Exhibitions & Events
To extend the reach of its exhibitions, the Contemporary presents a variety of complementary programs: Open Studios, a film series which goes behind the scenes at artists’ studios; the Art Education Lab, which offers hands-on programming and education content; and outreach events including workshops, artist talks, panel discussions, and film screenings.
Past Events
Berlin Residency Program Application Deadline
Installation detail. Teardowns, 2019. Featuring the work of Joey Fauerso. Photo credit: Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray
DreamWeek First Friday and Teardowns Performance
Installation detail Joey Fauerso, Teardowns, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray. Image courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
Curator Gallery Talk: Teardowns
Family Saturday
Curator Gallery Talk: Healthy Machines
Laeree performing during Teardowns performance on October 4, 2019. Photo credit Francisco Cortes.
Teardowns Performance Evening featuring Paul Fauerso, David Hurlin, Laeree Lara, Onix X Mejias-Rodríguez, and Vanitty Montalvo
Installation detail, Margaret Craig, Sea Islands, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray. Image courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
Art Walk: Observations with Margaret Craig
The Contemporary Film Series: The Matrix (1999)
Progressive Dinner at The Cellars in 2019.
PROGRESSIVE DINNER
Installation detail, Sterling Allen, Formal Proof, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray. Image courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
Curator Gallery Talk: Formal Proof
Art Field Trip: Lockhart
Joey Fauerso, Video stills, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist.
Teardowns Performance
Installation detail, Margaret Craig, Sea Islands, 2019. Photo credit Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray. Image courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
Curator Gallery Talk: Sea Islands
Art Field Trip: Ansen Seale
Ethel Shipton. Image courtesy of the artist.
Contemporary at Blue Star Members Tour of Ethel Shipton’s Listening to Berlin
Tsuyoshi Anzai
Tsuyoshi Anzai’s Untitled Machine Work
Joey Fauerso, Video stills, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist.
Opening Reception for New Exhibitions
San Antonio Museum Month
Larry Graeber, Staff and Wire, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist.
Formal Proof Gallery Talk and Studio Tour Event
BSC Berlin Residency alum Vincent Valdez's map of the Kreuzberg neighborhood in Berlin.
Contemporary at Blue Star to Berlin
MOSAIC Student at work in the BSC MOSAIC Studio
MOSAIC Student Artist Program First Friday Art Sale
First Friday at Blue Star Contemporary. Photo credit: Francisco Cortes
September First Friday
Artist Amada Miller at the Fünf opening
Contemporary at Blue Star Members Appreciation Reception
Crowd gathers for the inaugural Blue Star Exhibition in 1986.