SAN ANTONIO — To enter into the adobe building that houses the MujerArtes Clay Cooperative in west San Antonio is to enter into history: The structure, constructed in 2017, was the first to be built in that historic area of the city in over a century.

To enter history is one thing. But inside the building – tucked away at Rinconcito de Esperanza off South Colorado Street – you start walking through the creation of it in real time.

That history is reflected in the hundreds of colorful clay tiles, mugs, plates, sculptures, ornaments, and other artworks big and small handmade by the women of MujerArtes, who may not have had an opportunity to explore their creative side if it wasn't for this group first created in 1995.

“We imagined this project would be for women from the neighborho

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