ABOUT MESTIZO:BREAKING THE CASTE
MESTIZO: Breaking the Caste is a multi-disciplinary evening of collected stories of the Mexican-American experience. MESTIZO is a Mexican term for a “mixed” person. It was a term used to devalue people whose ancestry includes Indigenous bloodlines. As Mexican people, our histories are painfully entwined with both our Indigenous ancestors and our Spanish colonizers. So much of our Indigenous history was stripped from us through centuries of cultural erasure and genocide. MESTIZO bravely reclaims our Indigenous heritage and reframes Mexican history as one that is rich with an abundance of ancestral knowledge, resilience and imagination. The evening features visual artists, filmmakers, animators, dancers, musicians, and indigenous healers from Mexico, Texas, California, and The Pacific Northwest!
ABOUT EL SUEÑO
EL SUEÑO is an arts organization founded by Mexican American Indigenous artist Alicia Mullikin. El Sueño, meaning the dream, is named for the collective pursuit of the American dream. They use arts engagement as a tool to uplift and empower marginalized communities and weaponize their art against systems of oppression to bring el sueño to life for all of their future ancestors.
