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Lhola Amira, IRMANDADE: The Shape of Water in Pindorama, 2018-2020, HD video, single channel sound, film still. Image courtesy of SMAC Gallery, copyright Lhola Amira.

Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology

Past Exhibition

Actions for the Earth Reference Library

Past Exhibition

Adam Schreiber, Untitled 2, 2023, Silver gelatin print. Courtesy of the artist.

Adam Schreiber: Stadtwald

Past Exhibition
The Direct Path, 2023, Paper sculpture, 18” x 18” x 3”

The Direct Path, 2023, Paper sculpture, 18” x 18” x 3”

Michael Velliquette: The Direct Path

Past Exhibition

Brittany Ham, Tunnel and Breach oil on paper 5 3/4 in x 7 in, 2023

Brittany Ham: Unmooring

Past Exhibition
Woman artist Cathy Cunningham-Little in an apron and black tshirt sitting on a stool in the middle of her studio space.

Cathy Cunningham-Little in her studio. Photo by Woody Lawson and VANTAS Productions.

Red Dot Show

Past Exhibition
A mixed media drawing of acrylic medium and gold pigment on plexi-glass depicts two male figures with arms raised above their heads as if holding a long pieces of wood together. Instead their hands are holding white lines. A series of white lines or bands intersects in the center of the composition, making an abstracted, building like construction. In the background is a textural wash, similar to peeling paint with a water color like effect in the bottom third of the composition. The drawing has a monochromatic, sepia tone.

Raul Rene Gonzalez
The Golden Age of Construction 
Acrylic medium and gold
pigment on plexi-glass
46 x 48”
2013

Latitudes at Lake|Flato Architects

Past Exhibition

Joe Harjo, "Mourning the Motherland (Praying)," 2024. Photograph, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist.

Joe Harjo: Indian Removal Act II: And She Was

Past Exhibition

Adam Schreiber: Stadtwald at Texas State University

Past Exhibition
A bright green field of trees with a path down the middle and hills in the background. A cropdusting plane flies above a couple of female workers in the trees. Rainbows and a line of cooke bottles decorate the left side of the canvas. In the middle a man sprays a toxic chemical on the field.

Nela Garzón, "Things Go Better with Coke," 2023. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.

Vernacular Systems: the 2024 CAM Perennial exhibition

Contemporary Art Month Past Exhibition

Events

The Direct Path, 2023, Paper sculpture, 18” x 18” x 3”

The Direct Path, 2023, Paper sculpture, 18” x 18” x 3”

First Friday Exhibition Openings of Brittany Ham, Adam Schreiber, and Michael Velliquette

First Friday Past Event
Photograph of woman with glasses and long hair resting on her elbows while laying on the floor and looking directly at the camera.

Lesley Ramsey of BeCause Yoga

Yoga in the Gallery with BeCause Yoga and the Contemporary Staff

Past Event

Walk and Wonder Workshop

Past Event

Photo by Francisco Cortes

Visual-Thinking Strategies Research Study

Past Event

May 2023 Family Saturday at the Contemporary at Blue Star. Photo credit: Francisco Cortes 

Family Saturday

Past Event

Natural dyeing technique for fabric. Photo credit: Daniela Oliver de Portillo

The Art of Natural Dyeing with Daniela Oliver de Portillo

Past Event
Two people in a gallery looking at a small frame placed on a pedestal. A projection is on the wall in the background, showing a White House with I (heart) 3W on it.

Image from the opening night of "Vernacular Systems." Photo credit: Francisco Cortes.

2024 CAM Perennial

Open Call Past
Blue square design with Seva-Art logo in white at center. Additional text reads: Seva-Art Open Call for Student Artists. Apply Today deadline September 30, 2023

Seva-Art Open Call for Middle and High School Artists

Open Call Past
Image of families making a hands on art project outdoors under a tent overlaid with text and screened in blue.

Movies and Music Under the Stars at Mission Marquee Plaza

Past Event
Flyer with text about the Cochineala event on September 15. Design includes a background of pink and grayish green with a bug and the form of the structure at Confluence Park.

Cochineala Nature and Art Series: Bioluminescence at Confluence Park 

Past Event
Red white and blue circular logo design with a picture of the USA in the middle. The top border reads National Voter Registration Day.

National Voter Registration Day

Past Event
Artwork installed in white gallery at Contemporary at Blue Star

33rd Annual Red Dot

Red Dot Past Event
Photograph of woman with glasses and long hair resting on her elbows while laying on the floor and looking directly at the camera.

Lesley Ramsey of BeCause Yoga

BeCause Yoga in the gallery

Past Event

Book Launch with Borderland Collective

Past Event

Berlin Lunch: Jill Bedgood and Joe Harjo

Past Event
Front entrance of the Contemporary at night with three people standing outside the gallery, and one person exiting. Beyond, visitors populate the lighted gallery space.

