Agenda FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014 THE CASINO AT ROGER WILLIAMS PARK 8:00 am–9:00 am Registration on First Floor 9:00 am–10:10 am Welcome and Performances 10:10 am–10:45 am KEYNOTE: Magdalena Gomez– Reframing the Arts and Culture Conversation 11:00 am–12:30 pm–CONCURRENT SESSIONS I. Development, Fundraising and Grant Writing II. Beyond Hispanic Heritage Month 12:30 pm–1:15 pm–Lunch and Performances 1:15 pm–1:45 pm Roundtable Conversations 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 pm–CONCURRENT SESSIONS I. Living the Future Now II. Technology as an Equalizer 3:20 pm–4:00 pm PLENARY Arts and Immigrant Social Justice
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE FEINSTEIN CAMPUS 9:00 am–10:00 am Registration on First Floor 10:00 am–10:30 am Welcome and Performances 10:30 am–3:00 pm I.Youth Led Artistic Collaborative II.Exhibitions III. Youth Cinema 10:30 am–12:00 pm–CONCURRENT SESSIONS I. Youth Leading Forward: Capacity Building II. Decoding Power III. Beyond the Canon: Teaching Artist Resources 12:00 pm–1:30 pm–Luncheon 1:45 pm–3:00 pm–CONCURRENT SESSIONS I. Youth Leading Forward: Aesthetic Interventions II. Mediating Our Own Image III. Policy and Protest
SITE VISITS
3:10 pm–3:30 pm Afternoon Performance
4:45 pm–6:45 pm Southside Community Center & AS220 Knight Library & Providence City Arts
3:30 pm–4:45 pm PLENARY Intercultural Collaborations
THE FETE IN OLNEYVILLE 7:00 pm–8:00 pm Evening Performances and Reception
STATE HOUSE 6:00 pm–6:30 pm State House Introduction/Performance WaterFire Procession WATERPLACE PARK 6:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. WaterFire Gemma Foundation VIP Pink Party*
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Keynote Speaker
Magdalena Gómez
Award-winning Performance Poet, Playwright, Arts Educator and Columnist Ms. Gómez is an award-winning performance poet, playwright and performer. She has received play development awards from the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture; the Massachusetts Cultural Council; Arts International (in collaboration with the Augusta Savage Gallery) and an NEA Master Artist Award from Pregones Theater, among others. Dancing in My Cockroach Killers, a dramatization of her poems and monologues, was performed in 2013 to the critical acclaim of Off-Broadway audiences and will be reprised this Fall at Pregones Theater in NYC and will receive ten performances at the Los Angeles Theater Center’s mainstage as part of Encuentro 2014. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Teatro V!da, the first Latino theater in Springfield, Massachusetts, and founder of the Ferocious Women’s Group bringing to public view voices of women and girls through writing and performance. Ms. Gomez is also a New England Public Radio commentator, national speaker and columnist with the Point of View Newspaper. She is the co-editor of Bullying: Replies, Rebuttals, Confessions and Catharsis, the first multicultural, intergenerational and multi- genre anthology on bullying. A book of her poetry, Shameless Woman, is due for release this September by Red Sugarcane Press, NYC. Her role in the Nuyorican Literary movement was recently cited in In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam, by scholar and poet Urayoán Noel. The University of Connecticut Storrs invited Ms. Gomez for the coveted honor of housing her literary archives at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. The Providence Regional Arts Training Workshop is made possible thanks to generous support from our sponsors, members and volunteers.
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Roger Williams Park Casino
Friday, October 10
1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907
Welcome, Introductions and Performances
9:00 10:10 am
Blessing by Dawn Dove – Narragansett Tribal Elder Morning Performance with Eastern Medicine Dancers
Keynote with Magdalena Gómez
10:10 10:45 am
Demographic Shifts: Reframing the Arts and Culture Conversation The demographic transformation in our nation is bringing to light the ways in which Latino artists and arts organizations are challenging and redefining the themes, priorities and ideas that are shaping the meaning and evolution of Latino cultural production, while contesting the underpinnings of discriminatory social, political, immigration and economic practices. Latino cultural workers have an opportunity to reframe the national cultural dialogue and speak to the complexity of Latino experiences in the U.S. How do Latino arts impact social and cultural equity and alter the coordinates between aesthetics, politics, institutional and community-based practices in on our society?
