2021 : Liberación Queer Latinx

Carlitos fell in love with art at a young age and it has always been a passion of his as it has been his default way of self healing. His illustrations are a direct reflection of how he feels, and his experiences. His art vision is about creating spaces and visual conversations that connect with those most marginalized. Traumatic events happen to all people of all ages and across all socio-economic strata in our society. These events can cause terror, intense fear, horror, helplessness and physical stress reactions. Sometimes the impact of these events does not simply go away when they are over and sometimes the impact of the trauma is not felt until weeks, months or even years after the traumatic event.

Therapy is a learning process, and everyone has a different learning style. How do we engage more in our community regarding the importance of mental health awareness, when many have difficulty articulating their feelings or processing verbal input, within cultural communities there continues to be rooted stigmas based on mental health concerns. The solution he found was to share his healing journey with Art and to further offer Non-verbal therapeutic ways to access, express, and process these feelings impacted by trauma and violence through a trauma-informed healing arts program, an opportunity to create art in a safe environment to better cope with stress in healthy and creative ways. He used the way to which he cares for his own healing through art and decided to share his experiences with others. He hopes people see his work and feel hope, strength & resilience. As an emerging artist he’s working really hard to not only develop a unique mixed medium style, but to visibilize and celebrate the lgbt community he is part of.

Check out Carlitos’ website.