Centro Cultural de la Raza

San Diego's Centro Cultural de la Raza was founded in 1970 as a Chicano Community Cultural Center and functions as an alternative space that encourages and facilitates artistic growth and cultural interchange in the San Diego/Tijuana region. The Centro provides classes and features a dynamic interdiscipinary schedule of events which includes exhibits, musical performances, installation art, readings, receptions, Azteca dance, Teatro Chican@, Ballet Folklorico, film screenings and other events. We welcome you to visit the Centro and invite you to participate in the exciting programs.

The Centro's mission is to create, preserve, promote and educate about Chicano, Mexicano, Indigenous and Latino art and culture.

The Centro Cultural de la Raza’s Permanent Collection features a variety of media including oil, acrylic, watercolors, prints, poster art, photography, 3 dimensional works of such renowned artists as Pedro Liners, David Avalos, Yolanda Lopez, Antonio Burciaga, Augustin Casasola, Guillermo Aranda, Guillermo Rosette Chavez, Las Comadres, Border Arts Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo, Jose Guadalupe Posadas, and includes the Leon and Leticia Singer Collection of historic Mexican Masks, and many more. In addition, the Centro’s Permanent Collection contains slides and video of previous exhibitions and performances along with past publications of the Centro such as Maize, Rebozos of Love and the Tula y Tonan children’s book series. Part of the Centro’s works and archives are also housed at the UCSB Davidson Library, Special Collections Department, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives.

The Centro is located on Park Blvd. and Inspiration Point Way in San Diego's Historic Balboa Park.