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Rene sold the vineyards to Seagram [5] in 1986, using the profits to establish the Rene and Veronica di Rosa Foundation with the vision to build an "art park" for the greater public. As a manifestation of that vision, di Rosa opened to the public in 1997 and became a separate nonprofit 501(c)3 organization in 2000.
Rene di Rosa was born in Boston and graduated from Yale University where he was editor of the Yale Daily News. He took a job in 1950 as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle after serving in World War II and then spending some time in Paris. [1] [2] Di Rosa married artist Veronica McDonald (1934-1991) [3] in 1974.
La Villita Historic Arts Village is an art community in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States.There are art galleries, stores selling souvenirs, gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art, as well as several restaurants in the district.
The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in the U.S. state of Texas.The museum was created by Marion Koogler McNay's original bequest of most of her fortune, her important art collection and her 24-room Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion that sits on 23 acres (9.3 ha) that are landscaped with fountains, broad lawns and a Japanese-inspired garden ...
In 2011 Manuel Castillo: The Painting of a Community was an exhibit that honored the late Executive Director of San Anto Cultural Arts Manny Castillio, and his contributions to San Antonio's Westside Murals among the artist who participated were local artists who painted murals for the San Anto Cultural Arts Mural Program. Castiilo died in ...
Rosa de la Cruz, a globally lauded collector of cutting-edge contemporary art who opened one of Miami’s first private art museums with her husband Carlos, has died following a long battle with ...
Artpace (also known as Artpace San Antonio) is a non-profit contemporary art foundation located in downtown San Antonio, Texas that is free and open to the public. [2] Founded by artist, collector, and philanthropist Linda Pace, [3] [4] [5] Artpace opened its doors in 1995, and focuses on nurturing the creative and artistic processes of both established and emerging artists.
The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is an art museum in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The museum spans 5,000 years of global culture. The museum is housed in the historic former Lone Star Brewery (1886) on the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River Walk. Following a $7.2 million renovation, it opened to the public in March 1981.