Grantee Database

LOS CENZONTLES MEXICAN ARTS CENTER

Grant Year

2022-23

Grant Program

Impact Projects

Award Amount

$19,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, Los Cenzontles will invite Gilberto Gutierrez, renowned son jarocho practitioner, to develop a six-month artist residency in collaboration with Los Cenzontles artists and local community members. The residency will incorporate art, music, and culture of Veracruz through mentoring, community workshops, and media production.

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

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