For Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is a date. For Chicanos, it's a metaphor. And for Denver, it's a tradition that goes far beyond drinking margaritas and Coronas.
Latino Cultural Arts Center has a permanent spot in La Alma Lincoln Park with Las Bodegas, an intergenerational creative hub for digital and visual arts programs.
PRESS CONTACT: Lucha Martinez de Luna Director of Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado 720-469-1834 | coloradomuralsproject@gmail.com History Colorado is a proud supporter of this Chicano/a/x Murals of Colorado Initiative Mural photos for media available at: http://tinyurl.com/colomurals DENVER May 4, 2022 On the eve of Cinco de Mayo, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the historic Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado across the state to its 2022 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The Chicano/a/x community murals illuminate an often untold, overlooked, or erased history in cities where Hispanos, Chicanos, and Mexican Americans were key to their development. Although the exact number is unknown, it is believed that more than 40 historic Chicano/a/x community murals exist across the state of Colorado, including the Denver region, Greeley, Pueblo, and San Luis.
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