CreativeMornings/SanAntonio

CreativeMornings/SanAntonio CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast series that features inspired 20-minute lectures by local speakers in cities all over the world.

Welcome to our March speaker, Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray! McGilvray is an artist and curator living in San Antonio, T...
03/21/2026

Welcome to our March speaker, Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray! McGilvray is an artist and curator living in San Antonio, Texas who grew up in the Central Valley of California. McGilvray is the Curator and Exhibitions Director at the Contemporary at Blue Star where she has developed exhibitions and special projects since 2014.

McGilvray’s curatorial practice is centered on a collaborative and service-minded approach. She is committed to providing access to a diverse array of perspectives, experiences, and artistic practices through the exhibitions she curates. She is drawn to work that can offer shared truths while challenging audiences, and artists who invest in their craft, demonstrating artistic excellence and material expertise in balance with conceptual rigor. McGilvray brings ethea of humanitarianism, environmentalism, and stewardship to her creative work.

As an artist McGilvray’s photographic work is focused on exploring how identity develops and shifts through family, home, place, and culture. Her work is influenced by the history of photography and interests in the nuances of language, gesture, and the body.

McGilvray earned an MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Ohio University and BFA from Texas State University in Photography. She was a 2023 AAMC Propel Program Fellow. She continues to invest time mentoring developing artists through various programs as well as teaching darkroom photography at Texas State University.

🗓️ March 27, doors at 8:30
📍 The Contemporary at Blue Star

March's global theme is LOCAL. It was chosen by our Santos chapter in Brazil and illustrated by Simone Matias . Make yo...
03/20/2026

March's global theme is LOCAL. It was chosen by our Santos chapter in Brazil and illustrated by Simone Matias . Make your feed feel like home with this month's hashtag:

✨ Announcing our February speaker Jeanna Balreira!! Join us Friday, Feb 17 at 9am (earlier if you want a taco!) at the S...
02/23/2026

✨ Announcing our February speaker Jeanna Balreira!! Join us Friday, Feb 17 at 9am (earlier if you want a taco!) at the San Antonio Area Foundation office.

Jeanna designs and implements innovative fundraising initiatives for promising nonprofits in the SA region, collaborating across development, marketing, stewardship, and advancement services to deepen community partnerships. With more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit and higher education advancement, she is proud to connect San Antonio’s vibrant network of changemakers to help expand philanthropic opportunities.

A mom to two boys, Jeanna believes in the power of generosity and connection to sustain a world where her children can thrive. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University, a master’s degree from Texas Tech University, and is (fingers crossed) one year away from graduating with her doctorate at Texas Tech in Technical Communication and Rhetoric.

February's global theme is CAMINO. It is a Spanish word meaning "path" or "way." It was chosen by our Oviedo chapter in ...
02/23/2026

February's global theme is CAMINO. It is a Spanish word meaning "path" or "way." It was chosen by our Oviedo chapter in Asturias, Spain and illustrated by Marta Vila . Explore new paths with this month's hashtag:

🧑‍🔬🧪 We are excited to introduce Shawn Blumberg as our next speaker!! Speaking on the topic Koosoor (a glimmer of hope) ...
01/16/2026

🧑‍🔬🧪 We are excited to introduce Shawn Blumberg as our next speaker!! Speaking on the topic Koosoor (a glimmer of hope) on Friday, January 23.

Shawn Blumberg is a lead scientist at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a non-profit research organization based here in San Antonio. The institute's founding mission of using science and technology to benefit all humankind has served as a north star in pharmaceutical development, an area where the technical, financial, and political interests can easily overshadow our prime motivation: creating therapies and treatments for people who need them.

Shawn has 10 years of experience in non-profit drug development and oversees both the production of new therapeutics at all scales, and creation of new enabling chemical technologies for the discovery of tomorrow's cures. Shawn holds a Ph. D. in chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied how to recreate the molecules of nature to use as future pharmaceuticals under the supervision of Dr. Stephen F. Martin.

Welcome to the CMSA family Shawn!

✨ Our theme for January is كورسو (KOORSOO). In Farsi, it means "a glimmer of hope." It was chosen by our Tehran chapter ...
01/12/2026

✨ Our theme for January is كورسو (KOORSOO). In Farsi, it means "a glimmer of hope." It was chosen by our Tehran chapter in Iran CM_Tehran and illustrated by Hoda Ramy . Discover more glimmers of hope with this month's hashtag: !

