Blue Star Contemporary Presents If Walls Could Talk: Beauty in Time

Thursday, August 29, 2019 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

116 Blue Star

San Antonio, TX on August 20, 2019- To complement her installation You Just Have to Hear It, which highlights the importance of artist communities, Fünf exhibiting artist Ethel Shipton and actor, writer, stand-up comic Sarah Fisch host an evening of conversations with artists and community members who have been integral to the past and present of the Blue Star Arts Complex. Nate Cassie, Jayne Lawrence, Leigh Anne Lester, Tatum, and Ramin Samandari will share their work and history, highlighting the artist role in building and sustaining our creative community.

This progressive evening will lead visitors back in time to the beginning of the Arts Complex in the 1980s with the artists who were some of the original studio and gallery tenants. Guests will visit some of the Complex’s quirkiest spaces, while enjoying food and drink highlighting the eclectic mix now found in and around the Arts Complex.

Tickets are $30.00 and can be purchased online at bluestarcontemporary.org, calling 210.227.6960 or emailing mari@bluestarcontemporary.org

The Story of Blue Star Contemporary

Blue Star Contemporary (BSC) is the first and longest-running nonprofit venue for contemporary art in San Antonio. Its start 33 years ago created a pathway leading to the revamp of an old warehouse complex into an artist-centric, mixed-use development, sparking the total revitalization of Southtown as you see it today. With a mission to inspire, nurture, and innovate, supporting artists and nurturing the community’s relationships with them are the very fibers of Blue Star Contemporary’s rich cultural tapestry.

BSC hosts 20 contemporary exhibitions annually; a year-round after-school art education program for high school youth, the MOSAIC Student Artist Program; and the Berlin Residency Program. In 2017, BSC became the only San Antonio arts organization to achieve W.A.G.E. certification, solidifying its commitment to fair compensation of artists and creative professionals. For more information visit www.bluestarcontemporary.org.