Latino Arts, Inc. is thrilled to have musicians returning to our stage for the 2021-2022 season! We can’t think of a better way to welcome the return of live music than with a concert featuring Las Cafeteras!
Las Cafeteras have taken the music scene by storm with their infectious live performances and have crossed genre and musical borders. Their electric sound & energy has taken them around the world playing shows from the Bonnaroo to the Hollywood Bowl, WOMAD New Zealand to Montreal Jazz, & beyond!
Las Cafeteras are remixing roots music and telling modern day stories, creating a vibrant musical fusion with a unique East LA sound and positive message. Their Afro-Mexican beats, rhythms, and rhymes deliver inspiring lyrics that document stories of a community seeking love and justice. Using traditional Son Jarocho instruments like the jarana, requinto, quijada (donkey jawbone) and tarima (a wooden platform), Las Cafeteras sing in English, Spanish, and Spanglish and add a remix of sounds, from rock to hip-hop to rancheras.
This Special Day of the Dead concert will feature the students of the Latino Arts Strings Program!
Maurico Ramirez: Poly Wave- SEEDS OF COLOR & SHAPE
Mauricio Ramirez is a prolific muralist with large scale works throughout the United States. Latino Arts is proud to present Poly-wave: Seeds of Color and Shape, a solo exhibition featuring new works by Ramirez.
In this exhibit he continues to evolve his colorful and geometry based style and he explores his Mexican American cultural roots and other influences within his creative process.
This is an exhibit not to be missed as Ramirez brings his work indoors on a smaller scale but continues to carry a monumental presence through color and shape.
Open Gallery Hours: (Beginning Sept. 2) Monday – Friday 10:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Artist Statement “I create artwork that crosses borders and boundaries. Whether negotiating the identities of clients or corporations, or the intimacies of cultural characteristics within neighborhoods, attention is facilitated with an acute awareness that art in the public space permeates the subconscious. My more personal artwork is a contribution to the community; frequently a cultural icon that transcends rich intersecting historical popular culture references that speak to the complex diaspora of the United States. I whole heartedly believe in the importance of how the visibility of culture can lead to not only the growth of confidence, but also care within our communities.” – Mauricio Ramirez