(free admission, open to the public)

On Saturday, February 5, at 2 PM there will be an author reading and book-signing by Susan Toomey Frost for Colors on Clay: The San José Tile Workshops of San Antonio, recently published by Trinity University Press.

On Saturday, February 26, at 3 PM, the Museum will host a talk by Sherry Kafka Wagner – Citizen Builders: What the WPA Gave to Texas – on the subject of the commercialization and production of artworks through the Arts and Crafts Division of the Work Projects Administration in Texas.

On Saturday, March 5, at 2 PM, Amy Fulkerson will give a talk called Early Texas Art in San Antonio.

Susan Toomey Frostis the leading authority on San José decorative art tiles and pottery produced by workshops in San Antonio and Mexico. She has taught English and linguistics at universities in Mexico and Texas. An avid collector, she has written articles, given lectures, and curated exhibitions, and she is the winner of the Ron Tyler Award given by the Texas State Historical Association as the best book published in 2009 on Texas history and culture.

Sherry Kafka Wagner has extensive experience as a consultant, planner, writer, and media producer. Her work includes projects in city planning and urban design, such as the San Antonio, Texas, River Corridor development, the Dallas, Texas Arts District Plan, the Rio Salado, Arizona, Plan and the plan for the Charles River Basin Park and the Wharf District Park in Boston.

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