Visitors to an earlier Paper Trail market browse vendors’ creations. Credit: Jaime Monzon

Paper Trail, an annual art-print market showcasing independent creators from San Antonio and beyond, will return Sunday, July 20, to east-of-downtown music venue The Rock Box.

The free, one-day-event will feature 50 independent artists and small presses selling screen prints, posters, lithographs, etchings, zines, comics, stickers and a variety of other goods. Participating artists at the family-friendly gathering also will provide live demonstrations and interactive displays.

Over an 11-year-run, Paper Trail’s local organizers have used the show to make purchasing art affordable and approachable, while blurring the distinction between lowbrow and highbrow art. They have also worked to foster development of a larger print-art scene in the Alamo City and give local creators a platform for selling their work.

“We’re thrilled to welcome San Antonio back for another year of bold, original print art,” the organizers said in a statement. “Paper Trail is about supporting local talent, discovering new favorites and building a creative community united by a shared love of printmaking.”

Food and drinks will be available for purchase at The Rock Box’s bar during the duration of Paper Trail.

Free, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, July 20, The Rock Box, 1223 E. Houston St., (210) 255-3833, therockboxsa.com.

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This article appears in Jul 10-23, 2025.

Sanford Nowlin is editor-in-chief of the San Antonio Current. He holds degrees from Trinity University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and his work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative...