UTSA’s most academically diverse college, the College of Liberal and Fine Arts contributes to the education of virtually every student at UTSA. In addition to exemplary teaching, the college produces quality research and creative works in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

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23 - 28

2026

Thorns & Living Systems: Jayne Lawrence, Leigh Anne Lester, cactusBRA/cactusBARN

This exhibition brings together works from the individual creative careers of Jayne Lawrence and Leigh Anne Lester and a variety of materials that reference their collaborative endeavors in cactusBRA and cactusBARN, the influential galleries they founded in San Antonio

Mar

7

2026

The UT San Antonio School of Music Presents: Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon

The UT San Antonio School of Music Lyric Theatre performs this enchanting musical by Adam Gwon. From one of musical theatre's most exciting new composers comes Ordinary Days, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point). Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. Ordinary Days is an original musical for anyone who's ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique and extraordinary home.

Mar

8

2026

The UT San Antonio School of Music Presents: Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon

The UT San Antonio School of Music Lyric Theatre performs this enchanting musical by Adam Gwon. From one of musical theatre's most exciting new composers comes Ordinary Days, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point). Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. Ordinary Days is an original musical for anyone who's ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique and extraordinary home.

Mar

13

2026

SOUTHWEST GUITAR SYMPOSIUM AND COMPETITION

SOUTHWEST GUITAR SYMPOSIUM AND COMPETITION

Dr. Endia Hayes

December 15, 2025

Endia Hayes, Ph.D. Publishes Article in Sage Journals

Dr. Endia Hayes, Assistant Professor at UTSA publishes article, "Sensing the Black femme: Spit's obsessions and pleasures in Aunt Dicy Tales," in Sage Journals.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/nov/28/oh-mary-abraham-lincoln-first-lady-show-london?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

December 12, 2025

Dr. Catherine Clinton interviewed by The Guardian about the one-act play Oh, Mary!

Dr. Catherine Clinton, UTSA Professor of History and author of Mrs. Lincoln: A Life, gives her take on the one-act play Oh, Mary! for The Guardian.

Ali Atabey, PhD publishes article

November 13, 2025

Ali Atabey Publishes Article in The Journal of Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule

“European Men, Ottoman Women, and Legal Agency in Early Modern Istanbul”

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November 3, 2025

A Story Reclaimed, Marfa's Blackwell School

A Story Reclaimed How Marfa’s Blackwell School became a National Historic Site with the help of UT San Antonio faculty, students and alumni By Nick Ward, Cristobal Lopez and Kirsten Gardner