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Welcome Elyanna Smith
Elyanna is the Museum and Community Engagement Assistant with Cultural Coalition for the 2023-2024 school year. After graduating from ASU with her bachelor’s degree in museum studies, she decided to get more involved with community art events and volunteering, which led her to Cultural Coalition. Growing up, Elyanna moved cities frequently, which contributed to her…
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 MoreMeet the Staff: Renee Aguilar
Cultural Coalition is proud to announce that it has hired its first full time employee! Please join us in welcoming our new Assistant Director Renee Aguilar. Renee has been working with Cultural Coalition part time as a contract employee since 2020, assisting with marketing, public relations, grant writing, and our Mask Alive Museum & Cultural…
Read MoreMeet 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 &…
Read MoreStorytelling with Zarco Guerrero
As many of you know, Cultural Coalition Artistic Director Zarco Guerrero not only creates the wonderful masks you see on the performers at our festivals, but he too performs in his masks. Animated and heartfelt, Zarco brings audiences into the worlds of his storytelling with a whimsical mix of history and human emotion. You can…
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