Camilla Cantu Welcomed as Porch On TAP Artist In Residence
Camilla Cantu is a musician and independent artist from Southwest Detroit. She believes in developing spaces in the Detroit community that uplift other women artists through mentorship, relationship building, and providing resources for up-and-coming creatives.
Camilla is the founder and director of member of Mariachi Femenil, “a female-based mariachi ensemble aiming to promote gender equality in music and performing arts, especially within the mariachi genre.” according to their Facebook Page.
Engaging and raising awareness around issues of documentation for undocumented residents through music and the visual arts is a passion and driving force behind Camilla’s practice.
Camilla is joining us as a resident artist at The Alley Project doing exactly that!! She is working with a creative team of neighbors, youth, and colleagues to collaboratively create the visuals for her new song, ‘Lights Out’. Her residency is helping us inaugurate our new outdoor classroom on Avis near Elsmere as we transform our front porch to a setting for artistic exchange during our artist residency program, the Porch On TAP.