Culture Commons Exhibitions

Upcoming Exhibition

Gallery Closure

Dates: January 18 - February 12, 2025

The gallery will be fully closed as we prepare for the next exhibition.

Confluence of Cultures: Nuestra Gente, Cultura, y Comida

On Display: February 13, 2025 – January 16, 2026

Welcome to the cultural story of San Antonio. This new exhibition brings together 20 San Antonio-based artists who explore the merging of cultures that made their home and shaped their people. Through paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and installation pieces, San Antonio artists explore the legacy that has created a City of Gastronomy and World-Heritage-designated missions.

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Participating Artists

• Abel Aguirre
• Kat Cadena
• Manuel Davila
• Douglas Galloway
• Adriana Garcia
• Doroteo Garza
• Michelle Hernandez
• Soomin Jung
• Nishima Kaplan
• Blas Lopez
• Marcos Medellin
• Cruz Ortiz
• Ashley Perez
• Crystal Rocha
• Eva M. Sanchez
• Jose Sotelo Yamasaki
• Ronney Stevens
• Daniela P. T. Martinez
• Bria Woods
• Ursula Zavala

Current Exhibition

Resilient and Responsive: Artists and the Environment

On Display: April 11, 2024 - January 17, 2025

The Department of Arts & Culture teamed up with the Office of Sustainability to create this exhibition. The exhibition is inspired by San Antonio's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan and includes work by local artists. Artworks feature a range of mediums to include repurposed and sustainable materials.

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Participating Artists

• Margaret Craig
• Manuel Davila
• Celeste De Luna
• Aminah Decé
• Kwanzaa Edwards
• Jose Esquivel
• Audrya Flores
• Jacob Garza
• Lindsey Hurd
• Marcos Medellin
• Ashley Mireles
• Linda Monsivais Hernandez
• Doerte Weber
• Andrea Willems

Past Exhibits

CoSA Collects: Selections from the Collection of the City of San Antonio

December 12, 2023 – March 15, 2024

Between Yesterday & Tomorrow: Perspectives from Black Contemporary Artists of San Antonio(PDF, 5MB)

January 19 – November 17, 2023

The Status of Women in San Antonio(PDF, 20MB)

March 22 – November 18, 2022

Sebastian In San Antonio(PDF, 8MB)

January 2020 – February 2022

City of Service

May 23 – September 13, 2019

30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy

November 15, 2018 – April 25, 2019

We Are: A Survey of Contemporary LGBTQIA+ Artists of San Antonio

May 17 – July 27, 2018

St. Anthony's Lost & Found

January 25 – April 26, 2018

Entre La Sombra: Life Along the Missions

September 6 – November 24, 2017

MetaDada: High Art for the Populace

May 11 – August 4, 2017

United We Are One: Three Marches. One Purpose.

January 19 – March 31, 2017

Pet Project

July 7, 2016 – December 20, 2016

Faces of Art

July 7, 2016 – December 20, 2016

Compositions in Space: Architectural Interventions

April 14, 2016 – June 17, 2016

Love Poems To San Antonio

February 4, 2016 – March 17, 2016

Culture Commons Creative Place-Keeping Series: Plaza de Armas

November 20, 2015 – January 29, 2016

ReSYMBOL

July 7, 2015 – September 11, 2015