Join the Contemporary for a new installment of Stitch and ’Wich, a community-building fiber arts and craft program series that highlights craft techniques in a beginner-friendly workshop environment. These community building workshops bring people together over art, and tea sandwiches. For May’s installment, artist Alán Serna will teach participants the basics of Japanese Stab binding, a book binding method that is both decorative and durable. Participants will leave with a handmade book.

About the Artist
Alán Serna is a mixed-media artist from Huanusco, Zacatecas, Mexico, now living and working in San Antonio, TX. In 2018, Serna earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Intermedia from the University of Kentucky and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking in 2015 from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Printmaking, Painting, and Drawing. Serna is the co-founder and Master Printer of Feral Editions, an independent publisher of fine art prints, artist books, and ephemera.

Join the Contemporary in our next installment of Stitch and ‘Wich, a community-building, fiber arts program that highlights fiber art techniques in a beginner friendly workshop that brings people together over art and tea sandwiches. 
 
For our April Stitch and ‘Wich, participants will learn the quilting method with a hand painted twist. Working with artist Shelby Criswell, participants will paint a canvas drop cloth that will be incorporated into a finished quilt.  
 
Registration is required for this free program.

The Contemporary is excited to present  Stitch and ‘Wich, a monthly fiber arts workshop that combines the basic of fibers techniques with community learning. In this month’s workshop, participants will learn the basics of beading, focusing on the square stitch, while enjoying complimentary finger sandwiches. 
 
This workshop is free and open to the public with registration

 Join the Contemporary for our first iteration of Stitch n’ Wich of 2026. This month we are inviting fiber artist Ann Enzminger to lead a felting workshop. Learn the basics of the art of felting while enjoying complimentary finger sandwiches and take home your own felting masterpiece at the end of the workshop.

This workshop is free and open to the public with registration (link below). 

Join the Contemporary for a special bat themed rendition of Stich and ‘Wich, a community building fiber arts workshop series where participants learn a new fiber art medium while enjoying tea sandwiches!

For this special rendition, participants will learn how to create a quilt square of a bat and learn facts about bat conservation from representatives of Bat Conservation International, an organization working to conserve bats and their habitats through conservation, education, and research efforts.

Come learn a new skill, dispel common myths regarding bats and their ecology, and learn more about what you can do to help bats in your area.

Want to make your favorite clothes last forever? Join the Contemporary at Blue Star for the latest instalment of “Stich and ‘Wich” a community building fiber arts workshop series where participants learn a new fiber art medium, while enjoying tea sandwiches! This month we are joined by artist Oliver Lyric, who will be leading a workshop on the art of visible mending where participants will learn the basics of mending clothes in a way that turns a flaw into a design element, highlighting the mending of a garment rather than hiding it.

This event is open to the public and free with registration (linked below).

 

Interested in a trying out a new medium? Join the Contemporary at Blue Star for the latest installment of “Stich and ‘Wich” a community-building fiber arts workshop series where participants learn a new medium, while enjoying tea sandwiches!

Inspired by the work of Paloma Rosenzweig on view in the Contemporary’s main exhibition In the Shadows, Our Ghosts Lurk (En Las Sombras, Nuestros Fantasmas Acechan) participants will learn the basic of soft sculpture techniques as they reflect on the tactile and conceptual nature of this medium.

+ This event is free with registration (link below)

Interested in alternative embroidery artworks? Join the Contemporary in a beginner friendly embroidery workshop. Participants will learn basic tie dye and embroidery techniques, enhancing tie-dyed flags with embroidery to create a unique piece of art, all while enjoying tea sandwiches!

This event is free and open to everyone with registration (link below).

Would you like to support programs like these? Consider donating $5 with your registration!

About the instructor

Leticia “Leti” R. Molina is a multidisciplinary artist based in San Antonio, Texas. A native of Central Texas, Leti draws inspiration from her local art scene, as well as from her cultural heritage rooted in both Austin, Texas, and Guanajuato, Mexico.

As a first-generation Mexican American and someone born hard of hearing, Leti focuses on mixed media art as both a form of self-expression and a tool for navigating her identity. Challenges with verbal communication at an early age led her to develop a visual language through art, as a primary means of expression to convey her thoughts, and emotions. Leti’s work often explores themes central to the Mexican American experience, such as cultural appropriation, ableism, and racial discrimination.