Events at Blue Star Arts Complex
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
ED MALCIK
Recent Street Photos, New York and Austin
Show Sept 5th – October 13th
Reception September 8th, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
at Mockingbird Handprints Blue Star
Recent Street Photos, New York and Austin is Ed Malcik’s eighth exhibition at Mockingbird Handprints, Blue Star. His work shows moments odd, humorous, and unexpected, and can be pretty much anything, profound or banal. As he likes to say, “In the theatre of urban life I give equal emphasis to the stage, the props, and the actors.”
Another exhibition of Ed’s work, “Seamless Triptchs”, can be seen at the Mockingbird Handprints in Olmos Park, 4303 McCullough S.A, TX. Please join us during the month of September to see both his shows and meet Ed at First Friday Sept 6th 6:00-9:00 pm and either of his artist receptions Sept 7th, 3:00-5:00 pm Olmos Park, & Sept 8th 3:00-5:00 pm Blue Star.
Ed Malcik studied photojournalism at the University of Texas and then worked as a staff photographer for newspapers, including the The Austin American-Statesman.
He also freelanced for the wire services and publications such as Cosmopolitan, Us, and The New York Times. He served in the Peace Corps and as a Foreign Service Officer before returning to photography and working on projects in Paris and Chennai, India. His work has been selected for group exhibitions by Sarah Greenough, Keith Carter, and Charlotte Cotton. He has been in group exhibitions at the International Center of Photography and Houston Center for Photography, and he is collected in the Wittliff Collections. He is represented by Mockingbird Handprints in San Antonio, Texas, where he has had seven solo shows. He now lives in Austin, Texas, and is working on photo projects including a long-term project on New York City. His work can be seen on Instagram @edmalcikphotography where he posts regularly.
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
“Big Sky Land” by TERI MUSE
“BIG SKY LAND”
Encaustic paintings
by Teri Muse
APRIL 4th – 28th
APRIL 13TH, Saturday, 1:00-2:00pm
Meet Teri Muse, she will demostrate encaustic painting, give a talk and answer questions, please join us.
Encaustic Demonstration April 13th 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Encaustic is an ancient art.In this technique, beeswax and damar resin(a natural fir-tree resin) are mixed together to create a wax medium. These qualities, plus the translucent quality of the wax, create unique possibilities for the artist.
Muse embeds papers, fabrics and miscellaneous items within the wax layers. Color is also added to the medium in different degrees of opacity, allowing for a unique glow to the colors. Within the encaustic technique, Muse is able to explore images that have personal meaning for her and satisfy her efforts to create color and texture that compel one to pause and look.
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
“Meet the Cowgirls” by Charlotte Wyatt
Feb 15, 2024, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Stop by Mockingbird Handprints for “Meet the Cowgirls” by Charlotte Wyatt.
Short Bio:
I grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, going to the beach and loving the big vastness of the skies. Paper was my main art supply, especially the backs of school papers. I still use the backs of papers. Today, I paint in watercolors, oils acrylics and pastels.
Exhibit
The Cowgirls Series which are portraits of women that are named alphabetically. Each painting tells a visual story that embodies the strength and personality of life in today’s wild west. The women have may have jobs besides their ranches, but their roots and their hearts belongs to the land. They are painted in oil with a flat graphic style.
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
FOR THE LOCALS – by Larry Portillo
January 4th-28th, 2024
Stop by Mockingbird Handprints for “FOR THE LOCALS” by Larry Portillo featuring in his paintings places he has a connection to.
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
HOLDING – New Works by Susan Keller
Oct. 4th – Nov 12th
Meet Susan
Oct. 5th, 6:00-8:00 pm
GALLERY HOURS
Thurs – Sun 11 a.m – 5 p.m
“I have made a series of niches, with the idea of a place to hold a memory, a time, an emotion, something lost and gone from my past. This quote from Pablo Neruda was in mind while making the pieces, “So I wait for you like a lonely house till you see me again and live in me.” For me the quote touched on the bittersweet feeling of remembering beautiful times and wanting what was to come back and knowing it will not.”