Introducing our December speaker ! She will be speaking THIS FRIDAY at Ruby City !Karla is a visual interpreter and bioc...
12/01/2025

Introducing our December speaker ! She will be speaking THIS FRIDAY at Ruby City !

Karla is a visual interpreter and biocultural heritage practitioner. Her methodology combines regenerative design strategies with public art to encourage community participation in identifying leverage points in a system to promote social change.

Her Raramuri and Japanese ancestry guide Karla’s cosmovision and are deeply informed by other Indigenous communities in Mexico. Her work weaves ancestral wisdom with contemporary science through biomimicry principles to advance environmental justice, women’s rights, land stewardship, and climate resilience.

Karla is the founder of Kopalli Arte Público, a nonprofit organization based in Mexico, where she shaped its mission and long-term vision to advance sustainable development through public art and participatory design. She led large-scale initiatives ranging from a Biocultural Heritage Corn project in rural communities to a national Culture for Peace and Violence Prevention strategy developed for the National Security Commission. With more than a decade of experience as a university professor, she has designed and taught courses in biomimicry and sustainability. Her art has engaged communities in Australia, Mexico, and the United States, hosted by prestigious institutions including the Melbourne City Council, the National Center of the Arts of Mexico (CENART), the Smithsonian Latino Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the Witte Museum.

💡December's global theme is INNOVATION. It was chosen by our Isfahan chapter in Iran and illustrated byNazanin Emamieh ...
12/01/2025

💡December's global theme is INNOVATION. It was chosen by our Isfahan chapter in Iran and illustrated byNazanin Emamieh . Try this month's new & improved hashtag:

The Nov 7 event will be help in the Sueltenfuss Library community room - #6 in the image above! Parking available in Lo...
11/04/2025

The Nov 7 event will be help in the Sueltenfuss Library community room - #6 in the image above! Parking available in Lot J. See you there!

🎤 Introducing this month's speaker, Jesse Harasta!Jesse is the Director of the Center for Service-Learning and Voluntee...
11/04/2025

🎤 Introducing this month's speaker, Jesse Harasta!
Jesse is the Director of the Center for Service-Learning and Volunteerism at Our Lady of the Lake University and the founder and co-chair of San Antonians for Rail Transit (www.railforsanantonio.com), an advocacy group pushing for better rail service to our city. Jesse has been a community advocate for over twenty years, working in areas of public health, sustainable energy, and public transportation.

Jesse received his BA in Anthropology from SUNY Geneseo, and his MA and PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Syracuse University. Before working at OLLU, he was a professor of International Studies and Social Sciences at Cazenovia College in Upstate New York and then Academic Inquiry and Scholarship at UTSA here in San Antonio. His original doctoral research was around the survival and continuation of the Cornish language of Great Britain, though he has also published works on language ideology, theories of contemporary imperialism, genocide prevention pedagogy, and the politics of saintly relics.

Beyond his professional and advocacy life, Jesse loves gardening, has a d***y pit bull, and plays Dungeons and Dragons.

📏 November's theme is GROWTH. It was chosen by our Sacramento chapter in California , illustrated by Amber Rankin and p...
11/03/2025

📏 November's theme is GROWTH. It was chosen by our Sacramento chapter in California , illustrated by Amber Rankin and presented by Adobe. Elevate your feed with this month's hashtag:

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Meet our SOFT illustrator: Leah McInnis ! Leah shared the following reflection on their/his/her illustration for this mo...
10/17/2025

Meet our SOFT illustrator: Leah McInnis ! Leah shared the following reflection on their/his/her illustration for this month’s theme:

My illustration features graffiti style bubble letters animated into stuffed animals, also known as “plushies.” These visual references to street art and childhood toys imbue the illustration with a sense of playfulness and nostalgia, which is juxtaposed with the contemporary colour palette and style. I sought to interrogate softness as a mutable concept, thereby marking it as something complex and unfixed. Is soft only understood as the absence of sharp? Or can softness contain varying degrees of hardnesses within? The softness of a hard hug is not unlike the forest floor after a thunderstorm. I hope that my illustration brings a sense of nostalgic joy for all viewers.

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