Posts Tagged ‘Latino Artists’

Eulogy to Diane Hunt Vanek

Two dancers. Mark in a fur mask in a squat position jumping in the air above Diane, sitting on the ground holding up a mask with fur

By Zarco Guerrero Carmen and I first met Mark and Di in the early 80s at Tuba City High School on the Navajo Reservation where we were both Artists in Residence. I remember the first time I saw Dancing Di dance, she fluttered around like a butterfly and could sting like a bee. She was…

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New Mask Exhibit In Downtown Mesa

Make your way to 111 W Main St in downtown Mesa to see the latest exhibit from Cultural Coalition’s Mask Alive Museum & Cultural Center project – A Study in Noh Masks! Featuring over 20 masks hand-carved and painted by artist and sculptor Zarco Guerrero, these masks are part of his Noh Mask Series, carved…

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UPDATE: Mask Raffle Extended

Take home your very own one-of-a-kind mask made by master sculptor Zarco Guerrero! All proceeds from the raffle help fund our amazing festival artists and performers. Make a donation today at Cultural Coalitions’ PayPal page to get your raffle tickets. $20 – One raffle ticket $100 – Six raffle tickets The lucky winner will be…

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Cultural Coalition Receives Gift from Friends of Mexican Art

This January, Cultural Coalition received a $1,700 gift from the Friends of Mexican Art (FOMA) towards the Cultural Coalition Guerrero Family Apprenticeship Program in support of an Arts Studio/Collections/Museum Studies Intern. This gift is intended to encourage the education of future museum professionals in working with and presenting Mexican, Mexican-American and Indigenous art. “After nearly…

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Mariachi STEAM Program Receives Funding

Cultural Coalition is excited to share that we have been select as part of the 2023 Cohort for the Equity in STEAM Initiative 2.0 from YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix and Intel! Working with youth mariachis and volunteers from the Intel Latinx Group Chapter and ASU’s student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Cultural Coalition…

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