Ceramica Botanica is her company name, which focuses on functional pottery that celebrates daily living. Susan has shown in many shops, galleries and participated in various shows throughout the country. The plates and platters in show coordinate with the niches also in this body of work.
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE – ONE WAY, BYWAY, THIS WAY: NEW YORK STREETS by Ed Malcik
Show August 31st – October 1st
Reception September 6th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
at Mockingbird Handprints Blue Star
This year is the seventh FOTOSEPTIEMBE exhibition at Mockingbird Handprints – Blue Star for Ed Malcik. Ed will be showing work from New York City, a favorite subject of his. He says, “in the continuous drama on New York City streets, I am equally fascinated by the setting, the props, and the people.” Please join us during the month of September to see his show and meet Ed at artist reception September 6th, 6:00-8:00 pm.
Malcik studied photojournalism at the University of Texas and worked as a staff photographer at Texas newspapers, including five years at The Austin American-Statesman. He freelanced for the wireservices and publications such as Cosmopolitan, Us, Texas Monthly, and The New York Times. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, and as a Foreign Service Officer at U.S. embassies and consulates around the world. He returned to photography and worked on photographic projects in Paris 2010-12 and Chennai, India, 2013-15. He now lives in Austin where he photographs on the street in a documentary style. His work has been exhibited in Europe, India, and the United States, and is in the Wittliff Collections. More of his work can be seen on Instagram @edmalcikphotography and his web page at EdMalcikPhotography.com.
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
SHUT UP & COLOR – Symone Martinez
May 31st – July 16th
Artist Reception
Wednesday, May 31st, 6-8pm
GALLERY HOURS
Thurs – Sun 11 a.m – 5 p.m
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
DEEP IN THE HEART – Augusta Rosser
Artist Reception
Wednesday, May 10th, 6-8pm
GALLERY HOURS
Thurs – Sun 11 a.m – 5 p.m
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
“ENGINEERED ART” by Hunter Prinz
Meet Hunter and see his art
First Thursday, April 6th, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
DATES OF SHOW
April 6th – 30th 2023, Special hours: First Friday April 7th 11:00am – 9:00pm and
Third Thursday April 20th 11:00am- 8:00pm
GALLERY HOURS
Thurs – Sun 11 a.m – 5 p.m
Meet Hunter Prinz on these dates
and find out what inspires each one of his creations.
Hunter Prinz 2023
San Antonio, TX
Mockingbird Handprints at Blue Star Arts Complex presents
New works of Kiwi.Tabasco
Join artist Kiwi.Tabasco as she debuts her first public show
Tabascian 2.0: Intrinsic Value
First Thursday, March 2, 2023 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
and
First Friday, March 3, 2023 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
and
Third Thursday, March 16, 2023 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
as well as our regular store hours Thursday – Sunday 11 AM – 5 PM
Artist, Kiwi.Tabasco is a lifelong creative and has always loved the explorative and creative aspects of life, which lead to her painting and debuting her first collection in the Fall of 2020. Most of her work is acrylic based, although her newest collection incorporates mixed media like leather, glass, and burnt wood.
When asked what she hopes viewers will gain from her work, she says, “Your worldly experience is predicated on your interpretation of the senses”. There’s more than what meets the eye. My art strikes a joyful sensation that you may be unfamiliar with, drawing you closer to discovering the elements that live on the canvas. You may choose to display any piece in two to four orientations. I want the viewer to embrace the opportunity to inquire and question what the art communicates.”
When she’s not painting, Kiwi.Tabasco is polishing her athletic talents holding a Red Belt in Budokon Mixed Martial Arts and scaling courses at Spartan and Hyrox Races. She’s also a fashionable woman captivating a mixed audience on social media with the latest trends and thrift finds. In a professional capacity Kiwi.Tabasco, Lauren A. Hillard, is also the author of “The Study Guide for a Hardheaded Entrepreneur.”
