ALMAAHH partnered with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for the fourth annual Myths and Leyendas: Mujeres Fall Festival, a community celebration honoring Latin American and Latino art, culture, and storytelling through sculpture. Held at the Cullen Sculpture Garden, the free festival unveiled six new temporary installations created by eight Houston-based Latinx artists—Laura Cano, Angela Corson, Pedro Gutierrez-Zamora, Sandra de la Rosa, Jasmine Zelaya, and collaborators Victoria Armenta, Salima Bowaniya, and Bailey Serrano.

The commissioned works drew inspiration from women in myths and legends across Latin America, exploring themes of memory, migration, motherhood, resistance, and ancestral reverence. Visitors experienced an immersive day of art alongside live music, dance performances, hands-on art activities, film screenings curated by the Houston Latino Film Festival, and community traditions like Lotería. With generous support from presenting sponsor H-E-B, the festival welcomed thousands of attendees and reflected the MFAH’s ongoing commitment to Latin American and Latino art, while underscoring ALMAAHH’s mission to elevate Latino artists and cultural narratives within Houston’s vibrant arts ecosystem.

ALMAAHH, in collaboration with the Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board, hosted a vibrant Hispanic Heritage Month Kick-Off Celebration at Houston City Hall that honored the vital role U.S. Latinos play in Houston’s history, culture, and future. The gathering highlighted how Latino communities are woven into the fabric of the city—shaping its identity, fueling its growth, and enriching its spirit.

With the support of the City of Houston, the event featured lively cultural performances, delicious bites by Flor y Miel, and an atmosphere filled with community, orgullo, and celebration. Community members, cultural leaders, and elected officials came together not only to mark the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, but to connect, reflect, and celebrate Latinidad in a shared civic space. The event also underscored ALMAAHH’s ongoing work toward establishing a landmark arts and cultures complex that authentically represents and celebrates Latino heritage in Houston.

ALMAAHH partnered with FotoFest to present a series of community-centered programs in conjunction with Flor Garduño: Paths of Life, an exhibition celebrating 45 years of Garduño’s influential photographic practice and its exploration of ritual, mythology, memory, and the connection between humanity and nature.

As part of Second Saturday Open Art Studios at Silver Street Studios, ALMAAHH and FotoFest hosted an interactive daytime program that invited the public to engage directly with the exhibition through hands-on artmaking. Visitors explored Garduño’s powerful imagery and participated in two artist-led workshops: Create Your Mythological Nahual, a collage workshop inspired by Garduño’s mystical symbolism led by Jatziri Barron, and Cyanotype Printing in the Sun, a sunlight-based photographic process led by Lizbeth Ortiz. The event fostered creativity, reflection, and community, as participants transformed personal narratives into visual expressions under the open sky.

In addition to the daytime workshops, ALMAAHH collaborated with FotoFest and the Ponce Project Music Foundation to present Mythos & Memory: A Journey Through Music and Spoken Word, an evening program held inside the exhibition. The event featured evocative performances by L’acalet Dúo (Benilde Larios and Benjamín González) and award-winning poet and playwright Jasminne Mendez, whose spoken word resonated deeply within the gallery space. A spontaneous exchange between the guest performers and Silver Street Studios resident artist Miller Quevedo emerged as a powerful moment of artistic dialogue, underscoring the exhibition’s ability to spark connection, collaboration, and shared reflection.

Together, these programs exemplified ALMAAHH’s commitment to expanding access to Latino arts, supporting artists through meaningful platforms, and creating spaces where visual art, performance, and community converge in dialogue and celebration.