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We took tweens and teens on a field trip last week to the magic gardens! We saw the artist Santiago Galeas’ exhibit “Entre Raíces y Alas” (“Between Roots and Wings”), which explores connections between diaspora, q***rness, and nature.

Santiago met us in the gallery and shared the inspiration behind his work. He told us about his own experience as a first-generation in his family to grow up in the US, and how this shaped his outlook as an artist. He explained how he uses painting styles with that have long been tools of empire like landscape and portraiture against their own history to tell the stories of q***r people of color.

Kids had lots of questions about his painting process and the stories behind each art work. One teen shared at the end: “I don’t usually like art, but this was so cool. I feel like I figured out a different way to look at art after this.”

We’re so grateful to Santiago for sharing his work with us and helping kids connect to art in a new way.