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SPARE PARTS MEDIA ADVISORY_JUNE 8 KICKOFF, 2016
August 1, 2014_Spare Parts Fine Arts Fair at Wonderland of the Americas_PRESS Release
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July 26, 2013_Spare Parts Fine Arts Fair at Wonderland of the Americas_PRESS Release
Art & Science Forge Together to Launch Community Partnership:_Spare Parts & 10BitWorks Hackerspace_Fall 2012
Spare Parts main objective:
Connect with various agencies/businesses & provide a steady supply of materials (otherwise thrown away) for the artistic community & educators. This will increase the creative & cultural energy of San Antonio.
Spare Parts supports:
CULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
AFFORDABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY TO THE ARTS
COMMUNITY, EDUCATION & CREATIVITY, GREEN-STYLE
The concept behind Spare Parts was developed in 2010 by Mary Elizabeth Cantu & responds to: a noted lack of creativity in K-12 classroom (The Creativity Crisis, Newsweek, July 2010); City of San Antonio’s “Creating a Pathway to Zero Waste” 10-year plan (Solid Waste Management Department, June 2010); dramatic budget cuts at state level for arts education programming (Legislative Budget 2012-2013 Biennium); an increase in art degree offerings (The Art Institute of San Antonio-2010, Southwest School of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts degree offering-2013); and a thriving arts & cultural community that makes a positive impact on the economy- $3.83 billion per year (Strategic Alliance for Business and Economic Research Institute and City of San Antonio study, 2006).
Spare Parts in the news (if external links are broken, please email us):
- Spare Parts Olympics (OpenEd, 2017)
- “Let Me Introduce Myself” (San Antonio Current, 2017)
2016
- Daily Mini Interview: Mini Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas (the daily mini, 2016)
-2016 Luminaria Collaboration: Make Stuff (OpenED, 2016)
-Luminaria marks 9th anniversary with East Side Debut (San Antonio Express News, 2016)
-How to make your own DIY sun catcher with tissue paper (San Antonio Express News, 2016)
-San Antonio’s Mini Art Museum expands its reach (San Antonio Express News, 2016)
-28 Photos from Mini Art Museum’s Road Trip from LA to SA (San Antonio Current, 2016)
-The Mini Art Museum Brings Home ‘Slanguage: Chicos Pero Locos’ (San Antonio Current, 2016)
-Back to School: Teachers Finding Classroom Materials from Donated Items (Time Warner Cable News, 2016)
-It Isn’t Waste ‘Til We Waste It (SA2020, 2016)
-Spare Parts hosting fine arts fair Friday (News4SanAntonio, 2016)
-Collaborative Art Sees A Creative Reuse Forest (SA2020, 2016)
-SA2020 Heads Back to Middle School (SA2020, 2016)
-St. Mary’s University Highlights Faith and Bioethics (Time Warner Cable News, 2016)
-A Look Back to Make My Valentine (Make San Antonio, 2016)
-#SSABeeNation CAM Exhibition Prep (Southwest School of Art, 2016)
2015
-Why Is Education Reform Going So Slowly? (The Rivard Report, 2015)
-Luminaria Illuminates the Darkness (El Paisano, 2015)
-Maker spotlight: spare parts (San Antonio Mini Maker Faire, 2015)
-Five years of Spare Parts and fine arts (La Prensa, 2015)
-Spare Parts 5th Annual Fine Arts Fair (NOWCast SA, 2015)
-Spare Parts Takes Its Mini Art Museum On A Big European Tour (San Antonio Current, 2015)
-If you makerspace, they will come (San Antonio Express News, 2015)
-Jackson Students Display Fiesta Wreaths at Gallery Exhibition (North East Independent School District News, 2015)
-CM Helps Spare Parts Fine Arts Fair (The Convergent Media Collective, 2015)
-Spare Parts: Creative Reuse in the Art Educational Experience (The Rivard Report, 2015)
-4 CAM Events To Attend This Weekend (San Antonio Current, 2015)
