2025 CAM Perennial
Curated by Marisa Sage
Contemporary Art Month (CAM) seeks to promote and raise the profile of San Antonio contemporary art and artists by organizing and facilitating a month-long celebration of contemporary art, providing marketing support, and by organizing and facilitating public programs. At the heart of Contemporary Art Month’s mission, is the promotion of one of San Antonio’s greatest assets: its artists.
CAM’s open call is for all artists currently living and practicing in San Antonio who are interested in being considered for the CAM PERENNIAL, an annual exhibition of work chosen by an invited guest curator. CAM is dedicated to accessibility and equity for artists in San Antonio
Jorge Villarreal, Untitled Walls. Courtesy of the artist.
Contemporary Art Month (CAM) is excited to announce our 2025 perennial exhibition, The Inbetweenness, curated by Marisa Sage. In partnership with the UTSA Southwest Campus, the 2025 perennial will feature artists Huakai Chen, Brittany Ham, Gabi Magaly, Bella Martinez, Josie Norris and Jorge Villarreal, and will be on view in the Russell Hill Rogers Galleries in the Santikos building from March 22–April 12, 2025. The opening reception information will be announced in the coming weeks.
In her curatorial statement, Sage told CAM, “In an ever-evolving world where boundaries—be they linguistic, cultural, material, or conceptual—are increasingly fluid, artists working with translations and transformations within their practice embody a spirit of inquiry and alchemy. Translation is not merely the conversion of one language into another, but a process of negotiation, rupture, and reinvention. Likewise, transformation speaks to a metamorphosis: the reconfiguring of form, personhood, meaning, and perception.
The artists featured in this exhibition engage with these concepts as both method and metaphor. Through scale and process experiments they grapple with the movement of ideas across mediums, histories, and identities. Some address translation as a mode of cultural dialogue, exploring themes of displacement, migration, and hybridity. Others see transformation as a visceral act, turning materials—be they physical or conceptual—into sites of possibility and renewal.”
The CAM perennial exhibition was introduced in 2012 with the goal to connect San Antonio contemporary artists with curators around the world. For over a decade, this exhibition has served as an important bridge between San Antonio's artistic community and the global contemporary art scene. Through carefully curated exhibitions that highlight diverse perspectives and practices, the perennial has become a cornerstone of Contemporary Art Month's mission to elevate and celebrate San Antonio's contemporary art scene. CAM is thrilled to continue this tradition for the 2025 perennial exhibition.
Photo courtesy of Marisa Sage.
About the Curator
Currently serving as University Art Museum (UAM) Director at New Mexico State University, Marisa Sage brings her extensive curatorial experience and passion for contemporary art to the role as the 2025 Perennial Curator. Sage is a New York native, who received her BFA in photography from Syracuse University and Masters of Digital Art at MICA. Over her fifteen year career, Sage has curated more than 150 exhibitions, over 65 of which were at the contemporary art gallery, Like the Spice, established by Sage in Williamsburg, NY. Sage was also active in the art community of Brooklyn, serving as president of the Williamsburg Gallery Association from 2008-2012. Her curatorial experiences have brought regional, national, and internationally recognized artists to New York, Maryland, New Mexico, Colorado, Miami, San Francisco, London, and Switzerland.
Visitor Information for Russell Hill Rogers Gallery
Thursdays–Saturdays: 12 pm - 5 pm and by appointment (contact art.events@utsa.edu)
Parking: There is limited free 2-hour street parking on Richmond St 24/7 and free parking in Employee A & B as well as commuter spots from Fridays at 4:30 pm to 7 am the following Monday.
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