Concurrent Sessions
11:00 - 12:30 pm
Development, Fund Raising, Grant Writing
1st Floor
There are many entry-points to diversify your funds. This practical workshop will boost your awareness of those options, in order to identify the right strategy for your project, program or organization. Improve your skills, clarify your thinking and prepare to increase your ability to secure financial support and build partnerships with funders. • Dr. Arnaldo J. Lopez, Development Officer, Pregones Theater, NY
Beyond Hispanic Heritage Month: Museum Practices
2nd Floor
In the United States, a boon in the Latino arts and cultural market emerges every September, and in the last decade, every November, during Hispanic Heritage Month and Day of the Dead respectively. These intensified periods of heightened awareness of Latino arts and culture are entry-point strategies that engage new audiences and celebrate diversity of perspective. How do forward-thinking museums and curators go beyond this temporary opportunity and integrate social inclusion as part of their normative curatorial practices, collection policies and public programming? • • • • •
Mim Fawcett, Executive Director, Attleboro Art Museum, MA Maggie Anderson, Education Department, Newport Art Museum, RI Nick Capasso, Museum Director, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA Gabriela Muñoz, Curatorial Assistant Latin American Art, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Curator, El Museo Del Barrio, NY 3
Roger Williams Park Casino
Friday, October 10
Lunch Conversations
12:40–1:45 pm
Lunch Conversations present an opportunity for participants to engage in an interactive discussion around a particular theme. The sessions may address current trends and challenges in the field, facilitate peer to peer mentoring, introduce new initiatives or promote networking among peers. Concurrent discussions of varying themes will take place during lunch, allowing for an inviting setting that is meant to inspire open dialogue and active participation.
Concurrent Sessions
2:00 - 3:15 pm New Generations Leading Forward: Living the Future Now 1st Floor Hear from a diverse and creative group of young artists and next generation leaders talk about their work and how they envision the future field of arts and culture and the role of young people of color in shaping it. • Moderator: Gina Rodriguez • Shey Rivera, NALAC Alumni, Director of Programs, AS220, RI • Anabelle Vasquez Rodriguez, Villa Victoria, MA • Betty Bastidas, NALAC Grantee, Filmmaler, NY • Jose Feliciano, NALAC Alumni, Greater Hartford Arts Council, CT
Technology As An Equalizer
2nd Floor
This presentation by the New England Foundation for the Arts will provide an overview of CreativeGround, NEFA’s free online directory made up of profiles for New England cultural nonprofits like theaters and community centers, artists of all disciplines, and creative businesses like design and marketing firms. A demonstration will guide individuals and organizations through the process of creating and updating a comprehensive profile maximizing the profile’s searchability. The workshop will also demonstrate the detailed search options and the best ways to locate organizations, artists, and creative businesses engaging in specific disciplines, activities and services directed to certain populations and geographic regions. • Dee Schneidman, NEFA, CreativeGround.org, RI • Reza Clifton, Social Media Resources. RI
Plenary
Arts and Immigrant Social Justice: Political Analysis of the State of Immigrants in the U.S.
