Casa de Duende is a grassroots organization dedicated to platforming, uplifting, and guiding under-served artists. We accomplish this through four main avenues: 1) Art Exhibition Programming, which we commission, curate, and produce; 2) Dos Lenguas Press, a bilingual (English/Spanish) publishing initiative dedicated to amplifying Latin American poets and writers; making their work accessible to both spanish and english speaking audiences, 3) Performances of music, dance, video, film, and spoken word; and 4) Collaborative Community Care projects to promote, organize, and/or fundraise for important causes. The bulk of our efforts are directed towards amplifying the voices and presentation of work by immigrant, indigenous, and LGBTQI+ artists, but we assist all artists who advance work that speaks to justice, equity, and inclusion, uplifting their lived experience and that of their communities in the process.

Casa de Duende presents artists as insightful social critics whose products transform the language through which we view, hear, see, and come to understand our world and ourselves. We approach art as a creative process not limited by form or medium. As such, we seek to explore this creative process in collaboration and partnership with a variety of artists and organizations, such as musicians, dancers, painters, writers, filmmakers, curators, art institutions, galleries, cultural centers, and other grassroots community organizations. In this way, all of our programming is deeply grounded in community. This allows us to better examine the social relevance of art and art making, as well as delve into questions about the role of art and the artist in responding to and understanding contemporary culture.

Casa de Duende is committed to advancing equity by centering voices historically silenced or excluded due to systemic racial, ethnic, sexual, and ability-based inequities. Co founded and led since its inception by a gay, Latinx, Indigenous person of color, the organization addresses structural erasure through inclusive governance, intentional decision-making, and community-rooted programming.