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Historical Text and Poetry

Etched into limestone at various spots across the park, Santos’s lyrical prose tells the story of San Pedro Creek and its beauty.
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  • Medium: Etched Limestone
    Dimensions: various
    Locations: various locations throughout San Pedro Creek Culture Park

    About the Artist: San Antonio native John Phillip Santos is a distinguished scholar in Mestizo Studies, filmmaker, producer, and author. His work includes the Mythic Narrative of San Pedro Creek and Las Fundaciones de Béjar, a multilingual mythical opera that portrays the history and legacy of San Pedro Creek. Santos was also the first-ever Latino Rhodes Scholar.

    Website: mxcenter.utsa.edu/tmentor/john-phillip-santos

    Santos’s works consist of original narratives and curated historical texts that are etched into limestone walls, creating a literary journey throughout San Pedro Creek Culture Park. Santos was also instrumental in helping design and write the interpretive signage that is placed throughout the park to help tell its story.

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  • Medio: Piedra caliza grabada
    Dimensiones: Variadas
    Ubicación: Varias ubicaciones a lo largo del Parque Cultural del Arroyo San Pedro

    Sobre el artista: Originario de San Antonio, John Phillip Santos es un reconocido académico en Estudios Mestizos, cineasta, productor y autor. Su obra incluye La Narrativa Mítica del Arroyo San Pedro y Las Fundaciones de Béjar, una ópera mítica multilingüe que retrata la historia y el legado del arroyo. Santos también fue el primer becario Rhodes latino de la historia.

    Sitio web: mxcenter.utsa.edu/tmentor/john-phillip-santos

    Las obras de Santos consisten en narrativas originales y textos históricos seleccionados que han sido grabados en muros de piedra caliza, creando un recorrido literario por todo el Parque Cultural del Arroyo San Pedro. Además, Santos fue pieza clave en el diseño y redacción de la señalización interpretativa que se encuentra en el parque para ayudar a contar su historia.

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