Cristina Ballí was nominated as an SA Light because of her work as executive director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.
Cristina Balli, executive director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, poses May 17, 2023, in the Guadalupe Theater.Growing up in Brownsville on the tip of Texas, Cristina Ballí never considered working in the arts.
“That’s where my passion for the arts grew,” Ballí said. “I had never considered that but it eventually led to a career in arts administration.”Before that, she worked as director of the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center in San Benito. “Other directors were courageous in their own way but in terms of staying true to the mission and staying connected to the community and stabilizing and expanding programming, she has been stellar,” saidBallí, added Tafolla, has “stayed true and strong to the commitment to keeping the Guadalupe a place where Chicanos and Indigenous voices have a place to develop and be heard.
Ballí said she was fortunate to have been mentored by Pedro Rodriguez, who served as executive director from 1983-1998, during her first year with the Guadalupe.“What I learned the most from him was how fierce an advocate for the arts he was and how important it is for us to serve the community,” she said.
Sold-out performances at the Guadalupe Theater, large crowds at the three-day conjunto festival held last month at Rosedale Park, and summer events for children and teens are routine again for the arts organization that since its founding in 1980 has been preserving and promoting Chicano/Latino and Indigenous dance, music, literature, theater, film and visual arts.
The bookstore features books by U.S. Latino authors with a large focus on writers from Texas, a children’s section, bilingual books and books in Spanish.“Latino Leadership Lessons” will be presented June 9 at 6 p.m. at the bookstore, 1301 Guadalupe St., with Leticia Van de Putte, Laura Barberena, Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe and Patricia Mejia. Moderator will be Delia Garcia, who edited the book “Latina Leadership Lessons: Fifty Latinas Speak.
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