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SAY Sí COVID-19 Student/Parent Updates

May 15, 2020 Getting Back on Track – Virtual Meeting Attendance We are getting back into the swing of things, with regular meetings with your studio mates and teaching artists! Though we still have to stay physically apart at this time we ARE continuing our program work and want you to do the same. This means

SAY Sí Launches Online Store

In conjunction with our Invisible Threads exhibition, we have launched an online store! You can purchase student and visiting artists’ artwork from previous exhibitions, SAY Sí swag, as well as works from SAY Sí’s Latinx Art Collection. Click on the button below to visit SAY Sí’s store.

Download El Barrio: Enough is Enough

On September 6, 2019, SAY Sí’s ALAS Youth Theatre Company presented the newest iteration of their hip-hop musical, El Barrio: Enough is Enough. SAY Sí alumni Sarah Tijerina and Nicolas Rodriguez direct the third production of SAY Sí’s original hip-hop musical with alumni guest choreographers, Julia Rodriguez and Giovan Lugo. The show’s opening included an

Be a Muertitos Fest Sponsor!

MESTIZO – Memoria Presente is the theme of this year’s Muertitos Fest, our 2-day community Day of the Dead celebration. It reflects the convergence of cultures and indigenous roots of our region.  It’s SAY Sí’s 25th Anniversary, and YOU can be part of San Antonio history! We remain committed to expanding people’s understanding of the

pARTicipate Summer Camps!

Join us this AUGUST for SAY Sí’s weeklong pARTicipate Summer Sessions for youth! Session attendees work hand-in-hand with SAY Sí’s alumni teaching artists to craft their own learning path. Through creative storytelling and artmaking, students are engaged while making valuable connections with other young artists. By the end of the week, students are inspired by a new appreciation

2019 Youth Summer FundFest

Join us as we launch our third annual summertime digital fundraising campaign to raise $15,000 by August 30, 2019 in support of SAY Sí’s multidisciplinary creative youth development programs! For this FundFest, we are reaching out to community members like you to make a positive impact on the youth we serve. Throughout the summer, we

Stories Seldom Told: More than Life

On April 19, 2019, SAY Sí will present “Stories Seldom Told: More than Life,” an exhibition examining death as an experience, belief, and industry. With the annual Stories Seldom Told exhibition, student-artists collaboratively create multidisciplinary art installations exploring a social issue they feel aren’t being addressed in their everyday lives. Students vote on their topic

Muertitos Fest Explores Mexico’s Indigenous Cultures

This November 2-3, 2018 SAY Sí presents its FREE Muertitos Fest, a Día de los Muertos festival celebrating the tradition that ties our city to Mexico and commemorates the rich Mexican-American culture of San Antonio. Día de los Muertos, originating in Mexico, is a time when families and communities remember those dearly departed and honor

SAY Sí Hosts John Wayne, his Life & Legend

*ALL EVENT PROCEEDS BENEFIT SAY Sí’s TUITION FREE CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.* On Friday, November 16, 2018, the SAY Sí Black Box Theatre in San Antonio will be the stage for an established theatrical production of a one-man-show called “John Wayne, His Life & Legend”.  It has been on a run of theaters in the Northwest

SAY Sí Becomes Articulate Community Partner

SAY Sí has been chosen as one of three San Antonio arts partners for the Articulate series shown on KLRN Public Television! Articulate with Jim Cotter explores how creative thinkers help shape our understanding of the world, and season 3 will be shown locally. Be sure to catch this season every Thursday at 9:30 pm. Articulate with Jim

Student Journalists Create New Platform

As artists and activists, we, the students of SAY Sí, have the courage to make our voices heard. SAY Sí Students Speak is our new platform to showcase our voices and our work. Podcasts, blog posts, digital art and all content  produced by SAY Sí student-artists. Six high school artists from MAS and HIVE

Small Scale • Big Change Final Auction Night

Join SAY Sí for a 21-year tradition that unites San Antonio’s vibrant arts community for one cause. With the theme, Deep in the heART of Texas, the exhibition and month-long silent auction features artwork from over 200 regional artists – all in support of SAY Sí’s tuition-free creative youth-development programs. SAY Sí closes out Small

SAY Sí to the Big Give

It’s that time of year again! The Big Give is March 22, 2018, and we are asking YOU to make a contribution of $10 OR MORE to support SAY Sí! Help us meet our $10,000 goal by making a donation to SAY Sí, big or small at thebiggivesa.org/organizations/say-si. Funds raised through the Big Give will support

2018 San Antonio Scholastic Art Awards Results

Dear Fellow Art Teachers, Parents and Students, Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards of San Antonio. Please follow this LINK to find the results. There were over 1,800 art submissions this year! We congratulate those chosen and encourage those not listed to continue to advance their artistic talents and participate in next year’s awards. As

SAY Sí Launches Membership Program

Are you ready to be part of something bigger than yourself? Be a SAY Sí CORAZÓN member & create a difference every single month. CORAZÓN is a monthly giving program where 100% of donations sustain our organization’s work. CORAZÓN members are the lifeblood of SAY Sí, providing sustainable support for our youth, programs and mission. Just like el

SAY Sí New Media Youth Launch Game

On July 15, 2017, high school youth-artists from SAY Sí’s HIVE (Home for Innovation & Video Ecology) New Media program launched a full version of the original game, “Date Me Super Senpai.” The game’s student developers were inspired by their own differences to create a gaming experience inclusive to players of variant body types, gender

