On Friday, March 4th form 6-10pm Flax Studios will be holding an opening reception for a new exhibit produced in collaboration with emerging DIY art collective, Motherling. "Love Letters to Myself" is the title of the exhibition that will be on view at Flax Studio from March 4th to April 1st, with themed events like a sound bath and artist talk taking place throughout the month. “Love letters to Myself” is the first solo exhibition by Elena Caballero, a San Antonio based abstract painter who is known for her light studies. “‘Love Letters to Myself’ is an exhibition focused on self-love, reflection, and healing. It’s about my experience of finding my own voice throughout disruptions in my life. Journaling is a part of a daily practice that I use to ground myself and I do that through writing and repeating mantras and just overall being loving, gentle, and kind to myself. It’s a form of self-soothing. In my life I’ve experienced times when someone else is doing that for you, but I had to practice doing that for myself. Painting is my tool to refine the visual language I use in speaking to and about myself so that when the time comes to interact with the world and other people, I feel like I truly know myself. My practice involves a lot of homemade materials. Jars of homemade paints, found objects, domestic items, cups of flour. I seek to recontextualize them in a way that feels like a diary entry in itself, creating a language within a feeling and mixing it up so I convey my sadness and pain, but also my resilience and beauty all at once.” - Elena Caballero MOTHERLING BIO: Motherling is a women-run art collective dedicated to presenting the contemporary in a familiar format. Motherling was founded by best friend duo Sealia Montalvo and Crisa Valadez, two college students and young artists of color. Their goal as curators is to highlight underrepresented and up-and-coming artists, integrating their work alongside more established contemporary artists in a DIY format.

Email: motherling.sa@gmail.com