McNay Museum Educator for Family Experiences and accomplished artist, Jenelle Esparza, is featured in the latest Artists Looking at Art (ALA), a series created to salute the vitality of the contemporary art community in the San Antonio area. Esparza’s new series of textile pieces depicts imagery and patterns that respond to “hyper-local” histories within the South Texas region. The pieces are abstract representations of earthly and bodily experiences that have been recorded within a landscape.

With experimental weaving techniques, Esparza highlights hidden histories of Mexican American, Tejano, and Indigenous narratives in her home region of South Texas.