Mask Alive Art Collection
Cultural Coalition is excited to announce the official opening of our new Mask Alive Art Collection Gallery!
A space for creative, artistic expression that exhibits a global collection of masks and art in celebration of the human cultural practice of storytelling.
Located at Suite #1045 inside the Arizona Center, the gallery showcases the unique artistic vision of Zarco Guerrero, a renowned artist, storyteller, master sculptor, and Cultural Coalition Co-Founder. Featuring over 200 captivating works of art that span Guerrero's 50 year career, it is a colorful, joyful, and immersive cultural experience. Visitors will feel the transformative power of the mask as they explore the gallery full of over-sized 10-foot puppets, a quetzalcoatl performance art piece, bronze sculptures, upcycled mandalas, and over 100 different carved and sculpted masks.
"It is a dream come true to unveil the Mask Alive Art Collection Gallery and share the incredible artistry of Zarco Guerrero with the Phoenix community," said Carmen Guerrero, Cultural Coalition Executive Director. "Made possible thanks to Arizona Center, the space will also serve as a community hub as a legacy to the power of art to inspire, educate, and connect us to diverse cultures, traditions, and to each other."
GALLERY HOURS:
Monday & Wednesday
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
First Fridays
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Third Fridays
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
By Appointment
Email contact(at)culturalcoalition.com
to request a visit.
ADDRESS:
Arizona Center
455 N 3rd St, Suite #1045
Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Following the successful implementation of our First Friday Día de los Muertos Pop-up Exhibits & Storytellings at the Arizona Center during Fall 2024, they invited Cultural Coalition to take over a larger vacant retail space to expand the presentation of our art collection and provide more free and paid community programming related to the cultural arts. This space has the potential to display the over 500 pieces of artwork from Cultural Coalition’s Mask Alive Art Collection, including many more oversized and life-sized sculptures from artist Zarco Guerrero. Within this larger space, completely curated and designed by Cultural Coalition, we also have the potential to present more programming, including offering regular “open hours” of a gallery space for the general public to come in to view the artwork up-close and learn more about their important history tied to Arizona’s performing arts.
For Zarco, this gallery is a continuation of his desire to connect culture and community, “This retrospective of my art represents a culmination of over 50 years of mask making work we’ve done with various ballet folklórico, mariachi, theater groups, and performance artists to take art into our communities. To ensure that art thrives! It lives! And we’re in this space to keep making that happen.”
Help Cultural Coalition take this legacy project to the next phase of having a permanent home for the collection with space to celebrate our shared cultural artistic legacy with our community!