Culture Commons Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Built on Legacy: Artists of San Antonio

On Display: February 12, 2026 - January 15, 2027

Built on Legacy: Artists of San Antonio celebrates the city’s rich artistic heritage, honoring generations of local artists whose creativity and perseverance have shaped San Antonio’s cultural landscape. Featuring 23 San Antonio–based artists—both living and deceased—the exhibition highlights a wide range of practices, media, and distinctive styles. Through paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, textiles, and installations, Built on Legacy traces the evolution and enduring vitality of San Antonio’s art scene over the past 50 years.

Participating Artists

• Maria Jessica Brown
• Ruth Buentello
• Mel Casas
• Juan de Dios Mora
• Juan Carlos Escobedo
• Jose Esquivel
• Barbara Felix
• Doroteo Garza
• Paul Hurd
• Lucia LaVilla-Havelin
• Marilyn Lanfear
• Leigh Anne Lester
• Joe Lopez
• Cesar Martinez
• Linda Monsivais Hernandez
• Deborah Moore Harris
• Howard Rhoder Jr.
• Elizabeth Rodriguez
• Jesse Treviño
• Anita Valencia
• Kathy Vargas
• Ramon Vasquez y Sanchez
• Andy Villarreal

Past Exhibitions

Confluence of Cultures: Nuestra Gente, Cultura, y Comida

February 13, 2025 – January 16, 2026

Resilient and Responsive: Artists and the Environment

April 11, 2024 – January 17, 2025

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