Exploring Art, Culture, and Community with Contemporary Blue Star

This special extended roundtable episode of Candid & Curious with Nina takes you inside the creative worlds of some of San Antonio’s most celebrated artists featured in the Red Dot Art Sale + Party, the Contemporary at Blue Star’s signature fundraiser. Together with The Contemporary’s Executive Director, Nina sits down with Ricky Armendariz, Joe Harjo, and Meredith Dean for an unfiltered conversation about their creative process, the cultural forces that shape their work, and what drives them to keep creating.We’ll explore the tension between tradition and innovation, the personal and political stories embedded in their art, and why spaces like the Contemporary are vital for nurturing artistic voices in our community. Honest, candid, and deeply curious, this is art like you’ve never heard it before.