The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (GCAC) was founded in 1980 as a non-profit, multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to preserve, promote and develop the arts and culture of the Chicano/Latino/Native American peoples. Each year the Center presents and produces a season of events, exhibitions and festivals, including the San Antonio Cinefestival, the Juried Women's Art Exhibit, the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio, the San Antonio Inter-American Bookfair & Literary Festival, Hecho a Mano/Made by Hand fine arts and fine crafts market, a season of plays by the resident theatre company Los Actores de San Antonio, the Performing Arts Series, and productions featuring the Guadalupe Dance Company.
