Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo this Sunday, May 5, with an art exhibit reception that celebrates the works of two Hispanic-American artists that blend the surreal and tangible nature of poetry and the visual arts.
“Donde Nacen los Poemas” or “Where Poems are Born” will feature the works of Octavio Quintanilla and Johnny Villarreal.
Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collection, “If I Go Missing” as well as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and is the regional editor for Texas Books in Review and poetry editor for The Journal of Latina Critical Feminism. Quintanilla teaches literature and creative writing in the M.A./M.F.A. program at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio.
