In this master class, cultural producer Arturo Mendez will dive into the arts and culture ecosystem, naming the different sources of funding in the Arts and how to create a compelling cultural Equity statement that conveys not only the importance of the work that we do but also the urgency of supporting our community through the resources that our practice provides to them, and the lasting impact of culture in our day-to-day lives.
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MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
Arturo Méndez-Reyes is a performing arts producer working in areas of development/fundraising, communication, event production/curation, community organizing, and cultural diplomacy in the Mission District of San Francisco, and Puebla, Mexico for over 10 years.
His work strives to curate and preserve spaces for political empowerment and community healing through cultural equity and intersectional representation.
“La Cultura es una herramienta indispensable para la Dignidad de los Pueblos”
He is the creator and current Executive Director of ‘La Diáspora Festival’ and a curator of the ‘Mission Arts and Performance Project’, formerly working at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. He has produced shows for Harvard and Cornell University, and the United Nations, as well as the Mexican Consulate in SF, and the Secretary of Culture of Puebla, Mexico.
In 2020, he participated in different Fellowships such as the Advocacy Leadership Institute by NALAC, Emergent Arts Professionals of SF and Seeding Reciprocity with the San Francisco Arts Commission.
His commitment to telling stories about immigrants and underrepresented groups is an endless source of inspiration in search for justice and dignity for all.
“Culture is an essential tool to grant dignity for all people”.