"Breakthrough" Exhibit at UTSA

UTSA ART GALLERY HOSTS "BREAKTHROUGH!" EXHIBIT MARKING 20TH ANN. OF REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY OCT. 28-NOV. 17

UTSA Art Gallery is hosting an opening reception for the "BREAKTHROUGH!" exhibit from 6-9 p.m. On Thursday, Oct. 28 featuring artist presentations at 7 p.m. Prior to the opening reception, a panel discussion
"Berlin Wall and U.S.-Mexico Border" featuring artists from Berlin and San Antono will take place at 6:30 p.m. At Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, 116 Blue Star.

San Antonio is one of only five cities in the U.S. Hosting the exhibit. UTSA COLFA Advisory Board Member and San Antonio Dresden Alliance representative Angelika Jansen fled East Germany in 1964 and is available for interviews to discuss the exhibit and her own experiences under Communist regime.

The UTSA Art Gallery presents a mix of professionally curated, juried and student and faculty exhibitions with an emphasis on larger and more complex projects. The UTSA Satellite Space in the Blue Star Arts Complex in Downtown San Antonio divides programming between monthly curated exhibitions and presentations organized by graduate students in studio art and art history.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 1-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, and by appointment. For more information, contact Laura Crist at 210-458-4391.
To learn more about the exhibit view the National Public Radio web site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130267936