NEW MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR | CONTEMPORARY AT BLUE STAR | SAN ANTONIO, TX | DECEMBER 2024–PRESENT
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER | ARTPACE SAN ANTONIO | SAN ANTONIO, TX | NOVEMBER 2019-NOVEMBER 2024
- Develop, execute, and track Artpace’s marketing, advertising, social media, email, and communications campaigns to create informative messaging about Artpace programs and events to differentiated local, national, and international audiences
- Work with staff to ensure Artpace delivers consistent and high quality communication materials adhering to Artpace’s established brand guidelines
- Write press releases and represent Artpace to editorial media and social media influencers as well as the general public. Maintain strong relationships and foster new relationships with local and national media to secure exposure
CO-FOUNDER | UNFILTERED SA | SAN ANTONIO, TX | AUGUST 2018-AUGUST 2021
- Launched a platform committed to promoting San Antonio’s contemporary art scene and ensuring emerging, censored, and underrepresented artists have a place to share their story
- Created the UNFILTERED logo, brand, and social media identity
- Developed weekly written and visual content for social media and the website
CO-DIRECTOR | BRICK GALLERY | SAN ANTONIO, TX | AUGUST 2019-AUGUST 2020
- Assist the Exhibition Director in all aspects of operating a fine art gallery
- Oversee press, promotions, and social media
- Develop and manage all legal documents for the gallery including exhibition, consignment, and loan agreements
STUDIO ASSISTANT TO ARTIST ETHEL SHIPTON | SAN ANTONIO, TX | APRIL 2019-NOVEMBER 2019
- Assist in managing community projects, project logistics, and social media
- Co-curated an exhibition in collaboration with Planned Parenthood of South Texas and managing exhibition logistics from beginning to end
STUDIO ASSISTANT TO ARTIST JESSE AMADO | SAN ANTONIO, TX | MARCH 2019-NOVEMBER 2019
- Assist in aspects of working in an artist studio such as painting, running errands, product research, organization, sales and more
- Initiated Amado’s earring project. Using pieces of the artist’s preferred medium, felt, we are collaborating to create earrings. Responsible for assisting in the design, creation, marketing and sales of the pieces
SENIOR GALLERY ASSISTANT | RUIZ-HEALY ART | SAN ANTONIO, TX | 2014-2018
- Assisted in all aspects of operating a fine art gallery including preparing and executing (over 50) exhibition and National Print Fair timelines and guiding the planning process simultaneously for several exhibitions at various stages of development
- Designed, ordered, and distributed all online and print material (e.g. invitations, catalogs, and advertisements) to accurately promote the gallery and its represented artists
- Curated the exhibition Blue is Not a Color which included developing the theme of the exhibition, artist selection, and artwork placement
EDUCATION
Art History and Business Administration, Trinity University, 2011-2015
Umbra Academy, Arcadia University, Perugia, Italy, Fall 2013
HONORS & AWARDS
2019-2020 | Mentee, Austin Emerging Arts Leaders, Mentorship Program, Austin, TX
2024–Present | Board Co-Chair, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, TX
2020–Present | Board Member, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, TX
EXHIBITIONS (CURATED)
Bitter/Sweet Longing, February 28–March 31, 2025. Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX. Featured artists: Cheyenne Amaya, Cecilia Sierra, Bygoe Zubiae, Magaly Cantu, Ella Brenzel.
Kat Cadena: ancestors weep through me, November 11 – December 22, 2023. Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX.
First Come, First Show, Membership Drive & Fundraising Pop-Up Exhibition, September 14, 2019. Mantle Art Space, San Antonio, TX. In collaboration with Mantle Art Space.
Forward! Marches That Move Us!, September 6 – 30, 2019. Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX; Featured artists Michael Martinez, Jonathan Treviño, Jennifer Khoshbin, Nadia Botello, Jenelle Esparza, Anel I. Flores, Katie Pell, Suzy González, José Villalobos, and Anne Wallace. Co-Curated with Ethel Shipton. In collaboration with Planned Parenthood of South Texas. (Traveling)
Blue is Not a Color, July 11 – September 1, 2018, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX; Featured artists: Jesse Amado, Richard Armendariz, Deliasofia Zacarias, Cade Bradshaw, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Cecilia Paredes, Cecilia Biagini, Andrea Reyes.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (WRITTEN)
“Girlwork: Exploring themes beyond the feminine,” Unfiltered San Antonio (blog), July 5, 2019, https://unfilteredsa.com/2019/07/05/girlwork-exploring-themes-beyond-the-feminine/
FÜNF: Playfulness and Poetry with Ethel Shipton,” Unfiltered San Antonio (blog), July 6, 2019, https://unfilteredsa.com/2019/07/06/funf-playfulness-and-poetry-with-ethel-shipton/
“Transcending Barriers with Fernando Andrade,” Unfiltered San Antonio (blog), February 19, 2019, https://unfilteredsa.com/2019/02/19/transcending-barriers-with-fernando-andrade/
“Josué Romero: Exposing the Narratives Behind Nationalism,” Unfiltered San Antonio (blog), December 14, 2018, https://unfilteredsa.com/2018/12/14/josue-esau-romero-exposing-the-narratives-behind-nationalism/
“In Conversation: Sara Cardona Embraces the Traditional and the Digital in Trinity University Exhibit,” Unfiltered San Antonio (blog), November 6, 2018, https://unfilteredsa.com/2018/11/06/in-conversation-sara-cardona-embraces-the-traditional-and-the-digital-in-trinity-university-exhibit/
“In Conversation: Raul Gonzalez Launches Werk House SA,” Unfiltered San Antonio (blog), November 4, 2018, https://unfilteredsa.com/2018/11/04/in-conversation-raul-gonzalez-launches-werk-house-sa/
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (DESIGNED)
Sarah Fox: And Then I Met You, exhibition catalogue/children’s book, Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX, August 2019.
The Other Side of the Alamo: Art Against the Myth, exhibition catalogue, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX, February 23 – October 12, 2018.
Michael Menchaca: Vignettes from San Antonio, exhibition catalogue, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, March 21 – May 12, 2018.
Thread, exhibition catalogue, Clamp Light Artist Studio and Gallery, San Antonio, TX, March 9 – 31, 2018.
Images of Power, exhibition catalogue, Freight Gallery, San Antonio, TX, February 10 – 24, 2018.
Chuck in Context, exhibition catalogue, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, September 15 – October 14, 2017.
Daydreams and Other Monsters, exhibition catalogue, University of Texas at San Antonio Gallery, San Antonio, TX, June 7 – August 4, 2017.
SKILLS
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Artsy CMS, Blurb, Bookwright, Canva, Communications, Constant Contact, Get Response, Google Suite, Guest Relations, Mac OS X, MailChimp, Microsoft Office, Public Relations, Social Media Content Management, Windows, WordPress
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