El Centro Cultural de las Americas
"... preserves and promotes, for future generations,
all forms of Hispanic cultural expression."
 

ABOUT EL CENTRO CULTURAL

Vision   |   Board of Directors   |   Tenants at El Centro

Vision

El Centro Cultural de las Americas is an organization founded on the premise that Tucson's Hispanic heritage is too valuable to lose and needs to be preserved.  There is evidence from local institutions of higher learning that a mix of cultural programs, together with an educational environment, has the potential to develop professionals needed to meet the demands of Tucson's future.

The opportunity to explore the vision of an organization that would heighten Hispanic cultural awareness and help to nurture individuals' professional development brought together 80 community-based organizations in the spring of 1990.  An organizing group was appointed with the task of developing El Centro's mission.  This group then became the Board of Directors and they, in turn, established the following Mission Statement:

"To establish an internationally recognized center which preserves and promotes, for future generations, all forms of Hispanic cultural expression."

El Centro's Vision is to provide...

• A way to nurture Hispanic culture in an educational setting, which provides for individual professional development and ultimately builds a bridge between higher education and Hispanics.
• A structured program to promote Hispanic culture ... music, dance, drama, art, literature, photography, theatre, and crafts.
• A growing, changing Hispanic community with a better educated and trained population to meet current and future American challenges.

Board of Directors

President – Raul Silva
Vice-President – Lillian Lopez-Grant
Secretary – Cynthia Rascón
Executive Director – Elva Flores

Board Members

Antonio Arroyo
Gus Chavez
Gloria Corral
Patsy Escalante-Sardina
Joe R. Garcia
Josephine Lizzaraga
John Martinez
Robert Perez
Susan Soto

Advisors

John Huerta
Cesar Rodriquez
 

Tenants at El Centro at El Centro Cultural

Cultural Connections - Mike Weber 884-4250
culturalc1@aol.com

Photographer - Alejandra Platt 907-3637
alejandraplatt@yahoo.com

Borderlands - Emily R. Pratt or 882-8607
bltheater@aol.com Barclay Goldsmith

Community Storytelling Arts - Therese Perreault 780-6856
therese@bayviewmedia.com

If you wish to become a member of El Centro Cultural de las Americas ($40 per year), or wish to make a tax-deductible contribution in support of El Centro's art/educational programs, please send check to:

El Centro Cultural de las Americas
40 W. Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ  85701
 

Select here for contribution form.  For more information, contact 520-629-9536.