SAVE THE DATE - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024
6th Annual Portal to the Past Festival
FESTIVAL DETAILS
This annual festival features cultural performances of dance, music, and storytelling celebrating the engineering ingenuity of the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People. During the festival, attendees will enjoy additional programs including storytelling, artist demonstrations, tours, and talks that further explore the history and importance of water in the desert.
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: S'edav Va'aki Museum - 4619 E Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85034
Cost: FREE!
2023 Schedule of Events
10AM to 12PM - TOKA MATCH
12PM to 12:30PM - Cruz Waila Band
12:30PM to 1:15PM - Park of Four Waters Tour
1:15PM to 1:45PM - Keli Akimel Traditional Basket Dancers & Singers
2PM to 2:30PM - Talk & Book Signing with Thosh Collins and Chelsea Luger
2:30PM to 3PM - Cruz Waila Band
3PM to 3:30PM - Artist Talk with Zarco Guerrero
3:30PM to 4PM - Cruz Waila Band
12PM to 4PM
O'Odham Artist Demonstrations
S.A.L.T. Fiber Art Demonstrations
S'edav Va'aki Kids Crafts
Taco Bros Food Truck
FESTIVAL QUESTIONS OR ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS?
Contact Ami Rogers, Events Coordinator at festivals(at)culturalcoalition.com or call (480) 819-3452.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
The 5th Annual Portal to the Past Festival was made possible thanks to support from:
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Sponsors of The Portal to the Past Festival have the opportunity to support free family friendly programming that celebrates the vibrant cultures of Arizona’s Indigenous people and connect communities to our shared cultural heritage through traditional arts.
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The Portal to the Past was inaugurated on October 20, 2019 with the Portal Festival where we unveiled the “Portal to the Past” art installation, one of five winners of the New Arizona Prize Water Public Art Challenge.
The piece, designed by local Arizona artist and Cultural Coalition Co-Founder and Artistic Director Zarco Guerrero, is a sculptural gate that incorporates images acknowledging the importance of the complex canal system created by the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People that we still use today. The “Portal” is located along the Grand Canalscape offering access to the grounds of Pueblo Grande Museum and an interpretive trail highlighting the accomplishments of the first inhabitants of the Valley of the Sun where visitors can virtually walk in the footsteps of the Hohokam while leaning important facts about their trade.