Fine and Performing Arts

Curated by Diana Kersey

Sponsored by the Student Activity Fee

 Artist Talk March 21 at 11:00am
Join us via Zoom
Meeting ID: 926 9424 9217  Passcode:42AYEB

Ana Fernandez is a San Antonio-based painter who creates enigmatic street scenes exploring the diverse landscapes of Latino communities of South Texas. Fernandez holds an MFA from UCLA and is the current 2020 recipient of the Blackwell Prize in Painting. Her work is included in many permanent collections including the City of San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, Brownsville Museum of Art and the Linda Pace Foundation. Most recent exhibitions include the Art Museum of South Texas, Artpace, Ruby City and the McNay Art Museum. Fernandez has also received acclaim with her food truck, the Institute of Chili. The enterprise began as a historical project exploring the cuisine and entrepreneurship of Mexican American women during the turn of the century. This work has been included in several scholarly publications, books and television programs, which cite it’s cultural and historical significance.

March 21- May 1, 2022
Virtual exhibition of lithographs by printmaker Kathryn Polk.

Curated by Rachael M. Bower
Presented by NVC Fine Art
Supported by Student Activity Fee

Virtual Artist Talk with Kathryn Polk

Live Poetry Reading
April 13, 2022 at 12:30pm

Presented by NVC Fine Art
Location: Palmetto Center for the Arts Gallery
& streamed on Zoom.

Live poetry reading inspired by the Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition in Palmetto Center for the Arts. The Maverick Poets are a group of local poets representing several venues around San Antonio. Poets viewed the artwork on display during the Faculty Exhibition at Northwest Vista College and wrote original pieces inspired by the artwork.

A live poetry reading in coordination with National Poetry Month is scheduled for April 13 at 12:30 pm. Join us in person at the Palmetto Center for the Arts to view the art and hear the poems for the first time!

NVC Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Curated by Esteban Delgado

Palmetto Center for the Arts Gallery - In-person
All students are encouraged to apply.

Curated by Jack Robbins

Sponsored by NVC Fine Art
Online exhibit with selected works in Ventana Gallery.

Presented by NVC Dance with NVC Women's History Month

Luminaria Artist Foundation Grantee, Violeta De Leon Davila, winner of the 2004 Contemporary Dance Choreography Contest of Northern Mexico and founder of the professional independent group, Pies Descalzos (“Bare Feet”) presents a video introduction to her contemporary dance project They Taught You Wrong: Metanoia – A Transformative Change during the 10-day series in a window display at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, TX. Metanoia calls attention to the alarming rate of femicide in México and uses emotive movement to summon our collective courage to speak out against domestic violence wherever it occurs.

Date:  Tuesday, March 1
Time:  11am-12:15pm
Location:  Dance studio PCA 108

Date: May 7
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Palmetto Theatre

Directed by Tim Hedgepeth

Location: Black Box Theatre
Dates: April 21-23 & April 28-30
Time: 7:30pm

Baby with the Bathwater is a contemporary comedy by Tony Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang about how difficult it is to be a parent, and how scary it is to be a baby and a child. The play is written in an absurdist, playful style and, for all its dark topic, has a hopeful ending. 

Presented by NVC Music
Dr. Minkyung Lee, Assistant Professor of Voice / Director of Choral Activities

VOICE EVENTS CALENDAR

View details on guest artist workshops/talk series, faculty performance and NVC Choir recitals.

This concert will feature new works by composers who are currently Texas residents, making students and the general public aware, and accessible to, local and state talent. The concert will also be an opportunity for students and the public to meet the composers.

l. Concentration Camp by Edna Alejandra Longoria (McAllen)
2. Tuesday Serenade by Barry Brake (San Antonio)
2. Lux for String Orchestra by Joel Love (Austin)
3. Concerto No. 2 for Guitar by Mark Francis featuring soloist Ray Tamez, guitar (Corpus Christi)
Emmanuel Godoy, artistic director

Date: Wednesday, March 30
Time: 7:30pm
Admission: Free
Location: Palmetto Theatre

Americana Classics
NVC Chamber Ensemble

Directed by Emmanuel Godoy

Date: Monday, April 18
Time: 7:30pm
Admission: Free
Location: Palmetto Theatre

Featuring Bernstein's West Side Story Suite, and George Gershwin's, An American in Paris.

The Jack Stone Award for New Music Concert will be postponed until spring 2023. We will return with a live in-person performance of new music by outstanding student composers. Return to this page for more information as it is made available. Thank you!

View the Jack Stone Award for New Music 2020/2021 performance on the FPAK YouTube channel.