California Traditional Artist Plaza

Patagonia Tango Company

Argentine Tango & Folklore
Region: Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire
Offerings: Classes Group instruction Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Tamara Martinez Borre

Afro-Colombian Dance and Movement
Region: Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire, Statewide
Offerings: Classes Group instruction Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Eduardo Martinez Arvilla

Afro-Colombian Drumming and Gaita
Region: Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire, Statewide
Offerings: Classes Group instruction Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services
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Lilian Esther Martin Aguilar

Maya Mam Backstrap Weaving
February 23, 2026
Artist
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Bay Area
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Nydia Algazzali Gonzalez

Mexican Folk Harp
February 23, 2026
Artist
Music
Bay Area

A Living Archive of Mariachi in the Central Valley: The Morales Family

In this blog post, Living Cultures 2024 Grantee Xóchitl Morales shares a reflection on her Living Cultures project: archiving and preserving the Morales family’s contribution to mariachi music in the Central Valley, recording an album of her father’s arrangements and…
December 18, 2025
Music
San Joaquin Valley
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Jesus Sanchez

Traditional beading and regalia making
December 1, 2025
Artist
Ritual/Religious Arts, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Sacramento Valley

Listening as Care: Las Damas del Valle

  GIVE TODAY Join ACTA in listening, transforming, and learning as care Enter Las Damas del Valle.  Las Damas del Valle—Sofia Plummer, Saira Aldaco, and Yadira Lucatero—are three young women from Porterville, Woodville, and Tulare…
November 24, 2025
Music
San Joaquin Valley
California Traditional Artist Plaza

Wladimir Eli Mendoza

Latin American & Venezuelan Folk Music Performance & Education (Mandolin & Venezuelan Cuatro)
Region: Greater Los Angeles
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Group instruction Performances Private instruction Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services
California Traditional Artist Plaza

César Castro

Son Jarocho, traditional mexican music from Veracruz
Region: Greater Los Angeles
Offerings: Artistic consulting Classes Lectures / Lecture-demonstrations Performances Private instruction Production Workshops
Service Location: In-person services Online/remote services