Gabriela Riveros, a LUNA founder, remembered a Spanish teacher in highschool who tried to get her to join an after school club called LUNA, Latinos Unidos en las Artes. She wasn't impressed by it, the Spanish teacher (who was not Latina) didn't have much of an itinerary for the club other than serving students latin foods and putting on generic dancing costumes. But, the clever name stuck with her years later. As a fresh college graduate, Gabriela met Katie, LUNA's other co-founder, while working for an arts & education non-profit. When they both came up with the idea to gather other Latinx artists in Milwaukee and make something of it, Gabriela thought of the name belonging to that after school club right away. It fit perfectly, a collective of artists named after the moon, a symbol of feminine energy and connection, while also spelling out exactly what the group is: Latinas Unidas en las Artes.

While we no longer operate as a collective, LUNA still is excited to connect, work and collaborate with talented artists in the city (and beyond!). Feel free to email us and tell us a little about yourself! Or fill out this form to be considered for future work, click here.

Thank you for your interest working with us! As a collective, we are open to public art installations, programming, speaking engagements and workshops. We would love to work with you! To get the process started, please send us a detailed description, including your budget, on what you have in mind to katie@lunamke.com.

Since LUNA started as a collective, we have a large network of artists that we work with for projects and events. While we are always trying to hire and spotlight new artists, we don’t know everyone! This is a great resource to find Latine specific artists in Milwaukee https://www.ladmke.com/. If you’d like us to connect you with an artist for a particular project, we do charge a fee based on your overall budget.

Supporting LUNA is as easy as following our social media pages, sharing our posts, and/or commissioning our collective or our artists for projects. If you would like to make a monetary donation you can do that as well via paypal. Please note: we are not a non-profit and do not have 501(c)3 status, which means your donation would not be tax deductible but a donation of any kind helps support our work and future projects!

Currently, there is no permanent location for LUNA. Although we had the opportunity to hold a temporary space with the Pop-Up MKE program in October of 2019, read more about that opportunity here!

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