Grantee Database
LOS CENZONTLES MEXICAN ARTS CENTER
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
Arts and Youth
Award Amount
$20,250.00
Project Description
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy offers hands-on training in Mexican traditional and popular art forms to 150 underserved children and youth ages 4-17. Los Cenzontles trains community youth in traditional art forms and ancestral cultures, with a focus on cultivating excellence and mastery of art forms through long-term acquisition of skills. The program functions within a social context, mirroring the ways in which traditional arts have been practiced for centuries within Mexican communities, and fostering an environment in which youth can tap into the resilience of their community and culture. Classes are taught by artists from the community, many of whom were trained themselves at the academy. A teen mentorship program provides hands-on training in teaching, production and performance.
Organization Summary
In our San Pablo/Richmond neighborhood:
• Arts academy providing accessible, high-quality cultural arts education to more than 150 students annually, ages 4 to adult, taking more than 125 classes annually in traditional music, dance, arts and crafts. Classes take place after-school on-site at Los Cenzontles, as well as virtually during the pandemic.
• Calendar of family-friendly community events, including concerts, workshops, and festivals.
• Teen apprenticeship program, providing hands-on training in teaching, production and performance.
Nationally:
• Live music and dance performances and arts workshops in communities throughout the U.S. (on hold during the pandemic).
• Cultural consultations – providing expertise to organizations seeking increased effectiveness in reaching Latino communities.
And beyond – media and online production:
• Thirty-three cultural albums, to date, of traditional and cross-cultural music with many traditional and vernacular artists.
• Critically acclaimed documentaries broadcast locally and nationally on PBS and more than 700 web-based videos with more than 43,000,000 views and 56,800 channel subscribers.
Organization
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy
Address
13108 SAN PABLO AVE
SAN PABLO
94805-1311
County
Contra Costa
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 233-8015
Congressional District
California's 8th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 15
State Senate District
District 9
