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Casa de la Cultura /
Center for Latino Arts (CLA) is a cutting-edge multi-functional community arts
center whose mission is to preserve and promote Latino art. Conveying to both
Latinos and non-Latinos the vitality of contemporary and traditional Latino
cultural expressions, the Center offers performances, exhibits and classes in
a variety of art forms, including: Latin jazz, folk dance and music, poetry,
theater and the visual arts. The CLA combines our Jorge Hernandez Cultural
Center (converted into a 450-person capacity performance venue from a
historic church in 1986) with a new community arts center (historically
renovated from the adjacent parish house in 2003) that includes a gallery,
dance studio and visual arts studio.
CLA's goals are to provide
high quality and affordable: Arts Education, particularly for at-risk youth
in Villa Victoria; Advocacy, Coordination, Support and Incubation for Latino
artists and arts organizations; Exhibition, Work, Rehearsal, Performance and
Rental Space; and opportunities for Cross-Cultural Collaboration between
Latinos and the rest of the city's diverse populations. Celebrating Boston's
growing diversity, the Center for Latino Arts is taking shape as a new
landmark in the city that will transcend Villa Victoria and the Latino
community and become a fixture engraved into the cultural life of Boston as a
whole. La Casa de la Cultura / Center for Latino Arts is a program of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
(IBA).
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STAFF
Javier Torres
Director,
Casa de la Cultura /Center for Latino Arts
617.927.1737
Ileana Lanzo
Program Assistant
617.927.1739
Alex Saavedra
Assistant General Manager
617.927.1735
Alex Alvear
Performance and Production Manager
617.927.1717
Evan Garza
Gallery Manager and Curator
617.927.1742
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