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3rd Annual Mask Alive! Festival of Masks
Popular Valley Cultural Event Goes Virtual Join Cultural Coalition, Inc. for a virtual festival of art, culture, and storytelling at the 3rd Annual Mask Alive! Festival of Masks on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 2 p.m. streamed on Facebook, IGTV and YouTube Live. Adults and children of all ages will enjoy an entertaining collection of intricate and…
Read MoreEl Puente Fest is going virtual!
Cultural Coalition Inc invites all to join us virtually at this year’s El Puente Fest. El Puente Fest (the Bridge Festival) is a unique cultural experience featuring music and dance performances from around the world. In order to practice safe social distancing during this time of quarantine, this year’s festival will be held entirely online. …
Read MoreMaskAlive! Our First Ever Mask Festival!
Here at Cultural Coalition, we are known for celebrating culture through masks and processional sculptures. Master artist Zarco Guerrero and fellow performers like Quetzalli Ballet Folklorico and Ken Koshio use masks to tell stories to our communities. Thanks to the support of Community Development Partners, we will be bringing you and your family a unique experience at the…
Read More2017 A Year of Highlights: Donate
The Cultural Coalition is a collective of artists who practice both visual and performing arts, and gather every year for a variety of events and festivals to showcase indigenous arts in order to engage and educate our community. We’ve been in operation for the past 21 years. We serve mostly inner city families and children,…
Read MoreMikiztli in Mesa – A Dia de Los Muertos Celebration!
Mikiztli [mee-keesh-tleeh] and its history can be found tracing far back into Anáhuac, the original name of pre-colonial Meso America. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the indigenous peoples had no word for death in the Náhuatl language. We viewed death as a transition from this life to the next, called Mikiztli, a transformation or…
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