Local Artists Unite for “Creatures for Community” Art Exhibit to Benefit SAMMinistries

San Antonio, TX – Opening night December 13, 2024, 6-9pm. This December, San Antonio’s art community is coming together for a heartwarming cause with the “Creatures for Community” Art Exhibit, hosted by renowned portrait artist Liz Lindström. The event will showcase original works by Lindström and other talented local artists, celebrating the magic and beauty of creatures through various artistic mediums. In the spirit of building community, 50% of all proceeds will be donated to SAMMinistries.

Event Details:

• Date: December 13, 2024

• Time: 6-9 p.m. Central

• Location: Bright Coffee, 1705 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX 78212

• Admission: free

Lindström, a luxury portrait artist based in San Antonio, is passionate about using her art to not only captivate but also contribute to social justice and community well-being. The exhibit will feature a diverse range of natures creatures, from majestic polar animals to delicate local residents, and will explore themes of resilience, beauty, and survival.

“Creatures for Community” reflects the season’s quiet strength, and we want to give back to the community through this art,” said Lindström. “Partnering with SAMMinistries means we’re helping families and individuals find hope and warmth, especially during the challenges of winter months.”

SAMMinistries is an interfaith ministry whose mission is to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing, and services. SAMMinistries also provides volunteers opportunities to be renewed and fulfilled as they serve.

How to Get Involved: Local businesses, art enthusiasts, and members of the community are invited to attend and support this meaningful cause. For those unable to attend, donations can still be made through Give Now - SAMMinistries

Exhibit will be on display from December 6 through January 3, 2025.

For more information or press inquiries, please contact:

Lena Booker

Executive Assistant to Liz Lindström

210-419-3951

lizlindstromstudio@gmail.com

Stay updated on event news via social media:

Instagram: @artistlizlindstrom

The new show, “Pieces of Us,” from Liz Lindström will open with a reception with the artist on Friday, December 8, from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bright (1705 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX 78212). The online show will launch on Monday, November 27, and most pieces in the collection will be available for purchase at https://artistlizlindstrom.com/store.

The opening reception at Bright will feature a meet and greet with the artist, light appetizers and drinks, and an interactive piece of artwork, “Pieces of Our Selfie,” for all ages. Limited edition merchandise will include bespoke t-shirts and signed show posters.

Liz is excited to be releasing a show after spending years in development and production. “This is a collection I’ve been working on since 2020 and it is truly a celebration of the concept that ‘there are no mistakes in art,’” she said. “I’ve taken pieces from my process with commissioned portraiture, from the pile of ‘mistakes and first tries’ and asked what they could be next.”

The work in the show includes fragments of portraiture, as well as original figurative and abstract pieces, many of which combine these different style and elements. The styles of the pieces in this collection range from soft and dreamy to bold and challenging. Each piece explores some aspect of identity and relationship, many of them inviting the viewer to question their own relationship with themselves, and some focused more on relation with others. A few of the works simply invite us to view the reality around us in a new way.

Liz’s personal journey over the past few years has played a huge role in how this collection came into form. Her hope is that each viewer of this show has the opportunity to get more curious and sit with their own life and identity, as well as their relationship to themselves and those around them.

Online Show

In addition to the live show at Bright, the online show will launch the week prior, on Monday, November 27. The pieces in the collection available for purchase will be listed on the website. All items purchased include free shipping before Christmas within the U.S. The deadline for all orders is Monday, December 11, 2023.

When: Cyber Monday, November 27th

Where: lizlindstrom.com

Community Impact

A portion of the show’s proceeds will go to benefit SAM Ministries, a local organization that works to prevent community members from experiencing homelessness. Learn more and donate directly at: https://www.samm.org/thanksgiving/

For the Portrait Society of Atlanta's January 2017 public portrait demonstration Liz will be presenting on her personal portrait process with a live demonstration. This is a free event and will be open to the public. Their programs for this event will be on January 31st from 7-10pm located at:

6110 Blue Stone Rd, NE

Atlanta, GA 30328

The Portrait Society of Atlanta is a non-profit (501c3) organization of portrait artists whose main purpose is to educate the public to a greater awareness of the portrait as a valid and valuable art form.  At the same time we enrich our members by offering a variety of education opportunities, and celebrated 35 years in 2014. The Portrait Society does not act as an agent for its members.
 

Education is the primary focus of the Portrait Society of Atlanta. It’s the cultural benefit that we bring to the community at large. We have five program-oriented meetings per year that include demonstrations by renowned portrait artists, lectures and presentations on a variety of topics pertinent to portraiture. We sponsor two juried exhibitions each year as well as occasional special exhibitions and public portrait demonstrations. Our quarterly newsletter contains articles, interviews, and information on all manner of subjects of interest to portrait artists.

Second live painting at the 12th annual Pink! Gala on January 28th, 2017 hosted at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Space is limited, so don't wait to reserve your ticket. 

Proceeds from Pink! are used to ensure the MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at CHI Memorial has the latest equipment available and provides the highest quality care available to women in need. Since the MaryEllen Locher Breast Center opened in 2007, almost 250,000 screening and diagnostic mammograms have been performed at the Center’s three locations and on the mobile health coaches. Breast cancer was the number one cancer diagnosis at CHI Memorial every year from 2005–2014, the latest data available.

Attendees will enjoy cocktails, a four course dinner and dancing with music by Party on the Moon, back by popular demand. First Tennessee Bank is the presenting sponsor for the 2017 Pink! gala.

• $300 standard tickets include cocktails, dinner and entertainment. Standard tables of 8 are $2,400. We have a limited number of tables/tickets available and to please contact the Foundation office at 423-495-PINK (7465) to purchase tickets
• $500 patron tickets include all of the above as well as an exclusive pre-party invite, valet parking, premium seating and table-side bar service the evening of the event.
• Sponsorship opportunities are available ranging from $3,500 to $25,000.