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FREE Portal to The Past Celebration

Learn About Ancient Sonoran People

PHOENIX, Arizona. October 20th – Please join Cultural Coalition, Inc. and the Pueblo Grande Museum in celebrating the installation of a new art piece, the “Portal to the Past”. Situated right next to the main buildings of the Pueblo Grande Museum, the Portal will be one of several entrances to the new City of Phoenix initiative, the Grand Canalscape.

The portal was designed by artist Zarco Guerrero and highlights the accomplishments of the Ancestral Sonoran people who first irrigated the desert by engineering an intricate canal system. This public art project was funded with a grant from the New Arizona Prize Water Public Art Challenge. This was a joint venture between Cultural Coalition and the Pueblo Grande Museum. 

This event will feature music, traditional basket dancers as well as local poets and storytellers. Families welcome! There will be a kids’ craft area and cultural arts demonstrations.

2PM – 3PM: Enjoy a performance from the Keli Akimel Basket Dancers

3PM – 4PM: Enjoy storytelling performances by Violent Duncan, Cher Thomas and Anna Flores

Plus!: Meet this year’s Indigenous Royalty from Arizona State University

4PM – 5PM: Enjoy live musical entertainment by Randy Kemp, Zarco Guerrero and others

Please mark your calendars for this special FREE event. The festival will begin October 20th at 2pm with events continuing until 5pm. FREE kids art and STEM activities. Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 East Washington Street, Phoenix. 

For more information visit www.culturalcoalition.org or www.pueblogrande.com

About Cultural Coalition, Inc:

Cultural Coalition, Inc. is a local non-profit who has committed to supporting indigenous artists and encouraging youth arts education for over 25 years. We are dedicated to the education, promotion and development of indigenous artists throughout Arizona. We provide our community with much needed artistic programs that highlight and amplify the cultural diversity of the Valley of the Sun.