Photo credit: Francisco Cortes.

First Friday

First Friday Past Event
Image of small boy making artwork with his caregiver smiling over his shoulder. The image is screened in the color blue.

Family Saturday

Past Event
Front entrance of the Contemporary at night with three people standing outside the gallery, and one person exiting. Beyond, visitors populate the lighted gallery space.

Photo credit: Francisco Cortes.

First Friday

First Friday Past Event
Circular logo design with a paint brush in the middle encircled by words: Seva Art Community Builds Community

Seva Art Exhibition and Reception

Past Event
Close up view of angled glass pieces that are a part of Cathy Cunningham-Little's artwork Labyrinthine (2023). Reflections ans shadows in purples, pinks, yellows, and greens are cast from the dichroic glass.

Detail view. Cathy Cunningham-Little, Labyrinthine, 2023. Photo by Francisco Cortes.

Taco Talk with Cathy Cunningham-Little

Past Event
Joe Harjo facing a wall where he is writing the words Indian Removal in thick red letters. Pain bottles sit in the foreground.

Joe Harjo in his studio during his Berlin Residency in July 2023. Courtesy of the artist.

Open Studio with Joe Harjo

First Friday Past Event

DreamWeek Sound Bath Meditation with Pamela Martinez

Past Event

Contemporary Staff with Joe Harjo. Photo Credit: Francisco Cortes.

Taco Talk with Joe Harjo

Past Event

Joe Harjo, "A Heretical Act of Resistance: Walking with Babygirl," 2024 (Video still). Video performance (10 minutes approx.). Courtesy of the artist.

Joe Harjo: Indian Removal Act II: And She Was – Opening Night

First Friday Past Event

Shared library at Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Q&A Session for the Berlin Open Call

Past Event
Skyline photo of Mexico City with volcano in the background

Mexico City Art Fairs Trip

Trips and Excursions Past Event

Joe Harjo, "Indian Removal Act II: And She Was," 2024

Slow Art in the Gallery

Past Event
Photograph shows a 180 degree view of an artist studio. The right side of the frame there are three large windows one of which is open. The frames a pulled open and there is a view of a 6 story building out it. In the center of the frame is an artists work table with a lamp and materials and tools. On the walls there is one large bright green painting, a large figurative sketch and numerous small studies for paintings and drawings on paper, taped up on the wall with masking tape.

Brittany Ham's studio during her Berlin residency

Berlin Residency Program 2024-2025 Cycle

Open Call Past
A hand holding a handmade, marbled, wrapping paper used to wrap a rectangular gift.

Marbled wrapping paper by Daniela Oliver de Portillo. Courtesy of the artist.

Marbling Workshop with Daniela Oliver de Portillo

Past Event

Left: Michael Guerra Foerster; Right: Christopher Blay

Taco Talk with Michael Guerra Foerster and CAM Perennial Artists

First Friday Past Event

Spring Exhibition Openings & CAM Kick-Off

First Friday Past Event

A Choice Affair: an art and self-care fair celebrating International Women’s Day

Past Event

Progressive Dinner

Past Event

Public Reception for Latitudes at Lake|Flato

Past Event
Young boy making colorful art project at a table with a mother leaning over him. Other kids and adults in the background.

Family Saturday, November 2023. Photo credit: Francisco Cortes.

Family Saturday

Family Saturday Past Event

Juan Carlos Escobedo, "Brownscape View-Neck by J.ESC," 2022.

Slow Art in the Gallery

Past Event

Pricing your work and Red Dot Q & A Zoom Session

Past Event

2024 Red Dot Open Call

Open Call Past

2024 Novel Ideas Art Book Fair Open Call

Open Call Past

Education Space Grand Reopening

MOSAIC Past Event

Alfred J. Quiroz, "Muneefist Destiny," 1996. Mixed media on mahogany panel | Técnica mixta sobre panel de caoba. Collection of the artist | Colección del artista. Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista.

Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers – Opening Night

First Friday Xicanx Month Past Event

Alejandro Diaz, "Make Tacos Not War," 2007. Neon on clear plexiglass | ​​Neón sobre plexiglás transparente. Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista.

Taco Talk with Jill Baird and Greta de León

First Friday Xicanx Month Past Event
Two people sitting on chairs, looking at a horizontal screen of a man.

Installation view of Davíd Zamora Casas's artwork on view as part of the "Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers | Soñadores + creadores del cambio." Photo by Bria Woods.

Contemporary for All | Subverted sacred Altars and politics of the He(ART)

Xicanx Month Past Event

Summer Exhibitions – Opening Night

First Friday Past Event