The Journey to Art With A Purpose

What an incredible month of inspiration, empowerment, going beyond and making ART WITH A PURPOSE.  Some of te deepest Purpose by the way... To fully be alive and to fully explore ART! Through this collaborative process R.Evolución Latina empowered our Latin community from around the world, we honored and celebrated the legacy of Raul Julia who proved that the “impossible” dream is indeed possible. 36 hungry artists have embraced this opportunity to grow, evolve and experience something new.  To devise and direct TO BE OR NOT TO BE - A SHAKESPEAREAN EXPERIENCE for revolution latina was a re-assurance that we must always follow our HEART! The collaboration with Ian Hersey and Leon Ingulsrud was wonderful and we are already dreaming of whats next! Seeing how people perceived the work has been inspiring... "All these talented artists were under the guidance of the most esteemed Luis Salgado for an entire month. Talk about dedication and stamina! I knew it wo...

Dear friends, writers, actors, dancers, producers, musicians, Dear pueblo amado, my loving/passionate Latin people and all of the people I've met that love and understand the value of art, What does it take??? The Happiest Song Plays Last What does it take to make something new? To make something count? To go the distance, in ART? Just like in the story of Rocky ( NOW PLAYING ON BROADWAY ) we, as artists, are all in the quest for a chance to be validated. To make the work reach out far into peoples hearts. I see it coming... The time is here, Latinos are getting a great opportunity to be present and make our work as competive and valuable as any other. Is now when dreamers are standing up and following the path/journey of their dreams and all it takes is a supportive community to keep it going. Wait; What does it take? COMMUNITY!!!! How do we get OUR PEOPLE to fill the seats, to come and have a night at the theater and then invite others. Some times is hard, I know ...

We are excited about a New Year as we have just gotten the chance to say goodbye to a wonderful and productive 2013, a year that took us in Salgado Productions to different great places, introduced us to wonderful new artists and to exposed us to the creation of many different genres of art. In our most recent news letter we shared a few highlights from our past year of Art with A Purpose! And why not share it with you all in our Journey to Art with a purpose Blog but with a few more pictures as new years gifts? I. We started 2013 in Peru with our 4th production of Candela Fuerza y Pasion. Not only was this performance sold out, it was also filmed and airs on T.V through out Peru. II. In the Spring we supported a new Latino playwright, Carlos Mendoza and the development of his script Valencia. I had the honor of directing the staged reading at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre with a talented cast including Blanca Camacho, Javier Gomez, Ruben Flores, and D...