Movie Metal at San Antonio Museum of Art In celebration of the San Antonio Museum of Art’s 40th Birthday, the museum is pleased to announce the opening of "Movie Metal," a one-of-a-kind pop culture attraction that brings film to life through the display of several fan favorite characters as well as iconic vehicles from popular film and television shows. From 13.5-ft statues of ‘Bumblebee’ and ‘Optimus Prime’ from “Transformers,” The Delorean Time Machine from “Back to the Future,” and the actual F-1 race car 'Tony Stark' drove in “Iron Man 2,” there is something for the whole family to enjoy. Learn more at samuseum.org
Best Literacy Advocate: Andrea Vocab Sanderson
It wasn’t the art of poetry but rather the allure of an antique typewriter in her aunt’s home that first prompted Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson to write.
“She had this typewriter that I really loved. My sister and I would play on it all of the time, but we got fussed at, so I thought if I write something for real then she won’t shoo me off of it,” Sanderson says, laughing at the memory.
As she suspected, Sanderson was permitted the time needed to finish her poem and, while reading it aloud to her mom during the drive back to their home, realized the typewriter wasn’t the only thing she loved. “I remember being really excited to see her response to it,” she says. “For me, the love of writing has always been not just for myself but also for other people.”
Posted By Emily DiTomasso on Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:16 AM click image Facebook / San Antonio Museum of Art As part of its 40th birthday celebration, the San Antonio Museum of Art is debuting a new pop-up exhibition on Tuesday, February 23. The pop culture pop-up Movie Metal showcases life-size statues of beloved movie characters plus iconic vehicles from films and TV shows. Attendees can see Tony Stark s F-1 race car from
Iron Man 2, the Batmobile and Bat Cycle from the iconic 1966
Batman series starring Adam West, a DeLorean from
Back to the Future and more. Also on view are two 13.5-foot-tall statues of the Transformers Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, made from non-toxic and recycled materials, including a variety of car and motorcycle parts such as gears, spark plugs and nails.
No Ocean Between Us Opens at San Antonio Museum of Art
Published: February 12, 2021
San Antonio Museum of Art’s newest exhibit takes visitors on a geographical journey through the work of Latin American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent as it explores how migration and diaspora impact their work and experiences.
Open Friday, Feb. 12,
No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945–Present features about 65 modern and contemporary works in the form of paintings, installations, new media and more. The exhibit is organized mostly geographically, planting viewers in Argentina before traveling north to Brazil and then following the artists through Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.