CALA Alliance

CALA Alliance (Celebración Artística de las Américas) is a multidisciplinary Latinx arts organization based in Phoenix that collaborates with artists and arts organizations to connect Arizona, Mexico and Latin America. It advances its mission through innovative public programming, artist commissions, international residencies, and cultural exchanges that reimagine Arizona’s place in the Americas. CALA achieves its mission through the following programs:

• Crossfade Lab: An award-winning series that presents thought-provoking conversations and performances with internationally known Latinx and Latin American artists from Arizona, the U.S., and Latin America.
• GDL>>PHX Residencias Artísticas: An artist residency and cultural exchange program that offers fully-sponsored residencies to artists from Guadalajara to travel and work in Phoenix, and to Latinx artists from Phoenix to travel and work in Guadalajara.
• Artist Residencies: CALA organizes residencies with local, national and international artists, who develop site-specific projects in collaboration with Arizona artists.
• Youth Programs: CALA offers in-school residencies with Phoenix Latinx teaching artists for elementary and high school students.