alac community fundraiser
"ALAC Galeria de Arte" May 28, 2009
2009 Community Reception Event
Click here to download:
ALAC May 28th Invite--1 Page.pdf
SAVE THE DATE:
ALAC Community Fundraiser
May 28, 2009, Thursday~5:30 pm.
Wyndham Hotel downtown Phoenix,
50 E. Adams St.
Come and enjoy time with your friends, family and arts community. FREE entertainment, art exhibit, appetizers, a chance to win raffle prizes, networking, and a No-host bar..
Donation at the door: $1 dollar (or more)
RSVP Today via email: RSVP.alacevents@alacaz.org
For more information on ALAC
Email: info@alacaz.org
Special Announcement:
All donors that pledge $1000 or more
on or by May 28th are eligible to have
a piece of original art donated by ALAC
visual artists. The donor can select the art
at the reception, it is first paid, first
served.
Click on the link below for the
pledge form:
Click here to see>>
Martin Moreno & ErLinda Tórres
Latino arts groups call for a cultural home
While major Latino museums have sprung up in big cities, including Long Beach, Calif.; Albuquerque; and San Antonio, Phoenix has lagged behind.
An alliance of 12 Arizona arts groups has an ambitious plan to change that.
Advocates for Latin@ Arts and Culture Consortium Inc (ALAC) plan to begin efforts this month to raise $200,000 to open and operate a small Phoenix cultural center later this year. Five years down the road, the group envisions a $10 million facility. "It's kind of embarrassing," said Martin Moreno, who sits on the consortium's board of directors. He said Phoenix needs a center that preserves and nurtures Latino, Chicano and indigenous contributions to the arts.
"Art is that magical bridge that brings people together," Moreno said. "You don't have to understand Picasso's language to understand his work."
Arizona artists & art advocates creating ‘Artnerships’ to empower, promote, and preserve Latino arts & culture
We began our journey in the conference room of the Arizona Commission on the Arts in Phoenix. Over 45 individual Hispanic artists and arts organizations gathered for a historic meeting to create a consortium to envision a Latino Cultural Center and Latino arts initiatives.
Some of these community-based Latino arts organizations have provided
diverse programs, festivals, performances, art shows, murals, dance and
theater serving adults, youth and schools for over 20 years. However, the
majority of these groups have no offices, production facilities or full-time
paid staff members.
Out of that initial and subsequent monthly meetings grew a membership of
professional individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a
collective voice on behalf of the Latino arts community, its supporters and
the public it serves.