Townsend, from Kentucky, considers worries and wonders in his mixed media sculptures and drawings.

Shown: First and Last Tool, 2008, wood and mixed media, 24" x 46" x 18"

Shown: Susan Skinner Brooch

Public Opening 10/30 5:30P - 7:30P
Featuring a Potter-Belmar Labs Multimedia Performance

Hanessian, from Florida, reflects upon the notions of fate, luck and chance through her ceramic installation.

Shown: Accidents Advance Most of Our Lives, 2008
Installation, porcelain, acrylic and monofilament

A series of prints by Mexican artists addressing the Mesoamerican practice of displaying skulls on racks. Curated by Graciela Kartofel.

Shown: Terumi Moriyama, El que nace pa maceta... , 2005, dry point and chinne colle, 27.5 x 27.5 cm.

Saldana, from New York, exhibits work that examines social issues such as domestic security and consumer culture. Her sculptural work combines digital photography, tapestry, and cross stitching.

Shown: Monalisa, 2001, thread on canvas, 12" x 12"

Khoshbin, from San Antonio, combines photographs with intricately carved texts in a series of familiar, often iconic, images that address memory and nostalgia.

Shown: Life Grief, 2008, modifided photograph (original print by Dmitri Baltermants
appearing in Life Magazine April 1985)

Riedel, from Guatemala, explores the resilient nature of indigenous women in the Americas. Her collaged monoprints employ photographs, embroidery, and artifacts.

Shown: Cotxij, 2005, mixed media photograph

Photographs of American mass consumption. In collaboration with Texas Public Radio and the San Antonio Public Library foundation.

Shown: Paper Bags, 2007, 44" x 59" (detail)

Penn's environmentally sensitive sculpture is comprised of delicate metal castings of plants she gathers along the roadside.

Shown: Four Weeks Time: Texas Wild Onion, 2008
glass, bronze, brass, steel, nickel, rubber, 40" x 12" x 6"
Photo by Christopher Zaleski

Catalog available: $10

Lowe's drawings and sewn felt works use images derived from ink blots to explore the shifting nature of perception.

Shown: FabCom 14-2, 2004
colored pencil on drafting film, 45" x 30"

Catalog available: $10

The annual All School Exhibition 2008 showcases outstanding recent works in a variety of media by artists, teachers and students at the Southwest School of Art & Craft. Juried works have been selected by Mary Mikel Stump, Texas State University. The 2008 Award for Teaching was given to Painting Department and Teens After-School faculty member Rainey.

Shown: Dennis W. Smith, The Yellow Rose of Texas is Mighty Sweet, ceramic, 33" x 12" x 9"

Works highlighting youth culture by Southwest School of Art & Craft teen painting students (self-named "Bee Nation") and their instructor, Rainey.

Shown: Isaac Martinez, Untitled, 2008, oil on skateboard, 32" x 8.5"

Innovative works merging paper pulp and printmaking by Southwest School of Art & Craft studio artist Paula Cox.

Shown: Orange Target Dress, 2007 (detail)
handmade paper with pulp painting, linocut mounted on wood, epoxy resin, 28" x 43"

Works of art from San Antonio area elementary, middle and high school students.

Shown: Brianna (2nd grade), Untitled, 2007

Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 13th 6:00 p.m.

Shown: Ricardo Sanchez, Maite no te Olvido, 2007, gelatin silver print

Well-known and respected South Texas artist will exhibit recent landscape paintings.

Shown: End of Summer, 2007, oil on canvas, 36" x 48"

Booth, a recipient of a recent Fulbright Scholarship and an SSAC adjunct faculty member, exhibits works created during her recent residency in Finland.

Shown: Sieni II (Finnish Mushrooms), 2007, pen, ink, graphite and watercolor, 9" x 12"

Major cultural exchange centered around exhibition of 18 contemporary New Zealand artists who - by blending Maori, European and global art influences - convey a compelling vision of their unique identity. Works were selected by Nigel Borell of New Zealand and Kathy Armstrong, SSAC Associate Curator.

Shown: Charlotte Graham, Ko Te 2atoru, 2004, oil, bitumen on canvas, 40" x 30"

Catalog available: $10