Center for

Latino Arts

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Global
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The UCLA Center for Latino Arts (CLA) brings together people and ideas focusing on Latino visual and performing arts. Reflecting the rich diversity of Latino/Latin American cultures, the center develops ties to various peoples, locally, nationally and internationally. Such a global scope enables the dissemination of Latino arts in a much more integrative and meaningful way, and promotes intercultural understanding and positive interchange and learning.

Mariachi de Uclatlán on Spectrum One News
LOS ANGELES — With the largest Latino population in the country, it’s no surprise that California would host the first mariachi with academic and professional training outside of Mexico.  That’s why
Mexican Music's regional roots go from 'invisible' to 'invincible'
ABC News recently covered explosion of Mexican genres in American popular music. To understand the music’s regional roots, they turned to Steven Loza, professor of Global Jazz Studies at The
El Circo Anahuac: An Aztec Opera
The story has all the makings of a great opera. Two young lovers; one a great warrior, the other a princess. He goes to war, she awaits his return. A