With support from the California Arts Council, ARTE AMERICAS will build on a 25 year history of serving the Mexican folkloric dance community through our Danzantes del Valle network of groups from Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties–over 30 in the region. Our project supports five collaborative dance shows on stage with logistics, financial management and publicity. We will move to a new level artistically and promotionally with support for workshops, promotion, and stage equipment.
With multiple exhibitions a year in four gallery spaces, an outdoor music series, indoor concerts, receptions, lectures and community festivals, Arte Américas is the largest Latinx Cultural Center in the Central Valley. Major opportunities to engage include our annual dia de muertos programs and exhibitions, a Mothers’ Day Mariachi Brunch and Summer Concert Series (6 per year) in an outdoor venue known as Plaza Paz. We facilitate biweekly bilingual storytime and art workshops as well as biweekly artmaking workshops so that every weekend, our community can connect at Arte Américas. We function as fiscal sponsor for scaling organizations including an ongoing program of Mexican folkloric dance groups in the valley, Danzantes del Valle. We contract with Fresno Unified School District to teach after school and winter break arts enrichment programs for youth.

