Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum announced this morning that Bill FitzGibbons, executive director of the museum for more than 10 years, is resigning his position effective June 15 in order to pursue his public art career. FitzGibbons was chosen Texas State Artist for 2012 by the Texas State Legislature, and has served six years...
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San Antonio lost a bright light in the local art scene yesterday. Krisanne Frost, well-known local artist and the gallery liaison at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, died December 6 from cancer at age 61 after being diagnosed just weeks ago. Born in Houston, she spent much of her youth in the Hill Country....
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A few sales are still pending, but we just heard that Blue Star Contemporary Art Center has sold over $110,000 in art works at this year’s Red Dot Art Sale. Half of that amount–$55,000–goes to the over 60 artists who participated this year bringing 125 works of art to last Wednesday’s gala and sale....
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The Texas Legislature runs the state in two year parcels. Along with a double-year budget, we get two year’s of art notables named this year. Light sculptor Bill FitzGibbons, the director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, has been named Texas State Three-Dimensional artist for 2012. The one-year term is also held by the...
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Artists, get out of town. For the sake of our city — please leave. The arts community does a great job putting out show after show of hot stuff in town, but it's time to spread the word to foreign lands.
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The online version of the San Antonio Current's CAM 2011 scrapbook, which involves Gene Wilder, zip ties, pizza, and a red-hot handlebar moustache
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2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List Best of 2012: 2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List 4/25/2012
Food-industry heroes: Cameron Davies and Matthew Marshall of Cruising Kitchens Best of SA 2012 Critic Pick: Countless food shows featuring celebrity chefs have cast a bright light on the "back of the house," the kitchens that create the artful delicacies that drive restaurant success. 4/25/2012
Best Beard Best of SA 2013: 4/24/2013
2013 Tejano Conjunto Festival Explores The Genre's Family Tree Music: If San Antonio is the mecca of conjunto, then the Tejano Conjunto Festival serves as the genre’s hajj — a chance to pay homage to accomplished... By Jeffrey Wright 5/15/2013
New Cove Bar is the Latest to Step Up Craft Brew Offerings in SA Nightlife: Believe it or not, The Cove co-owner Lisa Asvestas was once a Coors Light drinker. “Seriously, Coors Light,” she said with a hint of contrition... By Michael Barajas 5/15/2013
'The Flu Season' Arts & Culture: A quarter of the way through The Flu Season, Will Eno’s 2003 absurdist exercise set in a psychiatric hospital, patients in the TV room watch a report on how an entire family fell through early-winter ice and died. Skating on a thin dramatic surface, the pla By Steven G. Kellman 5/17/2013
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