Casa de Brazilian Folkloric Arts of Sacramento is dedicated to engaging diverse communities in high quality cultural folkloric arts and creating a greater understanding and support for cultural arts in Sacramento and California. The organization’s projects and programming are focused on using arts to inspire innovation in people, creating opportunities to support diverse folkloric artists, increasing access to arts for all communities, and supporting the growth of Sacramento’s local economy through the arts.
The organization was founded in 2000 by Artistic Director Mestre Caboclinho Aruanda. Mestre is a world-renowned artist who has been performing practicing and teaching Brazilian Folkloric Capoeira and Brazilian arts for over 40 years. Mestre’s vision is to bring the heart of Brazilian arts, music and folkloric Capoeira to the eyes of the community the way he experienced them bring happiness to his poor neighborhood in Salvador Brazil. Since its founding, the organization has created hundreds of performances and projects with diverse partnerships and supported the work of hundreds of amazing folkloric diverse cultural artists. Our performances and programs represent various aspects of the diaspora of Brazil such as Samba Reggae, Maculele (dance of sugarcane workers), Afoxe (folkloric Brazilian rhythm), Batucada (traditional Brazilian samba percussion) and more. We focus much of our efforts on the folkloric Brazilian art of Capoeira Angola.
Our most recent collaborations include the Rosa Parks K-8 program in south Sacramento, midtown’s Courtyard elementary school, Oak Park community center after school program, Latino Heritage Festival in South Sacramento, All Hallow’s Church, Sutterville Elementary School, Crocker Art Museum, African World Festival, California’s National Day of Dance and the organization’s annual Brazilian Day Sacramento Street Festival launched in 2013. This is a free public festival that displays the beautiful folkloric arts and music of Brazil. The festival provides opportunities for participants from its various community programs to perform with professional artists at the festival.
Each year, the organization strives to infuse exposure to diverse Brazilian folkloric arts to various communities across Sacramento and Northern California. Our hope is the more lives we reach, the more people connect to their own stories and see their capacity.
Casa de Brazilian Folkloric Arts of Sacramento strives to infuse Brazilian folkloric arts and healthy activities in communities across Sacramento. The organization achieves this primarily through unique programs and presentations of folkloric Brazilian Capoeira, Brazilian music and dance led by professional Brazilian Master artist Mestre Caboclinho. The programs teach the history, culture and performance of Brazilian Folkloric arts. The organization also focuses on providing programs to underserved communities to increase the access to quality arts programming for communities everywhere.
The organization is in need of donations to continue supporting classes, workshops and performances by amazing diverse folkloric cultural artists at our studio and continuing our free Brazilian Street Festival, we need support. We keep many of our programs free and low-cost to help engage diverse audiences and remove barriers to participation for all communities.
Casa de Brazilian Folkloric Arts has always had a mission and commitment to equal access to arts for all communities. All our programs and projects are aimed at supporting the growth of diverse cultural folkloric artists and increasing the practice and teachings of cultural folkloric arts by underserved artists, specifically, Brazilian folkloric arts.
Organization name
Casa de Brazilian Folkloric Arts of Sacramento
1999
Tax id (EIN)
42-1599436
Mission Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Operating Budget
$0-$50,000
Organization Need
Funding: Unrestricted
Demographics Served
General population, Low-income individuals/families
BIPOC Leadership
Both the Executive Director & Board Chair
Local Counties Served
Sacramento, Yolo
Address
3425 Martin Luther King Jr. BlvdSacramento, CA, US
Davis, CA, US