Contemporary Art Month (CAM), San Antonio announces Vincent Solis as the fifth recipient of the CAM Writer’s Fellowship for Critical Writing.

Vincent Solis 2026 originally from Alamo, Texas, Vincent Solis is a local writer and museum worker. Graduating with a B.A. in Art History with a focus on Contemporary Latin American Art Vincent learned to contextualize his lived experience on the border through art appreciation. In 2023 Vincent was a Bexar County Arts Internship Program recipient as a Development Intern for Artpace. During this time he also published an essay for Presa House Gallery reviewing Alexandria Canchola’s exhibition, Yours to Keep. In 2024 Vincent curated an exhibition for the San Antonio Public Library titled, Imaginate, celebrating the naming of an endowed chair after Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark in Bicultural and Bilingual Studies. Vincent has been a Visitor Services Associate at Ruby City, a Visitor Experiences Coordinator at the McNay Art Museum, and is currently the Visitor Experience and Rentals Supervisor at the McNay. Vincent’s aim is to bridge the gap between the public and art by providing the language for people to create their own narratives. 

Critical Writing Fellowship

Contemporary Art Month (CAM) is excited to continue our Critical Writing Fellowship in partnership with Glasstire, providing an opportunity for young writers to publish their work. The goals of this fellowship are to support and foster the talent of young writers in the San Antonio area and provide a stepping stone into the world of critical writing.

Award

One fellow will be awarded a $500 cash award and paid publication in Glasstire Magazine 

Expectations

The selected Fellow: 

  • Will write 3—4 texts relevant and pertaining to Contemporary Art Month and/or its subsequent exhibitions and programming (these can be exhibition reviews, interviews, profiles, and/or capsule reviews)

  • Works closely with Glasstire writer Leslie Moody Castro on content and editing

  • Live and work in the city of San Antonio or surrounding areas

  • Be available to for conversations and writing by the middle of February 2027

Past Critical Writing Fellows

  • 2025 Critical Writing Fellow

    Brianna Glass

    Brianna Glass is community educator, zine maker, and artist. She graduated with a BA in Interdisciplinary Art & Design from University of North Texas where she curated her curriculum for studio art classes and journalism classes that explored race, gender and class. Brianna currently works at the urban downtown public library in San Antonio where she assists patrons with their digital literacy questions and teaches basic computer lessons to older adults with the help of zines. In 2023-2024 she was named NonProfit Technology Enterprise Network’s (NTEN) Digital Fellow for San Antonio. She represented the San Antonio Public library and her Digital Fellowship sought to bridge the digital divide at San Antonio Senior Centers, where she and colleagues taught informal classes on all things digital. Alongside these classes she also created bilingual How-To zines, like keyboard shortcuts, how to create a strong password, etc., to assist bilingual seniors in their learning. Her teaching praxis ‘thoroughness’ is informed by bell hooks and Gloria Anzaldúa. The zines she creates can be found at the library, free to take and share. 

  • 2024 Critical Writing Fellow

    Seyde Garcia

    Seyde Garcia is a young talent, and A Border child raised in the Los Dos Laredo’s region. She is a storyteller, actress, and cultural promoter deeply focused on community engagement. Seyde has recently been published in an independent collection called “Things I don't want to forget about” Since 2022, she also contributes to the column ‘’Recorrer nuestra frontera’’ (travel in our border) in FEMINA, a supplement of the newspaper El Mañana, where she shares her perceptions on art happenings that are showcased in the Laredo border region. With her writing, she aims to be a bridge between contemporary art and the public in order to create constructive dialogues among the community. 

    Seyde will be out and about in the community visiting exhibitions throughout the month of March, and her work will be published in Glasstire Magazine. 

  • 2023 Critical Writing Fellow

    Kayla Padilla

    I am a journalist and writer. I currently work for Texas Public Radio as a producer and reporter. I graduated from Trinity University with two bachelors of arts degrees in English and anthropology in 2021. While at Trinity, I was the editor-in-chief of the university newspaper, the Trinitonian. I am from Edinburg, Texas and currently live and work in San Antonio.

  • 2022 Inaugural Critical Writing Fellow

    Ashley Allen

    Born and raised in Grapevine, Texas, Ashley Allen is a senior at Trinity University and will graduate in May 2022, completing a BA in art history with a minor in Medieval Renaissance studies. Additionally, Ashley is a student of photography and has been exploring experimental methods of black and white analogue photography. Ashley has experience in non-profit development, local art and culture organizations and student journalism, currently contributing both as an Arts Columnist for the Trinitonian and as an editorial intern for the San Antonio Current. After graduating, Ashley plans to take a gap year so that she can remain open to exploring different opportunities that may arise. Eventually, Ashley plans to pursue a graduate degree in either photography or journalism; her dream is to think and write critically about contemporary art. Ashley hopes her words and images will help others appreciate art, maintain openness to connection, and explore new concepts.