YANAGUANA COMMUNITY ARTS COLLECTIVE
Our Mission is to create and facilitate an event that upholds the principles of community, radical self-expression, and leave no trace, as well as embraces the local art and culture of the San Antonio Area.
OUR STORY
After connecting at several Texas regional events, a small group San Antonio Burners committed to building a stronger local burner culture based in the greater San Antonio area. Community support was instant and is growing stronger everyday.
Several members of the founding group came together and created Yanaguana Community Art Collective (YCAC) LLC and facilitated our inaugural event, Alma Burn, in April 2017. This annual event reflects the principles of Burning Man, while embracing and sharing the unique culture of our area and encouraging a gathering of our community. Every year since, the YCAC hosts Alma Burn with steady growth in size and scope thanks solely to the dedication of volunteers.
While the focus of YCAC is largely the annual event, Alma Burn, the team works to incorporate the burner culture into the local community throughout the year by creating opportunities for likeminded individuals to gather through social events as well as reaching out to the local non-burner community through art, education, and community service. YCAC also encourages the community to participate through the “Cabal,” a planning group open to anyone who wants to help build and grow Alma Burn.
Today, Alma Burn represents a beautiful melding of burner principles and San Antonio’s vibrant art, music, and cultural influences. Alma means soul in Spanish, and perfectly symbolizes that at our core, we are both Burners and members of this rich and beautiful community here in south central Texas.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 The AmbassadorFounder, Director YCAC LLC. A technologist, cultural anthropologist, and business owner, Jorge Luis Gamboa is an artist with over 20yrs of experience in production. He received his playa name from an S class quest at Burning Man and founded the theme camp Motropolis. He has since gone to Burning man 9 times and has worked on large scale-art at Burning Man. He is taking Motropolis once again in 2024 as an official theme camp. His art studio “Studio 111” is a gathering place for Burners. |  KittyFounder, Director YCAC LLC. Kitty is the “behind-the-scenes paper wrangler” and public relations volunteer. Along with her husband Paul she has attended countless Burns including Burning Man and Flipside (including Floodside and MudMan). In addition to attending Burning Man, she also works for The Man, volunteering with BRC’s Emergency Services Department in Plans/Records for six years. Need to find her? Just look for the cat ears. |  PaulFounder, Director YCAC LLC Paramedic/Firefighter/Mechanic/Badass. If you see him running, try to keep up. |
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 Debe CFounder, Director YCAC LLC. |