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SUMMARY:Sonidos de San Antonio
DESCRIPTION:The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Liberal and Fine Arts proudly celebrates the cultural heartbeat of our city. \nSonidos de San Antonio marks a historic evening honoring the legacy and future of South Texas music through Sonido Tejano and Mariachi\, performed by iconic artists alongside the newly formed UTSA student ensembles under the direction of Tejano legend Shelly Lares. \nThis special night not only celebrates our musical heritage\, but also supports the next generation of artists through student scholarships and educational opportunities within UTSA’s music programs. \nMusic. Heritage. Community. \nJoin us as UTSA continues to uplift the creative spirit of San Antonio and invest in the future of its musicians. \n📍 Majestic Empire Theatre\n📅 April 15\, 2026 \n🎟️ Purchase tickets and be part of this historic celebration. \nPresented by UTSA • Shellshock Records • JMT Studios
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/sonidos-de-san-antonio/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:San Antonio Book Festival
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URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/san-antonio-book-festival/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Arts & Health Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 10 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center for a special Public Health Week gathering exploring the intersections of art\, healing\, and justice. The event features a screening of The Quilters\, hands-on participatory fiber arts activities\, and a community dialogue on transformative and restorative justice frameworks. Together\, we will reflect on the impacts of arts in incarceration and imagine more compassionate\, health-centered approaches to justice. \nFeatured Artists & Speakers:  \nDeb Harris (Fiber Thoughts) \nTrish Ashton (San Antonio Handweavers Guild) \nRasa Silenas (San Antonio Handweavers Guild) \nRhonda BeLue (UT San Antonio Public Health) \nJelena Todić (UT San Antonio Social Work) \nRobert Rico (Director of Restorative Practice\, UT San Antonio) \n  \nParking for the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (922 San Pedro Ave) includes Garage 3 and Lot 28 at SAC\, and there is also street parking on Maverick. There is also a designated area for physically disabled individuals in the Planned Parenthood lot next to the Esperanza.  \n  \n:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/arts-health-workshop/
LOCATION:Esperanza Peace & Justice Center\, 922 San Pedro Ave\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Artists Thrive Summit
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URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/artists-thrive-summit/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Thorns and Living Systems Catalog Launch in partnership with Pharm Table
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Dr. Scott A. Sherer and Lizzy Hayman \nThis exhibition brings together works from the individual creative careers of Jayne Lawrence and Leigh Anne Lester and a variety of materials that reference their collaborative endeavors in cactusBRA and cactusBARN\, the influential galleries they founded in San Antonio. While pursuing unique themes and perspectives\, Lawrence and Lester bring critical attention to the possibilities of imagination to transform expectations that structure standard knowledge systems. Lester’s works often have a foundation in considerations of the natural world whereas Lawrence’s works often develop in consideration of challenges to narratives that influence subjectivity and social engagement. The exhibition features mixed-media two- and three-dimensional works and installation. \nLed by acclaimed chef\, Elizabeth Johnson\, Pharm Table is a mecca for healthful farm to table cuisine. The restaurant focuses on fresh farm produce and meats carefully sourced from regenerative farmers. Their niche is locally sourced ingredients\, and globally inspired flavors that promote an overall better quality of life. They believe in the medicinal power of food and botanicals. Their recipes are driven by our use of spices and herbs\, reflecting the season’s bounty.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/thorns-and-living-systems-catalog-launch-in-partnership-with-pharmtable/
LOCATION:Russell Hill Rogers Galleries\, UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Inside/Outside: Considerations for Teaching Artists
DESCRIPTION:This workshop equips teaching artists to engage thoughtfully and responsibly in carceral settings by grounding their practice in critical ethical frameworks\, trauma-informed and healing-centered methodologies\, and deeply relational approaches to arts-making. Moving beyond technical instruction\, the workshop invites participants to examine power\, consent\, agency\, and accountability in environments shaped by surveillance\, coercion\, and structural violence. Through dialogue\, case studies\, and embodied exercises\, artists will reflect on their positionality and develop practices that prioritize dignity\, care\, and mutual transformation. Participants will also receive practical tools for navigating the institutional realities of carceral spaces\, including understanding security protocols\, establishing collaborative relationships with correctional staff and community partners\, designing adaptable curricula\, and planning for long-term sustainability. Attention will be given to maintaining ethical boundaries\, responding to trauma in ways that avoid re-harm\, and cultivating creative processes that honor participants’ lived experiences without instrumentalizing them. Centering radical imagination as a form of resistance and possibility\, the workshop positions arts engagement not as charity\, but as a site of solidarity\, critical inquiry\, and collective meaning-making. Teaching artists will leave with concrete strategies\, reflective frameworks\, and a renewed commitment to fostering artistic spaces that affirm humanity within and beyond carceral institutions. \n\n\n\n\nDr. André de Quadros is a professor of music at Boston University whose work is centrally engaged with incarceration\, prison education\, and the global carceral state. With affiliations spanning African\, African American & Black Diaspora\, American\, Asian\, Jewish\, and Muslim Studies\, as well as Forced Migration\, his scholarship and artistic practice examine the intersections of race\, mass incarceration\, state violence\, and human rights. As an artist\, scholar\, poet\, and activist\, he has led sustained music initiatives in prisons and detention centers across multiple countries\, working alongside incarcerated people\, individuals in psychosocial rehabilitation\, refugees\, and survivors of torture and sexual violence. His carceral work foregrounds music-making as a site of dignity\, resistance\, and collective transformation\, challenging punitive logics and advancing abolitionist imaginaries. He directs choirs and choral projects in Indonesia\, Sri Lanka\, the United States\, Israel and the Arab world\, and along the Mexico–US border\, often in contexts shaped by confinement and displacement. He is the author or editor of eight books and numerous scholarly publications and choral editions. In 2019\, he was a Distinguished Academic Visitor at the University of Cambridge\, and he has received many honors\, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Melbourne.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/inside-outside-considerations-for-teaching-artists/
LOCATION:The Josephine Theatre\, 339 W Josephine\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Open Letters with Mark Menjívar
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URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/open-letters-with-mark-menjivar-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary at Blue Star\, 116 Blue Star\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Voices in Action: Arts\, Dialogue & Community Writing
DESCRIPTION:Voices in Action: Arts\, Dialogue & Community Writing is a participatory gathering that invites community members into shared reflection\, conversation\, and creative expression. The evening will include artistic offerings\, facilitated dialogue\, and opportunities for writing as tools for connection and collective exploration. Centered on storytelling and lived experience\, the event opens space to consider the impacts of incarceration and how art can support empathy\, awareness\, and community care. This event is intended for adults (18+)\, with multiple ways to engage at one’s own comfort level through listening\, reflecting\, and responding. \nGuest Moderator: Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/voices-in-action-arts-dialogue-community-writing/
LOCATION:Little Carver Civic Center at the Carver Community Cultural Center\, 226 N Hackberry St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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