Anibal Cruz

Pianist, Composer

Music

Anibal Cruz is a Cuban Pianist, Composer, Arranger, and Educator from Camaguey, Cuba. He produced his first single, "La Raza," with Cuban Percussionist Keisel Jimenez in 2021. His…

Billy Dean Thomas

Hip-hop Recording Artist, Producer

Music

Billy Dean Thomas, AKA “The Queer B.I.G” is a Hip-hop recording artist and producer born and raised in Harlem, but currently residing in Boston. Billy Dean challenges the…

Rebeca Blandón

Documentary Filmmaker, Editor, Producer

Media,Literary Arts

Rebeca Blandón is a documentary filmmaker, editor, and producer. She has an extensive background in investigative documentaries, having worked for PBS Frontline and The New York Times. Rebeca…

Irisley Luis-Gomez

Musician, Composer

Music

First and foremost, Irisley Luis-Gómez is passionate about putting music out into the world. She is a classically trained guitarist, bass player, composer, and versatile musician. She has…

Leo Blanco

Pianist, Composer

Music

The music of pianist and composer Leo Blanco pulsates with global rhythmic elements, influenced equally by his South American roots and European classical traditions, interwoven with improvisatory developments.…

Cyan Sueño

Musician

Music

Cyan Sueño is a rapper/singer/songwriter from Salem, MA.

Mar Parrilla

Dancer, Artistic Director

Dance

Taíno Afroborikua and award-winning choreographer Mar Parrilla is the founding artistic director of Danza Orgánica (DO). She is a proud mother, an interdisciplinary movement artist, an educator, and…

Isaura Oliveira

Dancer

Dance,Multi-Disciplinary

Isaura Oliveira, is a multidisciplinary artist from Salvador-Bahia with African and Amerindian heritage. She integrates African Brazilian and Amerindian spirituality into her choreographies, combining vocal chants, dance, rhythm…

Danilo Pérez

Pianist, Composer

Music

As a solo artist and as a collaborator with jazz giants from Dizzy Gillespie to Wayne Shorter, for over three decades Grammy® Award Winning Panamanian Pianist-Composer Danilo Pérez…

Edmar Colón

Saxophonist

Music

Puerto Rican-born Edmar Colón was awarded the prestigious Presidential Scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music with a dual major in Performance and Classical Composition, as well as…

Fabiola Méndez

Cuatrista

Music

Native to Caguas, PR, Fabiola Méndez began playing the cuatro, a 5-double string traditional guitar of Puerto Rico, when she was 6 years old. She was a student…

José Cuadra

Dancer

Dance

A gay, immigrant dancer from Nicaragua and dancer in the Boston community for over 20 years.  He is trained in Zouk, Bachata, Kizomba, Salsa and Argentine Tango. During…

Jorge Arce

Afro-Caribbean Musician, Dancer

Music,Dance

Jorge Santiago Arce was born in Bélgica, a working class neighborhood of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ponce is a city well known for its rich cultural traditions and is…

Zahili Zamora

Pianist

Music

Zahili Gonzalez Zamora is a pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, and educator. Born in Manzanillo, Cuba, she started playing piano at the age of six, and graduated from the…

Edgar Dominguez

Photographer, Video Producer

Media

Edgar Domínguez (Born 1982) focuses on Design (Branding Design), Photography (Portrait and Scenery), and Video Production (Film & Documentary) Located in East Boston, grew up in Guatemala city,…

Georgie Rodríguez

Composer, Arranger, Producer

Music

Georgie Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican multi-instrumentalist known for his Grammy Award-winning and Latin Grammy Award-winning contributions to tropical music. A versatile composer, arranger, and producer, he blends…

Nathaniel Justiniano

Theater Artist

Theater,Multi-Disciplinary,Visual/Crafts

Nathaniel Justiniano is a queer, Cali-Rican multi-hyphenate theater artist. His professional creative practices include acting, devising, directing, and movement designing. As an actor, he has performed with Shakespeare…

Olivia Soler

Musician

Music

Comenzó sus estudios musicales a los 13 años, en la especialización de guitarra clásica en la escuela elemental de música Alejandro García Caturla. Actualmente estudia las especialidades de…

Patricia Zarate

Saxophonist

Music

Patricia (Zarate) Perez graduated with the first generation of music therapy students from Berklee College of Music in 1999. In Boston, she worked as a music therapist for…

Rafael Arturo

Spoken Word Poet, Visual Artist

Literary Arts,Media,Multi-Disciplinary,Music,Humanities

Rafael Arturo Lugo (better known as Rafael A. Shabazz) is a multidisciplinary Afro-Latino artist and poet from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Through his writing and visual arts, he tells stories…

Jonathan Suazo

Saxophonist, Composer, Cultural Seeder, Educator

Named one of the top ten emerging Jazz artists of 2023 by the GRAMMYS, Jonathan is a rising saxophonist, composer, cultural seeder, and educator. His debut album Ricano'…

Yara Liceaga-Rojas

Poet, Writer

Literary Arts

Yara Liceaga Rojas is a poet/writer, artist, educator, cultural worker, and consultant in the art sector. She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, raised in Dorado, Puerto…

