Cuentos de Carmen: Travels of a Piper Fellow Part 2
Back in May, Cultural Coalition Executive Director Carmen Guerrero attended the American Alliance of Museum’s Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD. While there she also explored many museums and cultural centers in the area that focused on art, Indigenous culture, and community storytelling. During her updates to Cultural Coalition staff and board about this trip, there…
Read MoreCultural Coalition Announced as Tempe Center for the Arts Resident Company
Cultural Coalition is honored to share that on Thursday, June 28, 2024, our arts non-profit was listed as one of seven resident companies at the Tempe Center for the Arts! Our Executive Director Carmen Guerrero shared her excitement of this announcement, “Having presented our El Puente Festival here for over 12 years, celebrating children in…
Read MoreCuentos de Carmen: Travels of a Piper Fellow Part 1
This year, Carmen Guerrero, Cultural Coalition Executive Director, began her Piper Fellowship journey. As a Piper Fellow she will be traveling this year to visit different arts and culture museums around the US, Canada and Mexico to learn best practices and “increase the capacity of my organization while researching the viability of the Mask Alive…
Read MoreOur Lil Green Thumbs
The youth in our After School Art Program had a BLAST collaborating with local artist Adrian Garcia “AWER” to design and paint a mural on their grow box in the classroom. They titled it “Our Lil Green Thumbs”, inspired by the plants they’ve been growing. The students then each chose a plant, flower, tree, cloud,…
Read MoreNew Grant Funding For Programs
Cultural Coalition is excited to share that during this first quarter of 2024 we were the recipient of two $10,000 grants! The Meta Community Action Grants Award will support the Mariachi S.T.E.A.M. program at our After School Arts Program at a low-income housing complex in Mesa, bringing weekly musical instruction and robotics activities to over…
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