210 CHILLIN I saw these words the other day, decalled onto the rear window of a souped-up, black, late-model Suburban -Westbound on Highway 90, just off the I-35 South intersection, near downtown San Antonio- layered over a silver silhouette of our downmarket city’s unprepossesing skyline. The semiotics -hard at work … Continue reading →
easy | achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties. Easy is good. Unless it’s bad Easy. Then it’s not good. I’m sure that somewhere, there’s a mathematical formula for this. But it eludes me at this time. Which is a shame. Because with a good formula at hand, the probabilities … Continue reading →
Simply said: Engaging artists as window dressers for civic boosterism is always a losing proposition, both for the artists and for the city. Even though it may be well intended, it is unfortunate when political leaders –furthering assumptive notions of cultural relevance, or trying to generate tourism dollars to pick … Continue reading →
What is the single, most fundamental problem facing the development of art programs and the long-term stability of cultural organizations? If you answered Lack Of Funding, congratulations; your choice reflects sentiments shared by approximately ninety-five percent of cultural organizations and administrators, whom although altogether comprising a small and elite segment … Continue reading →
(From 2008) Follow the money. This is a truism fundamental to the history of art. And if you do follow the money, you will find that these days, increasingly, the money is traveling on a parallel rotation with mother earth: Eastward. Go East, young folks. Go East. If you live … Continue reading →
Let’s get this straight. Train rides are not the pastoral, romantic, or exciting experiences put forth so frequently in the nostalgic, affected fictions of novels and films. Even less so if said train ride is an obligatory means of transportation, not having other viable choices to reach a particular destination … Continue reading →
There’s a compelling argument to be made that the top competitive sports in Southern Kalifornia are surfing and surgical enhancement, in no particular order. On closer scrutiny however, one would also have to include in this rarefied list the pervasive influence of what is most definitely The National Pastime of … Continue reading →
Below are the promotional card and title board for the FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2006 Dreamscapes exhibit by Reiko Imoto, which I curated, produced, and presented at Bihl Haus Arts. Dreamscapes FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA Exhibit Promotional Card Dreamscapes FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA Exhibit Title Board
Continue reading →Below are the promotional card and title board for the FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2006 A Ojo De Canario exhibit by seven Canary Island Photographers which I curated, produced, and presented at the City of San Antonio International Center. This exhibit was presented in partnership with the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs Sister … Continue reading →
In 2006 I was asked by the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs to curate and produce Windows On Market, a series of large-scale photographic murals by Say Sí High School Students, to be part of FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2006. Below is the sequence of images that were installed as … Continue reading →
In 2005, as part of our continuing commitment to the City of San Antonio’s Fall Art Festivals, we were asked by the Office of Cultural Affairs to continue to organize and produce the citywide Día De Los Muertos Festival –using our own FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA Festival as a template– with Centro Aztlán as … Continue reading →
Below is the promotional card for the FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA 2005 Nada Que Tomar/Nothing To Take exhibit by Beatriz Díaz which I curated, produced, and presented at One9Zero6 Gallery.
Continue reading →Early in 2005, the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs asked us to design and produce a booklet for San Antonio’s first Creative Industry Economic Impact Report. This was a significant milestone for the city, and was the result of several years of strategic and political initiatives implemented by the … Continue reading →
Joe López, a renowned San Antonio artist and the owner of the Gallista Gallery Art Complex, asked us to design the promotional materials for a series of events honoring Dr. Gary Keller, Professor & Director of the Hispanic Resource Center at Arizona State University. The events –which took place at … Continue reading →
San Antonio Express-News (Texas) | January 9, 2005, Sunday, METRO SECTION: CULTURAS; Pg. 1J | LENGTH: 2048 words | LOAD-DATE: January 11, 2005 LANGUAGE: ENGLISH | TYPE: FEATURE GRAPHIC: PHOTOS: NICOLE FRUGE/STAFF ; PHOTOS: KEVIN GEIL/STAFF : San Antonio photographer Michael Mehl, shown in his garden at his Monte Vista home, … Continue reading →