CELIA ÁLVAREZ MUÑOZ ARTIST TALK EXHIBITION CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, 3.30
2-5 PM
CHRIS PARK

Celia Álvarez Muñoz, Vincent Valdez, 2002, Digital Holgas, 14 x 30 in, 35.6 x 76.2 cm, Edition of 5, San Antonio, TX, Linda Pace Foundation Collection, Ruby City, San Antonio, Texas. © Celia Álvarez Muñoz. Courtesy of Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX

Celia Álvarez Muñoz Artist Talk Exhibition Celebration 
Saturday, March 30, 2024, 2 PM (artist talk), 3-5 PM (reception)

Ruby City Director, Elyse A Gonzales, and Celia Álvarez Muñoz will discuss Muñoz’s new exhibition in Studio. Following the talk to enjoy lite bites, refreshments from Ranger Creek and Element Kombucha and music provided by DJ Leonard Trujillo in Chris Park. 

HUBBARD / BIRCHLER ARTIST TALK AND SCREENING
SATURDAY, 4.20
2-3PM
RUBY CITY
RSVP

Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, photo by Sarah Annie Navarrete

Join internationally renowned artists Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler for an artist talk and a special screening of their video installation, House with Pool (2004)which is related to their photographs in the current Water Ways exhibition. Hubbard / Birchler’s work is exhibited widely and is included in some of the most notable public collections. They are counted among the most important contemporary artists working with moving images and new media. Hubbard and Birchler are Professors in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Space for this special event is limited and RSVPs are required.

About House with Pool

Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, House with Pool, 2004, High definition video with sound, 20 min 39 sec, loop. Courtesy the Artists, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles and Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin

For their artist talk at Ruby City, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler will share a special screening of their video installation, House with Pool (2004)which is related to their photographs in the current Water Ways exhibition. Structured as a seamless and suspenseful narrative loop, House with Pool follows a woman as she roams through a house after a party has ended, and a younger woman who covertly enters the same space. Although the women never meet and their relationship remains uncertain, they perform uncannily parallel actions. Precise camera and audio work construct a narrative where the viewer encounters a visual reordering that constitutes the emotional inside as physical outside.

About the Artists

Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler have been working collaboratively since 1990. Their work focuses on the ways in which histories, social life, and memories intersect. They have participated in the 48th as well as the 57th Venice Biennale, where they represented Switzerland in the Swiss Pavilion. Selected solo and group exhibitions include the Giacometti Institute Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Kunsthaus Graz; Mori Museum Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Reina Sofia Museum Madrid; Tate Museum Liverpool and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Their work is held in numerous public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; Goetz Collection Munich; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian, Washington D. C.; Kunsthaus Zurich; Kunstmuseum Basel; Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles MOCA; National Museum of Art Osaka and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Recently, Hubbard / Birchler’s permanent public video installation, Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come (2024), commissioned by the Waterloo Greenway, opened at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, Austin, TX.

MEDITATION IN CHRIS PARK
SUNDAY, 4.21
10-11AM
CHRIS PARK

Meditation in Chris Park
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 10-11AM


Meditation in Chris Park returns! Every third Sunday of the month in March, April, and May join seasoned meditation practitioner and sound artist Pamela Martinez for a restorative one-hour meditation experience. Each session begins with an introduction to this practice (making this perfect for a first-timer) and includes a variety of mindfulness and meditation techniques. Dress comfortably for the outdoors and please bring a mat or cushion for sitting.

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EKPHRASTIC POETRY CELEBRATION READING AT RUBY CITY
SATURDAY, 4.27
10-11AM
RUBY CITY

SAVE THE DATE! April 27, 2024: Ekphrastic Celebration Reading by winning poets at Ruby City at 10 a.m.

Judges: Jim LaVilla Havelin, 2024 National Poetry Month coordinator, Eddie Vega, award-winning poet, and Linda Simone, poet, artist, educator, will select up to three poems per artwork for each category. 

Read winning poems here.

MEDITATION IN CHRIS PARK
SUNDAY, 5.19
10-11AM
CHRIS PARK

Meditation in Chris Park
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 10-11AM


Meditation in Chris Park returns! Every third Sunday of the month in March, April, and May join seasoned meditation practitioner and sound artist Pamela Martinez for a restorative one-hour meditation experience. Each session begins with an introduction to this practice (making this perfect for a first-timer) and includes a variety of mindfulness and meditation techniques. Dress comfortably for the outdoors and please bring a mat or cushion for sitting.

Past Events

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Estafiate, A Performance by Teletextile

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Spring Break Plaza Project with Abby Billingsley and Mariana Flores

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CAM Breakout III: Recess

Sound Bath with Pamela Martinez

Poetry with Jenny Browne

Meditation at Chris Park

Music in the Park with Natural Information Society

Nancy Rubins STEAM Celebration with Cirque Aria and Spare Parts

Artist Talk: Nancy Rubins and Sara Softness

Drop-in Tour: Arturo Herrera: Constructed Collage

Gallery Talk: Adam Schreiber

Gallery Talk: Jim Mendiola and Rubén Ortiz-Torres

Music in the Park with Johnny P

Screenprint workshop with Manola & Maria

Taller Talk with Rick Lowe

Meditation at Chris Park

Family Day

Taller Talk with Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Nature of Poetry: Poetry Writing with Andrea 'Vocab' Sanderson

Recharge at Chris Park

Arturo Herrera: Constructed Collage Opening Reception

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLb5Ay7qNPg

Texas Talks Art: Lanecia A. Rouse and Elyse A. Gonzales

Dia de Muertos by Agosto Cuellar

Taller Talk with Kaldric Dow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgUYMTfvv6U

Taller Talk with Barbara Felix

Bubble Fest at Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkTpvvBBafs&t=5s

Taller Talk with Jose Villalobos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7w2pqw7sYE&t=5s

Taller Talk with Giovanni Valderas

Isaac Julien

Hair Passport Project, 2019

Political Banner Project, 2019