3:20 -4:00 pm 2nd Floor
The pervasive exclusionary political environment that affects hundreds of thousands families annually calls for multi-tiered mobilizing efforts to ensure corrective measures in favor of social justice. Through the transformative power of the arts, cultural workers and artists, have been on the frontlines, and have assisted organizations doing the work on the ground in defense of human rights. The effect of this process is heightened mutual understanding, deepened relationships, and artistic enrichment. These are necessary qualities for a healthy community; they give rise to clearer articulation of a community’s problems, and thereby a stronger platform from which they can engage in civic dialogue and effect change in policies, laws, and society. • Francisco Pacheco, Organizing Director, National Day Labor Organizing Network • Delia Rodriguez, PODER 1110 WPMZ 4
Roger Williams Park Casino
Friday, October 10
Site Visits
Board Buses by curb (boarding time 15 mins) Buses Depart
4:30 pm 4:45 pm
Site Visit Option #1
Southside Cultural Center
4:45–5:15 pm
AS220
5:30–6:15 pm
393 Board Street Providence, RI 02907 Southside Cultural Center is a place where artists, educators, parents and students can come together to broaden and embrace the community through education and the arts. Its vision is to offer a wide range of music, dance, theater, and visual arts classes and performances to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. 115 Empire St. Providence, RI 02903 AS220 is an artist-run organization committed to providing an unjuried and uncensored forum for the arts. AS220 offers artists opportunities to live, work, exhibit and/or perform in its facilities, which include several rotating gallery spaces, a performance stage, a black-box theater, a print shop, a darkroom and media arts lab, a fabrication and electronics lab, a dance studio, a youth program focusing on youth under state care and in the juvenile detention facilities, four dozen affordable live/work studios for artists. Site Visit Option #2
Knight Memorial Providence Community Library
4:45–5:15 pm
Providence City Arts
5:30–6:15 pm
Evening Reception at FETE
7:00–8:00 pm
275 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907 PCL provides free, accessible library services to improve and enrich the lives of the people of Providence. Our community libraries serve as vibrant hubs within the neighborhoods of Providence, providing programs and services that respond to the needs of the community. 891 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907 The mission of Providence ¡CityArts! for Youth Inc. is to provide free professional artbased education and training to Providence youth in a fully developed communitybased arts center that reflects, encourages, and promotes the rich ethnic diversity of Providence, our capital city. CityArts’ mission is to ensure our capital city’s most challenged youth access to quality arts programs—unhindered by socio-economic barriers, and celebrating the arts as a means to youth empowerment, community building, and social change. Fête’s mission is to rejuvenate the relationship between music and revelry; create a haven where both artists and audiences engage in a unique and gratifying cultural experience; and actively participate in the revitalization of Olneyville, a unique and historic Providence neighborhood.
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Saturday, October 11
University of Rhode Island Feinstein Campus 80 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903
Welcome and Performances
10:00–10:30 am
Morning Performances by Rhode Island Black Stortellers
Concurrent Sessions–Morning
10:30–12:00 pm
Decoding Power Paff Auditorium What is your power currency and how do you exercise it to move the needle in progressive movements? Cultural workers are ideally positioned to consider the critical underpinnings and catalytic potential of power as manifested by individual acts and community mobilizing efforts. When power dynamics are not in your favor, how do you leverage accessible sources of power to amplify actions that advocate on behalf of your communities’ needs? Join a reflective discussion on the nature of power. • Charles Rice-González, NALAC Chairperson, Author, Director BAAD!, NY • Doris De Los Santos, Director of Latina Leadership Institute, St. Senate Candidate, RI • Umberto Crenca, Artistic Director of AS220, NALAC Grantee, RI • Fred Ordoñez, Executive Director of Direct action for Rights and Equity, RI
Beyond the Canon: Teaching Artist Resource-Sharing
Room 228
Multiply your base of knowledge by actively participating in this forum for exchanging resources among Teaching Artists. Transfer of knowledge may include perspectives in arts pedagogy, classroom tools, technological advances, research methodologies and interactive mind-body exercises to manage it all. Explore the opportunities to certify artists and traditional cultural bearers to teach in public schools. Share your discoveries and insider information among peers working in arts learning environments. • • • •
Arik Beatty, Teaching Artist Center Program Director, RI Sherilyn Brown, Director of Education Programs, RISCA, RI Ana Flores, Teaching Artist, RI Victor Pacheco, Teaching Artist & Sculptor, RI
