Last & First Days of the Year...

Here's a wish of hope to all my friends...the new year brings with it a lot of new things for everyone...let us stand firm on the idea that we can all step up to the plate and do our part when it is time...  

Luis Valderas @ The Institute of Texas Cultures

...The postcard is ready for my solo exhibit at The Institute of Texas Cultures...The show will feature the acrylic inlayed woodcut plate~El Sur Pacific-1945~ It is the first time this piece will be displayed for the public to see since it was used to print in the StoneMetal Press Steam Roller printing event held in the spring of 2007 at the Blue Star Arts Complex parking lot...If you're in San Antonio, I hope to see you all there...

No rest for the artists, even on Sundays...

Sunday after taking care of a few things I stopped by to visit my friends—Rolando Briseno and Angel Rodriguez-Diaz. Angel has just finished a public piece that will be inaugurated and lit today as part of the Public Arts in San Antonio projects—this is all part of the public improvement plan that began in 2007. Angel designed a giant luminaria obelisk that is located in the center of a roundabout at the intersection of Blanco and Fresno...One of the last things that needed to be done was to repaint the base which was targeted by graffiti. I went along and helped out and took pictures of this...If you are in town—SATX—the event begins at 5:30pm today(Monday). I hope to see you all there...

Pearl Harbor Day

Today was Pearl Harbor Day, so I decided that it was a good to do something important since it was such a charged day...

Winter has been making its presence known and there have been these amazing skies recently—today was one of those days and I decided to take advantage of it and I went downtown to gather some video  footage for my upcoming-in March 2009-Luminaria Video Installation...I drove by the Public Library and I couldn't resist taking a picture of the place with such a beautiful sky around it...wait till you see the video installation..

My show at the Institute of Texan Cultures is up and showing...the official opening for that exhibit will be some time in January 2009...I will update with links as new info and PR is released...hope to see everyone who can make it at the opening... my next show is the "Reina del Cielo Exhibit at Centro Cultural Aztlan on December 12th...