2. Connections to Community

Learn how organizations connect with their communities, including diaspora and Indigenous networks and spaces, to deepen outreach, build trust, and support culturally grounded engagement and participation.

 

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Key Findings

Latinx/é arts and culture organizations collectively demonstrate broad and multi-layered community outreach, with many organizations extending beyond a single geographic or cultural group.

Key Findings

Organizations could indicate any number of communities served. More than two-thirds of Latinx/é arts and culture organizations (63–64%) reported serving United States-connected communities and Mexico-connected communities. Approximately 43% indicated that they serve Puerto Rican communities. Between 20–30% stated that they serve communities connected to Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Peru, Guatemala, and/or Honduras. Organizations meaningfully demonstrate overlapping cultural service and reach, revealing that they serve intersecting diasporic networks.

Key Findings

About one in five Latinx/é arts and culture organizations served communities whose Indigenous peoples have roots in Latin America.

2.3 Engagement with Indigenous Communities

Many Latinx/é arts and culture organizations reported serving communities rooted in Latin America. When asked, most of these organizations confirmed that they specifically serve Indigenous populations who now live in the US and whose roots are in Indigenous communities located within Latin America.

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About one in five Latinx/é arts and culture organizations served communities whose Indigenous peoples have roots in Latin America.

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Artistic Disciplines

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Data Summary

  • For the selected artistic discipline, Mexico tended to be the most served diasporic community, and indigenous communities from Mexico tended to the most served.

Opportunities

  • Support research and encourage dialogue to expand understanding of Indigenous experiences, including sovereign Indigenous nation-states within Latin America, and to help Latinx/é organizations integrate Indigenous perspectives, histories, and creative practices into their work in meaningful and sustained ways.
  • Actively include Indigenous leaders and communities in decision-making to expand culturally responsive programming and build meaningful partnerships that strengthen representation within the Latinx/é arts ecosystem.
  • Engage in meaningful outreach and collaboration to build strong, trust-based relationships with Indigenous artists and communities to amplify underrepresented voices within Latinidad.

Diasporic Communities Served

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Indigenous Communities Served

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Image Credits

  • Image #1: M. Janea Sanchez, 2019 NALAC Fund for the Arts, Artist:Ensemble Grantee
  • Image #2: Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers, 2018 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grantee
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