Heritage: Latino

Off the Beaten Path

If time allows and curiosity reigns, a wealth of areas, many with a strong Latino cultural component worthy of attention, are just a morning or afternoon drive from each of the state's great cities. These include exceptionally beautiful state parks and historical sites, private art collections open to the public, and artists studios.

Los Angeles-based painter and sculptor Victor Hugo Zayas is perhaps best known for his large-scale urban landscapes in oil. Included in more than 800 major collections, his work will be exhibited at MOLAA in 2003. To visit the studio, call for an appointment…

inSITE, a San Diego-based collaborative of private and public cultural institutions, commission's new works in both San Diego and Tijuana. Minutes from the border, the Centro Cultural de Tijuana presents international exhibits and performances from classical music to Latin jazz…

During September in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Festival ¡Cine Latin! presents an international showcase of the most recent works produced by and about Latinos, including award-winning films and videos originating in the Americas, the Caribbean and the Spanish-speaking world…

Located on the eastern side of San Diego County, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park celebrates Spanish explorers and the early settlers, and is named after explorer Juan Bautista de Anza, and the resident desert bighorn sheep (Borrego). Anza's lineage included grandparents and future parents of Andrés and Pío Pico, who would later play an important role in California's history…

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park, just 100 miles south of San Francisco, is the site of the Old Mission San Juan Bautista, founded in 1797, and home of the El Theatro Campesino, a fabulous thirty-seven year old theater company. In Fresno, Arte Americas offers visual, literary, and performing arts…

The Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose is one of the largest Latino cultural centers in the nation, and includes a gallery, theater, gardens and a central plaza housing five Latino and Multicultural performing companies...MACLA: Latino Center for the Arts in San Jose is an energizing contemporary arts space where Latino artists create and showcase new work in the visual, literary, and performance arts to help define, interpret and transform society.

Highlights

Los Angeles:

Studio of artist Victor Hugo Zayas (310.930.4215)

San Diego:

InSITE (619.544.1482)

Centro Cultural de Tijuana (011.52.66.84.11.11)

San Francisco:

Festival ¡Cine Latin! (415.553.8135)

California State Parks:

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (760.767.5311)

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park (831.623.4526)

Fresno:

Arte Americas (800.232.7031)

San Jose:

The Mexican Heritage Plaza (408.928.5500)

MACLA: Latino Center for the Arts (408.998.2783)