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| − | Quetzal Flores is a longtime collaborator with Great Leap. He is a musician and community organizer | + | [[Quetzal Flores]] is a longtime collaborator with Great Leap. He is a musician and community organizer whose work is both local -- focused on his home communities of East LA -- and transnational. Since 1993, he has worked as the musical director for the renowned East Los Angeles-based rock group [[Quetzal]]. |
| − | Flores appears in and co-wrote the Great Leap [[Eco-Vid]] ''Cycles of Change'' (2012) and co-created the [[FandangObon]] project (2013-present) with Nobuko Miyamoto and [[Martha Gonzalez]]. | + | Flores appears in and co-wrote the Great Leap [[Eco-Vids|Eco-Vid]] ''Cycles of Change'' (2012) and co-created the [[FandangObon]] project (2013-present) with Nobuko Miyamoto and [[Martha Gonzalez]]. He has served as Director of Arts and Culture at the East Los Angeles Community Corporation (ELACC) since 2016. He is a board member for Great Leap as well as for Smithsonian Folkways and the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory. He co-founded Artivist Entertainment, an independent entertainment company, with Maya Jupiter, Aloe Blacc, Alberto Lopez, and Veronica Gonzalez, representing artists whose art and music inspire positive social change. |
| − | + | ==External links== | |
| − | + | * [http://artivistentertainment.com/quetzal-flores/ Quetzal Flores professional bio]. | |
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 10 March 2018
Quetzal Flores is a longtime collaborator with Great Leap. He is a musician and community organizer whose work is both local -- focused on his home communities of East LA -- and transnational. Since 1993, he has worked as the musical director for the renowned East Los Angeles-based rock group Quetzal.
Flores appears in and co-wrote the Great Leap Eco-Vid Cycles of Change (2012) and co-created the FandangObon project (2013-present) with Nobuko Miyamoto and Martha Gonzalez. He has served as Director of Arts and Culture at the East Los Angeles Community Corporation (ELACC) since 2016. He is a board member for Great Leap as well as for Smithsonian Folkways and the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory. He co-founded Artivist Entertainment, an independent entertainment company, with Maya Jupiter, Aloe Blacc, Alberto Lopez, and Veronica Gonzalez, representing artists whose art and music inspire positive social change.
