The Latino Center of Art & Culture announces the “City of Altars.”

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We are excited to announce our partnership with our sister organizations for the program called "City of Altars." Thanks to support from the City of Sacramento's (@saccityarts) Capital Region Creative Corps Program with funding from the California Arts Council (@calartscouncil), the City of Altars consists of a collaboration between five leading arts organizations in the Sacramento and Woodland communities, including Latino Center of Art and Culture, Sol Collective, Taller Arte Nuevo Amanecer, Washington Neighborhood Center, and Sojourner Truth Museum African Heritage Museum.

Together, we will activate our spaces throughout the fall of 2023 to honor our respective customs relating to Día de los Muertos and Kwanzaa. Collectively, we will shine a light on the issues that most impact our communities through the sacred practice of altar-making. Community members will be invited to create altars through workshops and will be encouraged to exhibit at our annual events.

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Capital Region Creative Corps Grant

What: City of Altars, a program by the Latino Center of Art and Culture

When: 2023-2024, a bulk of the activities will take place from September to December 2023

Where: multiple sites throughout the region.

Overview: The Latino Center of Art and Culture was granted $117,000 through a Capital Region

Creative Corps grant. The grant's scope allows us to bring in organizational partners to strengthen our programs around Día de los Muertos. The goal is to work alongside sister organizations that will host social justice-driven workshops while co-creating altars alongside members from their organization and the community. 

These sister organizations would also select lead altaristas and artists (5-7 total) who would develop their own cohorts of about 10-15 emerging artists. The goal is to leverage the altar, a sacred artistic practice, as the medium through which our community members share the issues that impact our collective communities.

Kwanzaa is Celebrated December 26th -January 1st - Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum will host a workshop on Tuesday, December 26th, with the installation of Kwanzaa Altars and judging will happen on December 29th, during the "Kwanzaa Festival of Life, Community, and Culture." 

The Kwanzaa Festival of Life, Community, and Culture is a week-long celebration that honors the achievements of the Black community and provides support. It occurs from December 26 to January 1 at the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum.

On Friday, December 29th, the festival is dedicated to Ujamaa, "Cooperative Economics," which is celebrated at the Florin Business Complex. Over 100 African-American businesses and vendors participated in this event.

On Saturday, December 30th, there will be a celebration at the African Marketplace. Celebrating Nia (Purpose) is to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

On December 31, Kuumba will be celebrated with various creative arts projects and performances catering to the youth. (This falls on a Sunday but most activities will happen on Saturday, TBD ceremonies will happen)

January 1, Imani, is our day of faith. A special ceremony will be held to bring a close to our week-long celebration of life and a closing reception for the City of Altar Installation, a Day of Rest.