Resources and Programs for Adults

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has acquired nine artworks by eight San Antonio-based artists, including ​"O1701" 2017​​ by Jon Lee (American, born South Korea, 1968)​​. 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 "​Enter the Dragon", 2020 by Jennifer Ling Datchuk (American, born 1980)​​. 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 ​"Continent" 2017​ by Jenelle Esparza (American, born 1985)​. The acquisitions are part of the Museum’s Initiative to Acquire Art by Contemporary San Antonio Artists. Film Produced by Walley Films.

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has acquired nine artworks by eight San Antonio-based artists, including ​"The Only Certain Way: Faith," 2019​ by Joe Harjo (Muscogee Creek, born 1973)​. The acquisitions are part of the Museum’s Initiative to Acquire Art by Contemporary San Antonio Artists. Film Produced by Walley Films.

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has acquired nine artworks by eight San Antonio-based artists, including "Shape of the Universe, Kandariya Mahadeva," 2013​ by Chris Sauter (American, born 1971)​. The acquisitions are part of the Museum’s Initiative to Acquire Art by Contemporary San Antonio Artists. Film Produced by Walley Films.

During the symposium, we will explore how Native American cultures have often been romanticized, appropriated, or erased from the canons of art history. This symposium seeks to provide greater context, understanding, and inclusivity through fresh insights into the personal and societal narratives that are woven into the practice of contemporary Native American artists.

Join us for a live virtual poetry reading hosted by San Antonio’s official Poet Laureate, Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson. Community poets, activists, and students have used pieces from the Museum’s collection as inspiration for their poems. This event is in partnership with DreamWeek. 

Join UTSA professors Jason Yaeger and M. Kathryn Brown to explore the phenomenon of ancient Maya ancestor veneration. It serves as one line of evidence for reconstructing the political history of western Belize. Ancestor veneration provides a critical understanding of the nature of political authority and political organization, and how those changed over the course of nearly two millennia, from the Middle Preclassic period to the Terminal Classic period. Yeager and Brown will focus on the Classic period royal burials at Buenavista del Cayo, which are featured in the exhibition Nature, Power, and Maya Royals. 

In 1964 Gilbert Denman purchased a duly-authenticated black-and-white mosaic said to be from the environs of Ostia Antica for his fine collection of Greek and Roman art. In this lecture, Prof. John R. Clarke, a specialist on Roman mosaics, will present evidence that the mosaic is a fake, created by copying and reversing the orientation of figures from two mosaics at the famous archaeological site itself. He will share the details of his research on this forgery and the art dealer who sold it to Mr. Denman. This will be a story without a conclusion since the research is still ongoing.