Youth Leading Forward: Capacity Building
Room 260 A & B
Join seasoned and emerging artistic voices in a session that describes diverse career paths in the arts. How will those coming of age at the crossroads of this cultural era respond to and shape the future of arts and culture? What lessons learned can intergenerational artists impart with each other? How can we continue to foster creative dialogue between multiple generations? • • • • • 6
Adriana Gallego, NALAC, Visual Artist, TX Tiffany Vega, NALAC Alumni, General Manager of Hi-ARTS, NY Saul Ramos, Multigenre Artist,ECAS Theater, RI Suzy Santana, SPoken Word Artist, RI William Staffeld, Writer, RI
Saturday, October 11
University of Rhode Island Feinstein Campus
Lunch and Performances
12:00–1:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions–Afternoon
1:45–3:00 pm
Mediating Our Own Image
Paff Auditorium
Artists of color working in film are at the forefront of mediating corrective measures that tell our diverse stories from multiple perspectives, breaking the threshold of the one-dimensional characterization of our communities and experiences. Meet artists who are dispelling myths, are providing access to tools and resources for storytelling in first voice, and witness how they are transforming audiences from observing spectators into active agents for change. • • • •
Jose Augusto Barriga, Director of Boston Latino International Film Festival, MA Analia Alcolea, Providence Latin American Film Festival, RI Victorious Ramos, Independent Filmmaker, RI Orlando Santos, Filmmaker, RI
Youth Leading Forward: Aesthetic Interventions
Room 260 A & B
The future is now and young artists are taking the reins of artistic expression in new and surprising ways. Witness the work by artists coming of age as they report back from the edges of perception. • Master of Ceremonies: Joshua Padilla, Zu-Krewe, AS220
Policy and Protest
Room 228
Arts and cultural expression are critical forms of political, social and personal transformation. The intersection of community activism and art have mobilized change-orientated collective action in multiple arenas towards a more just and equitable society. Understanding the complementary tactics and strategies employed through the pairing of policy and protest is essential to effectively identify, challenge and change discriminatory structural practices at home and at the national level. A variety of advocacy methodologies and scenarios will be discussed to cultivate a practical understanding of the frameworks involved in shaping cultural policy. • Maria Lopez De Leon, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, TX • Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Chief Counsel, Govt & Public Affairs, Americans for the Arts, RI • Grace Diaz, Representative, Legislator, RI • Fred Ordoñez, Executive Director of Direct action for Rights and Equity, RI • Randy Rosenbaum, Executive Director, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, RI
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Saturday, October 11
University of Rhode Island Feinstein Campus
Remarks and Performances Plenary Intercultural Collaborations
3:10–3:30 pm 3:30–4:45 pm Paff Auditorium
To ensure greater inclusion and national representation of all communities of color, to not only advance the arts, but also deepen the impact of the arts on the nation’s fabric, it is imperative that we do not work in silos. Intercultural networks are essential to ensuring greater diversification of expression uplifting the voices of those that are underrepresented in the arts today. Connect with leaders and artists of several multicultural organizations that have been building their relationships with each other and sharing knowledge, expertise and resources while simultaneously strengthening their organizations and networks through cross-cultural development. • Mitch Menchaca, Vice President of Programs & COO, Chorus of America • Elena Calderón Patiño, Director of Community Arts, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, RI • Ray Watson, Executive Member of Eastern Medicine Cultural, RI • Loren Spears, Executive Director, Tomaquag Indian Museum, RI • Len Cabral, Rhode Island Black Storytellers, RI • Silaphone Nhongvongsouthy, Executive Director, Laotian Community Center of Rhode Island, RI
Closing Remarks by NALAC
4:45–5:00 pm
Activities On-Going
10:00–3:00 pm
Youth Led Artistic Collaborative–Attendees are invited to make a communal piece of artwork. Supplies donated by the Newport Art Museum. Finished work to be displayed at the final Plenary. Exhibition–Artwork by Tamara Diaz on view throughout the day Youth Cinema– Films will be on view throughout the day. Make your way through WaterFire Village to the State Capitol Lawn 5:00–5:45 pm Rhode Island State Capitol – RI Ballet Performance and 6:00–6:30 pm WaterFire Lighting Ceremony WaterFire – Flames of Hope VIP Pink Party Reception, Diverse World Buffet, & Performances – additional cost to attend $8.00 6:30–11:00 pm
