Artpace San Antonio

Artpace is pleased to announce its Fall 2026 International Artists-in-Residence! Selected by Guest Curator Rigoberto Luna, we are excited to welcome Irene Antonia Diane Reece, Roksana Pirouzmand, and Chavis Mármol. Working across photography, sculpture, and performance, each artist engages questions of power, identity, and collective memory through material and cultural interventions. Identifying as a contemporary artist and activist, Irene Antonia Diane Reece's work explores the African diaspora, social injustice, family histories, re-memory, and community health. Her practice continues by decentralizing the white gaze in photography, confronting the violence of the camera through homage to Black Southern pride, centering the fluidity of Black identity, and protecting Black archives. Roksana Pirouzmand is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Los Angeles. While performance art is at the core of her practice, her ideas have materialized in sculpture, installation, and two-dimensional imagery. In her pieces, personal experiences are incorporated into installation systems that suggest the possibility of transformation, deterioration, and movement through interactions between the artist, her work, and the audience. A 4x4 all-terrain artist, Chavis Mármol’s work assembles, translates, and transplants diverse iconic figures from popular culture, the art field, and the collective imaginary. Often charged with humor and critique, it allows him to comment on, affect, and provoke within the specific context in which he operates—Mexico City—at personal, social, and political levels. Mármol tackles a wide range of sculptural techniques and materials in his work, frequently combined with performative acts that unfold in the city's public space. We look forward to welcoming these accomplished artists to Artpace this Fall, where they will develop new work during their residencies. The artists will be in residence from July 27 to September 20, and their exhibitions will be on view from September 17, 2026, to January 17, 2027. Save the date for our Welcome Dinner on Thursday, July 30, 2026, from 6-8 PM! Slide 3: Photo by Sylvain Tron

✨ Mark your calendars — DreamLab returns May 30! Come spend the afternoon with us at Artpace from 12–4 PM, getting hands-on and creative with artists and makers. More exciting details are coming soon; you won’t want to miss it! 👧 Open to all ages 🎟️ Free admission | No registration required 📍 Artpace San Antonio | 445 N Main Ave 🚗 Free parking at 513 N Flores

Join us as Artpace, Sala Diaz, and Contemporary at Blue Star come together to bring Being for Others, a project by Violette Bule. Being for Others is a participatory workshop where memory becomes image, language, and sound. Guided by Spring 2026 Artpace International Artist-in-Residence Violette Bule, the project unfolds as a three-phase experience: participants rewrite a shared poem through their own memories and language, then reinterpret it through image, text, sound, and objects—expanding individual narratives into a collective mapping of experience. The work created will culminate in a river projection at Echo Bridge along the San Antonio River, co-created with local artists and community members, and will be documented as part of an upcoming process-based exhibition at Presa House Gallery. 📅 Artist Workshop Dates May 16, from 1-4 PM at Artpace San Antonio May 23, from 1-4 PM at Contemporary at Blue Star (registration details TBA) This workshop is free and open to all; no experience necessary. Space is limited - sign up for the 5/16 workshop through the link in our bio! 🔗

On View Now | Việt Lê, 𝘵𝘳𝘢̆𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢̆́𝘯𝘨 | 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 Việt Lê’s exhibition 𝘵𝘳𝘢̆𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢̆́𝘯𝘨 | 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 explores divination as a way of perceiving meaning through signs, pop culture symbols, and embodied experience. Drawing from Vietnamese Đạo Mẫu Mother Goddess religion and the artist’s practice as a “V-Pop shaman,” the installation proposes that spiritual insight emerges through daily life and “slow looking.” For Lê, research, ritual, and art practice are coeval. Visitors are encouraged to embrace their intuition through attention and reflection, and are invited to read meaningful messages in everyday life. The artist urges us to find the divine within the everyday, and within themselves—divination and a “diva nation.” Lê suggests that beyond ritual, prophecy and poesy are also a way of perceiving the world and self—mundane and magical. 𝘵𝘳𝘢̆𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢̆́𝘯𝘨 | 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 is on view at Artpace through July 19, 2026. Photos: Michael Cirlos

Great cities invest in great art, and it starts with your voice. The City of San Antonio is collecting feedback from residents like you to help guide the FY2027 budget. Your voice determines where funding goes and what gets prioritized in our community. As you take the survey, consider advocating for arts funding. Organizations like Artpace San Antonio bring world-class artists to our city, connect local communities to global art experiences, and use creativity to leave a lasting impact on San Antonio and beyond. Take the survey today and tell City leaders that the arts matter. Visit the link in our bio to complete the survey by May 1!

