Texas Artist Series: Vincent Valdez

Spend the afternoon with Vincent Valdez, performer and official Texas State Artist, as he shares his painting series, The Strangest Fruit, through a multi-media presentation.

Valdez' work often touches on the culture and history of his native San Antonio community and region. In this program, Valdez will explain his artistic process and share images from his recent work which re-stages scenes from a troubling page of Texas history, and interprets and responds to that history in the context of the modern world. 

In addition to the visual art on display, the program will feature a live performance of corridos. These beautiful folk ballads have kept the history of Texas border communities alive and played an important role in Texas-Mexican cultural identity as they have been passed down from one generation to the next.

For more information on tragic historic events in Texas and the pursuit of justice that they inspired, visit Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920 on view through April 3rd. 

Special member exclusive! Bullock Museum members are entitled to free admission at the Blanton Museum on April 2nd. Two of Valdez’ works from the Strangest Fruit series are currently on view as a part of the Blanton Museum’s permanent collection.