Events at Olmos Park
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
Opening reception Saturday, April 26, 4-6pm.
Art will be on display April 26 – May 31st, 2025
Mockingbird Handprints
4303 McCullough Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
March 15th – April 19th
Join us on Saturday, March 15th
for Reception & Artist Talk
Reception 2:00 – 5:00pm
Artist Talk 4:00
Darlene’s Artist Statement:
Mixed media, for me, represents the intersection of textiles and painting. For my landscapes, I find a muse in the mountains and open expanses surrounding where I live in Marfa, TX. There’s a spareness and bristle to the raw beauty of the high desert plateau.
My travel-inspired collages incorporate food and architectural elements—from tabletop compositions to zellige (geometric) tile interpretations.
My studio techniques are layered across many mediums and developed through trial and error. I enjoy the complexity and back-and-forth innovation possible with unexpected materials: cloth, thread, acrylic, and board. I loosely identify my work as mixed-media fabric collage.
My design process is organic and intuitive. I begin pulling from a color-and-pattern palette of fabrics, my stash of woven and printed goods I’ve collected for decades: new, vintage, and from around the world. I audition diverse fabric combinations to establish desired results and use acrylic paint to modulate color or details. My pieces integrate hand-stitching with assorted thread weights to embroider additional texture before being attached to wood panels.
I’ve always worked with my hands and enjoy the progression of building, layering, and exploring new boundaries. I appreciate how a design builds over time and value the tactility of textiles. My work stems from a diverse background in art, architecture, painting, fiber arts, sewing, and textile production through historic preservation projects.
Cloth is malleable and versatile, so piecing fragments and strips together with thread makes sense to me. I grew up sleeping under a hand-made quilt pieced together using scraps from my mother’s childhood dresses—that quilt told a story. My art tells stories, too.
Darlene’s Bio:
Marwitz enrolled in weaving and textile courses as a part of her studio arts curriculum at the University of Houston. Two graduate degrees followed from the School of Architecture at The University of Texas in Austin.
Darlene has worked on major historic preservation projects and has overseen the research, design, and reproduction of numerous period textiles: woven matelasse and brocatelle drapery fabrics, hand-crafted passementerie, plus Wilton and Brussels carpets loomed in England. Her travel-inspired artwork takes root in Italy, France, Spain, and Morocco.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The University of Houston
Master of Science in Architectural Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Assistant
UT Architectural Study Abroad Program
Oxford, England
Instructor
Art Workshops in Italy and France
Summer Art Retreat
Spain and Morocco
IG @darlenemarwitz
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
Feb 1st. – Mar 11th. 2025
Join us on Sat, Feb 1st.
for Reception & Artist Talk
Reception 3:00 – 5:00pm
Artist Talk 4:00pm
We are thrilled to start 2025 with a show by homegrown San Antonio native, creative genius, multi talented Blanquita Sullivan! “Encantada” is the title of the show and it expressively radiates delight, enchantment,satisfeito, playful, bewitched it is mucho gusto! Come join us for a wonderful afternoon of catching up with one another, meeting new interesting peeps, and being wowed by Blanquita Sullivan!
Blanquita’s Artist Statement:
I have always been interested in people. What their stories are, their motivations, and how they express themselves through their body language, style, movements, and interactions. I see myself as a contemporary storyteller and with each portrait I paint, I attempt to capture the spirit of the individual and tell the story of that distinctive moment.
Accompanying deep respect for the subject, I explore the memories that linger in our possessions, the importance of home, the ghosts who stay with us, and our relationships. In recent portraits, I tell layered stories of families, groups, and individuals and how they exist in their homes or favorite spaces surrounded by objects or garments that carry meaning for them.
My professional background is in costume design, fashion design, merchandising, and retail. I’ve spent over 20 years at sewing machines, cutting tables, and in fitting rooms. My mission has been to help women find their confidence and to help them recognize their own beauty.
Throughout that time, and while raising my 3 daughters, I have simultaneously worked to develop as a painter, focusing mainly in portraiture. I studied at the NYC Art Students League, The NYC Studio School, and Virginia Commonwealth University. This year, I am entering my 3rd year of a low residency MFA studio art program at MICA in Baltimore.
My goal is to continue to grow as an artist and to develop a meaningful, honest, and well-crafted body of work that tells the stories of the remarkable people and places in my life so that they may be remembered, acknowledged, and celebrated. As my work develops and grows, what stays with me throughout and remains at the forefront is memory, magic, environment, loss, and love.
Blanquita Sullivan’s bio:
Blanquita is a painter, designer, and business leader in San Antonio. She holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, studied painting at The NYC Art Students League, and is pursuing a MFA in Studio Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Previously, Blanquita worked for designers Betsey Johnson and Anna Sui in New York before developing her own clothing line, Bonjour Biqui. She is currently Retail Operations Director for Niche Clothing Co. and lives in San Antonio with her husband Michael and their 3 daughters.
MOCKINGBIRD HANDPRINTS IN OLMOS PARK PRESENTS
THIS COMING THURSDAY!!!
Dont miss this once a year event held at Olmos Mockingbird Handprints
Crystal of BRIEBLUE works with these artisans to create one of a kind clothes!
Lite refreshments and fun served up!!
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.
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