High Wire Art Gallery

A great place to catch some culture!
This place really gets going during the Tobin Hill arts walk. They usually have several different artists displaying different parts of the gallery. They usually have very talented artists on hand, with really cool art!
There’s occasionally food and beer available, if you go at the right time.
I really enjoy the artists who show off their works here. Especially the outdoors area, with the giant sculptures!
There’s a cool homebrewing setup in this gallery, which I’d LOVE to see operating, but I’ve just seen it sitting there.
Parking is usually easy, park along Josephine. It’s a good jumping off point for the rest of the galleries on Josephine too!
Be sure to check this gallery out!

I am totally in love with the art scene in San Antonio at the present! There is a Do it Yourself vibe and a polished art community coexisting simultaneously in the city. With galleries like The High Wire Arts, that feeling is definitely consummated. It is a commune of artists, if you will, who create both compelling and intellectually stimulating works.
The gallery is located right across the street from The Josephine Theater. There is some parking in front of the spot, but you might have to park further down and walk here. The outside façade is quite amazing. There are sculptures that surround it; a sight to behold when they are lit up at night.
Since I went there for a fundraising function they did charge a nominal entrance fee, $ 3.00 or by donation. But with admission they did offer catering by an Indian eatery. Inside the place was filled with all types of people to include, hipsters, burnout hippies, squatters, suit and tie types, musicians, writers, etc. White sleek walls were filled with ultra affordable art. I spotted a lady painting a complex piece, while a dog was resting a few feet away from her.
The space itself is a mix of light and darkness. For example the front part has a use of brightness, in conjunction with white walls that lends to the pieces being displayed. Along the corridors there are dark corridors hidden by shadows that have rooms where new works are being made. Other rooms in the gallery have specific areas where patrons congregate and converse. In one of the rooms a DJ, an acoustic player and a Hare Krishna avatar were utilizing the same art space. I liked the vibe of this room, with swirling lights straight out of a Andy Warhol studio. It created an esoteric, unearthly vibe.
My only critique of this gallery is the overplaying of light and darlk to the hilt. In some of the corridors it would have been nice to see a tad more light beeming. But than again each room and space had its own vision and narrative. Some of the art is mindblowing. To see the use of everyday things like leaves and teabags reimagined into canvases for dialogue was certainly not lost on me.
The High Wire Arts Gallery is the perfect spot to play to the assets of this city, which has always been art and music. It is a bit hipster but not pretentious. It has a glow of its own that gives it purpsoe and a sense of urgency. I want to go back and see the teabags with the tiniest of etchings. Maybe it is saying that we need to examine things more closely before we make an absolute judgement. Maybe it is just a teabag with intricate etchings.

in my friday night hit list, i mention the tobin hill second friday art walk, and it’s mainly due to the strength of the shows at this gallery. located at the corner of josephine and st. mary’s, and right across from the josephine theater, high wire art has several different spaces for visual as well as performing arts. during second friday, several wings of the gallery will feature local artists and their creations, and there’s always a live band or two. the spaces there allow for many different installations, and the artists are always on hand to discuss the hows and whys of their pieces, lending a great community and collaborative atmosphere to the space. and, let’s not forget, they have the best in free food and free booze! art and liquor that are both free to enjoy: what’s not to love about that?

So, I came here for a benefit for the San Antonio Food Bank, showed up, brought my cans lookin all spiffy and stuff! Well the space has a really neat energy to it. It looks purposely unfinished and sometimes awkwardly open but I liked it. It has a clandestine passage that connects it to a vintage shop. The art itself was nice and the gallery has a neat demographic that is part hipster, skinny jean Tim Burton guys, high fashion girls and then some of the «im 50 but I work out all the time and still buy young people clothes». All in all I was definitely attend other events at the gallery and potentially buy some of the art.