What do we do?
– develop and curate exhibitions, performing arts, and related programming focused on supporting contemporary Mexican artists and artists of the Latinae diaspora
– host arts residents in Mexico City at Apapacho
– consultation/management of legal processes/logistics involved in cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico
– administration/facilitation between venue/gallery and artists
– development of projects connecting artists to community
– promotion and/or management of artists and projects
– consultation to artists during the development of their projects
– consultation to presenters curating their season or festival
– Host the CDMX Art Trip, a professional development, networking, and educational opportunity for artists and cultural programmers in Mexico City
Why?
PROArtes Mexico believes arts and culture are a means of establishing a dialogue between communities from a human-centric perspective in the hope of fostering sensitive questioning before collective decisions are made. The organization was created to bolster the ability of artists to work and exchange ideas between the United States and Mexico as well as promote exemplary contemporary Mexican art internationally.
PROArtes México strives to create a space where value and equity are achieved for all creators despite belonging to nations from varied social contexts.
Who are we?
STEPHANIE GARCÍA (executive director) is a multi-awarded Mexican artist, producer, arts administrator, and independent curator working in the USA and Mexico. Dance, video, choreography, film, and performance art are the mediums in which García intervenes in the audiences’ realities that witness her work. She is co-founder and co-director of Punto de Inflexión Dance Company and PROArtes México. She has worked with important Mexican and international choreographers, performed in relevant dance festivals and venues in Mexico and 11 countries in America, Europe, and Africa, and created more than 30 original interdisciplinary pieces presented in the USA, Mexico, Cyprus, Ireland, Peru, Panama, Spain, and Cuba. Her work has received grants and funds from Mexican, USA, Ibero-American, Dutch, and Canadian institutions. Last April, Stephanie was appointed part of the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows.
Since 2008, Stephanie has been working as an arts advocate, work she continues co-directing PROArtes México, whose mission is to support the creation/promotion of exemplary contemporary Mexican art and foster the bilateral international exchange. Since then, she has facilitated local and international art collaborations between Mexican artists and countries like Uruguay, Cuba, Panama, Brazil, Israel, Spain, Austria, Peru, Colombia, Tunisia, and the US. Furthermore, since 2016, she has founded, curated, and participated in various video dance festivals, platforms, and events in Mexico and abroad, being the most relevant being the recent foundation of Corriente Alterna, a live arts platform inaugurated last April 2025.
García holds an MFA in Modern Dance and a Screendance Certificate from the University of Utah, a BFA and an AA in Contemporary Dance from the National Fine Arts Institute in Mexico, and studies in Cultural and Arts Administration from Guadalajara University, American States Organization, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, and the National Arts Center.
She is a RED U40 México, Latinx Hispanic Dancers United, The Latin American Interdisciplinary Gender Network (CIEG/Yale) Member, and recently joined the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM). For additional info: https://www.stephaniegarcia.art/
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PETER HAY (associate director) is a cultural programmer, educator, and artist. He received an Associate of Arts from Northern Oklahoma College, a Bachelor of Arts from Northeastern State University, and a Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana Tech University. Peter is currently Co-Director of PROArtes México and the Visual Arts Manager for the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Previously, Hay was Grant Consultant with ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, Gallery Manager of Modern West, Salt Lake City, UT, Exhibits Director of Durango Arts Center, Art Instructor with Pueblo Community College, Artist/Owner of Studio & Gallery in Durango, CO, and Director of Development and Public Relations for Living Arts of Tulsa, OK, USA. For more info: peterhaystudio.com
Please give us a listen and find out a little more about who we are and what we do. Thank you Juli and Aaron Hendren and the Global Corridor for having us on their podcast! Keeping the arts community connected is a priority for so many during this time of physical distancing. We appreciate all that you do and it was an honor to be on your show. Click here to listen
Te invitamos a descubrir un poco de lo que hacemos. Muchas gracias Juli y Aaron Hendren y a Global Corridor por extendernos esta invitación y entrevistarnos en su podcast! Mantener conexiones entre hacedores de arte es una prioridad durante este periodo de distanciamiento social. Los queremos mucho, fue un placer y honor en su programa! Click aquí para escuchar
Collaborators
HECTOR GARCIA is a dad, grandfather, creative, and current PROArtes collaborator. For years, he had videographed and created props and set solutions for Stephanie García’s performances. Currently he is the Apapacho and our residents caretaker and point of contact in Mexico City. He loves ice cream, his family and to travel.
Past Interns
CHELSEA GUEVARA, Editorial Intern – Aquí&Allá Season 2: Bio at time of internship – Chelsea Guevara is a spoken word poet and college student studying at the University of Utah. She comes from a mixed family, Caucasian and Salvadoran, and this background fuels her writing and passion for calling attention to the stories of people with less of a platform to tell them. Her love of writing and interest in sharing and amplifying the voices of marginalized communities, especially the Latinx community, pushed her to put her focus on a major in Writing and Rhetoric Studies. For four years, she’s worked at McDonald’s and is a part-time shift manager while she studies full-time. Her senior year in high school, she got involved with slam poetry and has since been part of that writing community in Utah. Chelsea also helps coach her old slam poetry team at Copper Hills High School, does workshops with youth, and competes in venues both in and out of state.
DANI PRESCOTT, Editorial Intern – Aquí&Allá Season 2: Bio at time of internship – Dani Prescott is a graphic designer and multidisciplinary artist. She was born in Ruston, Louisiana and is now living, studying, and working in the Central Arkansas area. Prescott is pursuing a BFA degree with an emphasis in graphic design at the University of Central Arkansas. Throughout her life she has been exposed to a plethora of different cultures, interests, and activities. These experiences throughout Prescott’s life have allowed her to be versatile in her approach to various objectives, being coursework, commissions, or personal work. She is passionate in finding ways to cross graphic design with fine art and fine art with graphic design. Her work pertains to the experiences and the dynamic of her life and others’, though subjects of sports, art, cultures, and people.
AMELIA HAY, Editorial Intern – Aquí&Allá Season 1: Bio at time of internship – Amelia is an art educator and enthusiast. After graduating from Northeastern State University, she worked as a Teaching Artist and Program Assistant for Philbrook Museum of Art. Most recently, she was teaching English in China as a Peace Corps Volunteer. In her free time she likes to read, bake, and walk her two dogs. We simply could not complete all of the transcribing and translation work required to make this bilingual series come to life so quickly without some much needed help from Amelia. She began assisting us with the first episode of Aquí&Allá and we are very grateful to have her as part of the team.