With support from the California Arts Council, ARTE AMERICAS THE MEXICAN ARTS CENTER will support an artist residency aligned with our 2019 Día de Muertos programming, moving our focus from event-based festivities toward deeper community-based engagement and a higher level of artist involvement and growth, including a series of free art-making workshops, community ofrendas, and a convening of participants to reconnect with traditional practices and the cultural significance of Dia de Muertos.
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.