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Panelists Analia Alcolea As an Argentinian living in Rhode Island always wanted to be part of a group that represents my culture: speaks same language, understand same slangs, enjoy codes in common, share same background, etc. Life gave me an opportunity to found an Argentinian organization for the first time just almost an year ago: Asociación Argentina de Rhode Island. Maggie Anderson Maggie Anderson began in March 2012 as Director of Education at the Newport Art Museum. Ms. Anderson is an accomplished arts educator and administrator with a decade of experience in the education field. Prior to her work at the Museum, she served as Instructional Leader for Integrated Arts at Foxborough Regional Charter School and spent seven years as a high school and middle school educator. She wrote and implemented a k-12 visual arts curriculum fully aligned with Massachusetts state standards, still in use today. She holds a B.A. from Rhode Island College and an MPS (Masters of Professional Studies) in Arts and Cultural Management/Arts Administration from Pratt Institute in NY. Rocio Aranda-Alvarado Rocio Aranda-Alvarado is Curator at El Museo del Barrio where she organizes temporary exhibitions and exhibitions drawn from the permanent collection. She is also on the faculty at the City College of New York. Jose Augusto Barriga After a 10 year career as a network TV producer, Jose arrived in Boston from Los Angeles in 2001 to work for a community based organization. Jose founded the Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLIFF) in 2001. Now after 13 years, the Boston Latino International Film Festival has become one of the most important ethnic film festivals of New England. BLIFF is based at Harvard University and works with other academic institutions of the Boston Metro area. He is a social psychologist by training, with post graduate studies in Communications from UCLA and specializes in Latino media in the U.S. Jose had a 10 year career as a network TV producer in LA. Betty Bastidas Betty Bastidas is a video producer, photographer and media educator based in New York. She is the co-founder of Maracuya Productions, a bi-cultural production company focusing on creating short videos for broadcast. Betty’s work has garnered numerous awards, including a documentary grant from HBO/ NALIP, the NALAC Fund for the Arts in 2008 and 2013, and the NYFA Photography Fellowship. A graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, her projects have featured in the New York Times, PBS, and BET, as well as Vibe, Trace, and Esquire magazines. Arik Beatty Arik Beatty is the RITAC Program Director and Development Associate at The Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI. In addition to his administrative roles at The Gamm, Arik works locally as a producer, director, and actor in live theater and film. He holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Brown University. 9
Sherilyn Brown Sherilyn Brown is the Education Director at the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, a position she has held for 28 years. In that capacity, Sherilyn has worked on many programs and policy initiatives, such as arts graduation requirements, the RI Arts Grade Span Expectations, arts integration professional development for educators, the GiveMe5 media education programs, and the new RI Teaching Artists Center. Len Cabral Len Cabral is an internationally acclaimed storyteller and author who has been enchanting audiences with his storytelling performances at schools, libraries, museums and festivals since 1976. Len travels extensively throughout the United States and abroad building bridges across cultural boundaries through the art of storytelling. In addition to his performance art, Len provides keynote addresses and creates workshops for educators and students. Len is the recipient of the National Storytelling Network 2001 Circle Of Excellence, Oracle Award. Elena Calderón Patiño For many years, Elena Calderón Patiño has been dedicated to the promotion and advancement of art and culture as an artist, a designer and an art administrator. In her current role as Director of the Community Arts Program at Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), she has advocated for artists of color by creating partnerships with art museums, non-profit organizations, universities, and government institutions. Nick Capasso Nick Capasso, Ph.D. is Director of the Fitchburg Art Museum. From 1990-2012, he worked as a curator at the deCordova Sculpture Park. In 2011, he attended the Getty Foundation’s Museum Leadership Institute. Capasso is also Chair of the Public Art Curatorial Committee at the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston. Reza Clifton Reza Clifton is a writer, digital storyteller and cultural navigator living in Providence, RI. She teaches writing and digital media at various sites, is exhibiting a photography show called Music Moves, and is working on her first collection of poetry. She also works as a freelance journalist, blogs at VenusSings.com and AmbitiousBlackFeminist.com, and has lived, studied and, in many cases, interviewed, written about and/or collaborated with artists in Cuba, Washington, DC, Spain, London, Austin and New York. Umberto Crenca Umberto Crenca is a visual artist, performance artist, and musician with a long exhibition and performance history. He has been both artist in residence and an exhibiting artist at the New England Center for Contemporary Art in Brooklyn, CT. Crenca is the Artistic Director and Founder of AS220, Rhode Island’s unjuried, uncensored, and all-ages forum and home for the arts, located in Providence. Now in it’s 29th year, AS220 is looked upon as an international model for access, equity, and sustainability in the non-profit arts world. 10
