Cherrity Bar
Featured Artists
Steven Barrera
@chicanojohnstamos
Artist Statement
Drawing from my background in librarianship, I approach art as a space for discovery, connection, and creativity. My work blends digitally drawn images and other forms of digital media to create satirical, slightly sarcastic, and humorous pieces that offer insight into my South Texican world. Just as libraries serve as gateways to knowledge and community, my artistic practice allows me to explore and highlight the lesser-known microcosm cultures of South Texas. By weaving humor with cultural expression, I hope to spark curiosity, open minds, and celebrate the uniqueness of being a South Texican.
Joe Arts
@joearts
Artist Bio / Artist Statement
Joe Arts is a Studio Arts graduate of The University of North Texas, and has continued his art education at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, The American College of Switzerland, and The Vermont Studio Center. His work is in numerous private and public collections, and he is a regular contributor to Memory House Magazine published at The University of Chicago. These three selected drawings touch on the associations and memories that I sometimes reflect on in between painting time.
Mario Quintanilla
@maqs_wldng
Artist Statement
I’ve always been into art since a kid I remember doodling all around the edges of my notes at school from creatures to sports to bands. I stopped for a good while, when I was in the military and home sick I would draw my family and my Hispanic culture since there were no phones back then. I just recently started painting for the first time where I was just a pencil and paper artist. I painted child hood memories of my family and many other things. I built my confidence and made my way to my first art critic night with Albert and really enjoyed it, that’s how I found the San Antonio art scene and really wanted to be a part of it. From there I started with other mediums of clay, resin, molding, paper mache, cement etc. I really love bringing my painting’s to 3D where you can hold it in your hand I continue to go back and forth through different mediums and am excited to continue to make art.
Vargas
@art_by_vargas
Artist Bio
Vargas is a multimedia artist (illustration, painting, sculpting) and business owner of Art By Vargas LLC. She's highly skilled through over five years of experience as a self-taught artist, and can deliver exceptional/innovative results to clients. She has been recognized in several publications, her art has won awards, and her work has been exhibited in galleries. She's highly motivated and believes that creativity and the act of creation in itself is a for of resistance. She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, and still resides there. She sells her art in person at market events, online through her website, and through galleries in the local area.
Artist Statement
I am a multimedia artist and zinester working across painting, sculpture and collage mediums. My work is a culmination of my daily lived experiences, deeply informed by my identity as a queer Hispanic individual navigating chronic pain. By exploring the intersections of joy, human suffering, and resistance, I aim to process my own emotions on a deeper level while creating a space for genuine human connection with others through art.
Roeya Pazandah
@manic.penelope
Artist Bio
Roeya Pazandah (Manic Penelope), is born and raised in Austin TX and has been coloring since she could hold a crayon. Arts & Crafts has always been her escape but drawing and coloring has been the constant medium that she always returns to. Exploring art has provided comfort as an emotional outlet and assisted and documented each of her evolutions.
Artist Statement
I play with realistic shading with bold, comic-style line work, creating a contrast that feels playful but charming. Subject matter that lives somewhere between dreamy and edgy, often sprinkled with nostalgia and subtle feminist undertones. Sometimes it's personal, but sometimes it's just fun to look at, and a little bit magical.
Gloria Rosado
Artist Bio
Gloria Rosado is a young oil painter based in San Antonio, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Drawing from her Evangelical Christian upbringing, Puerto Rican heritage, and nostalgic memories of family life and gaming culture, Rosado creates paintings that explore faith, quality time, the retro world, and belonging. Her artistic style blends photorealism, surrealism, and abstraction while incorporating influences from retro gaming, comic art, animation, and digital imagery.
Artist Statement
Nostalgia is at the heart of my artistic practice. Some of my earliest and most meaningful memories were shaped by spending time with my family, especially sharing video games, art, and creative interests with my father. He didn't just introduce me to gaming—he nurtured my creativity and encouraged me to see the world through an artistic lens. Those moments continue to influence the way I create, serving as reminders of the people, values, and experiences that shaped who I am.
Through oil painting, I explore the intersection of faith, tradition, family values, Puerto Rican heritage, and retro gaming culture. By blending traditional painting techniques with visual influences from comics, pixel art, and early digital aesthetics, I preserve the memories and moments that continue to define my "today." My work is an expression of gratitude for the simple experiences and loved ones that shaped me, and a way of honoring the person who first inspired me to create. Rather than using nostalgia as a reflection of the past alone, I see it as a living connection that continues to influence who I am today. I hope my paintings invite viewers to reconnect with their own sense of nostalgia and reflect on the people, places, and moments that continue to shape their lives.
Hannah Strobel
@good_times_creative
Artist Statement
Whimsical & familiar & somewhere you might not want to go but want to go.