Latino Cultural Arts Center
Programs
Workshops, gatherings, festivals and exhibitions from the Latino Cultural Arts Center, organized by our three pathways.
Comunidad y Cultura
Arte + Community Wellness
Community wellness as “living into the seasons”: seasonal gatherings that weave ancestral tradition, creative expression and community connection into one living practice.
Ofrendas
LCAC's annual celebration rooted in the ancient and contemporary Mesoamerican traditions of Día de los Muertos — where grief is honored and healing happens in community, through art and across generations.
Viva Southwest Mariachi
A regional mariachi conference and festival presented with the MSU Denver Department of Music, with workshops for musicians of all ages and Colorado's All-State youth ensemble.
Creative Collectives
P/A/M: Praxis / Agency / Mentorship
A two-year, no-cost public art career program at Las Bodegas for artists ages 16–24.
Music @ Kalamath
Music education in the styles of Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean for middle and high school students, in the music building LCAC shares with MSU Denver at 800 Kalamath.
Past programs & exhibitions
2023 · Tierra, Agua, Energía y Tradición
Water Ceremony Community Mural
A 22-by-100-foot community mural under the Colfax Viaduct honoring our connection to water, nature and land, led by David Ocelotl Garcia with the River Sisters Circle.
2022
Malintzin: Unraveled and Rewoven
An immersive installation that untangled one of Mexico's most captivating icons, created by Denver artists and CU Denver students in dialogue with the Denver Art Museum's La Malinche exhibition.
2020–2022
Hecho en Colorado
An exhibition of historically significant paintings, sculptures, textiles and writings from Colorado's Chicano/Mexican American community, presented with History Colorado.
2021
Popul/Arte, Season 1
An artist-scholar residency that merged art, culture and theory to bring scholarship back to the people, with scholar Michael Wilson-Becerril and the Brazilian collective Negráfrica.