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A tuition-free creative youth development program in San Antonio, Texas. 👾🎨🎭🎥

We are currently accepting new students, learn more & apply at: saysi.org/how-to-join/ SAY Sí’s reciprocal and peer-to-peer learning philosophy provides a unique framework for learning and builds a community of practice: artists, teachers and students work collaboratively in an open studio environment with a shared responsibility for leading and taking part in the learning experiences.

Join us next Friday, August 14th, for our first evening in our August Film Series!This punk film showcase features a men...
08/07/2026

Join us next Friday, August 14th, for our first evening in our August Film Series!

This punk film showcase features a menagerie of artists and voices from the heart of South and Central Tejas, and even straight from the Neza, in the heart of Mexico City. From the impending doom of Garden Valley crooned by way of Legs Diamond to the rebelgurl docu-collage of Pretty Vacant, we examine the Punk Rocker within Tejano culture, an identity at the fringes, like the cool Wallflower with a cigarette dangling from his lip, looking at the show from the back of the room, as well as outside of it, in the case of Alma Punk, with its cramped neighborhoods innercity neighborhoods brilliantly captured on VHS by late punk filmmaker Sarah Minter.

Please note: some films will have mature content, language, and nudity. Attendees under 17 should be accompanied by an adult. Get your $5 ticket with the link in our bio or visit saysi.org/events/august-film-series-night-1/.

🎥 ROCKER FOOZ
🗓️ Aug 14, 6-9 pm
📍 SAY Sí - 1310 S Brazos St
🎟️ $5 Entry

SAY Sí is currently seeking a Visual Arts Teaching Artist!Learn more and apply at saysi.org/opportunities.Applications d...
08/06/2026

SAY Sí is currently seeking a Visual Arts Teaching Artist!

Learn more and apply at saysi.org/opportunities.

Applications due on Monday, August 17th. ⭐

Join us on Thursday, August 6th, for an Open Mic Night featuring special guest VOCAB SANDERSON! All ages are welcome to ...
08/05/2026

Join us on Thursday, August 6th, for an Open Mic Night featuring special guest VOCAB SANDERSON! All ages are welcome to attend and perform.

🎤 OPEN MIC NIGHT
🗓️ Thursday, July 6th, 2026
⏱️ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 SAY Sí Black Box Theatre, 1310 S Brazos Street
🎟️ Admission: $5 Donation at bit.ly/45amLs2 (or visit link in bio)

About Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson:
Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson is the 5th Poet Laureate Emeritus of San Antonio. She is a singer-songwriter, award-winning voice actress, rapper, and teaching artist that facilitates workshops and features throughout the U.S. She’s the author of two published books and is featured in numerous anthologies. She has written commissioned works and opened up for the late great Nikki Giovanni, Dr. Cornel West, and Phylicia Rashad.

Vocab is an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. She was voted Best Local Poet by The San Antonio Current in 2024, 2023, and 2021. Some of her public art collaborations were sponsored by Centro San Antonio, The Department of Arts and Culture and The San Antonio River Authority can be seen on E.Commerce Street, The San Antonio International Airport, Poet’s Pointe Park, and San Pedro Creek. On the 4th of July, she released an album entitled "Variations of Declared Independence" on all streaming platforms.

Check out her newly designed website at andreavocabsanderson.com for more info.

07/31/2026

Former San Antonio Poet Laureate Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson shares how poetry helped shape her life and why she continues using her voice to inspire others. This story was reported as part of the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists (SAAHJ) Teen Team, which gives high school students hands-on journalism experience. 👇 Full story at the link in the comments.

Join us for our upcoming open mic nights on July 30th and August 6th! Interested in performing? Bring your poetry, spoke...
07/27/2026

Join us for our upcoming open mic nights on July 30th and August 6th! Interested in performing? Bring your poetry, spoken word, or other performances that require little to no set up (e.g. acoustic music, a ca****la singing, ukulele). Performances will be on a first-come, first-serve basis through a physical sign-up sheet, so show up ready to perform (Or to enjoy the show!)

🎤 Youth Open Mic Night
📆 Thursday, July 30, 6-8 PM
👤 Special Guest: Aressana "Ari the Poet" Tapia
⭐ Performers 21 and younger, all ages welcome to watch
🎟 $5 entry - tickets at bit.ly/yomn26

🎤 All Ages Open Mic Night
📆 Thursday, August 6, 6-8 PM
👤 Special Guest: Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson
⭐ All ages welcome to perform and attend
🎟 $5 entry - tickets at bit.ly/45amLs2

Do you have a performance, piece of media, or any pieces of art you’d like to show? As a program graduate, you're invite...
07/27/2026

Do you have a performance, piece of media, or any pieces of art you’d like to show? As a program graduate, you're invited to participate in our rasquache-style Alumni Showcase Mixer on Saturday, August 1st, from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

SAY Sí is hosting a scaled-down, bare bones, Alumni mini Showcase + mixer located in our black box theatre. And while you're not required to submit any work, you must come socialize, catch up, and hang! 🙂

Interested? Wanna learn more? Shoot us a DM for more information or email [email protected].

ALSO — Have you filled out our alumni survey? We’d love to keep up with what you’re doing! All information acquired through this form will be used for SAY Sí purposes and records only. Link in bio!

07/24/2026

Our finalists have been selected, and we’re excited as we prepare for our upcoming Community Art Studio Days with them this weekend. We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible partners making this special 150th Anniversary initiative possible.

