Blue Start Contemporary was founded by artists and grown from a grassroots art exhibition in 1986, Blue Star Contemporary is the first and longest-running nonprofit space for contemporary art in San Antonio. BSC’s programs have grown, activating positive change in the art community and community-at-large. Blue Star presents an international array of artists, giving them the opportunity to create new work in its spacious, flexible galleries. In an effort to promote greater awareness among its constituents, curatorial preference is given to artists and projects that encourage empathy and inspire compassion.
Blue Star Contemporary
Wendel A. White, “Placard, March on Washington 1963, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C.,” 2016/2017. Pigment inkjet on paper, ed. 1/10, 33 1/8 x 41 1/18”. Image courtesy of the artist.
Andrei Renteria, “El Pro/The Pro,” 2019. Graphite on vellum on charred truck door and lead, 44 x 49 x 5”. Image courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary, photo by Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray.
Raul Gonzalez, “Today’s Lesson — Balance, Painting, and Photography,” 2019. Acrylic, ballpoint pen, and graphite on wood panel, 36 x 24”. Image courtesy of the artist.
Joey Fauerso, “Views of North America,” 2019, with performance by Laeree Lara on October 4, 2019. Installation (mural, paintings, and cut-outs). Artwork courtesy of the artist and David Shelton Gallery. Image courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary, photo by Francisco Cortes.
Jennifer Ling Datchuk, “Money Honey,” 2017. Engineer print. Image courtesy of the artist, photo by Ansen Seale.
1986
Warhol painted more than 100 works related to Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, which some have read as complex reckoning of his homosexuality, Catholicism, and mortality in response to witnessing AIDS devastate the gay community.