LACC features a small but highly informative museum display, as well as live programming in an intimate performance venue that highlights the diverse cultures, music, film, and current day issues of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The Latin American Cultural Center is an outreach initiative of the Latin American Studies Association.
LACC features a small but highly informative museum display, as well as live programming in an intimate performance venue that highlights the diverse cultures, music, film, and current day issues of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Vision
The vitality and vibrancy of Latin America is a great contributor to the richness of our world. LACC will be a cultural hub that will collaborate with local, regional, national, and international organizations to present that vitality and vibrancy in ways that are accessible to the wider community.
Mission
The mission of the Latin American Cultural Center is to celebrate Latin America through compelling programs dedicated to fostering a heightened understanding and appreciation for Latin American arts, history, and culture.
NEW EXHIBIT
Masking is a universal phenomenon. In most cultures around the world masks are worn to protect, to symbolize social status, to exalt, to mock, and to amuse. They transport the wearer from the world of the ordinary into a world which is otherwise out of reach, permitting the wearer to become an actor on the stage of his or her dreams – to act out fears and fantasies repressed by convention in a ritual condoned by society. Masks serve as vehicles through which tensions are relaxed, dilemmas resolved, social taboos bridged, and lines of communication established.
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Maya Spirituality
The paintings of this exhibit depict the daily life, traditions, and struggles of the indigenous Maya communities, and many of them strikingly portray Maya religious and healing traditions. It is these paintings and objects that are included in this exhibit, introducing the rich and complicated spiritual life of the contemporary Maya.
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Presencia de América Latina
The Presencia de América Latina mural was created by Mexican artist Jorge González Camarena in 1965. His acrylic painting on stucco fills the entrance hall lobby of the Casa de Arte (House of Art) of the Universidad de Concepción in Concepción, Chile.
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Latin America and the Caribbean
The exhibits open with the dramatic geographical contrasts within this region, explored on a large touchscreen display. The story continues with humans’ first arrivals and the subsequent development of its early complex civilizations. An interactive screen locates and explores some of the area’s exciting archaeological sites.
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