If you’ve ever been to San Antonio, you know its River Walk, which winds along the San Antonio river and is lined with hotels, shops, restaurants, outdoor cafes, bars, and more. As
of this past weekend, it has grown by 1.33 miles via a new patch called the Museum Reach urban segment. The extension opened over the weekend.
The San Antonio Museum of Art, connected directly to River Walk, celebrated with an exhibition called Waterflow that opened on May 13. It displays recent works by fifteen Texas artists “inspired by water,” like Nate Cassie’s Deluge Studies, 2007, at right.
I know, I know, I was just remarking here that viewing images online isn’t good enough. But it’s better than nothing, right? I asked the museum to send me images so we could all see what it has done.
Ansen Seale’s Hellroaring Creek, No. 13, 2008
, is at right, below, and a video clip from Leslie Raymond’s Michigan (Reflecting Pool), 2008, is
below.
At right, here, is Orange Gyre, 2008, by Liz Ward.
This show is temporary, running until Aug. 23, but Museum Reach means more art for San Antonio in the long run, too.
The $74 million extension included $11 million for art and “other enhancements,” according to the local press. With the funds, raised privately, the San Antonio River Foundation commissioned eight artists to create site-specific art installations spaced along the extension on or under the Museum Reach’s eight bridges. You can read and see a little about that here and here in the San Antonio Express-News. And you can get a sense of the whole river project here.
Photo Credits: Courtesy San Antonio Museum of Art