Glasstire's Fifth Talking Texas Art Panel Set for Artpace San Antonio
On Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. CDT, the fifth session of Glasstire's Talking Texas Art series will take place at Artpace in San Antonio, with doors opening at 6 p.m. The discussion will be livestreamed on Artpace's Facebook page and moderated by Nicholas Frank, Glasstire's News Editor. Featured participants include artist Jenelle Esparza, Mari Hernandez (CEO of NALAC), Mia Lopez (Curator of Latinx Art at the McNay), and independent scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto. This event is one of eight discussions celebrating Glasstire's 25th anniversary. More information about the panel will be shared throughout the year, highlighting the participants' distinguished contributions to art and culture.
Key facts
- The fifth Talking Texas Art panel will be held at Artpace in San Antonio on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. CDT.
- Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event will be livestreamed on Artpace's Facebook page.
- Panelists are Jenelle Esparza, Mari Hernandez, Mia Lopez, and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, moderated by Glasstire News Editor Nicholas Frank.
- The series comprises eight discussions across Texas in 2026, marking Glasstire's 25th anniversary.
- Panel locations include Dallas-Fort Worth, The Panhandle, West Texas, East Texas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and The Valley.
- Jenelle Esparza received the Artpace International Artist Residency in 2018 and a U.S. Latinx Artist Fellowship in 2024.
- Mia Lopez is the inaugural Curator of Latinx Art at the McNay Art Museum and her exhibition Mercado/Material opens in fall 2026 at Centro de Artes.
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto wrote the 1989 essay "Rasquachismo: A Chicano Sensibility" and received Mexico's Order of the Aztec Eagle in 2007.
Entities
Artists
- Jenelle Esparza
- Mari Hernandez
- Mia Lopez
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
- Nicholas Frank
Institutions
- Glasstire
- Artpace
- National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
- NALAC
- McNay Art Museum
- Contemporary at Blue Star
- San Anto Cultural Arts
- Joan Mitchell Foundation
- National Portrait Gallery
- Grantmakers in the Arts
- Ruby City
- Centro de Artes
- DePaul Art Museum
- Walker Art Center
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- The Momentary
- Louisiana State University
- San Antonio Museum of Art
- Art Museum of South Texas
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- Rice University
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Stanford University
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program
Locations
- San Antonio
- Texas
- United States
- Dallas-Fort Worth
- The Panhandle
- West Texas
- East Texas
- Houston
- Austin
- The Valley
- Corpus Christi
- Chicago
- Illinois
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- Baton Rouge
- Louisiana
- Minneapolis
- Minnesota
- Mexico