Gestoras

01/12/2025

🎙️ Season 3, Episode 2 is here!

This week, we sit down with Colectiva La Empancipada, a powerhouse of creativity, resilience, and cultural storytelling. From their collaborative projects to the ways they amplify community voices, they’re redefining what it means to create together.

Tune in to hear their journey, insights, and vision for a more inclusive cultural landscape!

🎙️ ¡Ya salió el Episodio 2 de la Serie 3!

Esta semana compartimos nuestra conversación con Colectiva La Empancipada, un grupo lleno de creatividad, resiliencia y narrativas culturales. Desde sus proyectos colaborativos hasta la forma en que amplifican las voces de la comunidad, están redefiniendo lo que significa crear juntas.

Conoce su camino, sus ideas ¡y su visión para un panorama cultural más inclusivo!

23/11/2025

Community is built one connection at a time 💛
Tap into Season 3, Episode 1 for a conversation on what it really takes to foster belonging — and stay tuned for Episode 2 airing next week!

20/11/2025

Today marks an important moment not just in Mexican history, but in the history of gestoras. Swipe to learn more about the Latina organizers who helped shape the Mexican Revolution (1910–1917), and read the full story on our Substack — link in bio!

09/11/2025

Two powerhouse women running major cultural institutions in Puerto Rico share the entrepreneurial strategies that keep the arts alive when traditional support systems collapse. This candid conversation reveals how creative leaders are reimagining community engagement, turning scarcity into innovation, and building bridges between artists and audiences in ways that might just transform the entire cultural landscape.

Two powerhouse women running major cultural institutions in Puerto Rico share the entrepreneurial strategies that keep the arts alive when traditional support systems collapse. This candid conversation reveals how creative leaders are reimagining community engagement, turning scarcity into innovatio...

07/11/2025

Season 3 is here!
Gestoras is thrilled to announce the launch of our Season 3 premiere—out today!

This special episode marks our first-ever live recording, held in front of an audience at the 2024 Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

We had the honor of speaking with María Cristina Gaztambide, Director of the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and Raquel Vázquez Varela, Executive Director of Teatro Público and Events & Communications Coordinator at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.
(Fun fact: this session won the Best Presentation Award at the conference!)

Tune in now and join us as we kick off a new season of stories, insights, and conversations on arts leadership and cultural management!

02/11/2025

Behind every cultural tradition stands a lineage of women who organized, advocated, created, and nurtured. This Día de los Mu***os, Gestoras remembers them with gratitude 🕯️🧡

Detrás de cada tradición cultural hay una linea de mujeres que organizaron, abogaron, crearon y cuidaron. En este Día de los Mu***os, Gestoras las recuerda con gratitud 🕯️🧡

30/10/2025

We’re excited to announce that Gestoras is partnering with CLALS at American University to contribute articles on Latin American and Latina women in arts and culture for AULA, their blog on Latin American affairs and U.S.-Latin America relations!
https://aulablog.net (https://aulablog.net/)

Estamos felices de anunciar que Gestoras colabora con CLALS de la American University para estudiar y apoyar a las gestoras culturales, arte, y culturas latinoamericanas a través de AULA, el blog de CLALS sobre asuntos latinoamericanos y las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y América Latina!
https://aulablog.net (https://aulablog.net/)

21/10/2025

The wait is over — Gestoras is back!

We’re thrilled to share some exciting updates: Season 3 of the Gestoras Podcast is on the way and we’re expanding to new spaces (hello, Substack 👋)

Our first blog post launches today, marking the start of this new chapter — tune in and join us as we continue amplifying the voices of Latina cultural managers around the world! 

Check out our Substack using the link in our bio!