 The Artistic Mestizaje - This mural was commissioned by Mexican Heritage from local artist Carlos Perez and is located at San José's famous Mexican Heritage Plaza. It is a visual representation both of Mexico's rich cultural diversity and her visual arts heritage, depicting a history of indigenous, Hispanic and Latino visual arts. Click on the central image to experience the mural's two dimensional representation of this artistic mestizaje (the blending of indigenous and European cultures). |
The Mexican Heritage Mariachi Poster Collection- Visit our online gallery of mariachi posters to review 17 years of original poster designs by some of the most gifted Latino artists in the United States.
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MHC's leadership has been at the forefront of advocacy for arts funding, highlighting the critical needs for and tremendous benefits of music education.
Read Mariachi Festival Artistic Director Linda Ronstadt's testimony before Congress here or watch the video here.
Read our CEO's op ed piece in the Mercury News, co-authored with former mayor Tom McEnery here.
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Los Lupeños collaborates once again with El Coro Hispano de San Francisco (www.corohispano.org) for an evening of song and dance generously sponsored by the Presidio Trust at the Officer's Club inside the San Francisco Presidio at 7pm Friday, June 26th and 7pm Saturday, June 27th. Admission is free!
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"Shakespeare on the Square" festival returns to the Theatre on San Pedro Square this June with Shakespeare's magical comedy of fools, faeries and lovers: A Midsummer Night's Dream. In keeping with its multicultural themed presentations of Shakespeare's plays, this production sets the play in Piste, Mexico, reimagining the story in a "Telenovela" style with Mayan-inspired faeries and campesinos as mechanicals. A free, outdoor "Green Show" featuring traditional Mexican folk music, dance and love poetry will be presented one hour prior to Saturday and Sunday evening performances. A portion of the proceeds from each Friday evening performance will be donated to the Mexican Heritage Corporation to support its vital cultural, artistic and educational mission.
For more information and tickets, please visit www.arclightrep.org.
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Los Lupeños is pleased to announce the summer session of folklórico dance classes open to the public and offered in the Galeria at the Mexican Heritage Plaza. This session starts the week of July 6th and registration is now open.
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Estimado friends,
There is a saying in Spanish -- "no hay mal que por bien no venga" -- there is nothing bad from which good does not come. The same might be said of the situation faced by many non-profits with the current economic crisis. At MHC, the tough times have only deepened our resolve and commitment to community service through the arts and music education. At the end of December we announced a campaign to raise a minimum of $50,000 in the first quarter of 2009 to support our non-profit cultural and arts education mission.
We received a fantastic response.
Our fundraising thermometer started at $1000. We're thrilled to announce that, thanks to a few extremely generous donors, after just 4 months we have raised $34,010 - more than 2/3 of original goal of $50,000 to support the cultural programs of MHC! We're so flattered and excited by this great response - the momentum to reach $50,000 is getting more and more energy.
To all of you who have donated, $20, $50, or wonderfully even more, thank you! Your gift is supporting MHC's many programs, directly benefiting the community, right here at home where you live.
And to those who haven't donated yet -- now is the time to help us push towards our goal. It's within reach now, but we need your help!
The easiest way to make a donation in support of our many programs is to donate online via PayPal.
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