Upcoming events.
Holiday Market at Clamp Light
Come and see the open studios, Clamp Light Member Show, and see local vendors our front and all along Blanco. Perfect place for holiday shopping.
2022 CAM Perennial
Artwork from 17 San Antonio Artists on View in two locations
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART - MARCH 5, 2022 – APRIL 6
SALA DIAZ - MARCH 10, 2022 – APRIL 20
Drawing Restraints
Throughout this exhibition you will see references to my second puberty mixed with that of mothering, tending to a home, and a second sexual awakening. All of these feelings manifested in my relationship to the objects surrounding me. This took me on a quest to find an identity not related to others, but grounded in my own autonomy as a matron.
Maternochronics
This Exhibition asks the question: What does maternal exhaustion look/feel like?— as experienced during the ongoing pandemic march 2020-2021. The above term— maternochronics —is offered in an attempt to create space for a conversation about maternal time and the accumulation of stress. Through submissions to this exhibition, artists are welcomed to participate in an active dialogue, encouraged to redefine and contribute to the thinking and naming. Submission is open to all self identifying women and non-binary artists who are mothers/lifelong careers based anywhere in the world.
The language of maternal time during the pandemic has been noticeably defined in one context— daily news feeds are filled with headlines about maternal burnout and the untenable amount of stress placed on mothers during the pandemic.
“The Mother Load: Pandemic stress is piling up disproportionately on working moms”
“America’s mothers are in crisis; Is anyone listening to them?”
“Three American Mothers, On the Brink”
What would a creative/artistic response to these headlines look like? What do artist mothers and caregivers have to say about their own embodied experience of burnout in this time of pandemic? What weight would a collection of creative responses add to the conversation of “how can we better support caregivers?”
Elements of Expression
Statement from Juror Raasin McIntosh: Infinite autonomy equals infinite possibilities of expression. Through the artist lens, you see endless creative expressions communicated through concrete, graphite, clay, dust, wood, cotton, embroidery, digital print, and mixed media masterpieces. The creation is ongoing, it is endless, it is happening every moment. Featured Artists: Xavier Gilmore, Taylor Galavan, Sarah Fox, Sara Corley Martinez, Raul Rene Gonzalez, Randy Guthmiller, Jacqueline Ramirez, Cassie Gnehm, and Ursula Zavala.
Can't Let Go Artist Talk
Join Sara Corley Martinez and the other artists of the exhibition Can’t Let Go, as they answer questions and discuss motherhood, making art during COVID, and their inspirations for the works on display. Use the following link to join the Zoom Call or see the Recording here.
Can’t Let Go
Artist Mother Podcast Crit Group Show featuring current works of Katherine Duclos, Sarah Sudhoff, Sara Corley Martinez, Olivia Phare, Heather Schulte, and Alison Chen.
Here’s to Hello
Clamp Light Gallery and Artist Studios presents its current Resident Exhibition, “Here’s to Hello”.
CV: Sara Corley Martinez
Education
2008 BFA (Mount St. Marys University)
2011 MFA (University of Cincinnati)
areas of specification: drawing, painting, animation, printmaking
Solo Exhibitions
Silly Goose, Clamp Light Studios and Gallery, October 2023, San Antonio, TX.
Drawing Restraints, Clamp Light Studios and Gallery, January 2022, San Antonio, TX.
Drawing Restraints, Spellerberg Projects, October 2022, Lockhart, TX.
Drawing Restraints, Mantle Art Space, March 2020, San Antonio, TX.
UNLOADING | a mother's body, Mantle Art Space, May 2018, San Antonio, TX.
Spacial Fragments, Mantle Art Space, March 2017, San Antonio, TX.
Solo exhibition, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, January 2013, Frederick, MD.
InTransition, Blue Elephant Art Center, March 2009, Frederick, MD.
Group Shows
Introspections, May 2023, Box 13, Houston, TX.
Painting at Night, Artist Mother Podcast Group Show, Jun 2022, Collar Works, Troy, NY.
2022 CAM Perennial, Sala Diaz, March 2022, San Antonio, TX.
Maternochronics, Virtual Exhibition, May 2021.
Elements of Expression, Icosa, May 2021, Austin, TX.
Temporalis Rite, Beco Gallery, April 2021, Kansas City, MO.
Can’t Let Go, Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery, March 2021, San Antonio, TX.
Here’s to Hello, Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery, January 2021, San Antonio, TX.
HOME, A Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, July 2020, Chicago, IL.
The Sloppy Show, Art Academy of Cincinnati, November 2019, Cincinnati, OH.
Disguise, Mantle Art Space, September 2019, San Antonio, TX.
On & Off Fredericksburg, Bihl Haus Arts, February 2019, San Antonio, TX.
Uptown Fred, Mantle Art Space, February 2018, San Antonio, TX.
V-Day, Esperanza Center, February 2018, San Antonio, TX.
Familiar, Mantle Art Space, October 2018, San Antonio, TX.
Faculty Art Exhibition, Palmetto Center for the Arts, Northwest Vista College, March 2017, San Antonio, TX.
On & Off Fredericksburg, Bihl Haus Arts, February 2017, San Antonio, TX.
ArtCards to Connect, Tenri Cultural Institute Gallery, September 2015, New York, NY.
Faculty Show, Lonestar College University Park Campus, April 2015, Houston TX.
Sirens, Mount Gallery, July 2012, Baltimore MD.
Romance Show, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, July 2011, Cincinnati OH.
EXIT: MFA Thesis Show, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, June 2011, Cincinnati OH.
WWNJPD (What Would Nam June Paik Do), Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, April 2011, Cincinnati OH,
Professional Affiliations
Clamp light Artist Studios and Gallery, Mantle Art Space, Harlandale ISD, Alamo Colleges: Northwest Vista, Art Institute of San Antonio, Lonestar Colleges, Painting with a Twist, CAC, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Blue Elephant Art Center, Corcoran Gallery of Art