Elroy Kay

Every culture has its own ghost stories that act as cautionary tales—for instance, my friends and I were terrified of the “Bloody Mary” apparition as kids. Mexican American folktales, such as La Llorona , have established a legacy in popular culture, but a multitude of lesser-known figures and stories are reimagined visually at Centro de Artes’ Cuentos y Arte: Mexican American Folktales of the Southwest . The exhibition explores the relationship between oral folklore and contemporary artistic...

Image courtesy of Elroy Kay. San Antonians strongly appreciate counter-culture arts that actively promote stories that history has attempted to erase. Local artist Juan Ramos incorporates comic books and punk music as part of his solo exhibition at Artpace, Sisyphus Strut , to celebrate the people and culture of San Antonio’s southside. Ramos compares the resilience of the southside to the ancient Greek figure Sisyphus - who in death rolled a boulder up a hill everyday. Instead of...

Pottery is one of the oldest art forms in human history, and delivers much of what we know about the past due to its necessity and linkage to everyday life. In fact, ceramic objects cannot be carbon-dated in the traditional way because clay-minerals are intrinsically millions of years old – and instead must be assessed in relation to other similar objects or pieces of mineral. This connection between material, time, and human experience comes alive in the Witte Museum's Texas Ceramics: From...