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Santiago was the co-founder of The Writers Blk. poetry performance group that presented at the inaugural and several Luminaria annual events. He was the first board president of San Antonio Cultural Arts. He founded The Red Palm literary magazine. His poetry, feature articles, and book reviews have been published in the San Antonio Current, El Placazo, LareDOS Newspaper, and ViAztlán. Most recently, he performed an original poem during the San Pedro Creek Culture Park grand opening activities. Santiago teaches the 55-word story model he adapted from healthcare. Santiago is also a visual artist in several mediums. Born and raised in San Antonio, Santiago is a descendant of Mission San Jose. When not expressing himself creatively, Santiago has served the San Antonio community in community economic development, affordable housing, healthcare philanthropy and policy, and fundraising for San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
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Artist Style: Literary: Editor, Poetry, Prose; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Group Instruction; Theatre: Drama; Visual Art: Abstract, Assemblage, Contemporary, Portraiture
Artist Medium: Acrylic; Colored Pencil; Computer; Drawing Media; Photography
Artist Statement of Work
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The common thread that runs through all of my forms of expression is how the micro also represents the macro. The repressed or expressed identify of a character is a universal striving. The individual immigrant experience and story has much in common with global movement of peoples. The stories revealed by Native American people I lead in a writing exercise represent facets of the voices of native peoples in other countries. The questions around the identity of a subject or character speak to the longing of a people who are dehumanized by categorization and generalization. My expressions and interpretations seek to race up the disconnection to the fullness of presence in the now. Sometimes magic realism helps to overcome the limitations of time and space to tell these narratives and stories.
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