Jessica Chávez

Photographer

Media

My name is Jessica “Yeya” Chávez and I am from Puerto Rico, but am based in Boston, Massachusetts & travel wherever my services are needed. I mainly photograph…

Aynel David Alvarez Guerra

Curator, Activist

Visual/Crafts

David Guerra is an independent curator, art dealer, and professor originally from Havana, Cuba, and currently based in both Boston, Massachusetts, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is…

Beatriz Whitehill

Multidisciplinary Artist

Media,Multi-Disciplinary,Visual/Crafts

Beatriz Whitehill is a Puerto Rican-American multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the resilience of diasporic communities through hidden imagery and layered storytelling. She combines traditional painting techniques with…

Ana Tinajero

Dancer

Dance

Ana Tinajero is an award-winning Afro-Latin dance specialist and arts leader who passionately believes that through dance, we can facilitate social change within communities. She has spread the…

Cliff Notez

Multimedia Artist

Music,Design,Media,Multi-Disciplinary,Visual/Crafts,Theater

Prolific collaborator and award-winning multimedia artist Cliff Notez seamlessly manifests a mix of hip hop, jazz, folk, soul and R&B that’s been likened to “Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp…

Manolo Mairena

Singer, Songwriter

Music

Singer-Songwriter, Producer, and multi-instrumentalist Manolo Mairena it's a Costa Rican Artist based in Boston. His music has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide, and he’s known for his…

Silvia López Chávez

Visual Artist

Design,Visual/Crafts

Silvia Lopez Chavez is a Dominican-American artist whose community-centered murals form connections across disciplines and cultural boundaries. She uses joy as an act of resistance and celebration through…

Carmen

Freelance dance artist, fitness instructor & BDA Membership and Operations Associate

Dance

Carmen Rizzo, from São Paulo, Brazil, is a freelance dancer/choreographer and a company member of Kairos Dance Theater and Abilities Dance Boston. She graduated from the Boston Dance…

Daniel Irizarry

Theatre Director

Theater

Daniel Irizarry is a Puerto Rican-born experimental theater director, performer, and educator based in NYC. Known for his visceral, stylized acting and audience engagement, he is the Artistic…

Yandy Garcia Palacio

Yandy Garcia

Music

Yandy García Palacio was born in Havana, Cuba on August 24, 2001. At the age of 7 he began his artistic career singing in the Solfa Choir and…

Angel Subero

Musician

Music

Angel Subero is a Venezuelan trombonist with a diverse career across classical, jazz, Latin, and commercial music. He studied at the Conservatorio Itinerante in Venezuela, followed by Boston…

Paloma Valenzuela

Writer, Director, Actress

Multi-Disciplinary,Literary Arts,Media

Paloma Valenzuela is a Dominican-American writer, director, producer, actress, and educator from Boston. She is the creative director of La Palomita Productions and the creator of the comedic…

Manuela Sánchez-Goubert

Singer, Composer

Music

Manuela Sánchez-Goubert, a Colombian artist and Berklee College of Music student, blends jazz with Latin American folk music. She studied Vocal Jazz at LaGuardia High School in NYC…

Kristalis Sotomayor Matos

Flutist

Music

Kristalis Sotomayor Matos is a Puerto Rican flutist who began her musical journey at age four under her father's guidance. By ten, she was a soloist with the…

Jesse Winfrey

Educator, Writer, Performer

Multi-Disciplinary

Having grown up in Egleston Square, Jesse Winfrey has been writing for over a decade. Starting with spoken word poetry which he perfected during his teen years at…

Ivanna Cuesta

Drummer, Composer

Music

Ivanna Cuesta, a Dominican drummer and composer, graduated from the Dominican Republic Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. She has performed at major festivals and with artists like…

Damaris Calderon

Curator, Arts administrator

Humanities

Damaris Calderon or Mars for short, is a Boston-born Creative, Curator and Arts administrator who cares deeply for arts advocacy, black liberation, and building a thriving community for…

Genesis Ariana Rodriguez

Dancer, Choreographer, Educator, Model

Dance,Multi-Disciplinary

GENESIS RODRIGUEZ (she/her/hers) is a Afro-latina dancer, choreographer, educator, placekeeper and model. A native to Boston, Massachusetts, Genesis actively strives to preserve her culture and admiration of Afro-latin…

Fernando Brandao

Flutist, Composer, Author, Educator

Music

Fernando Brandão is a Brazilian flutist, composer, and educator known for blending jazz with traditional Brazilian music. He has performed at renowned festivals, released five albums, and authored…

Eduardo Betancourt

Harpist, Musician

Music

Eduardo Betancourt is a Grammy-winning Venezuelan musician and multi-instrumentalist renowned for his innovative work with traditional and fusion Venezuelan music. With over 30 years of experience, Betancourt won…

David Antonio Rosado

Percussionist

Music

David Antonio Rosado Ortiz, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on December 4, 2001, is a talented young percussionist who has been performing on stage since the age of…