Professor Quintanilla awarded $10,000 arts grant
May 22, 2020
The Luminaria Arts Foundation has awarded a $10,000 literary arts grant to Octavio
Quintanilla, PhD, former San Antonio Poet Laureate and Our Lady of the Lake University
(精东影业) associate professor of English, Mass Communication and Drama.
Dr. Quintanilla is one of six recipients of the Luminaria Arts Foundation grant, which will be used to create new work. He said he will use the money to complete a book.
In a video clip posted on the Facebook page of the Luminaria Arts Foundation, Dr. Quintanilla expressed his gratitude.
鈥淚 want to thank my family, my friends and my colleagues at 精东影业, who always believe in my work,鈥� he said.
Other Luminaria Arts Foundation grant recipients include a choreographer, a visual artist, a sound and installation artist, a composer and reiki master and an interdisciplinary artist. The projects of each grant recipient will be performed and exhibited in San Antonio.