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  • ¡Adelante San Antonio!
    ¡Adelante San Antonio!
    Category: Mural
    “¡Adelante San Antonio!” by San Antonio artist team Dos Mestizx, Suzy González and Michael Menchaca, is a three part mural celebrating the rich history of San Antonio. Located in the customer service bay of the new ConRAC parking facility, it is a chronicle of the past 300 years highlighting a progression of aviation, architecture, culture and more. Dispersed among the imagery is a greeting that reads “¡Bienvenidos a San Antonio!” or “Welcome to San Antonio,” as well as “¡Adelante San Antonio!” or “Let’s Go San Antonio.
  • American Odyssey
    American Odyssey
    Category: Mosaic / Relief; Mural
    “American Odyssey” by Massachusetts based artist Stephan Knapp is one of the largest glass glaze ceramic murals in the world. This is one of three pieces that were produced in Shigaraki, Japan, one of the historic ceramic villages in Japan. The artist wanted the murals to emphasize the exotic flowers located in the atrium. Many of the glazes for the murals were developed just for this project, and some of the lines and colors are the result of “the magic of the fire”, where a controlled reaction took place to determine the final result. Each of the tile panels here is 8’9″ tall and nearly 2′ wide.
  • Arnold Park Playground (Toturf)
    Arnold Park Playground (Toturf)
    Category: Architectural Detailing; Mural
    “Arnold Park Playgorund” by San Antonio artist Katie Pell features colorfully designed play surface pads. Pad 1 is a combination of blue, orange and green organic shapes, and Pad 2 is a yellow and blue butterfly. Each surface is made out of TotTurf, a recycled rubber.
  • Birth of a City
    Birth of a City
    Category: Mural
    “Birth of a City” by San Antonio artist Angel Rodríguez–Díaz is a large panoramic image of the city at night. The photo is a giclee print embellished with paint.
  • Cactus
    Cactus
    Category: Mural
    “Cactus,” by Los Angeles based artist Christian Moeller is an expansive horizontal mural on the façade of the newly expanded Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Serving as an “architectural frieze,” the mural depicts an endless field of native cacti along the upper section of the building’s east façade. The frieze is 913 feet in length and 13 feet tall and is made of galvanized metal chain-link fencing dappled with over 100,000 white vinyl dots. The green background contrasts with the white vinyl dots to create a half-tone pattern that forms the image. The artist’s inspiration came from his interest in plant-inspired motifs commonly used as decorative elements in architecture. As the “official plant of Texas,” the Prickly Pear Cactus symbolizes the resilient and bountiful landscapes of the state, while serving as a reminder of how efficiently nature adapts to change.
  • Canopy
    Canopy
    Category: Mural
    “Canopy” by San Antonio artist Joey Fauerso is a public art project located on Fulton Avenue between Beacon Hill and Alta Vista at the Fulton Ave Railroad Underpass. The mural transforms the underpass into a cool grove of Cypress trees that can be found lining nearby San Pedro Springs. The mural uses a palate of greens and blues to depict the flora, fauna, and native South Texas birds populating a dense forest. The hand painted mural incorporates student observations from nearby Agnes Cotton Academy, taken from an artist lead nature observation workshop with the fourth and seventh grade classes. The design allows visitors to experience the mural through multiple viewings and invites viewers to literally ‘find’ themselves in the forest.
  • Confluence of Civilizations (Samuelson)
    Confluence of Civilizations (Samuelson)
    Category: Mural
    Mural
  • Confluence: Flowing Together
    Confluence: Flowing Together
    Category: Mural
    “Confluence: Flowing Together” by San Antonio artist Ansen Seale is comprised of four niches in the lobby of the Lila Cockrell Theater. Each of the four photo/sculptures is lit from behind using LED panels for long life, low power consumption and limited UV radiation. The images themselves are multilayered within the 2.1-inch depth of the acrylic, giving a 3-D sculptural effect. especially when the viewer is moving past the piece. The artwork is all about flow–the flow of water and the flow of time, and the confluences of people in this area over time.
  • Cuentos Grotto
    Cuentos Grotto
    Category: Mural
    “Cuentos Grotto” by San Antonio artist David Zamora Casas is a colorful representation of maps and history.&nbsp;<span style=”font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;”>Cuentos means stories; referencing th</span>e story of San Antonio is the poem “The Voices of Yanaguana” incorporated into the mural.&nbsp;
  • Fall, Mesquite, Deer
    Fall, Mesquite, Deer
    Category: Mural
    “Fall, Mesquite, Deer” by San Antonio artist Chris Montoya is a mural&nbsp;paying tribute to the native plants and animals along with the seasonal migrations of the Coahuiltecan clans that populated this area for thousands of years. The artwork features a heard of orange silhouetted deer. Silhouettes of mesquite trees, nopal cacti, and birds are also featured. The background is comprised of reds and pink stripes evoking fall. The mural draws inspiration from mesquite, a vital resource for the Coahuiltecans. Mesquite was utilized for food, fuel, medicine and making various implements. “Fall, Mesquite, Deer”&nbsp;is part of the series “Four Seasons” located along Villamain Road at the Loop 410 these murals were created by four San Antonio artists and local nonprofit SMARTSA. To discover more information about “Four Seasons” please visit <a href=”https://www.smartsa.org/public-art”>here.</a>&nbsp;”Four Seasons” is
  • Harmony en La Esquina
    Harmony en La Esquina
    Category: Mural
    “Harmony en la esquina” by El Paso artist Gaspar&nbsp;Enríquez is a large airbrushed portrayal of young men and women gathered en la esquina (on the corner) of their neighborhood.