Doris De Los Santos Doris De Los Santos is the Executive Director of Partnership, Development and Community Engagement for the Providence Public Schools. Previously, De Los Santos was appointed as Governor Lincoln D. Chafee’s director of the Office of Municipal and External Affairs and most recently, was appointed to State of R.I. Parole Board. Civic participation, gender equality and social justice are issues close to her heart. Grace Diaz Grace Diaz (D) has represented the people of District 11 in Providence since 2005, after being elected to the seat in November 2004. She was named a Deputy Majority Leader in April 2014. In 2012, Rep. Diaz sponsored a bill enacted into law which prevents children from receiving out-of-school suspensions for attendance issues. A native of the Dominican Republic, she graduated from Los Angeles Custodios High School in 1977. She is also a member of WAND and NOW, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, Women in Government, National Hispanic State Legislators and the RI Black and Latino Caucus. Mim Brooks Fawcett Mim Brooks Fawcett is the Executive Director of the Attleboro Arts Museum in Attleboro, MA. The Museum provides arts education, exhibitions and unique cultural experiences to individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Fawcett is also the arts partner in the City of Attleboro’s Expo for the Senses, Winter Night Festival, and The Big Read. Jose Feliciano José Feliciano is the Grants Administrator for the Greater Hartford Arts Council and brings his years of experience as an educator and program coordinator to create cultural and diversity-based change in the communities he serves. Ana Flores Flores is a sculptor, ecological designer, and writer and curator. Her sculptural and design work of the last two decades has been devoted to cultural narratives that help communities expand their sense of identity and connect with landscapes, both those they carry inside as well as where they reside. Adriana Gallego Adriana Gallego is Deputy Director of NALAC and brings with her years of experience as an artist, administrator and educator. Adriana was previously the Director of Strategic Initiatives with the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Educational Assistant at the Norton Simon Museum, and Arts Educator throughout Arizona and California. Luis M. Garza For the past nine years, Luis M. Garza has worked as a freelance photographer, while developing his own entrepreneurial ventures. His skills include digital photography, computer networking, graphic and web design, print output and database management. As a NALAC Alumni Luis is moving forward as an arts professional and hopes to establish an organization to promote photographic arts and artists in San Antonio and South Texas. 11
Kyla Laughlin Kyla Laughlin, 22 years old, was born and raised in Rhode Island. She attends Rhode Island College double majoring in studio art and art history with intentions of continuing on to grad school for Art Therapy. She enjoys creating with oil, acrylic, watercolors and charcoal focusing on portraits. Dr. Arnaldo J. López Arnaldo J. López is an arts manager and advocate with a Ph.D. in Latin/o American Literatures and Cultures from NYU. As Development Officer of Pregones Theater, his credits include multi-million dollar campaigns in support of facility development in the South Bronx and institutional merger with the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan. Experienced in the peer review and funding process, Arnaldo also works as advisor to other arts organizations seeking stabilization and investment, most recently in affiliation with the DeVos Institute for Arts Management. Maria López De León María López De León is the Executive Director and board member of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC). In January 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. De León to serve on the National Council on the Arts. In 2012 & 2013, Ms. De León was named among the nation’s Fifty Most Powerful and Influential People in the Nonprofit Arts. With over twenty years of multifaceted experience in grass roots community efforts, working with community based organizations across the country, Ms. De León continues to serve on multiple arts and culture policy panels across the country. Fred Ordoñez Fred Ordoñez has been the Executive Director of DARE since 2009. Fred oversees the development and management of the organization including racial and economic justice campaigns. Prior to joining DARE, Fred led public policy campaigns with Progreso Latino for seven years, to address issues around health, immigration, and racial equity. Nina Ozlu Tunceli Nina Ozlu Tunceli is an attorney and Chief Counsel of Government & Public Affairs at Americans for the Arts as well as Executive Director of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund & PAC. For 21 years, Nina has lead both organizations’ political and policy strategies