The Metropolis of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office and the Division of Arts & Tradition current the tenth Annual Viva Poesía Pageant on the historic Mission Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Ave., on Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 6 -10 p.m. Three of San Antonio’s Poet Laureates, 4 San Antonio UNESCO Chef Ambassadors, three Visible Artists, and others will come collectively to create collaborative compositions by the facility of inventive expression. The occasion is free and open to the general public.
This yr’s theme is “Confluence of the Artistic Arts,” impressed by the Surrealist beautiful corpse recreation. This creative method fosters collaborative compositions of phrases or drawings, weaving collectively the abilities of inventive minds. The viewers will witness the making of 4 unique poems, visible artwork items, and culinary tastings that spark the creativeness.
The cooks, poets, and artists will craft compositions utilizing a pantry with 32 containers of secret substances and phrases. This inventive mixing of actions will unfold concurrently, infusing the occasion with spontaneous artistry whereas celebrating San Antonio as a UNESCO Artistic Metropolis of Gastronomy.
Emceed by Anthony “The Poet” Flores and Eddie Vega, Viva Poesía will showcase poetic performances from Poets Laureate: Andrea ”Vocab” Sanderson, Dr. Octavio Quintanilla, and Dr. Carmen Tafolla, plus Jacinto Cardona, Tomas Castillo Roque, Nate Zin, Joyous Winder, and others. This occasion will embrace dwell cooking demonstrations and tastings ready by San Antonio UNESCO Chef Ambassadors: Leo Davila, Stixs & Stone; John Tamez, Brackenridge Excessive Faculty; Sofia Tejeda, Blush Bakery; Juan Carlos Bazan, Cuishe Cocina and Torro Kitchen, and different native cooks. Visible artists Cruz Ortiz, Andriana M. Garcia, and Ashley Torres may even create unique artworks. The celebration may even function dwell music by Los de Esta Noche, energetic sounds by DJ Despeinada, a fruit tree giveaway, make-and-take artwork actions for the whole household, and extra! Pop-up distributors can be on-site, and meals and drinks can be accessible all through the night.
“With its ample artistry and creativity, San Antonio is a metropolis brimming with vibrant tradition and originality,” stated District 3 Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran. “A pleasant invitation is prolonged to households to partake within the sights, sounds, and tastings of this yr’s Viva Poesia — an immersive collaboration of the humanities held at Mission Marquee Plaza.”
Mission Marquee Plaza additionally welcomes the 2024 season of programming with the Viva Poesía Pageant. This yr’s season will start earlier than the pageant on April 6 with the Farmers & Artisans Market and can embrace roughly 70 scheduled occasions. Different particular cultural occasions will embrace the Viva Mexico Girls’s Pageant on Could 5, Dia de los Muertos on November 2, and extra. The favored Mission Marquee Plaza Out of doors Household Movie Sequence will start on Saturday, Could 4, with a free “Sing 2” screening and can proceed by November.
“Mission Marquee Plaza stands as a timeless nexus for the whole metropolis,” stated Colleen Swain, Director of the World Heritage Workplace. “It’s a dynamic area the place our various group convenes and embraces our metropolis’s distinctive cultural heritage.”
Viva Poesía is an annual occasion celebrated in April, made potential partially by the Metropolis’s Division of Arts & Tradition. It goals to lift consciousness of the significance of poetry in our tradition and honor the creative affect of native poets in our group.
“Viva Poesia is the keystone occasion for each Nationwide Poetry Month in San Antonio,” stated Division of Arts & Tradition Govt Director Krystal Jones. Not solely does it shine a lightweight on the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievement of San Antonio’s proficient pool of literary artists, nevertheless it additionally kicks off a month-long celebration that features over 30 readings, workshops, particular occasions, and celebrations created to entertain and encourage our literary senses.”
In 2007, the Metropolis of San Antonio acquired the previous Mission Drive-In property, nestled close to the historic San Antonio Missions, a UNESCO World Heritage website. In June 2014, Mission Marquee Plaza formally opened its doorways for the following era of close by Southside households and San Antonio residents and guests to benefit from the website’s lengthy custom as a group gathering area.
The occasion is free and open to the general public. Free parking can be accessible onsite. For extra data on Viva Poesía, different occasions at Mission Marquee Plaza, and vendor registration data, please go to MissionMarquee.com. Info on the World Heritage Workplace is out there at SanAntonio.gov/WorldHeritage.
