This month, Blue Star Contemporary is resuming its extended First Friday hours for the first time since the onset of the pandemic last spring.
As a bonus, the contemporary art gallery has teamed up with UT Health to host a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic, offering the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to people of eligible age. No appointment is necessary to get a shot.
According to the city, 76.8% of San Antonians over 12 years of age have received one shot of the vaccine, while 63.4% are fully vaccinated. This week city officials plead for unvaccinated residents to get jabbed as COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped in number.
The gallery will be open from 6-9 p.m. Friday, featuring solo exhibitions by artists Terran Last Gun, Doerte Weber and Joanna Keane Lopez, as well as the group exhibition “The Sitter.”
Attendees can get their shots from a UT Health professionals then enjoy the exhibitions, or vice versa.
Other Blue Star galleries with openings this week include Rachael Oelsen’s “Her Hands” at FL!GHT Gallery (112R Blue Star, facebook.com/flightSA), Crystal Rocha’s “For Better and Worse” at Not For You Gallery (1414 S. Alamo St. #215, notforyougallery.com) and Yoko Misu’s “Floating Felines” at Brick Gallery (108 Blue Star, facebook.com/BrickatBlueStar).
Free, 6-9 p.m. Friday, August 6, Blue Star Contemporary, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960, bluestarcontemporary.org.
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This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 10, 2021.
