Cultural Coalition, Inc.'s mission is to connect communities and generations to ancestral knowledge and practices through artistic cultural preservation and programs that celebrate Chicano, Latiné, and Indigenous heritages.

For over 28 years, Cultural Coalition has provided free culturally relevant festivals and educational programs to communities throughout Arizona. Their programs and events uplift Chicano, Latiné, and Indigenous heritages, prioritizing cultural representation in the arts that also serves those diverse populations. They produce four annual cultural arts festivals in Phoenix, Mesa, and Tempe, that provide access to free arts engagement opportunities within underserved and low-income communities to remove economic and geographic barriers. Cultural Coalition also offers free online art resources including artist interviews, performance videos, classroom activities, and online exhibits that provide greater accessibility to the arts, while preserving cultural objects and traditional practices. A signature element for their programs and events is to feature professional and youth artists, storytellers, folklórico dancers, mariachi musicians, traditional healers/curanderas, and more, as professional practitioners of ancestral traditions to instill cultural pride in our communities. Cultural Coalition also provides a free daily after school arts program, located inside a low-income housing complex in Mesa. The program provides free meals, homework help, and arts, science, and gardening activities, annually serving over 100 youth in grades K-6.

This project is partially funded by the City of Tempe – Community Arts Grant

PO Box 378
Mesa, AZ 85211-0378

2323 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004
701 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85203
(480) 834-5731

contact@culturalcoalition.com 
www.culturalcoalition.com