🎊HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY🎊 Museums have the power to transform the world✨ ❇️As incomparable places of discovery, they teach us about our past and open our minds to new ideas—essential in building a better future #ThePowerofMuseums #LePouvoirdesMusees #ElPoderdeLosMuseos

🎆#InternationalMuseumDay 2022: President’s Message🎆 Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, development of mutual understanding, cooperation, and peace among peoples. Today, this objective is as relevant as ever. Read the full message 👉 ecs.page.link/rHzBm

Come celebrate #InternationalMuseumDay2022 at the AAMuseumDallas and explore how we are shedding light on the neglected Afro-Mexican #History

Yanga: Journeys to Freedom exhibition concert June 7, 2022 at 7:30 PM at the Meyerson Symphony Center including a challenging piece by Mexican composer, Gabriela Ortiz.🪘✨ For tickets and other details, visit bit.ly/dso-yanga 📸 by Latino Arts Project #Dallas #FortWorth

Today is #Malcomx Day, a day dedicated for commemorating Malcom’s spirit and fight for #African American rights What an honor it was to have Malcom X’s daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, participate in our #Art Talk Lecture Series

Happy World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development! We may speak different languages or come from various places, but 1 thing is clear: when we preserve #CulturalDiversity, we preserve what makes us—us. What do you ❤️ about your culture? on.unesco.org/3PqqJUg

Costa Chica lies along the south coast of Guerrero, #Mexico and is the home to traditional dances and folk #art that represent the passionate expressions of enslaved people’s struggle to gain freedom

Traditional #dances including La Danza de los Diablos and Chilena de la Costa Chica remind us of the important role Afro-descendants represented during the struggles against slavery

In Coahuila, there is a community named El Nacimiento de los Negros (Birth of the Blacks) founded by enslaved people who fled from the United States in search of freedom during the mid-19th century This region is rich with cultural uniqueness and an Afro-descendant population

We would like to give a huge thank you to our sponsors for supporting our #mission Mercado369 The University of Texas at Arlington PepsiCo UNT Dallas Dallas ISD Dallas College Linebarger Attorneys at Law Visit our website to learn more about #sponsorship opportunities! latinoartsproject.org

#Throwback to when McKinney School ISD visited us for a school tour! Visit latinoartsproct.org for more information about booking tours for school or business #events!

Did you know that Afro-Mexican enslaved people who managed to flee began to dance on their canoes made with parota trunks turned upside down to celebrate their freedom and mock their Spanish oppressors? Find more traditional art pieces here: shopmercado369.com

The Emancipation Proclamation did not signal the beginning of the #American Creed experience for formerly enslaved people In reality, President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal intentionally excluded #Blacks and #Hispanics from homeownership and accumulated wealth opportunities