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Fronteras Desk
2:07 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Residents Of Rural Wisconsin Reluctant To Say "Hola" To New Neighbors

Fronteras: West Nile cases are up across the Southwest. A recent study shows more Latinos are moving to rural America. A young Mexican artist, now living in Texas, talks about his drawings that shine a light on the fact that children are growing up amid war and corruption along the border. Finally, Lydia Mendoza has been called the First Lady of Tejano and Conjunto Music and this week the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a forever stamp in her honor.

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Arts & Culture
11:51 am
Wed May 1, 2013

UTSA Professor Named 2014 Texas State Visual Artist 3-D

Credit Cathy Cunningham-Little
Ken Little has been named the 2014 Texas State Visual Artist 3-D

UTSA Art Professor Ken Little of UTSA’s College of Liberal and Fine Arts has been selected to serve as the 2014 Texas State Visual Artist 3-D. 

Little is one of a handful of artists recognized by the Texas Commission on the Arts and will help contribute to a distinctive cultural identity that is Texas.

Little’s work has been featured in more than 250 group exhibitions, 45 solo exhibitions, and in public and private collections all around the United States.

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Downtown Art
12:38 pm
Tue April 9, 2013

Video: World-Class Light/Video Installation Coming To Main Plaza

Credit Ryan Loyd / TPR
The San Fernando Cathedral will be awash in color and light as French artist Xavier de Richemont brings his installation to San Antonio.

Arriving next year is a 15-minute installation by French artist and world-renown painter Xavier de Richemont. The art video will be projected onto the façade of San Fernando Cathedral, with 7,000 square feet of light, color and visual narration.

The video offers the historical journey through the settlement of San Antonio and Bexar County, and is Main Plaza’s first outdoor video/art project.

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Arts & Culture
5:12 pm
Fri March 29, 2013

San Anto Cultural Arts Students Build Giant Paleta Bike Rack

Credit San Anto Cultural Arts
A "surprisingly large" paleta.

Fifteen young artists studying at the San Anto Cultural Arts Center are working on their first public art sculpture, thanks to a grant from Awesome S-A.

The students thought of an artistic way to meet the ongoing need for bike storage at the center. 

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Luminaria 2013
9:49 am
Fri February 8, 2013

Luminaria Returns To Light Up Downtown Streets

In one month, San Antonio will once again be illuminated for the city’s annual multi-media art show known as Luminaria.

The annual arts and culture show fills downtown with music, lights, and unique art displays from over 600 artists and 80 musicians. HemisFair Park is practically turned into a living lit-up painting.  Mayor Julián Castro said Luminaria is the largest single-night arts event in Texas.

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Fronteras Desk
12:52 pm
Thu January 24, 2013

Broken Border: Immigration Reform In The Southwest

Credit Michel Marizco / Fronteras
Workers raised the gate on the border fence of the U.S.-Mexico boundary to clean away debris from a cross-border wash. Accumulated debris has knocked down fence segments in the past.

Fronteras: After years of stalled debate, immigration reform is about to get top billing in Congress. How two Arizona lawmakers will have a big role in drafting an immigration overhaul plan, what reform could mean for the construction industry and what it means to have a "secure border." Finally, we follow a photographer along the Mexican border who is capturing the work of bi-national artists.

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