City of Service Exhibit

The Department of Arts & Culture invites you to visit the City of Service Exhibit, which recognizes and celebrates the history and legacy of San Antonio’s service members and military bases. The exhibit features the works of a diverse group of San Antonio-based artists, including military veterans. Subjects of the works include the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), Edgewood ISD students who served in the Vietnam War, San Antonio’s military bases, the Buffalo Soldiers and Tuskegee Airmen of San Antonio, VFW Post 76 (the oldest VFW Post in Texas), African American female service members, Eric Alva (first service member wounded in Iraq, who later became a LGBTQ community leader), US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Olga Custodio (first Latina pilot), Cleto Rodriguez, Frank Tejeda, veteran homelessness, Brooke Army Medical Center staff, Center for the Intrepid, and other topics.

Participating Artists Include: Albert Alvarez, Fernando Andrade, Lisette Chavez, Joe De La Cruz, Barbara Felix, Anthony Francis, Adriana Garcia, Paul Hurd, Soomin Jung, Joe Lopez, Eric Mathis, Michael Menchaca, Abraham Mojica, Kristy Perez, Howard Roeder, Anabel Toribio, Cody Vance, Guillermina Zabala, Juan Zavala Castro.

The exhibit is presented in partnership with the City of San Antonio Office of Military and Veterans Affairs.

The exhibition will be on view through September 13, 2019.

Two FREE accompanying events for the exhibit are:

Veteran Homelessness Lunch & Learn:

Friday, June 21, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (program begins at noon) | Culture Commons Gallery, 115 Plaza de Armas

Panelists discuss the veteran homeless issue and the steps the City of San Antonio has taken to help address this issue.

Artist Panel Discussion:

Thursday, August 22, 2019 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Culture Commons Gallery, 115 Plaza de Armas

Five participating exhibit artists discuss their interaction with veterans/service members and how they created their artworks.