Updates | ¿Que Pasa? @RILA

Teatro Camp

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Teatro Camp is an in-person, week-long workshop for Latinx teens who are curious about theater, storytelling, and performance—whether they’ve been on stage before or not.

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Youth Art Camp

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Our Summer Art Camp is a small, hands-on, in-person program for young artists of color who are curious, creative, and ready to explore drawing in new ways—together.

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Our Stories Matter

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Oral histories are more than stories—they are powerful testimonies that inspire change, build solidarity, and create lasting records of resilience.

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Call for Art | RI250

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Exhibition: February – April 2026 | Public Art, Oral Histories, & Performances: July 4–5, 2026


RILA invites Latinx artists of all ages, genders, disciplines, and cultural backgrounds—and welcomes participation from other artists of color—to submit artwork and personal narratives responding to the RI250 theme: Freedom, But for Whom? Our History from the American Revolution to Today.

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WOTS-FM Radio 88.9


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Broad Street now has three new interactive installations — solar-powered, low-FM radio stations designed by artists Sy and Kimberli Meyer — where the community can broadcast live on 88.9 WOTS FM, right from the sidewalk. Anyone can activate them by pressing a button, and your voice will be heard along Broad Street.

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UPDATE: RILA v The NEA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 — GOOD NEWS!

Thanks to RILA's legal challenge under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the court has struck down the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and their policy that enforced the “gender ideology” executive order.

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Our Statement on Banned Books

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RILA's Board of Directors, Staff, the Latino Books Award Committee issue the following statement regarding attempts to remove materials from schools and libraries that focus on LGBTQIA+ issues and books written by Latino authors or that document the Latino experience or the experiences of other communities of color:

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