SAY Sí Presents Stories Seldom Told: Less than Equal

On July 7th, 2017 SAY Sí presented the opening of Stories Seldom Told: Less than Equal, an artistic study of educational inequity in San Antonio and its effects on our youth. With the annual Stories Seldom Told exhibition series, SAY Sí student-artists are challenged to critically examine issues that they feel are often ignored. After voting

SAY Sí Seniors Raise Funds For Thesis Exhibition

On Friday, May 5th, SAY Sí’s graduating class of 2017 will present their senior thesis exhibition, “No Borders,” an introspective showcase examining their journey as artistic youth in San Antonio as they prepare to express and expand their talents across different communities. For their final project, SAY Sí seniors have been given the freedom to

SAY Sí Celebrates National Poetry Month

  SAY Sí youth-artist and member of the ALAS Youth Theatre Company, Lilith Tijerina, recites her poem, “Yellow.” Hear more from Lilith and other members of the middle and high school ALAS Youth Theatre Companies at No Filters, an evening of hip hop, spoken word poetry and theatre. Full details on our Facebook event at https://facebook.com/events/1944159102483544/. No Filters April

SAY Sí Offers Paid Administrative Internship

SAY Sí is on the lookout for a new administrative intern to support the organization for the Summer of 2017! Administrative interns will acquire comprehensive experience in arts administration and project management. Administrative intern will focus on two major projects: creating a database management and sharing the process of SAY Sí’s annual student exhibition/performance series,

Small Scale • Big Change Tickets On Sale!

Tickets are now on sale for SAY Sí’s Small Scale • Big Change Final Auction Night event taking place on March 24, 2017. This year, SAY Sí celebrates 20 years of showcasing the best local art, culinary fare and refreshing libations at its Small Scale • Big Change events. The exhibition and month-long silent auction

Scholastic Art Awards Results!

Dear Fellow Art Teachers, Parents and Students, Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Scholastic Art Awards of San Antonio. The local adjudication process is now complete and the final results can be found by following this link. There were over 1,900 art submissions this year! We congratulate those chosen and encourage those not listed to continue to

SAY Sí Artists Showcase Game at PAX South

On January 27, 2017, twelve high school youth-artists from SAY Sí’s HIVE (Home for Innovation & Video Ecology) New Media program will showcase “Date Me Super Senpai,” a newly developed dating sim, at the PAX South conference in San Antonio, TX. The game’s developers, ranging from ages 14 to 18, sought to create a gaming

An Artful Tree-Lighting at Bohanan’s

Tree Lighting Launches Ten Days of Giving To Benefit SAY Sí, Featuring 10 Holiday Cocktails ‘Tis the season to enjoy candy canes, bright lights, merry tunes and festive trees, but what would the holidays be without a festive range of classic cocktails? Join Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood and Bohanan’s Bar on Tuesday, November 29,

SAY Sí to Launch #CreateTheFuture Campaign

“The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made.” -John Schaar SAY Sí students are young creatives today – but tomorrow they will be architects, teachers, community leaders and professional artists. They have the power to create the future – and

SAY Sí’s 10th Annual Muertitos Fest

SAY Sí celebrates 10 years of arte, vida y muerte with it’s 3-day Día de los Muertos festival on November 3-5, 2016. With this year’s theme, “Fronteras de la Tierra y Cielos (Borders of the Earth & Heavens),” artwork, installations, altars and performances will focus on the connections between the living and those who have passed.

SAY Sí Youth Travel to Mexico City

On October 9 – 17, 2016, SAY Sí will send a select number of juniors and seniors from their multidisciplinary arts program as project leaders in an artist residency to Mexico City, Mexico in partnership with FARO de Oriente, a cultural arts center and organization that serves the city’s lztapalapa borough.

NEA Awards $15,000 to SAY Sí!

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $15,000 to SAY Sí to support student-projects made for the organization’s 10th annual

SAY Sí’s BIG 10 Van Campaign!

It’s that time of year again! The Big Give SA is May 3, 2016, and we are asking YOU to make a contribution of $10 OR MORE to support the purchase of a SAY Sí van! This van will allow us to take our young creative leaders on field trips and transport them from school

SAY Sí Reveals New Support!

SAY Sí has long been known as San Antonio’s premier out-of-school time creative youth development organization. Since its inception in 1994, its growing success rates have garnered national attention and recognition. But for the first time in its 21-year history – SAY Sí’s tuition-free programs will go global. On February 9, 2016, SAY Sí hosted

Be a New Media Maker!

SAY Sí spring recruitment is currently CLOSED for all programs.   Are you interested in interactive media art & digital media? SAY Sí is recruiting high school students on January 18-February 11 for our HIVE (new media) program.  High school students in SAY Sí’s HIVE (Home for Innovation & Video Ecology) will learn: Digital art Interactive media art

2016 Scholastic Art Awards Information

SAY Sí is the Regional Affiliate for the San Antonio Scholastic Art Awards. We work with students, teachers, schools, and nonprofit arts organizations in Bexar County to promote, organize, adjudicate, and exhibit the regional Scholastic Art Awards. We also submit the top award-winning work to the Alliance for national judging. You can find full details

Jon Hinojosa Featured in Express News

Congratulations to SAY Sí Artistic | Executive Director, Jon Hinojosa, whose commentary was featured in the San Antonio Express News’ 150 Year Anniversary Issue. See commentary below. Original can be found at: http://bit.ly/1j1kG90 Vibrant and bright: That is what the future looks like for San Antonio, our country and the world. Why? Because it will be led