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Teatro to preserve, share stories of Our Town Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) - A vision to preserve some of the untold stories of Seguin and its people is now one day closer to becoming a reality thanks to a prestigious $50,000 national grant. Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin is celebrating its announcement of a $50,000 Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The award will support Our TownSharing of People, Places, Culture, and Stories through Art Creation in Seguin. Teatro Executive Director Dr. Yvonne De La Rosa says the award is one of 57 grants nationwide, totaling $4.1 million in funds that the NEA has approved in the Our Town category. The category supports projects integrating arts, culture, and design activities into local efforts to strengthen and authentically engage communities, center equity, advance artful lives, and lay the groundwork for longterm systems change. De La Rosa says their breath was taken away when learning that Teatro had been selected for
the very competitive grant. She says Seguin was also only one of three cities in the state to receive funding from the NEA. She says they are especially excited to engage the community in conversations that will gather and share the stories of Seguin's communities and, in turn, will provide an avenue to create art projects that mirror the ethnicities in this community. "We wanted to make sure that all of the stories of all of our communities were told. That included the Mexican-American community, the Tejanos that were here, the African-American community, as well as our indigenous brothers and sisters. That was something that I thought was very important because in our textbooks and also in what we teach our children, not all of that is always spoken even though we know that it was here. At Teatro, we've been told for 40 years, for many years, about the history of our area, and all of the time that our history was not being told to us... Teatro pg. 3
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Time to CHILL Seguin! The Seguin Fire Department is ready to distribute its collection of fans to local families needing help in beating the heat. See story on page 2. Photo by Jennifer Sourdellia