One of America’s largest Latino cities has no permanent home for its art. Until now.
ALMAAHH is changing that. We are building a permanent cultural campus in Houston — a museum, a community-rooted institution, and a gathering place where Latino artists create, our histories are preserved, and every generation finds themselves reflected on the walls, on the stage, and in the story.
Three pillars define the work. Together they form a complete cultural home — not just a building, but a commitment carried forward generation by generation.
A world-class collection, rooted here.
A permanent space for Latino visual art, exhibitions, and scholarship — grounded in Houston, in conversation with the hemisphere.
An organization that reflects its community.
A community-rooted institution that cultivates belonging — where Latino artists, audiences, and scholars see themselves represented, supported, and celebrated.
A gathering place, not just a building.
Performance, public programs, food, and convening — a place that doesn’t just hold art, but builds the community around it.
Not a concept — already in motion.
Five years in. Institutional backing secured, programming activating communities across Houston, and a permanent home taking shape. This is what proof of progress looks like.
Founded
Born from a coalition of Houston community leaders committed to a permanent Latino cultural home.
Institutional Backing
Houston Endowment and Harris County anchor ALMAAHH’s institutional capacity with major commitments.
Artists Activated
100+ Latino artists engaged through pop-ups, workshops, festivals, and performances across the city.
Permanent Campus
Museum and cultural gathering place — Houston’s first permanent Latino cultural home, taking shape now.
— Funding and activation figures current as of April 2026. Partnership list reflects institutional collaborators.
The people building ALMAAHH.
A coalition of artists, executives, and community leaders carrying Houston’s Latino cultural legacy into its next chapter.
Geraldina Interiano Wise
Artist and founding visionary whose leadership has shaped ALMAAHH from its earliest days into a $2M+ institutional project.
Carlos Duarte
Thirty years of nonprofit leadership, previously national development officer at Mi Familia Vota — a holistic strategist rooted in Latino community organizing.
Susana Rosas
Leading ALMAAHH’s development strategy — cultivating the donor partnerships and institutional support powering Houston’s first permanent Latino cultural home.
Gaby Magana
Operations leader driving ALMAAHH’s organizational growth, partnerships, and day-to-day institutional strategy.
Eduardo Rosales
Board member contributing strategic counsel and community leadership to ALMAAHH’s next chapter.
A circle of visionaries standing with ALMAAHH.
Our Madrinas y Padrinos are community leaders, philanthropists, and cultural champions whose early commitment is making Houston’s first permanent Latino cultural home possible.
Your name, in a list generations will read.
Madrinas y Padrinos aren’t donors. They are the founding patrons of Houston’s first permanent Latino cultural home — named publicly, with their consent, in gratitude and in history.
Meet the Circle- A lasting commitment Your name recognized as a founding patron — permanent, public, honored.
- A role in the story Direct engagement with ALMAAHH leadership, programs, and artists.
- A cultural legacy Building what Houston doesn’t yet have — and what generations will inherit.
Invest in culture. Build Houston’s Latino home.
Every contribution fuels the museum and cultural campus that will become Houston’s permanent Latino cultural home. Your gift is a cornerstone in a legacy generations will inherit.
Name a seat in the story being built.
Support an artist residency or program.
Anchor the permanent cultural campus.
Madrinas y Padrinos — founding patrons.
ALMAAHH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.