La Peña Cultural Center

La Peña Cultural Center is a vibrant community center that promotes peace, social justice, and cultural understanding through the arts, education, and social action. Each year, La Peña presents more than 100 events created by emerging and established performers, and produces new works by local, national, and international artists, reaching approximately 10,000 people. The center, which is located in Berkeley, also houses a variety of in-school and out-of-school arts education programs, classes, and workshops rooted in Latin American cultural traditions and international social movements.

La Peña Cultural Center is a vibrant community center with a global vision that promotes peace, social justice, and cultural understanding through the arts, education, and social action. Each year, La Peña presents more than 200 events created by emerging and established performers, and produces new works by local, national, and international artists. Through these activities, the organization reaches approximately 10,000 people each year. The organization also houses a variety of in-school and out-of-school arts education programs, as well as community-based classes and workshops. This capital grant will support critical repairs and renovations to La Peña’s facility in Berkeley.