Resources and Programs for Adults

Commissioned by the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA), the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s dance company created an original production inspired by the exhibition Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche.

Soy Malintzin re-envisions the controversial legacy of Malintzin/La Malinche, an enslaved Indigenous woman who served as a translator and cultural interpreter for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and became the mother of his first-born son. Through the collective work of the Guadalupe Dance Company members and the choreographic artistry of Maestro Juan Carlos Gaytan of Colima, México, the production draws attention to different aspects of La Malinche, identifying with her as a woman in unimaginable circumstances.

Filmed and produced by Walley Films.

Borders outline the geographical boundaries of the spaces that we claim as markers of citizenship and membership. They also contour the edges of our lived experience. In this talk Dr. Fellah discusses how Red Star’s art can be viewed through the lens of borders, whether they are the borders of the Crow Reservation where Red Star was born and raised, or the borders that divide nations, like Mexico and the United States. Taking borders as a point of departure, Red Star’s artwork also explores boundaries between race, culture, social spheres, and gender in relation to Native identity. Covering nearly twenty years of Red Star’s artwork, this talk ties the physical spaces of borders to Indigenous history and contemporary culture within the shifting and complex borders of American identity. 

Superheroes are modern mythologies, or supermythologies, offering moral and social instruction and instilling a sense of awe in their target demographic. Through story, artistry, and imagination, comic books, and superhero films bring to life alternative visions of our past, present, and future. Moving between his research in Papua New Guinea and the multiverse worlds of superheroes, Professor Halvaksz will explore what comic myths can tell us about our own sense of place.

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has acquired nine artworks by eight San Antonio-based artists, including ​"Itoonyero - Entrances", 2013​ by Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga (Kenyan, b. 1960)​​. The acquisitions are part of the Museum’s Initiative to Acquire Art by Contemporary San Antonio Artists. Film Produced by Walley Films. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has acquired nine artworks by eight San Antonio-based artists, including ​"The Valley - RGV", 2021​ by Ethel Shipton (American, born 1963)​​. The acquisitions are part of the Museum’s Initiative to Acquire Art by Contemporary San Antonio Artists. Film Produced by Walley Films. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has acquired nine artworks by eight San Antonio-based artists, including ​"Ghosts of the Old Mississippi: Dismal Swamp/Northern Lights" 2015​​ by Liz Ward (American, born 1959)​. The acquisitions are part of the Museum’s Initiative to Acquire Art by Contemporary San Antonio Artists. Film Produced by Walley Films. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.

Unpack the art term 'provenance.'

Get into the significance of flaming pearls with help from the art of SAMA's collection.

Unpack the art term 'canon' with a look at art from SAMA's collection.