Artpace is pleased to announce the artists selected for this year’s Oolite Arts Home + Away residency: Marie Franco, Isabella Marie Garcia, and Richie Moreno. These Florida-based artists will be in residence at Artpace from now until May 29, 2026, with time and space to expand their individual practices. The Oolite Arts Home + Away program is a partnership initiative that offers paid residencies of four to five weeks at leading institutions across the country. Artists are selected by @oolitearts , with the support of guest curators. We're excited to be a part of these artists’ journeys as they continue to expand and develop their practices at Artpace and to welcome them to San Antonio. Slide 2: Photo by Chantal Lawrie Photos courtesy of the artists.

On View Now | Mel Chin, 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 Mel Chin’s installation transforms the seats of office chairs into a contemplative field of portraits. Removed from their bases, each seat, mounted tombstone-like, bears the image of a skull. The arrangement traces the arc of a workday, beginning at nine in the morning and progressing hour by hour toward five in the evening as light moves across the installation. The passage of time becomes both structure and subject, echoing the rhythm of labor that once filled these chairs. Chin, drawing on the tradition of the memento mori, reminds viewers of mortality while also honoring lives that came before us. The skulls evoke the many anonymous workers who once occupied chairs like these. The work’s title, 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳, references philosopher Jacques Derrida’s concept of hauntology: the idea that the past continues to inhabit the present through traces, absences, and unresolved histories. In Chin’s installation, the ghostly presence of workers lingers in the objects they once occupied. Though their names and stories remain unknown, their labor continues to shape the systems that structure contemporary life. At a moment when automation and artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming the nature of work, Chin’s installation asks viewers to reflect on the human histories embedded within everyday systems. The installation becomes both memorial and meditation, honoring the dignity of labor while acknowledging the countless lives whose contributions quietly sustain the world we inherit and depend upon. 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 is on view at Artpace through July 19, 2026. Photos: Michael Cirlos

Coming Up | Weekend Workshop: Paper Mâché Join us for a weekend workshop with Daylyn Howe on Saturday, May 9! This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of paper mâché, giving them the beginner tools they need to start building and sculpting. Paper mache projects range from mask-making, puppets, shelves/altars, figurines, creatures, wall mounts, and more. Workshop participants will walk away with a foundation in sculpture and form-making, using affordable, accessible, and reusable materials. Daylyn earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio and currently lives and works in the Texas Hill Country. Their work is rooted in intuition and the free flow of creativity, taking shape across a wide range of mediums — painting, photography, printmaking, installation, sculpture, and new media. Sign up today through the link in our bio! 🔗 🎟️ Workshop Fee: $50 + fees (members receive a 20% discount by emailing [email protected]) 📅 Saturday, May 9, 2026 📍 Artpace San Antonio | 445 N Main Ave 🅿️ Free parking available at 513 N Flores

On View Now | Violette Bule, 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 immerses visitors in a space shaped by systems of control, surveillance, and political rhetoric surrounding immigration and incarceration. The title evokes the mythological Hydra, a creature whose many heads regenerate when cut, suggesting systems that endure even when challenged. Through irony, repetition, and participation, Bule’s installation draws connections between past and present political discourse. Humor and discomfort coexist, allowing the work to confront serious political realities while preserving moments of sharp tension. As visitors move through the space—reflected, projected, and observed—they become part of the structure the work examines. 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢 is on view at Artpace through July 19, 2026. Artpace is open seven days a week, and admission is always free. Free parking is available at 513 N Flores. Photos: Michael Cirlos

Artpace will be closed on Friday, April 24, for Fiesta Friday. There also will not be a Morning Mixer. We will reopen to the public on Saturday, April 25. We wish everyone a happy and safe (and dry) Fiesta!

Downtown West had the privilege of touring the 2026 residence art exhibitions at Artpace San Antonio and it was truly an inspiring experience. Powerful work from incredible artists filling every space with meaning and perspective. If you haven’t had a chance to see the exhibitions yet, consider this your sign to go experience it for yourself —admission is free. 🎨

Happy Birthday to our founder, Linda Pace. 🎂 Linda believed that what each of us is trying to express, our essential spirit, never ends. In 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘥, she wrote: "If I have learned one thing, it's that each of us has something essential we are trying to express during our lives, what the Buddhists call our 'suchness.' This suchness does not end. It is a continuum, a spirit that goes on and on." Even now, we feel her suchness every day. As Linda wrote, “Artpace is a place of retrieval; in the words of one artist, it is a ‘factory where dreams are made.’” Her vision lives in Artpace, in the artists it welcomes, and in the work that continues to ask more of all of us.