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McNay Art Museum Invites Community To Meet Bestselling Transgender Author Jennifer Finney Boylan

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As a part of the current exhibition Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today, the McNay Art Museum invites the San Antonio community to attend a distinguished lecture with transgender author, activist, and teacher Jennifer Finney Boylan. Boylan was an advisor to the television series Transparent, and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

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McNay Art Museum Announces $6.25 Million Landscape Master Plan

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The McNay Art Museum’s commitment to engaging a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts is reaching new heights with the announcement of a $6.25 million Landscape Master Plan.

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​La Revolución Mexicana: 100 Years Later Marks Centennial of the Mexican Revolution

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La Revolución Mexicana: 100 Years Later marks the centennial of the end of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) with a spotlight on Michoacan printmaker Artemio Rodriguez.

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Hip To Be Square Fundraising Event Features 300 Unique Artworks

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The McNay Art Museum is pleased to present Hip To Be Square, an after-hours event organized by the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum (MCCF) to benefit the McNay’s contemporary art collection andengage with San Antonio’s vibrant art community. The highly-anticipated event will be held at the Museum on Friday, September 6, 2019 from 7–10 p.m.

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​McNay Art Museum to Host Free Community Conversation Teens and Remaking LGBTQ Identity

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Based on interviews conducted at an LGBTQ youth drop-in center, Sociologist Mary Robertson wrote Growing up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity, to explore the changing ways youth are identifying in the US.

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Vibrant Exhibitions from San Antonio-native, Aaron Curry, takes over the McNay Lobby

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The McNay Art Museum’s AT&T Lobby will experience a vibrant transformation beginning August 8, 2019 with the opening of a new exhibition, HEADROOM, by San Antonio-native Aaron Curry.

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​McNay Art Museum Highlights the Native American Experience in ‘We’re Still Here’

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One of the rarely seen highlights of the McNay’s collection is a group of more than 70 drawings by members of the Kiowa tribe in Oklahoma. A selection of these soulful works on paper are now on view.

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MEDIA ADVISORY

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Media Invited to Get First Look at Andy Warhol: Portraits and Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today at McNay Art Museum.

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McNay Art Museum Invites Public to Learn More About Upcoming Exhibition

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Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today is the country’s first broad survey of contemporary artwork from across North America to explore the construction of identity through gender and outward appearance.

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Andy Warhol: Portraits and Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today Open at McNay

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This summer, the McNay Art Museum presents two innovative and inclusive exhibitions—Andy Warhol: Portraits and Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today—from June 20 to September 15, 2019.

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