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Rhode Island Latino Arts is dedicated to promoting, encouraging and preserving the arts, history, heritage and cultures of the Latino communities of Rhode Island.
We manage La GalerĂa del Pueblo, the state's only Latino gallery and cultural hub. La GalerĂa is an arts cooperative that provides a space for connections and artists exchange during Rhode Island Latino Artists Network (RILAN) monthly MeetUps, events and activities.
Additional Content:
Latino Oral History Project of RI
A collection of oral histories of Rhode Island Latinos
Hispanic Heritage Month • RI
Statewide celebration of Latino Heritage Month in RI
Rhode Island's only Latino gallery and cultural hub
Teatro del Pueblo | Rhode Island
Rhode Island's bilingual theater for Latinx theater makers
Museo del Barrio en La Calle Broa'
El Museo del Barrio project is Providence's Latino Museum Without Walls
Institution/Business Type:
Cultural Heritage Organization
Legal Status:
Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
1988
Institution/Business Type:
Cultural Heritage Organization
Legal Status:
Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
1988
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Multi-DisciplinaryAdditional Disciplines:
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A staff member can provide sign language interpretation upon request. Our office is located in a building that has a wheelchair ramp to the 1st Floor gallery and meeting space.
Performing Group
Date: 02/2015-02/2015
New Inca Son is a wonderful professional folk group that teaches about the Andean culture through hands-on workshops and performances.We have known about this group since the mid-1990s, and in 2015 we finally had the great pleasure of having them work with our youth program in Providence.
Performing Group
Date: 08/2014-08/2014
Lorena provided a wonderful two-hour workshop to our youth program about Puerto Rican culture, which included music and history. She also performed a community concert accompanied by local Latino musicians from Rhode Island. She is an amazing cuatro musician!
Artist / Creative (Individual)
Date: 12/1994-12/2023
Lydia Perez is a partner artist with our organization since the mid-1990s and we have collaborated on a number of activities and events in RI. In 2013, Lydia with her Yoruba2 group formed a close partnership with RI Latino Arts in an effort to provide much-needed on-going relevant cultural programs to young people in Rhode Island.
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