The San Marcos Art League recently announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Challenge America award of $10,000. This grant will support a city-wide exhibition of the art of Roberto Rios. This grant is one of 262 Challenge America awards totaling $2.62 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “Projects such as this one with the San Marcos Art League strengthen arts and cultural ecosystems, provide equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy.”
“Mind Windows: The Art of Roberto Rios” will be on view at six locations throughout San Marcos between January and March 2023: the Texas State Galleries at Texas State University, the San Marcos Art Center, the Walkers’ Gallery, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, the Price Center and the San Marcos Public Library. The exhibition celebrates more than 50 years of work by artist Roberto Rios. Born in 1941, Rios grew up in San Antonio.
