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Mask 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 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…
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 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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