and grassroots advocacy campaigns. Mitch Menchaca Mitch Menchaca is the vice president of programs & COO for Chorus America, the national advocacy, research, and leadership development organization that advances the choral field. He is the chairman of The Association of American Cultures (TAAC); a trustee for the Robert E. Gard Foundation; and is a 2009 fellow and current faculty coach for the Center for Progressive Leadership. Gabriela Muñoz Gabriela Muñoz is Curatorial Assistant for Latin American Art at the Phoenix Art Museum. She is an accomplished interdisciplinary artist and arts educator. As an active member of the local arts community for the past ten years, she has completed several artist residencies, served as a juror, led artist workshops and presented lectures. She holds a B.A in English literature and an MFA with an 12
emphasis in Printmaking from Arizona State University. Silaphone Nhongvongsouthy Silaphone Nhongvongsouthy currently serves as the President of the Laotian Community Center (LCC) of RI, Mayor appointee Board Member of Providence Community Libraries, Ambassador of Welcoming RI, and Board member of Lao Heritage Foundation based in Washington, D.C. and works as Family Service Care Coordinator at the Center for Southeast Asians. As president of LCC, Silaphone helps youth and Laotian Americans build a closer relationship to their culture by learning traditional music, dancing,singing, oral storytelling and history. She has long-standing dedication to create awareness of the local arts and culture of Asian communities in Rhode Island. Francisco Pacheco Originario de El Salvador, participe por muchos anos como organizador, por mejorar las condiciones del sector Estudiantil y la Solidaridad con otros sectores sociales. Desde Joven me involucre en la cultura y el arte popular, enfocado en la lucha por una sociedad mas justa. Inmigre a Los Estados Unidos hace dieciocho anos, actualmente vivo en Capitol Heights, Maryland, trabaje en la industria de la construcción, luego en organizaciones comunitarias; actualmente trabajo con la Red Nacional de Jornaleras y Jornaleros-NDLON., en diferentes áreas, como educador y organizador con la comunidad de Jornaleros y con los estados del Sur que han sido golpeados por las leyes anti inmigrantes. Hago trabajo voluntario con La Red Nacional Salvadoreña en el Exterior RENASE, organización que promueve el arte y la cultura en el área metropolitana de Washington DC. Victor Pacheco Victor Pacheco was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He worked several years for not-for profit organizations implementing art projects with youth in the greater Hartford area. Victor was awarded a Citation from the state of Connecticut for his dedication to the arts and his community. He has received awards and fellowships in Art, including: The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, Thomas C. Colley Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grant. Victor graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island with a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture. Joshua Padilla My name is Joshua padilla . Im a hip hop performer and producer. Im also an audio engineer and a performance instructor at as220 youth. Ive dedicated my life to helping troubled youth. My mission is to bring hope and inspiration to those that are in need. Saul Ramos Puertorriqueño, writer, actor, set, costume & props designer. Currently on the Board of Directors for PLAFF. Has participated in over 7 plays with ECAS Theater, performances at AS220, Providence Fringe,Grupo ArcoIris, various street performances in RI, MA, & NYC. Avid photographer & poet. Victorious Ramos Victorious Ramos is a writer and director of short and feature films, documentaries and television commercials. He is originally from New York City 13
and attended the high school of Arts & Design. He is invited as a motivational speaker to high schools, universities and organizations to share his story. Charles Rice-Gonzalez Charles Rice-González, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx, NY, is a writer, long-time community and LGBT activist, publicist and Executive Director of BAAD!, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, which he cofounded with awardwinning choreographer and dancer Arthur Aviles in 1998. Shey Rivera Shey Rivera Ríos is a multi-genre artist and arts manager as well as the Director of Programs at AS220, an internationally renowned cultural center in Providence, RI. Her artwork takes the form of mixed media installation, music, poetry, performance, and video. Shey is a strong advocate for artists as critical agents of change in society, as well as the value of artist-run organizations. Gina Rodriguez-Drix Gina Rodríguez-Drix is an Afro-Taino-Cuban-Sicilian writer and birth/ postpartum doula from Providence, RI. Her plays have been produced at Brown University, The Drama Bookshop and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her essays will appear in the forthcoming anthologies “Out of Many “ (Kendall Hunt) and “Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy and Childbirth” (Paradigm Press). Most recently, Gina supported community-based artists grow their organizations through her work with the RI Expansion Arts