To learn more about Kiwi.Tabasco and view more of her recent work, visit her online at www.kiwitabasco.com, on instagram @Kiwi.Tabasco.Art and on TikTok @Kiwi.Tabasco
Blue Star Arts Complex location:
1420 S. Alamo St. STE 112A, SA,TX 78210
Thurs – Sun 11-5
210-878-5711 or 210-262-6698
Events at Olmos Park
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
November 29th thru Dec 24th | hours 11am-5pm
“SMALL WONDERS” is an artist small scale work showing and selling off the walls for holiday gift giving at both locations. These artists have regularly shown at Mockingbird Handprints through the years. We can give beautiful things made by hand that are meaningful and sustainable.
Show Dates September 3rd – October 13th 2024
Show Dates: Opening- November 29th 11am-5pm
Olmos Park- show up thru January 11th 2025.
Olmos Park Mockingbird Handprints holiday hours starting Dec 2nd open Monday 12-4pm, Tues-Saturday 10-5, Dec 24th 10-3pm
Blue Star Mockingbird Handprints hours
Thurs-Sun 11-5 & Dec. 23rd & 24th 11-3.
We will be closing our Blue Star location, last day open is Dec. 24th.
Our Olmos Park location will remain open servicing
the community with local & regional art, plus fine handmade items from around the world.
SENDING A BIG HUG TO PAULA COX CO-FOUNDER AS I WOULD HAVE NOT STARTED THIS ENDEAVER ON MY OWN. THE ARTISTS WHO FILLED MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS WITH BEAUTIFUL ART, ALL SHOPPERS AND SUPPORTERS OF MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS,
THANK YOU!
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
Ed Malcik
New Seamless Triptychs from the Street
Show Dates September 3rd – October 13th 2024
Reception, Saturday September 7th, 3:00 – 5:00 pm & Artist talk/questions 4:00
at Mockingbird Handprints Olmos Park
Ed Malcik’s Seamless Triptychs challenge how an individual image works with two adjacent images placed edge to edge to become supplementary or complimentary abstractions, yet still retaining their individual identity. The Triptychs combine the artist’s street photos into another way of seeing, playing with the differences between documentary and conceptual photography. Please join us during the month of September to see his show and meet Ed at artist reception September 7th, 3:00-5:00 pm.
Another exhibition of Ed’s work, “Recent Street Photos, New York and Austin”, can be seen at the Mockingbird Handprints in Blue Star Arts Complex, Sept 3 – Oct 13 reception/artist talk Sept 8th 3-5 pm. Please come by and see the twenty plus other San Antonio Artist work shown.
Ed Malcik studied photojournalism at the University of Texas and then worked as a staff photographer for newspapers, including the Austin American-Statesman. He also freelanced for the wire services and publications such as Cosmopolitan, Us, and The New York Times. He served in the Peace Corps and as a Foreign Service Officer before returning to photography and working on projects in Paris and Chennai, India. His work has been selected for group exhibitions by Sarah Greenough, Keith Carter, and Charlotte Cotton. He has been in group exhibitions at the International Center of Photography and Houston Center for Photography, and he is collected in the Wittliff Collections. He is represented by Mockingbird Handprints in San Antonio, Texas, where he has had seven solo shows. He now lives in Austin, Texas, and is working on photo projects including a long-term project on New York City. His work can be seen on Instagram @edmalcikphotography where he posts regularly.
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
Join us this Saturday, March 9th, 3:00-5:00 pm for artist reception. We will have refreshments, live music, & Artist Talk at 4:30
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints
Olmos Park location
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
Mark H. W. Hiebert is a multi-talented artist who works across mediums and disciplines.
Mark views painting as a medium for expression of what cannot be communicated in words or music and for which the factual reality of photography proves insufficient. In all things, it is an effort at articulating something authentic that speaks to the ineffable thread binding our humane selves to the existence we experience in our shared present moment.
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
December 14th; 4pm – 8pm
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints
Olmos Park location
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
These Wearables are “One of a Kind” truly works of art!! We will be set up at Olmos Mockingbird Handprints Dec 14th 4:00-8:00 pm. Tell your friends and make plans to visit us!! Refreshements served to keep everyone well….Refreshed!
