‘Different Skin’ at Presa House: A Tribute to Carlos G. Gómez
The Texas-Mexico border has taken on multi-level heft since the election of Donald Trump. There is the racist myth…
Glasstire’s Top Five: October 11, 2018
Neil Fauerso, Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on a museum that fits in your wallet, a long-awaited retrospective, and a drawing show in San Antonio…
Glasstire’s Top Five: September 13, 2018
Glasstire Editor-in-Chief, Christina Rees and News Editor, Brandon Zech on the evolution of a Texas sculptor, a rising star in Houston, and a much-anticipated show…
Presa House at UTSA Football Fan Day
Presa House Gallery particapated in UTSA Football Fan Day on Saturday, Aug. 25th at the Alamodome. A collaboration between UTSA Athletics, the Alamodome…
Glasstire’s Top Five: August 23, 2018
Glasstire’s guest editor Neil Fauerso and San Antonio-based Artpace resident Jenelle Esparza on an exhibition of works inspired by the culture of Mexico…
Presa House Gallery nominated “Best Art Gallery”
For the past 28 years the San Antonio current has held their annual Best of San Antonio® Readers’ Choice poll. Current readers were…
Artpace Announces Summer 2018 International Artist-In-Residence, Jenelle Esparza
We’re excited to announce that Presa House Gallery co-owner, co-director, and artist Jenelle Esparza has been selected as a recipient of Artpace San Antonio’s…
Down Home with John Dalton Atkins
Around 20 years ago, Saturday Night Live ran one of my favorite sketches, a fake gameshow called Who’s More Grizzled. The contestants (Will Ferell as a kind of Grizzly Adams, Robert Duvall as basically himself) answered questions demonstrating their…
Purchase Our Official Presa House T-Shirt
Purchase our Official Presa House T-Shirt illustrated by artist Albert Alvarez. A prolific draftsman and painter, Alvarez’s meticulously composed works have been exhibited throughout San Antonio and are in the permanent collection…
Presa House Gallery Exhibit Explores Vibrant Works Influenced by Border Culture
Opening on First Friday and on view throughout April, Presa House’s latest exhibit, whether intentionally or not, pairs…
Presa House Gallery Celebrates the 40-Year Career of Artist Joan Frederick
An Oklahoma native with a strong background in Native American art history, artist Joan Frederick moved to San Antonio in 1986 and taught at Taft High School…
Glasstire’s Best of 2017
There is a real seriousness to Jimmy James Canales’s playfulness. His videos, object mutations, installations, and endurance performances put on airs of self-deprecation, but Canales’ work knocks over masculine…
Presa House Gallery Nominated for ‘Best Art Gallery’
Presa House has been nominated as a finalist in San Antonio Magazine’s “Best of the City 2018” for “Best Art Gallery.” Vote for all your local favorites, Dec. 1 through Dec. 22, 2017
Southtown Favorite Presa House Gallery Gets Its Groove Back
Despite its melancholy overtones and references to “bad memories” and a relationship that never was, the dreary Smiths classic “Back to the Old House”…
Jimmy Canales @ Fl!ght Gallery (Presa House Pop Up Series)
Canales’ playful and brilliant show, Para Chrome, cleverly finds the patterned bridge of the vanity of male fantasia, one that spans science fiction and south Texas…
Jimmy James Canales’ Para Chrome Exhibit Takes Fl!ght (Presa House Pop Up Series)
To call local artist Jimmy James Canales a “wildcard” might distract from the conceptual depth and technical mastery of his work, but it accurately alludes to the fact that he’s…
Glasstire’s Top Five: October 19, 2017
Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on death row last suppers, how to stage a massive video show, and sex in Fort Worth.
#4 Jimmy James Canales: Para Chrome, presented by Presa House Gallery @FL!GHT (San Antonio), October 6 – October 29, 2017
Presa House Gallery takes part in the McNay’s Art to the Power of Ten
Presa House Gallery has been invited to participate in this year’s 7th annual Art to the Power of Ten hosted by the McNay Art Museum. This one night event benefiting the McNay’s acquisition fund…
Kristeen Young Releases New Music Video, Filmed at Presa House Gallery
Kristeen Young new video “You Always Win,” directed by Jenn Alva of FEA and Girl in a Coma and recorded Presa House Gallery. The video features artwork of Suzy González and Allison C Valdivia.
20 Ways to Actually Have Fun in San Antonio Without Alcohol
With the St. Mary’s Strip, a lively downtown and several dive bars throughout the city, it’s never a challenge to find a place to find a drink in San Antonio. Finding sober ways to have fun, however, can sometimes be a challenge…
Presa House Gallery Partners with San Anto Cultural Arts to Present Month-long Youth Exhibition
For some youth artists at San Anto Cultural Arts, the first time they’ll be inside of an art gallery will also be the first time they’ll sell a piece of their own artwork…
Presa House Recognized at the 2017 Cammie Awards
Every year, CAM recognizes excellence and diversity throughout the city’s rich landscape with the presentations of the CAMMIE Awards. We are excited to announce the following cultural organizations as judges…
The Low Down on San Antonio’s Essential Galleries
Despite an unassuming facade one could easily mistake for a private residence (built in 1910), Presa House Gallery packs a well-executed punch with monthly offerings…
Presa House Gallery Debuts New Rolando Briseño Exhibit
Over the weekend, Presa House Gallery in Southtown celebrated an opening of critically acclaimed San Antonio painter. Our John Salazar was there to listen to artist Rolando Briseño talk about his retrospective…
Presa House Gallery Unveils New Briseño Exhibit
On January 6, Presa House Gallery will unveil a new exhibit, Sex, Race, Science, featuring works by San Antonio artist Rolando Briseño.
‘Borderwavve’ at Presa House Gallery
Borderwavve, the current exhibition at San Antonio’s Presa House Gallery, features abstract paintings and assemblage works by four Texas-based artists who have strong ties to the Texas/Mexico border.
Morrissey plays muse in S.A. art exhibit at Presa House
Fans of British emo icon Morrissey are famous for the depths of their devotion. With a sold-out show by the former Smiths frontman coming up at the Tobin Center…
‘November Spawned a Moz Show’ Is the Art Exhibit Morrissey Fans Deserve
As excitement builds for a rare, already-sold out Morrissey show at The Tobin Center on November 17, fans, barely able to contain their delight…