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January 23, 2025
Celebrating the impact of Quetzal Flores at ACTA
After years of transformative work with the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), Quetzal Flores, a dynamic Chicano artivist and cultural worker, is embarking on new adventures. While we are sad to see him go, we are excited to see what the future holds for him.
ACTA Story
As the year draws to a close, Taproot Fellow and Japanese koto musician Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto reflects on the cultural richness of her Japanese American upbringing and how it shapes her family’s holiday celebrations today. Shirley shared with ACTA her unique blend of traditions, highlighting the deep significance…
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This Diwali, we celebrate the rich cultural and storytelling heritage of South India through Anuradha Suresh and her apprentice, Amritavarshini Gunasekaran. Fremont’s Anuradha Suresh, a classical musician and skilled harikatha performer, is a mentor in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program,…
ACTA Story
June 27, 2024
Learning about HMong Culture Through Cloth
A couple dozen people, mostly women spanning multiple generations, filled the hall during a very rainy day in April at the Hmong Organizing for Progress and Empowerment (H.O.P.E.) Center in North Sacramento. https://actaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/P1022095.mp4 Lu Lee’s daughter Chue describes the traditional piece made by Lu’s sister so that…
ACTA Story
May 30, 2024
Mary Alfaro Velasco reimagines boleros
The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and educator explores the depths of female, queer and Latine identity
ACTA Story
December 17, 2022
Identity, Intimacy, and Improvisation
An ACTA Intern’s First Steps into the World and Work of Folk and Traditional Arts
ACTA Story
September 27, 2022
Remembering BrasArte’s Conceição Damasceno
An artist-ambassador from Bahia to the Bay Area
ACTA Story
April 13, 2022
Supporting the People of Ukraine
Words from the Ukrainian Art Center of Los Angeles
ACTA Story
March 11, 2021
Paisajes Sonoros Comunitarios
Las Mujeres que Documentan la Vida en el Vecindario de Boyle Heights durante COVID
ACTA Story