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Tamale making is a family tradition and community ritual among Mexican and Mexican-American people, especially during the Christmas holidays. It can help develop a sense of unity and community, and breaks down borders between people and cultures.
Join us for a Community Tamalada on Sat. Dec. 14, 2019 from 10:30am to 12n.
Starting on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, and through the end of the year, Marta V. Martínez, RILA's Executive Director, would like to invite you to take a break from your busy work day to join her for Café y Pláticas, informal conversations over a cup of coffee and to contribute to the growing collection of Latino Stories.
La Galería @RILA will be one of the stops during the Doors Open RI Festival of Central Falls + Pawtucket
Rhode Island Latino Arts is partnering with What Cheer Writers Club to offer a FREE Podcasting 101 class to ten (10) Latinx Artists. Beginners will be introduced to the resources and equipment needed to launch a podcast. The class will be taught in a bilingual setting.
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Latinos have been the fastest growing yet most underrepresented ethnic group in historical documents in Rhode Island. This is why we want to collect items and stories about life in Rhode Island’s barrios | neighborhoods, and to provide a forum for Spanish-speaking immigrants to make their voices heard, and their photos placed in an archive for future generations to see.
Do you want to contribute your story and old photographs to the Latino Archives? For more information, click here ➤
Residents of the Broad Street and Cranston Street neighborhoods in Providence and Dexter Street in Central Falls are invited to participate in monthly pláticas (community conversations).
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Every Thursday from April 18 - June 27, 2019 | 6-7:30PM
FREE to first six young people | Adults: Your first two consecutive classes are FREE. $15 per class thereafter.
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Rhode Island Latino Arts has commissioned an original monologue written and directed by Marcel Mascaró and starring Magnolia Pérez as Doña Fefa.
The relationship between tradition and innovation is not always easy, but it’s in the spirited dialogue between those two values that we continually learn how to reach more people and engage audiences more deeply, while staying loyal to your established patrons. Rhode Island Latino Arts bilingual theater initiative in partnership with Trinity Repertory Theater fits squarely in the heart of that conversation between loyalty and innovation.
Due to the expiration of the stopgap funding and subsequent partial shutdown of the government, operations at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and also the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are suspended until FY2019 funding for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies passes.
30 Events in 30 Days: Starting in October …
The phrase "Let's get coffee" is synonymous with having a conversation. Think of all the great ideas and insights that have come from a conversation over coffee. Having coffee with someone is so simple, yet has endless potential.
Five years ago, as Hispanic Heritage Committee celebrated its 25th Anniversary, it was a major turning point in our organization. It was at that time when we completed a strategic plan, that led to a name change for the organization to Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA). Our mission did not change, but we made some strategic decisions, one of which is to develop stronger relationships with our network of Latino artists by creating the Rhode Island Latino Artists Network (RILAN).
Rhode Island Latino Arts and Trinity Repertory Company announce this year’s free, bilingual theater during summer 2018. The 90-minute performance of Shakespeare’s La Tempestad | The Tempest will tour the following venues in Providence, Pawtucket, and Central Falls.
On Friday, May 18, 2018 we inaugurated our new space in Central Falls with a standing-room-only reception for Celia E. Pérez, author of The First Rule of Punk. The book was selected by both Rhode Island Latino Arts and the Rhode Island Center for Book for Kids Reading Across Rhode Island summer reading program.
We found this list online compiled by Latina magazine, and it inspired us to send out a challenge for Latino Books Month and the Summer Reading Challenge …
Do you want to take this challenge?
Rhode Island Latino Arts is proud of its partnership with Trinity Repertory Company, Rhode Island’s premier theater company! Check out the press release below that was distributed on March 1, 2018. While there’s a great deal of focus on the appointment of RILA’s Executive Director as an Artist-in-Residence at Trinity Rep, we want to emphasize that the success of this partnership is due to the dedication of theater staff and company members, and the long history of forward thinking by the leadership of both organizations.
To learn more about RILA’s partnership with Trinity Rep, read this blog entry. ➤
Rhode Island Latino Arts is proud to host the 3rd Annual National Convening of Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC) in 2018.
RILA drummers will join SCC and community partners for
Multicultural Holiday Market & Cultural Extravaganza
Join Us for a holiday parranda, a send off and an evening of Afro-PuertoRican Bomba featuring
On September 5, 2017, President Trump ended DACA and left over 2,000 Rhode Island DREAMers in limbo and in a state of shock. Now is NOT the time to be SILENT. This is the time to call upon our resilience and compassion and raise our voices. As Latinos and as artists we must stand side-by-side with those affected by this decision and join in the fight for their freedom.
5th in a series of 6x6 events and the first bilingual one is co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Teaching Artists Center and Rhode Island Latino Arts.
6 x 6 on 12x12 en Español is modeled after RITAC’s fast-paced educational event where six bilingual Latino artists present for six minutes each.
Up to 20 slots available. $50 for six classes. Click here to sign up ➤
Bring your own drum. Scholarships available for high school students.
Día de Los Reyes or Three Kings Day takes place on January 6th each year, it marks the peak as well as the end of Christmas. While the rest of the world has already packed up their festive mood, Latinos continue their annual celebrations and even turn it up a notch. Besides being a day of fiesta, it holds significant religious importance and age-old traditions.
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Tamara Diaz stands between two paintings from very different periods in her life.
RI Latino Arts (RILA) receives grants from the Episcopal Charities Fund and Coastway Community Bank to expand May is Latino Books Month • RI.
On Thursday, September 15, 2015 from 5:30-7:00PM, we will kick-off Latino Heritage Month with our continuing networking gatherings for Latino artists. More details are forthcoming, so come back to read more …
Rhode Island Latino Arts • Latino Oral History Project, in partnership with Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has been selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
Latino Books Month, celebrated annually in May since 2004, promotes books by and for Latinos. This month-long celebration is sponsored by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), which encourages booksellers, librarians, and teachers to promote books by and for Latinos and encourage their communities to read Latino books in both English and Spanish.
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 5:30-7:00PM, we will host a very exciting networking event that will continue previous discussion and will give artists an opportunity to show us their stuff! The event will take place at Southside Cultural Center, 393 Broad St. in Providence.
RILA Executive Director promotes Latino history in Rhode Island with book readings and lectures statewide and an interactive art installation taking the form of a coffee cart will travel with her...
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 from 5:30-7:00PM, we will host a very exciting networking event meant for Latino visual artists and their guests. The event will take place at The ¡CityArts! Gallery 891 Broad St. in Providence. Come ready to make change!
