La Peña Cultural Center

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La Peña Holiday Break & Planning Period

We would like to inform you that La Peña’s administrative staff will be on break December 19th – January 10th. During this time we will not be responding to emails or inquiries.

On January 11th we will begin a three-week structural planning period and will respond in a limited manner to any emails and inquiries through January 31st. During this structural planning period we will be incorporating the valuable feedback that we received at the Town Hall to intentionally create pathways and timelines for the greater community to engage more deeply with La Peña.

If there is an urgent matter, you may contact our Board Chair: Paloma Salazar (paloma@lapena.org) or our Board Treasure: Carol Pierson (carol@lapena.org)

Until then, here are the ways you can stay involved during this time:

1) Join a Committee!

  • Currently active committees
    • Finance committee
    • Facilities committee
    • Fundraising committee
    • Governance committee
    • Archives project committee
  •  Email: AnaFH@lapena.org if you’re interested in joining a committee or the board and to request more information!

2) Sign up to volunteer or do a work study with us!

Visit: Lapena.org/Volunteer-Intern

3) Recommend an artist to our #Dinero4Artist list! Send them this link: Lapena.org/SupportArtists

4) Give us your feedback on our working Mission Statement below:

Call for Vendors for La Peña’s Holiday Gift Guide

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Sunday, November 15, 2020

Since we cannot hold our annual Holiday Mercado this year due to the pandemic, La Peña is supporting our vendor community with an online Holiday Gift Guide. The Holiday Gift Guide will be a curated listing of vendors on La Peña’s website and newsletter. Selected vendors will also be featured in our social media.

This is a free vendor listing. However, by applying to be a vendor, you consent to receiving emails from La Peña.

PLEASE NOTE: This will be a curated holiday guide and there is no guarantee that everyone who applies will be listed or featured. While every vendor is welcome to sign up, we are prioritizing featuring local (within the greater Bay Area) artisans and artists who identify as BIPOC/LGBTQIA+/multiracial/immigrants/migrants.

Please fill out the information EXACTLY as you would like it to appear; we will be copying and pasting the text you provide.

Submissions are now CLOSED! Thank you to everyone who submitted!

 

Let’s Take La Peña Online!

La Peña is celebrating its 45th year in the midst of nationwide mobilizations against oppression and a worldwide pandemic, which have magnified existing inequities in our society.

We believe that this historic moment can serve as a catalyst for creating a more just and equitable world and La Peña is in a strong position to play a key role in movement-building today.

La Peña is taking its mission further by launching new online programs, resource pages and more this year! To enter this new digital frontier, we need to raise $45,000 by August 31, 2020 so that we can fund new digital programs and broaden our impact more than ever before.

Donate to La Peña here!  Learn about other ways to donate here!

Your support will allow La Peña to double down on its mission through:

ONLINE CLASSES – Starting this summer, we will offer FREE introductory online classes to some of La Peña’s long-standing cultural art forms in English and Spanish. This program will also support our teaching artists and cultural bearers financially and with exposure.

SOCIAL JUSTICE DIALOGUES – These conversations will help educate and bring together our communities in solidarity with grassroots and national networks for social change. These dialogues will range in topics from civic engagement to artist talks.

ARTISTS SPONSORSHIPS – La Peña will sponsor artists from our networks to livestream content to compensate for lost work. We’ve compiled a list of resources for artists and a landing page that highlights the work of artists, musicians and other creatives impacted by the ripple effects of COVID-19. We are expanding on that platform with this continued work.