Artist Updates

Our Lil Green Thumbs

3 youth painting a sky and sun

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,…

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You’re Invited: Free Programs at Tempe Center for the Arts

Cultural Coalition is excited to support the Small Island Big Song (SIBS) residency at Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) from February 8 to February 10. Together with TCA and artists from SIBS, we have curated supporting programs that feature collaborations of artists from Arizona with visiting artists from Oceania, culminating a final concert performance…

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Calaca Café: Zúm Zúm Zúm Reunion & Cultural Coalition Fundraiser

Calaca Cafe event flier featuring photos of 4 bands and a giant skeleton puppet

Baila con los muertos, at the Calaca Café!Presented by Crescent Ballroom and Cultural Coalition – Party with giant dancing puppets and Cucui trouble makers, for a historical Zúm Zúm Zúm reunion fundraiser concert and album release fiesta that features a musical line-up of global rhythms from some of the Valleys most popular bands! Audiences will…

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Cultural Coalition Launches Online Museum

Zarco in front of a group of folklorico dancers wearing his masks

Mask Alive! Museum Features Hundreds of Masks Used By Arizona’s Performing Arts Organizations Cultural Coalition, Inc has announced the launch of its Mask Alive! Museum & Cultural Center (MAMACC), an online collection of masks, performance art related objects, exhibitions, and free pop-up art installations around the Valley. A dream of Cultural Coalition’s founders Zarco and…

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Día de los Muertos: The Untold Stories

Youth folklorico dancers in colorful dresses wearing calaca (skeleton) masks created by Zarco Guerrero

Join master sculptor and storyteller Zarco Guerrero as he shares untold stories of the Día de los Muertos holiday as told through his many masked characters on August 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The evening will begin with a storytelling performance by Zarco at the K’é Community Lab in Downtown Mesa. Next we’ll take…

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