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Cuentos de Carmen: Travels of a Piper Fellow Part 2

Exterior view of American Visionary Art Museum brick building with painted mural on the side of a multicolored open palm hand

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…

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Cultural Coalition Launches Online Museum

Zarco in front of a group of folklorico dancers wearing his masks

Mask Alive! Museum Features Hundreds of Masks Used By Arizona’s Performing Arts Organizations Cultural Coalition, Inc has announced the launch of its Mask Alive! Museum & Cultural Center (MAMACC), an online collection of masks, performance art related objects, exhibitions, and free pop-up art installations around the Valley. A dream of Cultural Coalition’s founders Zarco and…

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Día de los Muertos: The Untold Stories

Youth folklorico dancers in colorful dresses wearing calaca (skeleton) masks created by Zarco Guerrero

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…

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New 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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Meet 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 &…

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