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Storytelling 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…
Read MoreCelebration of Women Book Launch
Congrats to our Executive Director, Carmen Guerrero, for being recognized as a Legend by Achieving My Purpose (AMP) at this year’s Celebration of Women Book Launch!!
Read MoreCultural Coalition celebrated its 25 year anniversary in 2021
As this year comes to a close, we thought it would be a perfect time to take a look back over the last quarter century and how that has led to who we are today. The idea of Cultural Coalition began in 1996, with Zarco Guerrero and Carmen de Novais Guerrero, already established artists and…
Read MorePartners in Service to the Community
Many people are aware of the work Cultural Coalition does with the children at the Rancho del Arte low-income housing apartments in Mesa. We’ve shared stories about the free meals, art, music, and homework help our teachers provide in our afterschool program. Serving approximately 90 children, from ages 5 to 15, this program offers them…
Read MoreCultivating Future Community Leaders
Every year, Cultural Coalition partners with Americorp providing real-life experience in a non-profit work environment to encourage our next generation of leaders to engage in the arts and their community. Our most recent Americorp team member to join us is Ashley Culbertson. Since January, she has been working with our staff with a variety of…
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