DACA recipients are now part of an art exhibit at the South Texas College Mid-Valley Campus library art gallery. Using a unique tool from the Rio Grande River, the artist creates portraits while expressing a cultural identity. The name of this exhibit is called “Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon”. Artist Luis Corpus honors DACA students through this media. Using water and tree branches from the river he turned these elements into charcoal creating 31 stunning portraits.

Luis Corpus says the Rio Grande Valley has a sense of duality. By being proud Americans, but also having a strong heritage rooted in Mexico. According to a research conducted by Corpus, 46 percent of Latinos are registered to vote but do not. That is why he decided to write ‘3 out of 4 in 2018’ on a bandana on one of his paintings. Corpus believes DACA students should be honored because they tend to be his best and most behaved students.

The exhibit will be available through December 1 at the STC Mid-Valley Campus Library. Admission is free and open to the public.