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The Centro Cultural de la Raza is a 37-year-old non-profit cultural arts organization, established in 1970 (but housed in its current building since 1971), whose mission is to create, promote, preserve and educate about Mexicana/o, Chicana/o, Latina/o and Indigenous art and culture.
Our programs include a multi-disciplinary educational component, performing and literary arts presentations, visual arts exhibits and film/video screenings. The Centro's legendary circular facility is known for its vivid murals, 300 seat, 6000 square foot performance/exhibition space with computer and video technology.
The
Centro is strategically located in Balboa Park where it provides easy
access to residents and tourists alike interested in cultural
events and education. It is a unique asset to the City of San Diego
as its first
and only arts education center dedicated exclusively to Mexican/Chicano/Indigenous
arts. It also serves as a regional, national and international resource
for information on the cultural art forms of the United States/Mexico
border region.
The Centro has handed down traditional art forms through danza, ballet
folklórico and teatro. The Ballet Folklórico en Aztlán,
the Centro's resident dance company, has been instructing and performing
this traditional Mexican folk art since 1967.
Exhibitions at the Centro are housed in one of San Diego's premier exhibition spaces, and feature local, national and international artists and artists' collectives. During the Centro's thirty-five year history it has exhibited major artists including Patssi Valdez, David Avalos, Yolanda Lopez, Gronk, Las Comadres, Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Deborah Small, Joy Harjo, James Luna, and the Border Arts Workshop. Essays and catalogues over the Centro's thirty-five year history document the content, philosophies and practices of artist in the border region.
2125 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
Inspiration Way and Park Boulevard in Balboa Park
Telephone 619.23.6135 Fax 619.595.0034
centro@centroraza.com
Gallery Hours Tuesday - Sunday 12 - 4 p.m.