  • Hill Country Water Cycles
    Hill Country Water Cycles
    Category: Architectural Detailing; Mosaic / Relief; Mural
    “Hill Country Water Cycles” by San Antonio artist Oscar Alvarado is a tile mural depicting Crownridge Canyon area’s natural history and themes of water. The murals include a wall mural and a floor mosaic mural.
  • Homage to Shigaraki
    Homage to Shigaraki
    Category: Mosaic / Relief; Mural
    “Homage to Shigaraki “&nbsp;<span style=”font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;”></span><span style=”font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;”>&nbsp;</span><span style=”font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px;”>by Massachusetts based artist Stephan Knapp is one of the&nbsp;</span><span style=”font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;”>largest glass glaze ceramic murals in the world. This is one of three pieces that were produced in Shigaraki, Japan, one of the historic ceramic villages in Japan. The artist wanted the murals to emphasize the exotic flowers located in the atrium.</spa
  • Illuminados
    Illuminados
    Category: Mural
    “Illuminados” by El Paso based husband and wife artist team “Los Dos”, Ramon and Christian Cardenas, is a mural located under the Hays Street Bridge. The artwork is inspired by the U.S.-Mexico border and the people who live there. It depicts a figure wearing a folkloric mask seated on a magic carpet “flying across borders.” This public art project was commissioned by Public Art San Antonio and was supported in part by the 2012-2017 Bond Program and the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant Program.
  • La Veladora of Our Lady of Guadalupe
    La Veladora of Our Lady of Guadalupe
    Category: Mural
    “La Veladora of Our Lady of Guadalupe” by San Antonio artist Jesse Treviño is a ceramic mural including a 3-dimensional votive candle, or veladora, with an eternal flame facing Guadalupe Street. &nbsp;The flame is intended to serve as a neighborhood beacon.
  • Lackland Terrace Skate Park
    Lackland Terrace Skate Park
    Category: Mural
    “Lackland Terrace Skate Park,” by San Antonio artist Katie Pell features a brightly colored Dia de Los Muertos design made from stained concrete.&nbsp;
  • Maverick Tile Mural
    Maverick Tile Mural
    Category: Mosaic / Relief; Mural
    ‘Maverick Tile Mural” by San Antonio based company Mexican Arts and Crafts depicts romantic images of village life in Mexico are set on a colorful tile mural crafted in the 1930’s. The company was owned and ran by Ethel Wilson Harris.
  • Nani Falcone Skate Park Mural
    Nani Falcone Skate Park Mural
    Category: Mural
    “Nani Falcone Park Skate Park Mural” by San Antonio artist Katie Pell features a brightly colored painted mural in the design of a snake.
  • Neon Drive
    Neon Drive
    Category: Mural
    “Neon Drive” by Canary Islands based artist Iker Muro is a 300 foot-long mural on the northeast portion of the Nolan Street underpass retaining wall. The mural focuses on refracted light. The piece complements the existing mural project on the northwest section of the Nolan Street underpass, which was initiated in 2013 by Alex Rubio’s mural project for San Anto Cultural Arts and the Blue Star Contemporary MOSAIC program. This public art project was commissioned by Public Art San Antonio and was supported in part by the 2012-2017 Bond Program and the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant Project.
  • Pioneers of the Sky, The Stinson School of Flying
    Pioneers of the Sky, The Stinson School of Flying
    Category: Mural
    “Pioneers of the Sky, the Stinson School of Flying” led by San Antonio artist team Andy and Yvette Benavides of SMART, Joe De La Cruz, Chris Montoya, and Jose Comse celebrates the achievements of women in aviation. The mural features historic portraits of Katherine and Marjorie Stinson who opened the Stinson school of flying in 1915. The portraits are rendered with Art Deco flourishes that highlight the surrounding architectural elements and the era of early flight. Katherine and Marjorie were stunt and endurance pilots, educators, and trailblazers of early-aviation. The mural features the portraits of the sisters and historical aircraft to illustrate the gains made in aeronautics. The sisters represent continued and future accomplishments of women in aviation. The mural offers inspiration and pride to women entering the still-male-dominated field. The mural was made with community input, local arts nonprofit SMART, and John Tosh and Sebastian St. Cloud from the Texa
  • River Walk Mosaic Murals
    River Walk Mosaic Murals
    Category: Mosaic / Relief; Mural
    “Riverwalk Mosaic Murals” by San Antonio artist Oscar Alvarado is a series of 11 mosaic tile murals located on the Riverwalk between Travis and Richmond streets.
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