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Begun as a local volunteer reading series in 1997, we are now a grassroots non-profit literary arts center dedicated to the readers and writers of today and tomorrow.

OUR MISSION

Gemini Ink nurtures writers and readers and builds community through literature and the related arts.

OUR VISION

At Gemini Ink we believe human story in all its diverse and complicated forms and genres — from poetry and fiction to memoir and oral tradition — is essential to developing compassion and richness in both individual and community life. We encourage focused reading, writing, and exchange at every level, from elementary school student to incarcerated youth and from the polished professional to the elder who has always wanted to record her family stories.

OUR PROGRAMS

We now serve an average of 5,000 patrons annually — from the avid reader to troubled youth, and from the professional writer to the elder who wants to record her family stories.

Writers in Communities (WIC) sends professional writers into diverse community settings to work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests, and abilities in free workshops based in oral traditions, readings, and creative writing.

The Autograph Series presents writers of national or international stature — many of them recipients of major prizes such as the Pulitzer or National Book Award — in free public performance and a ticketed colloquium luncheon.

University Without Walls (UWW) offers three semesters of fee-based reading groups and workshops and also many free literary events, all led by professional writers, scholars, and interdisciplinary artists.

Dramatic Readers Theater (DRT) features professional actors interpreting literary works in free performances, often accompanied by original music.

OUR FUNDERS

Many thanks! ¡Mil gracias!

Gemini Ink, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, is supported by donations from avid readers and writers, as well as grants from public and private funders in the arts and humanities.

Recent funders include:

The Anchorage Foundation

Baptist Health System

Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation

George W. Brackenridge Foundation

Brown Foundation

Jack and Doris Smothers and Mary Ann Smothers Bruni Memorial Foundation

Charity Ball Association

Clear Visions, Inc. *

City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs

Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1982

Edouard Foundation

Ford Salute to Education

Frost Bank

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Alfred S. Gage Foundation

Goldsmith Family Charitable Fund

Guerra • DeBerry • Coody Marketing & Communications

G.A.C. Halff Foundation

H-E-B

Houston Endowment

Kelleher Foundation

Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation

The Albert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Charitable Foundation

KRTU 91.7 Jazz for San Antonio *

Gilbert and Ruth Lang Charitable Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation

Las Casas Foundation

Lifshutz Foundation

Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas

National Endowment for the Arts

The Newman Family Charitable Trust of the San Antonio Area Foundation

Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation

James Patterson Page Turner Awards

The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation

Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts

San Antonio Express-News

Shield-Ayres Foundation

Semmes Foundation

Smothers Foundation

Lynn and Samuel Stahl Family Philanthropic Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation

Tesoro Petroleum *

Texas Commission on the Arts

Verizon Communications

Esther and Harold Vexler Advised Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation

Writers’ League of Texas

* Major in-kind contributions

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