Ruth Bushman
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About the speaker
Ruth Bushman is an artist, organizer, and co-founder of the River Artes District in San Antonio, Texas. She helps lead Caliente Hot Glass, a working glassblowing studio and gallery on the city’s South Side focused on immersive experiences, handmade glass, and public engagement with the arts.
Her work centers on strengthening connections between artists, small businesses, and neighborhoods through collaborative events, cultural programming, and creative placemaking initiatives. Through River Artes, she has helped support growing partnerships between artists, makers, local businesses, and community organizations in the Southside, along the Roosevelt, Presa, and Mission corridors.
Ruth is especially interested in the role experiential art spaces can play in economic vitality, cultural identity, and creating places people feel connected to.
Local partners
TEKsystems supports interactive, creative and digital initiatives for clients ranging from digital agencies to Fortune 3000 companies by supplying skilled design, development, functional and marketing technology resources and solutions. As TEKsystems, we thrive at the intersection of technology and marketing thru providing resource-based solutions in the Digital, Creative, and Interactive space. Our San Antonio team specializes in providing local solutions with the backing of a national footprint ranging between web/mobile development, design, content strategy, and marketing technologies.
Estate Coffee Company is a small batch, craft coffee roaster and espresso bar in downtown San Antonio, Texas. We believe in sourcing the best coffee and ingredients for our beverages by working with family-owned importers and local food purveyors. We try to promote transparency by having the roasting and brewing methods front and center in our 1,200 square foot space with seating for you to watch and feel involved with the coffee roasting process.
Modern in San Antonio is a digital publication that focuses on contemporary art and design in San Antonio and the surrounding areas. They support the visual arts community by highlighting to the public what local creatives are working on both inside and outside of our region. Their topics of interest include contemporary art, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, graphic design, film, culinary arts, arts education, and more! Check them out at www.moderninsanantonio.com and on social media as @ModerninSA!
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