Blue Star Contemporary | Contemporary

ARTIST RESOURCES
COVID-19 and Shelter In Place Resources

#BigGiveRelief
Please help Blue Star Contemporary through the COVID-19 crisis by contributing to the Big Give Relief emergency fund.

Artist's Digest: Candace Hicks
New podcast episode of the Artist's Digest featuring Secret Passage exhibiting artist

Teacher and Student Resources
New exhibition lesson plans for in-school or at home

Songs to inspire you
BSC Spotify playlists specially designed to inspire you.

SPECIAL NOTICE:

In an abundance of caution, and in the best interest of our guests and staff members, Blue Star Contemporary will be closed beginning March 14, until further notice.

While there have been no presumptive or confirmed cases of Coronavirus on our premises, we’ve made this decision out of caution and out of our commitment to protect visitors, staff, volunteers, and the community at large, whose safety and well-being are our top priorities.

By suspending operations, we hope not only to protect our own community but to do our part in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 within the larger San Antonio community.

Blue Star Contemporary (BSC) is the first and longest-running nonprofit venue for contemporary art in San Antonio. Its inception 34 years ago created a pathway that supported the revamp of a warehouse complex into an artist-centric, mixed-use development, sparking the total revitalization of San Antonio’s Southtown.

BSC hosts 15 contemporary exhibitions annually; a year-round after-school art education program for high school young people, the MOSAIC Student Artist Program; and the Berlin Residency Program. In 2017, BSC became the only San Antonio arts organization to be W.A.G.E.-certified, solidifying its commitment to fair compensation of artists and creative professionals.

Our Mission

To inspire the creative genius in us all by nurturing artists through innovative contemporary art.

Blue Star Contemporary currently welcomes nearly 30,000 visitors on-site each year, and more than 300,000 through off-site exhibitions in multiple regions across our geographically large city—an audience representative of San Antonio’s diverse population.

To complement our exhibitions, we present a variety of programs including workshops, artist talks, book clubs, panel discussions, and film screenings. The onsite Art Education Lab presents hands-on programming and education content for participants of all ages to delve deeper into the artwork on view.