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Jorge Quintana’s poetry and films are centered on the 28-year-old Sacramento native’s experience as an undocumented immigrant, fused with the artist’s personal philosophy about death, love and the human experience.
Quintana’s artwork won him the 2023 Youth Speaks Individual Artist Fellowship. He has produced four documentary films, including one he co-directed called “City of Altars,” which showcases altars and cultural activities from the Latino Center of Art and Culture’s annual Day of the Dead event in Sacramento. Quintana, who now lives in Elk Grove, is the director of communications for the center.
He also participates in poetry slams, festivals and theatrical performances such as Teatro Nagual’s Cabaret at B Street Theater, The MacBeth Project and Teatro Espejo’s Intercultural Reflections: A Festival of the Arts at California Stage Theater, and the Root Slam in Oakland.