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Los Angeles November 2008

Creative Responders: Latino Art in Action Re-Affirming and Transforming the Future

Friday, November 14, 2008 1:00-6:00pm

Saturday, November 15, 2008 9:00am - 5:00pm

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BAAD!'s Charles Rice-Gonzalez gives a workshop on artists marketing their work at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles.

Dancers from Danza Floricanto/USA perform at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles.

(l-r) Artist/musician Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara, scholarTomas Ybarra-Frausto and Charles Rice-Gonzalez at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles.

(l-r) California Arts Council Chief of Programs Josie S. Talamantez with the Center for Cultural Innovation's President and CEO Cora Mirakitani and Director of Training Nancy Hytone Leb, and Jeanne Sakamoto, Senior Program Officer for the James Irvine Foundation, at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles.

(l-r) elena minor, Publisher of Palabra Literary Magazine, and Judy Baca, muralist and Founder of SPARC at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles.

(l-r) MayaVision Executive Director Policarpo Chaj, scholar Tomas Ybarra-Frausto and NALAC Executive Director Maria De Leonat the "Transnational Reconnections" panel.

(l-r) Abel Lopez, GALA Theatre Associate Producing Director; Trini Rodriguez, Co-Founder, Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural; Kathy Gallegos, Executive Director, Avenue 50 Studio; and Jose Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director of the New LATC at the "Nuestras Casas: Building Our Cultural Spaces" panel.

NALAC extends a special thank you to the New LATC and volunteers such as Gaby Sanchez and Michael Pou who helped with the event.

Los Angeles Latino arts internet community-builder Guillermo Bejarano displays pieces from his collection of original Chicano artwork.

Acclaimed artist Gronk, Tomas Ybarra Frausto and a friend at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles. Photo by Alberto Varela.

NALAC Executive Director Maria De Leon with Ric Salinas of Culture Clash at the NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles.

HOSTED BY:

The New LATC , CONTRA-TIEMPO , Floricanto Dance Theater , Olin Theater Presenters, PALABRA A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art, Mujeres de Maiz , Los Pochos .

LOCATION:
THE NEW LATC
514 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013

The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) will convene a Regional Arts Training Workshop in Los Angeles entitled “Creative Responders: Latino Art in Action Re-Affirming and Transforming the Future.”

The Regional Workshop is a forum for dialogue, professional development and technical assistance for the Latino arts and cultural field. The context of this gathering is focused on empowering Latino artists and arts and cultural organizations through ideas, solutions and strategies for sustainability.

We invite you to join other Latino artists, arts and cultural leaders, organizers, educators and activists in the Los Angeles, area for this rewarding two day meeting that will include presentations, workshops, dialogue, performances and exhibits.

Presenters Include:

Lalo Alcaraz, Pocho Hour of Power, L.A. Cucaracha
Judy Baca, Founder/Artistic Director, SPARC
Policarpo Chaj, Executive Director, Maya Vision
Kathy Gallegos, Executive Director, Avenue 50 Studio
Leslie Ito, Program Officer, California Community Foundation
Johnny Irizarry, Executive Director, La Casa Latina, U. of Pennsylvania
Angie Kim, Program Officer, Getty Foundation
Nancy Hytone Leb, Director of Training, Center for Cultural Innovation
Abel Lopez, Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theater
Maria Lopez De Leon, Executive Director, NALAC
Elena Minor, Publisher, PALABRA: A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art
Cora Mirikitani, President and CEO, Center for Cultural Innovation
Amalia Ortiz, Pocho/a, Chicano Messengers of Spoken Word
Victor Payan, Keep on Crossin'
Sandra "Pocha" Pena, Pocha Manifesto, Pocharte
Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Artistic Director, BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Phillip Rodriguez, Filmmaker, City Projects, Latinos ’08, The New Los Angeles
Trini Rodriguez, Co-Founder, Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural
Jeanne Sakamoto, Senior Program Officer, Irvine Foundation
Josie Talamantez, Chief of Programs, California Arts Council
Alice Valdez, MECA Houston (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts)
Jose Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director, The New LATC
Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, Independent Scholar

Regional Workshop Tracks include:

• Resource Development and Capacity Building
• Leadership Development and Re-generation
• Establishing Relationships with Funders and Navigating Government Funding
• Arts Toolkit: Marketing Your Work and Reaching New Audiences
• Nuestras Casas: Development of Cultural Facilities
• Transnational Re-Connections: Immigration, Economic Justice & Social Impact
• Comerciantes Culturales: Organizing Communities through Arts Festiva
• Taking Latino Art and Culture into the Classroom
• Creative Responders: Re-Shaping the 21st Century Latino Narrative
• Latino Arts Town Hall Meeting

To join NALAC, click here. For more information about registration, contact NALAC at 210-432-3982 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts; the JPMorgan Chase Foundation; the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; the Ford Foundation; Southwest Airlines; MetLife Foundation; Texas Commission on the Arts; City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; The Center for Cultural Innovation in Los Angeles and individual donors, volunteers and NALAC members.

Los Angeles Host Committee: The New LATC, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Floricanto Dance Theater, Olin Theater Presenters, PALABRA A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art, Mujeres de Maiz, Los Pochos.