SARAH WELCH

Chef Sarah Welch was eliminated from Bravo’s long-time cooking competition “Top Chef” pretty early, but thanks to the show’s side competition, “Last Chance Kitchen,” Chef Welch was able to cook her way back into the competition and made it all the way to the final three.

Chef Sarah Welch was eliminated from Bravo’s long-time cooking competition “Top Chef” pretty early, but thanks to the show’s side competition, “Last Chance Kitchen,” Chef Welch was able to cook her way back into the competition and made it all the way to the final three.

Tapping into the import and pervasiveness of books, both in modern society and on the local events calendar this spring, Blue Star Contemporary will offer up a bevy of book-related exhibitions and events beginning on Friday and running through May 3. The leaders of Blue Star had considered hosting an art book fair for several years, and this spring presented itself as the ideal time to finally execute the idea, said Jacqueline McGilvray, Blue Stars curator and exhibitions manager. As she began working on the fair, it became clear that this particularly literary spring might demand something bigger. Welchs work in Giveth and Taketh grows out of the world of the comics she makes and into the gallery space, McGilvray said. Hicks work is particularly centered on common tropes in literature, which influence both the content and form of the work, McGilvray said.

click to enlarge Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvrayHye-Ryoung Min, Re-membrance of the Remembrance (all individual photographs untitled), 2015-2018, Archival pigment prints, various sizes. The artists explore the importance of books from multiple perspectives and in a variety of media, from fibre art to photography. For the show at Blue Star Contemporary, Austin-based Jacqueline Saragoza McGilvray.As part of each new iteration of "Publishing Against the Grain," the hosting institution adds a publication of its choice. For the show at Blue Star Contemporary, Austin-based Pastelegram will join the fold. Hicks presents a series of 24 volumes of, a series of "Two group shows round out the rest of the spring's offerings.