Links to the Library
New Art & Photography @ SAPL
Marie Swartz Art Resource Center
The San Antonio Public Library is partnering with the Southwest School of Art in developing a special collection for their BFA students and our art patrons. Please see the links below for more information.
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Search Our Databases
Search our databases to locate magazine and journal articles about art.
- Academic Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database with more than 5,300 full text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Go to a "publication search" for the subject of art for targeted results. - Biography Resource Center
Search biographies with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Discover more about your favorite artist. - World Book Online Reference Center Look up artists, artistic movements, museums and works of art.
Art Magazines
In addition to articles in our databases, you also can view magazines at the library. Here's a couple that inspire different points of view or can help you learn about art.
Welcome to the Arts
Interested in learning more about art? Well here you can search our catalog, check out databases, and look at other favorite local and national resources - all in one place.
Please click on the other tabs to explore Art at the Library, Making Art, Art History, Photography and much more. The featured art video on Monet is on the Art History page.
Favorite Books and Media
The first comprehensive study of California mid century design. California in the mid 20th century had a bold and lasting influence in ceramics, furniture, graphic design, and our collective imagination. Explore your favorite forms and the history of their development.
From freight trains to city walls, Graffiti is one of the most prevalent and controversial forms of contemporary art. This book covers the last 50 years of the scene, and covers major artists in New York, LA, Chicago, and 22 other cities.
Don't know your Z's from your A's in photography? This gorgeous alphabet of images by Marc Riboud will teach you a new way of reading photography - by portraying a word, a gesture, and the image that holds it in place.
A comprehensive survey of Digital Art over the past three decades. From classic computer art to interactive collaborative online art, explore how art has expanded from traditional museum settings into cyberspace.
Have you taken a recent stroll down the Riverwalk Museum Reach? Explore the 12 artists commissioned to create site specific public art that flows with light, sound, and reflection along the river.
A great introduction to art masterpieces. Paintings selected include Wendy's explanation of the work's subject and techniques. Each work of art includes information on the gallery or museum where the work is housed.
An excellent overview of contemporary art from Oxford Press. Organized by theme, this book explores how identity, the body, time, place, language, science and spirituality shape our art.
Web Sites of Interest
The Following web sites provide information about viewing and appreciating art in San Antonio. Visit and enjoy art around town in person, and check out our page on Art at the Library for what the San Antonio Public Library has to offer.
- Southwest School of Art The Southwest School of Art is a leader in arts education, offering studio programs for adults, children and teens. Classes and workshops are taught by local, regional and national artists; the school will offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree starting in the fall of 2013.
The school also organizes contemporary art exhibitions, lectures and concerts and is our partner in developing the Marie Swartz Art Resource Center. - CAM - Contemporary Art Month - 2012 Every March, during Contemporary Art Month (CAM), San Antonio artists and curators present the best our community has to offer at galleries, museums, performing arts spaces, schools, restaurants and stores.
- Luminaria: Arts Night in San Antonio Held in Spring, Luminaria is San Antonio's night-time annual celebration of art and artists. Overseen by San Antonio's creative leaders, it is free of charge and showcases all art forms in an outdoor setting and inside various venues downtown.
- Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
A Southtown tradition and hotspot for First Friday that is "Inspiring the creative genius in us all." - Glasstire Taking a road trip and want to check out regional art? Glasstire is a website about the incredible variety of Texas visual art - you can find art news, nearby exhibits in Austin, Houston and Dallas, and insightful articles.
- McNay Art Museum McNay Art Museum has a strong collection of 19th- and 20th-century European and American paintings and sculpture by significant artists ranging from Paul Cézanne to Auguste Rodin. They also have a teacher resource center to foster arts appreciation.
- Museo Alameda The Museo Alameda, an affiliate of The Smithsonian Institution, is the nation’s largest Latino museum.
- SA Hearts - Office of Cultural Affairs
Do you love art? The City of San Antonio's Office of Cultural Affairs has links to many arts organizations, a featured artist of the month and an art calendar for the city. - San Antonio Museum of Art SAMA emphasizes the art of the Americas including pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial and Latin American folk art. The exhibits also include Greco-Roman Art, and a new Asian art wing.
- PASA - Public Art San Antonio Enjoy art as you walk around downtown, along the riverwalk, even in public parks. Public Art San Antonio brings art to some of your favorite places.
- Fotoseptiembre This international photography festival features more than 100 local exhibits during September. The galleries, museums and online exhibitions are eclectic forums for photographic artists and photo enthusiasts from around the world. Check out photographs in the Central Library gallery space and beyond.
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