Contemporary Art Month (CAM), San Antonio announces Brianna Glass as the fourth recipient of the CAM Writer’s Fellowship for Critical Writing. 

Brianna Glass is community educator, zine maker, and artist. She graduated with a BA in Interdisciplinary Art & Design from University of North Texas where she curated her curriculum for studio art classes and journalism classes that explored race, gender and class. Brianna currently works at the urban downtown public library in San Antonio where she assists patrons with their digital literacy questions and teaches basic computer lessons to older adults with the help of zines. In 2023-2024 she was named NonProfit Technology Enterprise Network’s (NTEN) Digital Fellow for San Antonio. She represented the San Antonio Public library and her Digital Fellowship sought to bridge the digital divide at San Antonio Senior Centers, where she and colleagues taught informal classes on all things digital. Alongside these classes she also created bilingual How-To zines, like keyboard shortcuts, how to create a strong password, etc., to assist bilingual seniors in their learning. Her teaching praxis ‘thoroughness’ is informed by bell hooks and Gloria Anzaldúa. The zines she creates can be found at the library, free to take and share. 

2024 Critical Writing Fellowship

Contemporary Art Month (CAM) is excited to continue our Critical Writing Fellowship in partnership with Glasstire, providing an opportunity for young writers to publish their work.

This is an application for consideration to the 2024 Critical Writing Fellowship as part of programming and engagement by Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio. The goals of this fellowship are to support and foster the talent of young writers in the San Antonio area and provide a stepping stone into the world of critical writing.

This application is now closed.

Award

One fellow will be awarded a $500 cash award and paid publication in Glasstire Magazine 

Expectations

The selected Fellow will be expected to: 

  • write 3—4 texts relevant and pertaining to Contemporary Art Month and/or its subsequent exhibitions and programming (these can be exhibition reviews, interviews, profiles, and/or capsule reviews)

  • Work closely with Glasstire Guest Editor Leslie Moody Castro on content and editing

  • Live and work in the city of San Antonio or surrounding counties

  • Be available to for conversations and writing by the middle of February 2024

Past Critical Writing Fellows

 

2023 Critical Writing Fellow

Seyde Garcia

Seyde Garcia is a young talent, and A Border child raised in the Los Dos Laredo’s region. She is a storyteller, actress, and cultural promoter deeply focused on community engagement. Seyde has recently been published in an independent collection called “Things I don't want to forget about” Since 2022, she also contributes to the column ‘’Recorrer nuestra frontera’’ (travel in our border) in FEMINA, a supplement of the newspaper El Mañana, where she shares her perceptions on art happenings that are showcased in the Laredo border region. With her writing, she aims to be a bridge between contemporary art and the public in order to create constructive dialogues among the community. 

Seyde will be out and about in the community visiting exhibitions throughout the month of March, and her work will be published in Glasstire Magazine. 

2023 Critical Writing Fellow

Kayla Padilla

I am a journalist and writer. I currently work for Texas Public Radio as a producer and reporter. I graduated from Trinity University with two bachelors of arts degrees in English and anthropology in 2021. While at Trinity, I was the editor-in-chief of the university newspaper, the Trinitonian. I am from Edinburg, Texas and currently live and work in San Antonio.

 

2022 Inaugural Critical Writing Fellow

Ashley Allen

Born and raised in Grapevine, Texas, Ashley Allen is a senior at Trinity University and will graduate in May 2022, completing a BA in art history with a minor in Medieval Renaissance studies. Additionally, Ashley is a student of photography and has been exploring experimental methods of black and white analogue photography. Ashley has experience in non-profit development, local art and culture organizations and student journalism, currently contributing both as an Arts Columnist for the Trinitonian and as an editorial intern for the San Antonio Current. After graduating, Ashley plans to take a gap year so that she can remain open to exploring different opportunities that may arise. Eventually, Ashley plans to pursue a graduate degree in either photography or journalism; her dream is to think and write critically about contemporary art. Ashley hopes her words and images will help others appreciate art, maintain openness to connection, and explore new concepts.