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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 MoreMask Making Workshop
Back in April, Zarco and Cultural Coalition had some very cool visitors in the studio and at Rancho del Arte – a group of high school students and teachers from Silverton Public School in Colorado! This amazing group of students come from an EL or Expeditionary Learning academic model school. They were working on research…
Read MoreEulogy to Diane Hunt Vanek
By Zarco Guerrero Carmen and I first met Mark and Di in the early 80s at Tuba City High School on the Navajo Reservation where we were both Artists in Residence. I remember the first time I saw Dancing Di dance, she fluttered around like a butterfly and could sting like a bee. She was…
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 MoreNew Mask Exhibit In Downtown Mesa
Make your way to 111 W Main St in downtown Mesa to see the latest exhibit from Cultural Coalition’s Mask Alive Museum & Cultural Center project – A Study in Noh Masks! Featuring over 20 masks hand-carved and painted by artist and sculptor Zarco Guerrero, these masks are part of his Noh Mask Series, carved…
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