Edinburg, TX

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Edinburg, TX

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City of Edinburg

Join us on July 27, 2024 as the City of Edinburg’s downtown comes alive with its art & wellness extravaganza, featuring the premiere of an original musical starring 75 community members. In addition to the musical, the festival will include inspiring public art commissions, and the dynamic offerings of demonstrating artists, health & wellness partners, and local performers. Set against the backdrop of the new Arts, Culture, and Events Center (A.C.E.), FridaFest Art Festival honors women's empowerment and the legacy of Frida Kahlo, while embracing themes of healing, belonging, and the rich tapestry of Edinburg's cultural scene. The showcase events will take place from 5:30-11pm.

  • The City of Edinburg’s Department of Library & Cultural Arts, local artists, and education and health partners make up our Core Site Team, showcasing the community’s resilience, color, and artistic richness through inspiring murals throughout the city and community-based art programs that promote health and well-being. The City and its partners are also focused on establishing a strong artistic workforce through the establishment of the artist directory, entrepreneurship classes, and artistic opportunities and programming.

    Upcoming classes will serve as the foundation for the programming at the City’s Art, Culture, and Event Center scheduled to open in June 2024. The ACE Center will be in the heart of the City’s festival grounds and will serve to showcase the community’s rich Mexican culture and traditions while embracing and celebrating its growing diversity. The initiative will culminate in an Art & Wellness festival that promotes health and well-being, social connectedness, and a sense of belonging.

Meet The Team

  • Letty Leija

    Director of Library & Cultural Arts

  • Brisa Areli Muñoz

    Artistic Director / Lead Artist

    Brisa Areli Muñoz (she/they) is a Chicane theatre director, healing practitioner, and cultural worker based out of New York City, originally from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. She is the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, an organization committed to dismantling oppressive ideologies through radical new musicals. She has directed & facilitated workshops on Broadway, nationally and internationally, and is passionate about using art as a tool to cultivate communities of care.

  • Magdiel Castle

    Assistant Director of Cultural Arts

  • Michele Ward

    Art Program Supervisor

  • Joel Jason Rodriguez

    Department Chair, Fine Arts, STC

  • Robert De Hoyos

    Technical Coordinator, STC

  • Dahlia Guerra

    Special Assistant to the Dean, UTRGV Fine Arts

  • Marcos Martinez

    Artist, Researcher, Data Collection

  • Jeffrey Ward

    Dean, UTRGV Fine Arts

  • Luis Torres-Hostos

    Dean, UTRGV School of Social Work

  • John Ronnau

    Senior Assoc Dean, UTRGV School of Medicine

  • Kim Nguyen-Finn

    Assistant Professor, UTRGV School Rehabilitation Services & Counseling

  • Deepu George

    Associate Professor, UTRGV Family & Community Medicine

    Deepu George completed his doctoral work in Human Development and Family Science with a specialization in Family Therapy from the University of Georgia under the guidance of Dr. Jay A. Mancini. As part of his doctoral clinical requirement, he also completed a one year internship in Medical Family Therapy and Integrated Care from Duke/SR-AHEC Family Medicine Residency program in Fayetteville, NC. His work focuses on implementing integrated behavioral health models in primary care, specifically the evidence-based Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model and doing evaluation research on the effects on implementation. Along with his clinical duties as Behavioral Health Consultant in the PCBH model, he teaches residents in clinic and in didactics primary care behavioral health skills. His research focuses on social determinants of health, physician resilience and well-being, community capacity building, and health disparities in the Rio Grande Valley region.

  • Vivana Caballero

    Interim Assistant Director of the Library, City of Edinburg

  • Eddie Olivarez

    Chief Administrative Officer, Hidalgo County Health & Human Services

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Art & Wellness Programming

Ongoing

Falling under our SaludArte programming - celebrating arts, health, and belonging - we offer classes and workshops in art, music, dance, guided meditation, grief therapy, and community arts.

Art_Works, our arts entrepreneurship programming includes community murals and art projects, and workshops to help creatives grow in Edinburg.

FridaFest/Arts For EveryBody Festival

The Edinburg initiative will culminate in an Art & Wellness festival, paired with our FridaFest, will promote arts, health and well-being, social connectedness, and a sense of belonging. The combined festival will feature the premiere of an original stage musical about Edinburg, highlighting our past, present, and future. There will be great local artists performing and demonstrating.

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