We are a not-for-profit project that strives to provide low cost, accessible, and diverse arts programming led by professional teaching artists in Los Angeles County.
Mision
We celebrate, promote, and cultivate the cultural expressions of the Americas.
Through arts education programs, cultural events, and media production, we seek to elevate underrepresented voices, bring communities together, and discuss social issues
Vision
We dream of…
A society in which access to the arts is a human right, and is treated as such, without any economic, political, or social barriers.
Stronger communities in which individuals have a sense of belonging by coming together through the arts to create, express, and support each other as a diverse collective of people.
An inclusive and always evolving education system in which the diversity of voices and traditions are valued and heard.
Values and Philosophy
To share the various and often underrepresented cultural traditions, contemporary expressions, artists, and voices, from all over the The Americas.
To approach education through play and life-enriching experiences.
To foster the power of education as a mechanism for building community and positive social change.
To challenge stereotypes that reduce a culture to superficial expressions and thus limiting the artistic endeavours of their people.
To challenge beliefs that uphold the supremacy of a culture/ ethnicity / person/ being / over another.
To question the current distribution of powers expressed in gender, sex, race, class, ethnicity, and culture.
To create awareness of what is The Americas and all the independent territories, countries, and colonies within.
North America
Canada
United States
Mexico
Central America
Guatemala
Belize
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
South America
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
Brazil
Paraguay
Peru
Ecuador
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Caribbean
Cuba
Jamaica
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico (U.S. territory)
Bahamas
Barbados
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Curacao (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Sint Maarten (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory)
U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S. territory)
Impact
Every year…
800 + Students participate in our classes, workshops, and educational music and dance performances.
40 + Classes, workshops, and performances offered .
20 + Artists hired to share their art forms, voices, cultures, and traditions.
Since 2022…
11 different organizations, venues, and businesses all over Los Angeles County have collaborated with us to host our programming
Staff
Founder & Executive Director
Education Programs Manager & Creative Advisor
Mackynze Roten
Site Coordinator
CultivArte is a
project of the Fulcrum Arts’ Emerge Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
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