-Cabinet of Curiosities of the Mini Art Museum (NOWCast SA, 2015)
-Mini Art Museum returns to CAM (San Antonio Express News, 2015)
-26th Annual Earthwise Living Day (WOAI News 4 San Antonio, 2015)
-Best of the City 2015 (San Antonio Magazine, 2015)
-Make San Antonio: Building a Community of Makers (The Rivard Report, 2015)
2014
-List of National Night Out events in San Antonio (KSAT, 2014)
-10BitWorks Laser Cutter Fundraiser benefits artists and makers (NOWCast SA, 2014)
-Spare Parts and partners present 4th Annual Fine Arts Fair (NOWCastSA, 2014)
-Spare Parts: Clever Ways to Recycle ‘The Current’ (San Antonio Current, 2014)
-DIY Fiesta Flair with Spare Parts (San Antonio Current, 2014)
-CAM closing Party, Yeah! (Contemporary Art Month, 2014)
-SXSW 2014: DIY Projects Have Entered the Tech World (Time Warner Cable News, NY 1, Staten Island, 2014)
-PechaKucha brings passionate professionals together (The Ranger, 2014)
-CM supports Mary Cantu and Doris Palmeros at SA PechaKucha 13 (The Convergent Media Collective, 2014)
-PechaKucha 13: Blue Star to the Brim (The Rivard Report, 2014)
-Besos handed out to the things we love in S.A. (Conexion, 2014)
-Lucky Number 13: PechaKucha at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center (The Rivard Report, 2014)
-Take it apart, make art! (The Convergent Media Collective, 2014)
-Funny Valentines: DIY tips for homemade cards and gifts (San Antonio Current, 2014)
-Making art with spare parts and 10bitworks (NOWCastSA, 2014)
2013
-Deck the Halls with Wire Hangers: 5 DIY Holiday Wreath Ideas (San Antonio Current, 2013)
-Runners-Up of 2013 ’40 Under 40′ Announced in San Antonio (San Antonio Business Journal, 2013)
-Spare Parts Fills A Local Need For Art Supplies (Texas Public Radio, 2013)
-Dreaming in Spare Parts: Making A Creative Space Happen (The Rivard Report, 2013)
-Recycling, rethinking and reusing artfully (San Antonio Express News, 2013)
-Wonderland and spare parts bring fine arts to the mall (San Antonio Business Journal, 2013)
-Stuff gets new life in artwork (San Antonio Express News, 2013)
-Arts fair for teachers set for July 26 (San Antonio Express News, 2013)
-Etsy #CraftParty Recap (Maker Mama, 2013)
-Providence student’s creativity leads to summer internship (NOWCastSA, 2013)
-spare parts: saving the planet and making art (NOWCastSA, 2013)
-Acts of Love (San Antonio Magazine, 2013)
-Our American Dream: Mary Cantu, Turning Trash into Treasures in the Hands of Budding Artists (Fox News Latino, 2013)
-Resolve to reduce-reuse-recycle (San Antonio Current, 2013)
2012
-Art and Science Forge Together to Launch Community Partnership (San Antonio Current, 2012)
-10BitWorks to launch community partnership (Southside Reporter, 2012)
-paving the path (Conexion, 2012)
-San Antonio Creatives: A Diaz & Diaz special photo project for The Rivard Report (The Rivard Report, 2012)
-Spare Parts Studio needs some spare space (WOAI, 2012)
-Art With A Heart: Local Group Helps Teachers (WOAI, 2012)
-Reduce, reuse, recycle…and create (La Prensa, 2012)
-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle at Galeria Guadalupe (Texas Public Radio, 2012)
-Teachers:Still Time to Register for Spare Parts Teacher Fair (Alamo City Times, 2012)
-Space available at spare parts teacher fair (San Antonio Current, 2012)
-Amy & Mary Go Thrifting (Maker Mama, 2012)
-Spare Parts: Imagination as Trash-eater (San Antonio Current, 2012)
-Nonprofit Spare Parts recycles for the sake of art (San Antonio Current, 2012)
-Art supplies round-up for schools at Blue Star (San Antonio Current, 2012)
-East Austin Studio Tour (Austin Creative Reuse, 2012)
2011
-Spare Parts needs arts materials for Teacher Fair (NOWCastSA, 2011)
-School’s community CAMP program making trash into eco-friendly art (San Antonio Express News, 2011)
