SAN ANTONIO — Centro San Antonio is calling on local area artists and curators for a new pop-up gallery. The organization said this is all part of the larger goal of strengthening the local arts community.
The gallery, called Centro La Zona, is located off West Commerce just down the road from Market Square. Centro San Antonio CEO and President Trish DeBerry talked about the space that is now filled with life.
“Hey, we have an empty dead space, lets host art instillations and bring in guests artists and really try to activate this space in a significant way,” DeBerry said.
Centro San Antonio wants to continue to fill this space with art. However, this time they would like to give a chance to local artists who may not have exhibit experience.
“We are inviting guests artists who perhaps have never curated an exhibit or established a theme associated with it,” she said.
The organization which dedicates itself to downtown has an open call right now. They’re inviting artists to serve as a guest curator for the new pop-up gallery.
“There is a great challenged associated with guest curation,” DeBerry said. “But, I also think it helps the artist understand what exactly goes into an exhibit.”
DeBerry really emphasized how this is all part of the larger plan to make downtown more vibrant.
“From an economic standpoint, we are bringing attention and spotlight as well as monetary investment in those artists,” she said. “The same token, we are bringing more people into downtown who will spend money down here because they like the beautiful art that exists.”
Centro said this will be a monthly rotating opportunity. The organization said the curator will have one month to produce the show, from curation to closing night, including move-out.
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