Thank you to SAY Sí for partnering with us on the 150th Uniting Generations Community Art Initiative and opening your studios to our talented community artists as they transform their selected designs into lasting works of art.

Thank you to OnCore TX for generously donating paint and art supplies that will help bring each artist's vision to life.

Together, we're creating a lasting legacy that celebrates the stories, creativity, and connections that unite generations across Greater San Antonio.

The completed collection will debut at our YMCA 150th Celebration this September before becoming a permanent installation at the new Gordon Hartman Family YMCA, opening in 2027.

And a special thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, City Wide Facility Solutions-San Antonio, for helping bring our Uniting Generations to life as we celebrate 150 years of strengthening our community.

👀 Sneak peek for tomorrow's opening with pictures from yesterday's rehearsal with The Children's Chorus of San Antonio! ...
07/24/2026

👀 Sneak peek for tomorrow's opening with pictures from yesterday's rehearsal with The Children's Chorus of San Antonio! Come to SAY Sí on Saturday, July 25th, for the opening of THE BEARER OF DANGEROUS TRUTHS.

Our 7 PM viewing is at capacity, but there are still tickets available for the 6 PM viewing. Doors open at 5:30 PM with performances beginning around 6 PM. Get your FREE tickets now at https://bit.ly/BoDT26!

Can't make it on Saturday? We have an encore viewing on Sunday, July 26 from 6 - 9 PM - however - there will not be a live performance for this viewing.

ABOUT THE SHOW:
The Bearer of Dangerous Truths is a large-scale audio/visual immersive installation built by the community, for the community, commemorating all those we have lost in the floods, especially the lives lost in the Kerr County floods in Texas of July 2025.
At the center of the installation is a monumental sculptural wave constructed from reclaimed wood, built by student volunteers from the UTSA School of Architecture + Planning department. The structure is surrounded by a collection of small, hand-crafted objects made by SAY Sí Visual Arts students, documented by the Media Arts student filmmakers.
This special exhibition will also feature a live performance from the Children's Chorus of San Antonio with original music from CASA (Composers Alliance of San Antonio), to transform the raw warehouse space into something powerful, emotional, and unforgettable.

Join us on Thursday, July 30th, for our Youth Open Mic Night featuring special guest Aressana Tapia! This night is dedic...
07/20/2026

Join us on Thursday, July 30th, for our Youth Open Mic Night featuring special guest Aressana Tapia! This night is dedicated to teens and young adults under 21, but all ages are welcome to attend.

Interested in performing? Bring your poetry, spoken word, or other performances that require little to no set up (e.g. acoustic music, a ca****la singing, ukulele). Performances will be on a first-come, first-serve basis, through a physical sign-up sheet, so show up ready to perform. Questions about performances should be emailed to [email protected]

🎤 YOUTH OPEN MIC NIGHT (Performances by Teens & Adults under 21)
🗓️ Thursday, July 30th, 2026 ⏱️ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 SAY Sí Black Box Theatre, 1310 S Brazos Street
🎟️ Admission: $5 Donation (bit.ly/yomn26 or visit link in bio)

About Aressana "Ari the Poet" Tapia
Aressana Tapia, also known as Ari the Poet, has loved playing with words since she learned her first one. One of her poems was selected for the Young Pegasus poetry competition when she was in middle school, and in eighth grade she created the La Pluma Poetry Club. She has performed at many open mics and writing workshops. She is currently working on a fiction story on Wattpad titled “The Crack in Olympus” centered around a girl who is targeted by the Gods for disrupting the universal order, and forced to help them. Ari will be in tenth grade this August, and wants to start a creative writing club at her school. She is also working on a project tentatively titled The Word Project, where she interviews elderly people and writes poems about them. She also participates in debate, theatre, and Model UN. She believes that poetry is the rare miracle when all pieces of a person (their mind, heart, body, tongue, fingers, and soul) are finally able to speak in unison.

She sincerely believes that writer's block comes from when you disagree with yourself, and the best way to overcome it is to quiet down and listen to the heart which is infinitely wiser than our minds. She understands everyone is a poet already, and they simply need to listen to themselves. With this, she is thrilled to share what she learned when she talked to her heart!

Join us on Thursday, July 30th, for our Youth Open Mic Night featuring special guest Aressana Tapia! This night is dedic...
07/17/2026

Join us on Thursday, July 30th, for our Youth Open Mic Night featuring special guest Aressana Tapia! This night is dedicated to teens and young adults under 21, but all ages are welcome to attend.

Interested in performing? Bring your poetry, spoken word, or other performances that require little to no set up (e.g. acoustic music, a ca****la singing, ukulele). Performances will be on a first-come, first-serve basis, through a physical sign-up sheet, so show up ready to perform (Or to enjoy the show!) To help keep this event youth-focused, we ask that performances avoid gratuitous language and explicit content. Questions about performances should be emailed to [email protected]

Admission is $5 - Get your tickets with the link in our bio or visit bit.ly/yomn26

🎤 YOUTH OPEN MIC NIGHT (Performances by Teens & Adults under 21)
🗓️ Thursday, July 30th, 2026 ⏱️ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 SAY Sí Black Box Theatre, 1310 S Brazos Street
🎟️ Admission: $5 Donation (bit.ly/yomn26 or visit link in bio)

Address

1310 South Brazos Street
San Antonio, TX
78207

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 3pm - 7pm
Wednesday 3pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 3pm - 7:30pm

Telephone

(210) 201-4950

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