“Wearable Art”
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
Gatherers and Wanderers will open at Mockingbird Handprints on December 2nd from 3:00 – 5:00 with an Artists Talk at 4:00
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints Olmos Park December 2nd – January 6th 2024
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
GALLERY HOURS Thurs – Sun 11 a.m – 5 p.m
View an eclectic selection of assemblages, small sculptures,
magical objects,encaustic collages, charms and spirits,
fiber and clay, wire and wax, curious figuresand more from Lyn and Shannon.
WORKS BY LYN BELISLE
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
October 21st – Nov 25th
Artist Reception
Saturday, Oct 21st 4-6 pm
Artist Talk – 5:00pm
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints
Olmos Park location
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
Olmos Mockingbird Handprints Gallery will host Melissa Grace Young for an opening reception to her exhibit of Soulful Sisters on Saturday, October 21 from 4 – 6 pm, including a lively artist talk about her work at 5:00 PM. She’ll discuss her figurative renderings of strong madonnas and how her creations follow her personal inner journey and evolution. Dialogue and questions are highly encouraged!
This exhibit includes her latest series of five ‘Sisters on a Mission’, taking inspiration from our San Antonio Missions and rich local heritage, and manifested though her focused madonna perspective.
Melissa Grace Young
Growing up in San Antonio, artistic expression began for me with scissors and crayons and paste and paints. Now I create because I must, for peace of mind, for my sanity really. And as I must, I’ve found ways to make art a big part of my life.
For the past twenty years, I’m drawn to figure and portrait sketching and painting, particularly the female form. And especially the divine female form: the madonna, with halos and hands and flaming hearts and crowns. I find myself creating madonnas of vivid colors and unbalanced facial features and body parts; so few things in life are perfect, and yet they can be so perfectly beautiful.
These days I fill journals with images of everyday wonders, and transcendent figures with extraordinary vision and strength, and I teach art journaling to help others on their creative journeys. My journal works inform my madonnas paintings and mixed media portraits of uncanny funkiness.
Melissa will also have some of her linocuts available in the show.
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
SEPT. 16 – OCT 14, 2023
Artist Reception
September 16th, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Artist Talk – 5:00pm
Closing Reception and Demo
October 14th, 4-6pm
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints
Olmos Park location
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
Callie Luhrman is an artist based in San Antonio, Texas. In 2014, Callie graduated with her Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a specialty in ceramics. She is a member of the Millard Street Artists group founded by Diana Kersey, an artisan pottery community.
Callie recently exhibited her artwork at Koelsch Gallery in Houston, Texas alongside artist W. Tucker. In addition, Callie’s work has been featured in Texas Monthly, San Antonio Magazine, CanvasRebel and VoyageSanAntonio. Local works available for purchase through Mockingbird Handprints in San Antonio and Curator Coffee; and in Houston at Koelsch Gallery.
Follow more current projects by visiting her Instagram or TikTok (@callieluhrman).
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
COME JOIN US FOR A FIESTA HAPPY HOUR!
Susan Butler
Fiesta Happy Hour
April 19th, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints
Olmos Park location
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
New works of Larry Portillo
TEXAS KALEIDOSCOPE
Artist reception April 15th, 2023 – 2:00 – 4:30 pm
Artist talk starts at 3:00 pm
Please join us.
Event is at Mockingbird’s Handprints
Olmos Park location
4303 McCullough, SA,TX 78212, more parking in back
“Texas Kaleidoscope” Larry Portillo
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
New works of Deb and Dan Soder,
formally of AdelAnte Restaurant
Artist reception Feb. 11th 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Artist talk starts at 4:00 pm
Please join us, AdelAnte queso will be served!
Dan and Deb closed their beloved restaurant, AdelAnte, on April 1, 2022 after 40 years of serving a healthy alternative TEXHEALTH. What to do in the next chapter? Well, art is a big part, along with family, traveling, and doing whatever makes them happy.
Deb has always been in love with pottery. An avid collector. Drawn to the process of hand building-like when rolling out dough…
Dan’s work is mixed media, combining ink, paint and colored pencil. Being insprired by Mexican folk art-unfiltered and raw from the heart.
Olmos Park location:
4303 McCullough, SA, TX 78212
(more parking in back)
Tues-Sat 11-5 and by appointment
210-632-3523
210-262-6698