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The Latino Cultural Arts Center (LCAC) redefines what it means to be a cultural organization. We are a multigenerational movement, blending creativity, wellness, and empowerment to meet the evolving needs of our community.
At the heart of this mission is our Arte + Community Wellness program, where hands-on art-making, steeped in Latino traditions, becomes a tool for healing and growth. From crafting ancestral herbal gardens to creating Mesoamerican-inspired art, our workshops unite cultural pride with emotional support. These spaces foster connections across generations and provide opportunities for participants to process emotions, manage stress, and celebrate their shared stories.
Now more than ever, these programs are vital. Families in our community are navigating unprecedented challenges, and LCAC is here to ensure they don’t do it alone. Your support helps us expand access to free and low-cost workshops, bring bilingual mental health professionals into our programs, and create welcoming spaces across Denver for healing through art.
Your generosity directly impacts lives:
88% of participants have strengthened emotional bonds with their families.
86% discovered new creative ways to express their emotions.
Thousands have found connection and healing through the simple act of creating together.
Together, we can keep this work thriving.
The Mission of the Latino Cultural Arts Center is to develop, elevate and showcase the artistic and intellectual contributions of Latinos by centering, celebrating, and activating Latinidad. The LCAC provides education, training, mentoring, and incubation for emerging creatives specializing in visual, digital, performing, musical, culinary, and literary arts.
The LCAC Cultural Campus spans the Sun Valley and La Alma Neighborhoods and is becoming a model for sustainable cultural development. The concept of a Latino Cultural Campus was born from the need to develop a cultural center with multiple entry points and that could reach a broad audience. Our programs hardness the power of the creative economy and putting it in the hands of artists, educators, families, youth, and every day people. We started in 2018 with Hijos del Sol, an award-winning gift shop that expands the market for Latino hand-made artisan goods.
The next phase is to remodel two warehouses of community art space that we are calling Las Bodegas. It will be home to our visual arts programming totaling 14,000 sq. feet. We will infuse the local ecosystem with world-class talent through workshops, events, mentoring & capacity building. It will drive innovation and positive social change locally and beyond.
Organization name
Latino Cultural Arts Center
other names
LCAC
2014
Tax id (EIN)
81-1705392
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
2715 W 8th AveMailing
2645 W 7th Ave DenverDenver County, CO, US
Adams County, CO, US
Jefferson County, CO, US
CO, US