International Artists-in-Residence Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Past Event
Artpace San Antonio

About this event

Artpace invites you to join us for the opening of our Spring 2025 Resident Artist exhibitions on Thursday, March 20, 2025, from 6–9 PM, featuring an artist talk at 6:30PM. Selected by Guest Curator Jami Powell, artists Laura Veles Drey, Anita Fields, and Lorena Molina will debut new works created during their Artpace residency. The evening will also include a live Cumbia performance.

If you can’t attend in person, join us via livestream on our Facebook page starting at 6:30 PM.

We’re thrilled for the public to experience the incredible work these artists have created during their time in San Antonio, and we hope to see you there!

Special thanks to Künstler Brewing for providing refreshments.

This event is free and open to the public. Complimentary wine and beer will be available for guests 21+.

Location: Artpace San Antonio | 445 N Main Ave | Free parking at 513 N Flores

Residency: January 27, 2025 – March 27, 2025 Opening Reception: March 20, 2025 | 6–9 PM Exhibitions on View: March 20 – July 13, 2025

About the Guest Curator | Jami Powell (she/her) is the Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Indigenous Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, where she also serves as a senior lecturer in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department. Powell is a citizen of the Osage Nation and holds a PhD in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

During her tenure at the Hood Museum, Powell has curated exhibitions including Form and Relation: Contemporary Native American Ceramics, CIPX Dartmouth with Kali Spitzer and Will Wilson, Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Bark Painting from Yirrkala, and This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World. Her co-edited volume, Reimagining American Art, is scheduled for release in 2024. Powell has published articles in Museum Anthropology and Museum Management and Curatorship and serves on the editorial advisory boards for First American Art Magazine and Panorama. In 2020, she received the New Leadership Award from ArtTable, the foremost professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. Her upcoming projects include the first solo exhibition and catalog for Chemehuevi photographer and artist Cara Romero.