Five programs.
One community.

Raíces brings flamenco and Hispanic cultural arts directly into Vacaville’s public schools through immersive residency programs. Students learn flamenco fundamentals, rumba choreography, and Sevillanas — culminating in a school performance that brings families together around their shared cultural heritage.

For many students, Raíces is the first time they have experienced their cultural heritage through movement, rhythm, and music in a school setting. For others, it is a moment of recognition — something they always carried, finally given space. The program launched at Markham Elementary in 2025, serving over 120 students and families, and expands to additional schools in 2026.

The Arteritano Flamenco Training Program is the only official Escuela de Flamenco de Andalucía (EFA) accredited program in California. Weekly classes serve students of all ages and levels — from Pre-Flamenco for children aged 5 and up, through intermediate adult training — rooted in the authentic traditions of Andalucía.

The certification track offers exams conducted by experts from Spain, and potential travel to Spain for immersive study.

Entretejidas — meaning “interwoven” — is the Arteritano Foundation’s cultural preservation and exchange program, connecting Vacaville with living artisan traditions from Latin America and Spain. Beginning with indigenous textile practices and expanding to any traditional artisan form, the program engages master artisans as lead collaborators and compensates them through honoraria and stipends.

The program begins with a Peru connection anchored through Rotary International — building bridges between Vacaville and artisan communities whose knowledge and cultural practices deserve preservation and wider recognition. Entretejidas is the foundation’s bridge between the local and the global, the present and the ancestral.