Behind The Scenes
Día de los Muertos: The Untold Stories
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…
Read MoreFestivals – More than just one day!
This past spring, Cultural Coalition had its first Events Management Intern as part of our Guerrero Family Legacy Apprenticeship Projects. Elitsa Southern joined our team in January and worked with us helping to coordinate our Mask Alive and El Puente Festivals. It was such a great experience for us to have her assistance on all…
Read MoreBorderlands Theater at El Puente Festival
New this year at El Puente Festival, Borderlands Theater brings their production Las Reinas to the stage, featuring 8-foot-tall puppets made by Zarco Guerrero as the actors! Cultural Coalition is honored to bring Borderlands and their unique production to this festival. Established in 1986 in Tucson, Arizona, Borderlands Theater produces heritage festivals, site-specific original theatrical…
Read MoreMeet Our Spring Museum Intern: Shay
Cultural Coalition is thrilled to introduce our new spring 2023 intern for Museum Collections Management, Shay Fischer-Barstad! Shay is working on his Masters in Library and Information Science with a focus in archives. His experience with metadata, archival databases, and cataloging both physical and digital archival materials will benefit Cultural Coalition’s Mask Alive Museum &…
Read MoreCultural Coalition Receives Gift from Friends of Mexican Art
This January, Cultural Coalition received a $1,700 gift from the Friends of Mexican Art (FOMA) towards the Cultural Coalition Guerrero Family Apprenticeship Program in support of an Arts Studio/Collections/Museum Studies Intern. This gift is intended to encourage the education of future museum professionals in working with and presenting Mexican, Mexican-American and Indigenous art. “After nearly…
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