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What exactly is “SandStory®”?
SandStory consists of art images created by Joe Castillo as he draws in sand with his handson a light table. The performance is scored and choreographed to live or recorded music isperformed live on stage and video projected on a screen for large audiences. For video of this unique art form go to Clips.
What exactly is “ArtStory®”?
While drawing with markers on a 4’ x 8’ easel, Joe speaks, tell stories and and relates ‘lifestory’ applications. The message literally comes alive as the drawing unfolds captivating boththe ear and the eye these valuable ‘life lessons.’ For a list of “ArtStory” performances go to:JoeCastillo.com. (See technical requirements above)
What exactly is “WordStory®”?
Joe Castillo, as a bilingual speaker, has spoken in English and Spanish to thousands of peopleover a period of thirty two years. He has mastered the ability to share stories that inspire,motivate and touch the heart. Often accompanied by his "ArtStory" illustrations people leavehis talks feeling uplifted and filled with a desire to be more than they ever dreamed. For a list ofspeaking topics go to: JoeCastillo.com.
Born in the cosmopolitan city of Mexico, Joe Castillo was strongly influenced by his artistic family and the international art community. His mother taught painting. His father owned a graphic design and display company.
By age five he was enrolled in his mom’s art class for the neighborhood children. By eight his father was teaching him to hand letter brush script. Then, at fourteen, he attended an artist’s chalk talk at a Christian youth camp in Mexico. He was so moved by the drawing and the powerful message that he accepted Christ that night. For the next forty years his love of art and his passion for God would inspire and guide his life.
After his father’s death in 1963, the Castillo family moved back to the US. Joe finished high school, studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota and enrolled at Florida Bible College. At FBC he received a Bachelor’s degree in Bible.
As an avid reader Joe developed a love for writing, teaching and using his artwork for telling stories.
Using what he called
WordStory
®,
Joe Became a regular
speaker at youth camps and churches.
During his 20 in advertising, Joe kept his love for Art Stories alive by becoming an accomplished motivational performer/speaker in both English and Spanish. Joe has entertained and captivated thousands of audiences over a period of thirty-two years stories that inspire, motivate and touch the heart. His art has been sold worldwide.
After eighteen years in advertising and the loss of his wife of twenty-six years to breast cancer, he sold his ad agency, went back to school and graduated from Asbury Seminary.
His profound love of teaching the scriptures inspired him to illustrate what he was learning in a new way. These illustrations attempted to present the Bible in an intricate story-form that grew out of the Biblical passages. The ArtStories involved doing a four foot by eight foot mural while telling a Biblical story. The combination of using the eyes as well as the ears created a double impact more effectively reaching this visual generation.
Using stories and hidden art Joe developed his unique ArtStory® messages.His latest adventure in Story telling is something Joe calls SandStory
®.
Drawing in sand on a light table, he is able to create powerful, fluid illustrations for large audiences with an overhead video camera projected on a large screen. His presentations have been seen by thousands of people leaving them with a sense of awe. He has created performances for CBS, NBC, BBC, TED, over thirty Fortune Five hundred companies, Kings, presidents and dignitaries in more than 18 countries around the globe. Joe Castillo without question the top SandStory artist in the world today!
Make sure you watch the short video clip of his most powerful SandStory masterpiece entitled “The Passion of the Christ.”
If you are interested in having Joe speak or present one of his ArtStory or SandStory performances at your church, conference or event please contact him through:
Tim Grable • tim@thegrablegroup.com • 615-283-0039
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Joe Castillo is a Supporting Artist of Compassion International.
