Welcome to Art Field Agency, an independent cultural initiative for San Antonio.

Artist Howard Norton Cook painting his 16-panel mural “San Antonio’s Importance in History” completed in 1939 for the US Post Office (now the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building).

It takes a community to raise an artist.

What began as a simple idea about how to continue supporting the working artists and cultural workers of San Antonio, Texas, has become a mission. Support a movement for greater local art advocacy and a focus on arts leadership that will define local art’s present and future.

Join our Advocacy Network

We work with a network of Art Advocacy Agents who help organize and educate the entire community on matters of consequence to artists and the entire art field.

Support art leaders through Mentoring

Mentorship is how the art community learns and how experience is transferred into knowledge and leadership.

What is Art Field Answers?

As a Think Tank we constantly explore ways to innovate and discover how we can help individuals and the art field at-large.

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG

The Art Field Reporter

Let’s have the vital conversations that delve into what’s happening within the art field. We need more discussions and examination about what goes on in our community, not less. To do that we need your input, so please tell us what’s on your mind.

  • Inaugural Post: Getting started and gathering momentum

    Hello! I am excited to welcome you to this new adventure, which has been a long time in coming. We all have tendencies to avoid those things that are hard to do, that may involve “rustling feathers”, things that are easier to view from afar rather than get up close and personal. I have been

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We can sustain and grow a vibrant artist community while collectively reaping the cultural and economic benefits by addressing the needs of artists and the cultural workforce.

Jimmy LeFlore

Chief Agent at Art Field Agency