Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Unveiling visions at the McNay

Unveiling visions at the McNay

Naydine De La Fuente, Copyediting Coordinator February 27, 2024

​With a chorus of voices echoing through its halls, the McNay Art Museum’s latest exhibit, “Prints by Contemporary Black Artists,” is a powerful tribute to Black artists’ ongoing legacy and significant...

Best museums in San Antonio

Best museums in San Antonio

Nicholas Kingman, Staff Writer November 7, 2023

Being the oldest major city in Texas, Alamo City is rich with culture spanning before Spanish colonization in the 1600s. San Antonio is home to some of the most interesting museums in the state. Museums...

30 years of frightening creativity

30 years of frightening creativity

Jada Thomas, Interim Marketing Manager October 31, 2023

Every year, multiple movies signal the start of “spooky season,” or the weeks leading up to Halloween. Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is among those movies, and this year marks...

Photo by Amber Chin.

Artist to Artist: Something to say

Amber Chin April 17, 2018

The McNay art museum’s newest special collection, Something to Say, chronicles 100 years of African American art. Those visiting the exhibit are greeted by a neon sign spelling out the word “America”...

A handful of awards were gifted. Enrique Bonilla, The Paisano

CAMMIE distributes awards to mark the end of CAM

Enrique Bonilla April 5, 2017

March 31 marked the end of contemporary art month or CAM as it is colloquially referred to. The month-long citywide art event focuses on local artists and attempts to spread knowledge on the growing arts...

Annette Barraza, The Paisano

Dressed to Kill: Glam and Gore in Theatre

Annette Barraza April 12, 2016

    Dressed to Kill: Glam and Gore in Theatre, an exhibition at McNay pairs designs with costumes inspired by five infamously stylish seductresses and fashionable fiends seen on an operatic...

‘CUT!’ exhibit brings cinematic fashion to the McNay

October 8, 2013

Photo Credit: Jackie Calvert With the success of programs like “Project Runway” and live runway shows every season, the interest and growth of fashion is blooming in San Antonio....

Local events for the week of January 22

January 23, 2013

Tuesday, Jan. 2210 a.m. Exhibit: “Fiesta, Fete, Festival”San Antonio’s past is celebrated throughout this exclusiveexhibit that commemorates the history of the annual city event, known as“Fiesta.”...

And the Award for ‘America’s Finest’ goes to Vincent Valdez

January 22, 2013

Men with bloody faces combat in the ringwhile a soldier struggles to keep his composure. These are truly “America’sFinest.”“America’s Finest” is Vincent Valdez’s secondsolo exhibition...

Local Events: week of January 15

January 22, 2013

Tuesday, Jan. 15. 10 a.m. Exhibit: Aphrodite and the Gods of Love The San Antonio Museum of Art (200 W. Jones St.) presents “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love,” an exhibit featuring 125 statues, vases,...

Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection

January 16, 2013

Dr. Harriett Romo sits at her desk, a book featuring prints from  “Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection” on her lap. She describes in detail the moment...

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