OCA's first Disney Art Tour event was held last Saturday at the Quarry. The event allowed families to participate in the arts and learn about the San Antonio Arts Community. Special thanks to those arts organizations who participated in the event: San Pedro Playhouse, Carver Community Cultural Center, For the Love of Drums, Woodlawn Theater and the Magik Theater. We had a great response from the community and we're looking forward to the next event on June 14 at Crossroads Mall! (Look for pictures coming soon!)For more information, including how you can participate, visit our website or call Linsey at 210.207.6960.

Get to know local San Antonio artists! The May artists of the month are Jayne King and Amber Ortega-Perez of Modern Dancers' Co-Laboratory.

Jayne King is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was Artistic Director of Janlyn Dance Company, creating more than twenty original works for the ensemble from 1997-2004. Her most recent choreographic projects include Floodgate, a dance film shot on location at the Flood Control Tunnel Outlet Building on the San Antonio River, and Work it On Out: Dance Narratives and Fantasies, an intergenerational community performance project. Amber Ortega-Perez is a founding member of the Modern Dancers' Co-Laboratory, a cooperative of San Antonio modern dancers, and also a co-founder of SpareWorks dance company. She recently collaborated with SOLI chamber ensemble member, Stephanie Key and guitarist/composer, Joe Reyes on a unique performance entitled, "(Re)Action", a performance piece concerning global warming.

See Jayne King and Amber Ortega-Perez in action when Modern Dancers' Co-Laboratory collaborates with StoneMetal Press for PrintDance, May 18 - 25 at the Cody Branch Library. Find out more about Jayne King and Amber Ortega-Perez here.