in San Antonio.

The City of San Antonio, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission has kicked off its eighth annual Art Contest.

A new outdoor destination has opened along downtown San Antonio’s River Walk.

A contemporary art center in downtown is featuring works by national and international artists.

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, San Antonio International Airport is featuring the art works of two Mexican-born artists, Luz Serreli and TT Zarzar.

A UTSA professor visited a thrift store in Georgia in May, but little did he know that he’d walk away with a rare treasure.

The Public Theater of San Antonio is back and ready for a season of excitement and full shows.

Visitors at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio downtown may have noticed some colorful changes on the walls. For the past year, cast technician Anthony De Leon, Sr. has been using his free time to paint murals at the hospital.

The sculpture titled Drum Rhythm No. 11 was created by American artist and sculptor Fletcher Benton.

Luminaria, “the largest free outdoor arts festival in South Texas,” is moving to the northern side of downtown San Antonio this fall.

Auditions are being held next week for The Children’s Nutcracker 2022, making sugarplum dreams come true for young performers.

Artpace’s Chalk It Up is returning to downtown San Antonio for its 18th year.

Yoga fans now have the opportunity to flow under “The Starry Night” when classes open at the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit later this month.

Two artists aim to show the cultural and societal importance of the immigrant and indigenous experience through paintings and fabric.

The Centro de Artes Gallery in downtown San Antonio has added two exhibits that show “the cultural and societal importance of the immigrant and indigenous experience,” according to the city’s Department of Arts & Culture.

A mural project in Uvalde is bringing artists from across Texas to paint murals honoring the victims killed inside Robb Elementary.

The nation has come to know the 21 victims who lost their lives on May 24 in the Robb Elementary School Shooting.

Their talent is the bridge between street art and healing. Artists from across the state, including a San Antonio teacher, are honoring the 21 lives cut short in the Uvalde school shooting through a portrait mural.

The newest addition to the McNay Art Museum’s outdoor sculpture collection is titled “History of Conquest” by Hank Willis Thomas.

CineFestival is celebrating its 43rd year at the historic Guadalupe Theater.

San Antonio mourns the loss of artist Rebecca Medina. Medina’s life-size dolls captured the attention of many in some of San Antonio’s biggest celebrations.

Titled “Big and Small Hands Can Change the World,” the creatively manufactured photo project was orchestrated by Crow, a second-grader at Indian Springs Elementary, located north of San Antonio.

A program at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is helping San Antonians tell their stories and share with the community.

An exhibit downtown is showcasing artwork created by immigrant and first generation artists.

The Briscoe Western Art Museum is working to get more visitors this summer and they are bringing in historic pieces and interactive experiences -- where you become part of the art.

The immersive Van Gogh exhibition has finally opened in San Antonio.

Two renowned artists have chosen to exhibit their emotional paintings in San Antonio, where domestic abuse is a key issue.

Pre-K 4 SA educates 2,000 students every year through its four education centers, and now those students, who are as young as 4 years old, are working to help others in the community via the Gracias San Antonio initiative.

The $326.9 million from the American Rescue Plan Act has hit the city’s financial books, but it hasn’t yet made its way the dozens of community organizations eagerly waiting for a piece of the singular financial windfall.

The City of San Antonio has unveiled the 16-foot “Stargazer (Citlali)” sculpture in the heart of the River Walk.

After months of delays and little information the Van Gogh San Antonio immersive art exhibition finally has a set location.

The immersive Van Gogh exhibition that was originally supposed to open in San Antonio in November 2021 was pushed back to this month and ticketholders are still waiting for answers.

A paleta-inspired sculpture has been unveiled on the steps of the Centro de Artes Gallery in downtown San Antonio’s Market Square.

Michael Rosato knew he had an incredibly important assignment on his hands when he was commissioned to paint a Harriet Tubman mural in Cambridge, Maryland.

The Texas Cavaliers partnered with the Southwest School of Art for the contest that invited students in first through fifth grades to submit their interpretation of this year’s River Parade theme of “Texas Al Fresco.”

We solemnly swear this haute couture dress is just too good.

Alissa Murphy’s piece is titled “Trapped” and she says it depicts the internal war that’s hidden in someone who suffers from panic attacks.

People who purchased tickets to the immersive Van Gogh exhibition in San Antonio have been waiting for months to hear from the organization.

If you have walked, run or ridden in some of the San Antonio city parks or trailheads recently, you may have noticed large beautiful sculptures depicting South Texas native flowers.

San Antonio-area artist creates first piece of public art thanks to city program.

From a Hip Hop majorette dancer to a Bexar County Deputy luchador fighting at night, What Up South Texas exploded with fun in 2021.

A nonprofit arts organization began celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe 26 years ago and this year its art exhibit continues with pieces by San Antonio artists.

San Antonio's airport is home to a series of murals that are aimed at local travelers. There are five different designs inside the long-term parking facility.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, a local nonprofit art gallery has a new exhibition of artwork done by veterans.

A project to add six different murals to the outside of a downtown church is moving forward.

Local artist Todd Robinson uses his talents to paint holiday cheer across storefront windows.

A local artist reflects on his more than 40 years as a painter and muralist.

SAINT LOUIS, MI. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - 2020 was the deadliest year for gun violence in decades, and although the stats are not final for this year, it looks like things did not improve.

People looking to walk through the artwork of famed artist Vincent van Gogh in the traveling art exhibit that was supposed to open in San Antonio this month will have to wait a little longer.

Centro San Antonio launched a campaign earlier this year to flood the downtown area with artwork, including 21 new murals by the end of 2021.

If you haven’t driven by the McNay Art Museum in a while, chances are you won’t recognize the property from the street view.

A military veteran has become a muralist. He began painting as a way to deal with struggles after leaving the army.

Travis Park Church is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a mural project.

With a splash of spray paint, color and cultura, the pair of local street artists that make up Los Otros Murals have been a driving force to put the San Antonio art scene on the map.

A husband and wife team is working to make a different kind of marriage work – the union between living spaces and art work.

A local artist and a business owner teamed up to honor a woman who was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver.

You may have seen his work or even his name on walls across San Antonio. Now learn more about muralist Mike "Comp" Arguello.

A teen artist is hoping to turn his hobby of intricate artwork into a thriving career one day. Cypress Rabke, 14, has been drawing since he was a small child.

Are you loco for fideo loco? The fourth annual Fideo Loco Festival is excited to bring this year’s event to the South Side on Nov. 6 from noon-4 p.m. at Farwest San Antonio at 2502 Pleasanton Road.

The Bandera Museum of Natural History is now home to one of the nation’s finest collections of New Spain art, permanently housed in a new hall adjacent to the museum.

A new gallery features the work of African American artists, possibly the first public space like this in San Antonio.

Alda P. Dobbs is the author of the novel "Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna." She was born in a small town in northern Mexico but moved to San Antonio and was raised on the South Side as a child. She studied physics and worked as an engineer before pursuing her love of storytelling. She’s as passionate about connecting children to their past, their communities, different cultures and nature as she is about writing. Alda lives with her husband and two children outside Houston.

To find one San Antonio teacher's true artistic spirit you’ve got to follow the path of her paintings, mural to mural across South Texas.

A site east of downtown that originally was slated for development instead has become a mecca for muralists and art lovers.

As we inch closer to the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, it feels fitting that we’re seeing more and more tributes and events pop up to remember the day.

Local artist Paola "Dane" Sanchez is one of a growing number of female muralists.

San Francisco, Cal. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – From New York to Los Angeles, protest art has come front and center since last summer’s protests.

A mural of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., acts as an inspiration for people in an East side neighborhood. It also has become a place for selfies.