Asian

No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945–Present featured sixty-five works of modern and contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent. The exhibition highlighted artists whose work reflects global dialogues between their Asian heritages and their Latin American or Caribbean identities, as well as the major artistic movements of their times. Paintings, works on paper, sculptures

Nature, Power, and Maya Royals: Recent Discoveries from the Site of Buenavista del Cayo JULY 14, 2021-FEBRUARY 27, 2022 Golden Gallery Curator: Bernadette Cap, PhD Nature, Power, and Maya Royals: Recent Discoveries from the Site of Buenavista del Cayo showcased objects from the Maya Classic period (AD 250-900) discovered at the site of Buenavista del Cayo, Belize. These objects, recovered in 2014 and 2019 from two royal tombs dating to the Early Classic period (ca. AD 450) and the Late Classic period (ca. AD 650-750), were on view for the first time. The exhibition also included vessels from SAMA's permanent collection in dialogue with the Buenavista del Cayo objects.
Art was a crucial medium for the royal class to negotiate and reaffirm their position in society. This exhibition highlighted the commanding iconography in artwork commissioned by two Maya leaders to express and legitimate power.  AUGUST 19, 2021-DECEMBER 05, 2021 Great Hall and Contemporary II Gallery Curators: Ryan N. Dennis and Evan Garza The 2021 Texas Biennial, A New Landscape, A Possible Horizon, was the seventh iteration of the Biennial, a geographically led, independent survey of contemporary art in Texas, and the first year in which the exhibition was distributed across five Texas museums: Artpace, Fotofest, the McNay Art Museum, Ruby City, and the San Antonio Museum of Art.
Traditionally featuring only artists who live and work in Texas, the exhibition was broadened to include "Texpats": native Texans and artists with connections to the Lone Star State working in any part of the world. The fifty-one artists chosen ranged from emerging artists and collectives to internationally celebrated artists working in sculpture, film, experimental video, photo-based media, installation, sound, painting, printmaking, social practice, and public art.
In conversation with SAMA's permanent collection, this Texas Biennial exhibition featured works by Adrian Armstrong, Gregory Michael Carter, Colby Deal, Abhidnya Ghuge, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Tomashi Jackson, Virginia Jaramillo, Rick Lowe, Vincent Valdez, José Villalobos, and Jasmine Zelaya.
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Learning & Interpreting
As the San Antonio Museum of Art faced the unprecedented challenges of operating during a pandemic, we worked to remain connected to our community.
A variety of online programs allowed the public to safely "visit" the Museum for much-needed inspiration, including educator workshops, happy hours, book clubs, poetry readings, and Playdates, as well as lectures that explored special exhibitions and videos that animated the collections. SAMA's docent training program also continued in virtual meetings and digital format.

START School Partnership Program
Despite the barriers that COVID-19 presented to in-person schooling and museum visitation, SAMA's START program for Title I schools, now in its ninth year, reached 2,318 students and 106 teachers and administrators. The education department delivered individual art kits to students for hands-on artmaking and created conversational, inquiry-based virtual programming through which students observed and discussed original works of art.
In addition to the art kits, the Bridge Ahead grant funded the creation of videos that included readings of books or poems related to their loaned artworks or the Harlem Renaissance.
No small feat-more than 4,000 art kits were created, delivered to START partnership schools, and used for family programs.
SAMA has gone above and beyond to help us take care of these kids and make sure they have art in their lives during this hardest of years.

Collecting
The collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art continues to grow in depth, reach, and quality thanks to the generosity of private donors, income from endowed funds, and the vision of our curators. This fiscal year, the Museum added over one hundred works of art.

In Memoriam
The San Antonio Museum of Art gratefully honors the memory of these longtime supporters.
As a Life Trustee, Peggy Pitman Mays helped strengthen the Museum's mission with her vision and generosity. Visitors continue to benefit from her efforts through free admission hours, the creation of the Asian Art Wing, and the Mays Symposium, an annual arts symposium established more than two decades ago and on-going.