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American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial ...

American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions works to preserve and protect the culture and traditions of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation and other indigenous people of the Spanish colonial missions in south Texas and northern Mexico through education, research, community outreach, economic development projects, and legislative initiatives. To strengthen and expand Native American cultural arts programming in San Antonio, the organization conducts cultural educational classes on various Native American arts which include beading, drumming and singing, visual arts, murals, storytelling, and folk art.

Centro Cultural Aztlan

Culture ; Literary Arts ; Performing Arts ; Visual Arts

Centro Cultural Aztlan is a community based organization founded in 1977 with a mission to preserve, develop, and promote Chicano/Latino art and culture. The organization presents an array of cultural activities for writers, performing artists, musicians, and visual artists that encourages and supports artistic creativity, preserves local heritage, and makes the arts more widely available to residents of all backgrounds, ages, and interests.

Conjunto Heritage Taller

Culture ; Performing Arts : Music

The Conjunto Heritage Taller is a community-based organization dedicated to the preservation, perpetuation and instruction of traditional conjunto music as played with the button accordion and bajo sexto. CHT is committed to exposing the community at large to this genre by performing whenever invited and available to do so. Our vision is that this music, born in this region by the melding of the European accordion and the Mexican bajo sexto, be afforded folk music status and be enjoyed globally.

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center

Culture ; Visual Arts

The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is a multi-disciplinary arts and cultural organization, built around a vision of cultural grounding, social justice, and cross-cultural understanding. The organization works to preserve San Antonio’s unique cultural heritage, nurturing local and emerging artists by offering opportunities such as the MujerArtes Clay Cooperative, year-round exhibits, film festivals, and oral history projects.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

Culture ; Literary Arts ; Performing Arts : Dance , Music , Theatre ; Visual Arts

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center cultivates, preserves, and promotes traditional and contemporary Latino, Chicano, and Native American art and culture through multidisciplinary programming to include Dance, Theatre, Film, Music, Literature, and Visual Arts. The center also offers year-round educational programming through its Arts Academy and produces several free community events.

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (N...

Culture ; Literary Arts ; Performing Arts ; Visual Arts

The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to the promotion, advancement, development, and cultivation of the Latino arts field. Founded and based in San Antonio by prominent Latino artists, NALAC plays an important leadership role in building the professional capacity of Latino artists and organizations as well as promoting policies for cultural equity in partnership with other organizations.

Network for Young Artists

Culture ; Performing Arts : Dance , Music

The Network for Young Artists develops innate talent and builds self-esteem in youth through cultural programs in voice, dance, and musical instruments. Music education classes and performing opportunities are open to all youth from 4 to 20 years of age, providing performances of popular music, musical standards, and traditional cultural Latino music.

Peterson Entertainment, Llc

Culture ; Performing Arts

Since 1994, Peterson Entertainment has been in the music business. From our beginnings as a booking agency in Portland, OR we have expanded into concert programming, event production, video production, live streaming, artist development, consulting, festival and special event production, and are a boutique record label currently located in San Antonio, TX. We produce events regionally, put our music out globally, and serve our local and international clients with an emphasis on excellence and fun.

Puerto Rican Heritage Society / Sociedad Herencia ...

Culture ; Performing Arts : Dance , Music ; Visual Arts

The Sociedad Herencia Puertorriqueña (Puerto Rican Heritage Society) promotes and maintains the Puerto Rican culture and traditions alive in San Antonio through cultural celebrations such as art exhibits, piano concerts, folkloric dance troupes and musical ensembles.

San Anto Cultural Arts

Culture ; Literary Arts ; Visual Arts

San Anto Cultural Arts is a San Antonio, Texas nonprofit founded in 1993 with the mission to foster human and community development through community-based arts. A focus on art through community engagement led to the creation of our community-based arts programs: the Community Mural Program, the El Placazo Community Newspaper, and the After School Arts Program. These dynamic programs engage residents and foster the talents of youth by educating them on the history and techniques of public art while documenting and preserving the rich history and heritage of San Antonio’s Westside.

San Antonio Museum of Art

Culture ; Visual Arts

The San Antonio Museum of Art serves as a forum to explore and connect with art that spans the world’s geographies, artistic periods, genres, and cultures. Its collection contains 30,000 works representing 5,000 years of history. Housed in the historic Lone Star Brewery on the Museum Reach of San Antonio’s River Walk, the San Antonio Museum of Art is committed to promoting the rich cultural heritage and life of the city. The Museum hosts hundreds of events and public programs each year, including concerts, performances, tours, lectures, symposia, and interactive experiences. As an active civic leader, the Museum is dedicated to enriching the cultural life of the city and the region, and to supporting its creative community.

The Friends of Carver Library

Culture ; Government ; Literary Arts

The Friends of Carver Library is a member group of The Friends of the San Antonio Public Library. We provide support to and promote literacy at the Carver Branch Library – Your Community Library. G.W. Carver Library opened in 1930 located at the Carver Community Center as a reading room in the Carver Community Auditorium & Library. It was the Colored Branch of the San Antonio Public Library system and the only place in San Antonio Black people were allowed access to books. Carver Library moved to its current location at 3350 E. Commerce Street in 1972 and has been a long standing pillar in San Antonio’s Black Community. Carver Library is currently home to the city’s largest African American book collection, The Pan-African Festival, The San Antonio African American Book Festival and many other Events, Community Discussions and Organizations. There is a Children’s Library, Teen Center, LEARN Resource Center, Computer Lab, Meeting Room and a Black History Photograph Exhibit all within the walls of Carver.

The URBAN-15 Group

Culture ; Performing Arts : Dance , Music ; Visual Arts

URBAN-15 creates art that merges traditional Latino Culture, modern artistic aesthetics, and creative technologies. URBAN-15 provides instruction and dance troupe ensemble performances for participants to develop the skills and creativity to ensure life-long participation in the arts. The organization blends traditional and modern art-forms in music, movement, and media.

Witte Museum

Culture

The Witte Museum is where nature, science, and culture meet through a lens of Texas Deep Time with themes of people, land, water, and sky. The Witte promotes lifelong learning through innovative exhibitions, programs, and collections in natural history, science, and South Texas heritage. Programs focus on natural history, science, and history. These themes are interpreted for visitors through exhibitions and programs; immersive dioramas; world-class traveling exhibitions; interactive science, health, natural history and history demonstrations; and school and teacher workshops.

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