Lone Star Art District, 2nd Saturday, San Antonio, Texas
On every 2nd
Saturday of each month, Comminos Studio along with artists and studios located
within the Lone Star Art District opened their galleries for public viewing.
2nd Saturday became a venue bringing awareness to the arts and art community
within the city of San Antonio, Texas.
Blue
Star Contemporary "Love Bench"
Love Bench was a
commissioned public art by NRP Realty Group. The bench was to be placed on the
property of a senior - assisted living facility owned by NRP. Local high school
students participating in the gifted arts program at Blue Star, designed,
assembled and installed the bench. Alex Comminos along with Alex Rubio of Blue
Star, guided students to design the bench, create ceramic tiles and assemble
the foam-concrete bench structure.
Blue Star
Contemporary, HEB Mosaic
A ceramic mural
was to be installed on the store front of a local HEB grocery store. High
school students participating in the gifted arts program at Blue Star designed
and created the mosaic tiles for the project. Alex Comminos along with Alex
Rubio of Blue Star coordinated the installation of the mosaic.
The South Texas
Showdown, South Texas
College - Weslaco, Texas
Chris Lenoard,
Instructor of Art hosts this event on the campus of South Texas College. Alex Comminos participated in the event
conducting a live art creation and demonstration.
Upper Valley Art
League, Mission Texas
Three
work shops included: 1. Fabrication and glazing. 2. Alternative methods (using
a barbecue grill to fire) 3. Raku,
technique of taking a hot fired piece and introduce combustibles to change
color and surface of the ceramic piece.