Program. Gina holds a bachelors degree in Africana Studies from Brown University. Delia Rodriquez-Masjoan Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan is the Director of the Women’s Pipeline for Change. Raised in Argentina, she has lived in RI for over 25 years. She is a Spanish Radio Talks Show Host on Poder 1110, with a specialty on Latino and immigrant rights programming. She is passionate about Immigrant rights, women’s of color leadership development, multicultural and arts programs. Delia holds a B.A. from RIC and a Masters in Public Administration from URI. Randall Rosenbaum Randall Rosenbaum is the Executive Director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, a position he has held since January 1995. Mr. Rosenbaum has served as a site visitor and panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and as a panelist for the state arts agencies of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Tennessee, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, as well as for the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Heinz Endowment of Pittsburgh, and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture in Cleveland, OH. Mr. Rosenbaum has also taught arts administration courses, seminars at Brown University and Rhode Island College. He serves on the board of the New England Foundation for the Arts and the board of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. A practicing musician, Mr. Rosenbaum has sung professionally in churches and synagogues and with performing ensembles throughout the East Coast. Orlando Santos Pastor Orlando Santos has been active in filmmaking since winning a scriptwriting contest as a freshman in high school. He attended the New England Technical Institute in Rhode Island, focusing on TV and Radio Production, the Film Institute 14
in New York, as well as multiple film industry seminars, receiving a diploma in Independent Film Making and as a Producer. He has served as Cinematographer for a number of music videos, commercials and television series, including PBS and several HBO programs. He has written four scripts and is dedicating each screening to the families of youth who have lost their lives due to violent crimes. Dee Schneidman Ms. Schneidman oversees data collection, documentation, and creative economy activities at NEFA. These include the New England Creative Economy Reports on the creative sector and its nonprofit subset; CreativeGround: New England’s online directory of creative assets; regional events such as the Creative Communities Exchange; knowledge-sharing projects and NEFA program evaluation. Loren Spears Lorén M. Spears, Narragansett, Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, has been an educator for over 25 years. She has taught from pre-school to college students. Lorén shares her cultural knowledge and arts with the public through Tomaquag programs. She develops strong partnerships with community organizations to fulfill Tomaquag’s mission. Anabelle Vasquez Rodriguez Vázquez Rodríguez is a curator, artist and organizer. Since 2010, she’s been Curator at Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción’s LA GALERÍA. She is founder of the art collective Esprit De Corps and curatorial collective, DISCORDIAFILMS. Vázquez Rodríguez studied Painting at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, and Photography and Film at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. b. Guayama, Puerto Rico, 1977of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, and Photography and Film at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Raymond Two Hawks Watson Raymond Two Hawks Watson is an Executive Member of Eastern Medicine Cultural, LLC, is Co-Founder and Chair of the Annual New England Native American Culture Week and also serves on the RISD Museum Education Advisory Committee. He also serves as Pomham Sâchem of the Historic Mashapaug Narragansett Tribe (Providence, RI)
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WHO WE ARE
The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) is the nation’s only multidisciplinary Latino arts service organization. For 25 years, NALAC has delivered programs that stabilize and revitalize the US Latino arts and cultural sector by providing critical advocacy, funding, networking opportunities, leadership development and professional training for Latino artists and arts organizations in every region of the country.
WHO WE SERVE
Our constituency is a multigenerational, multi-ethnic, and interdisciplinary community that includes thousands of Latino artists and hundreds of nonprofit Latino arts and cultural organizations in urban and rural communities.
MISSION Dedicated to the promotion, advancement, development, and cultivation of the Latino arts field.
ADVOCACY A voice for Latino arts and culture in all its forms and manifestations regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation and physical abilities.
EMPOWERMENT Improving the under-capitalization of the Latino artistic community.
ACHIEVEMENTS 8 14 26 250+ 370+ 1.7m+
NATIONAL CONFERENCES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES REGIONAL ARTS TRAINING WORKSHOPS INSTITUTE ALUMNI GRANTS TO THE LATINO ARTS FIELD DOLLARS DISTRIBUTED VIA NALAC GRANTS 1