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Cosmic Mirror
No full text"Rolando Briseño’s print, Cosmic Mirror, addresses the sacred relationship between the individual and the cosmos, between culture and nature. The tablescape comprising the bottom half of this vertical diptych is typical of Briseño’s work, such as his Serie V print Bicultural Tablesetting. He uses the table as a symbol for culture because it is the focal point of many rituals, like eating and gathering, which different societies and peoples perform in daily life. A knife, fork, and plate are displayed on an oilcloth, which reminds the artist of Mexican restaurants and working-class Latino homes from his childhood. The spiral, also typical of Briseño’s work, is an archetypal symbol of infinity complemented by the spiral form of galaxies in the top half of the diptych. Reproduced from photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, the halo formed by the fifteen galaxies, stars, and supernovas becomes a window into the infinite. The top half of the diptych is juxtaposed with the artist’s self-portrait on the bottom to remind the viewer of one’s relationship to the natural world." - excerpt from Serieproject.org22 x 16 i
September 15, El Grito
No full text"In September 15, El Grito, Hu conveys her memory of the festive day with the shadows of a tree at dusk. Color, excitement, and contrast were the things that strongly affected the artist, so she captured this image as she saw the trees from the top of a building." - excerpt from Serieproject.org14 x 16.5 i
Stitch for Arms
No full text"Her print Stitch for Arms is based on language and the everyday. As a recent immigrant from Barcelona, she struggled with the English language and began to think of words as anthropomorphic objects that can bend and move, allowing us to express ourselves. Her print has a grey background with two arms interlaced in the foreground that unite two separate beings. With a calligraphic quality, she wrapped a vine with ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) around the arms, a natural element common to this area and frequently found on live oak trees." - excerpt from Serieproject.org22 x 16 i
100 Black Women, 2008
No full textAwards and Honors: Award from the National Coaltion of 100 Black Women, San Antonio Chapter, 200
Interview with Annette Unger, 2008.
No full textAnnette Unger nee Krueger, whose family moved to San Antonio in 1900, discusses memories of Southwest Independent School District and growing up on a working farm
Oral History Interview with Steven Ramsey
No full textSubjects discussed in this interview include: architects; awards; board activities/composition, politics/staff relations; Corps of Engineers; downstream activities; engineering; Environmental Division; equipment; facilities; floods and flood control; laboratories; office culture; Olmos Dam; organizational structure; parks and recreation; project management; real estate/surveying/land acquisition; San Antonio Channel Improvement Project; San Antonio Conservation Society; San Antonio River Oversight Committee; San Pedro Creek; tax; tunnel projects; and wastewater treatment plants (Bexar County
Canadian Middle School UIL Theatre Rehab CDs w/ Struct
No full text10 sheets: Architectural, Structural construction drawings on bond (sheets from the 2008/03 set, but revised
City of Grand Prairie Market Square
No full text40 sheets construction drawings on bond: Landscape, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbin
And One To Grow On...
No full text"Candace Briceño uses her background in fiber work to create a landscape that not only appeals to the viewer’s sense of sight but also to the tactile sense. Fifteen trees are abstractly placed in the background, along with a stump that inspires the title, And One to Grow On. The colors are unique for a landscape; red and poppy colors create movement and vibrance in the foreground, and greenish-yellow grass drips down the hill. Japanese influence appears in the red and black hues and in the delicate lines that create shadows. The shadows appear to be connected to the trees but when looked at closer, they add to a subtle abstraction that doesn’t mirror the form of long, straight trunks. Pink flowers blossom in the foreground, along with mushrooms that are a trademark of Briceño’s soft sculpture pieces. Blue clouds and pieces of the sky float behind the blossoms, creating the sense that they are just as tangible as the flowers and trees around them." - excerpt from Serieproject.org16 x 22 i