Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy
For General Operating Support
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Amount$390,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/9/2019
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy is committed to the instruction, performance, and production of Mexican American arts. Housed in a storefront in San Pablo’s immigrant community, the organization reaches more than 20,000 people yearly, providing music and dance classes in traditional and popular Mexican genres to 240 children and young people. Los Cenzontles also researches, performs, and produces online media; records Mexican roots music; and hosts community cultural events. The organization’s dual goals are preservation of cultural tradition, and promotion of the Mexican aesthetic within the realm of world music and Americana.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.loscenzontles.com
Address
13108 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo, CA, 94805-1311, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy is committed to the instruction, preservation, performance, and production of Mexican American arts. The organization reaches more than 20,000 people each year, providing music and dance classes in traditional and popular Mexican genres to 240 children and young people in the city of San Pablo. Los Cenzontles also researches, performs, and produces online media; records Mexican roots music; and hosts community cultural events. This grant to Los Cenzontles advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy by supporting the cultural activities, traditions, and preservation of the diversity of Mexican American communities in the Bay Area.
