MISSION:
To showcase all contributions of multiculturalism and preservation of Latino
and Indigenous culture to the general public.

PURPOSE:
To centralize all forms of Latino and Indigenous cultural expressions under one gathering place.

Calaca Cultural Center, c/o El Quinto Sol,

P.O. Box 27312, Tempe, AZ 85285...

The Calaca Cultural Center was formed as a way to bring together a variety of Latino and indigenous cultural disciplines under one roof. This includes art, theatre, dance, photography, literature, and the other forms of expressions found within the Americas. We are a non-profit organization under the auspices of the Cultural Coalition, a 501 (c) 3 organization.

Members will be directly involved with social and cultural experiences developed from layers of tradition, history and social norms.
To represent culture, you are manifesting one's life or the illustration of a community bound by the symbols that delineate a group of beliefs. Defining one's own culture is both a personal and a public action. It is personal since the input necessary to develop a sense of culture comes from private sources, such as family and community traditions. Definitions become social when they are expressed through art or acts of creation, left in the open for public interaction and interpretation. Sometimes you throw away past negative experiences and create new ideas to serve the educational, political, and aesthetic needs of a community.