In its latest move to weave social fabric with threads of racial justice, UTSA's Democratizing Racial Justice (DRJ) project is putting money behind the voices of 10 local artists, according to the UTSA Today announcement. Each artist in this lineup is taking home a $10,000 stipend to propel their diverse projects forward from the drawing board to the spotlight.

Amalia Ortiz is amping up her game with "Punkera Diatriabas," a Chicanx feminist punk performance that drips with the urgency for social change. Barrera, swapping her Donkey Lady persona, now takes on the Lechuza, a legendary figure in Tejana folklore, to highlight a life politicized by geography, San Antonio Report tells us.

According to Alejandra Elenes, the project's principal investigator and chair of the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the program aims to closely engage with varied community organizations and artists to initiate artistic endeavors. Cohort member Briana Blueitt is slated to investigate Afro-Diasporic land and food sovereignty across Texas, with zines and videography ready. She said, found in a statement on San Antonio Report, the residency offered her structure, a container to put things into, for her vision to grow legs.

Onlookers will need to carve out some time this October when a showcase of projects looms on the horizon, per UTSA co-investigator Kirsten Gardner. For more details on the unfolding story of these residents' work, UTSA encourages a visit to the News and Events section of the DRJ website.