Festivals
MaskAlive! 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 MoreEl Paseo de los Abuelos @ #MesaPrototype Festival
This Friday and Saturday we are part of the #MesaPrototype festival hosted by the City of Mesa, featuring many other artists in an effort to “activate the public space and engage the community toward enhancing connectivity & vibrancy in Downtown Mesa.” El Paseo de los Abuelos is a project started by families and participants of the September…
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…
Read MoreEverything you’ve always wanted to know about Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
If you’ve never celebrated Dia de Los Muertos before, or learned about its history you might have some questions about the origin of the holiday. If you’re not a Spanish-speaker, you might even be unfamiliar with some of the vocabulary or traditions of Day of the Dead. Not to fear though! Today we’re answering all…
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