Artpace invites you to the opening of the Spring 2026 International Artists-in-Residence’s exhibitions on Thursday, March 19, from 6-9 PM. The evening offers a look at the incredible work by artists Violette Bule, Mel Chin, and Việt Lê created during their Artpace residencies, along with an artist talk featuring Guest Curator Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander. We’re thrilled for the public to see the incredible installations these artists have created during their time in San Antonio, and we hope to see you there! If you can’t attend in person, join us via livestream on our Facebook page starting at 6:30 PM. This event is free and open to the public. Drinks will be available to purchase for guests 21+. Location: Artpace San Antonio | 445 N Main Ave | Free parking at 513 N Flores Residency: January 26, 2026 – March 22, 2026 Opening Reception: March 19, 2026 | 6-9 PM Exhibitions on View: March 19 > July 19, 2026 About the Guest Curator | Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander is the Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Co-Director of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. At the Cantor, she is the curator of Spirit House (Sept. 4, 2024–Jan. 26, 2025), Livien Yin: Thirsty (Aug. 21, 2024–Feb. 23, 2025), Dwelling: New Acquisitions (Oct. 4, 2024–ongoing), The Faces of Ruth Asawa (Jul. 2022–ongoing), and East of the Pacific: Making Histories of Asian American Art (Sept. 28, 2022–Feb. 12, 2023). With assistant professor of art history Marci Kwon, Aleesa co-founded the AAAI, an ongoing project that advances research, education, community engagement, and public access to the works of Asian American and diasporic artists. Aleesa manages the AAAI’s curatorial program, cultivating relationships with community members, donors, artist estates, and living artists to help build the Cantor’s growing collection of Asian American art, which is now one of the best nationally. Aleesa’s writing has been published in Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and several exhibition catalogues. Her exhibition catalogue for Spirit House is the first major publication of the AAAI. Aleesa frequently lectures at museums, universities, and non-profit organizations on topics related to Asian American art, museum practice, and historical exclusion in the art world. Her scholarship has been supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, and the American Craft Council. From 2017–2018, she was a Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she completed her dissertation, Unaccountable Modernisms: The Black Arts of Post-Civil Rights Alabama. Born in Bangkok, Thailand, she received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2018.
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