Noche de Arte 2026 · our 15th anniversary · Saturday, October 10

Quince años, de vuelta en casa.

Fifteen years, back home on Main Street. Thank you to every family, artist, cook, musician, neighbor and partner who filled CCATE to celebrate our quinceañera — and to open the doors of our renovated gallery.

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Collective murals in the renovated CCATE Gallery

In 2011, Latinx families opened the doors of CCATE. On October 10, 2026, they opened them again — to a renovated building, a new gallery and a whole community coming home to celebrate.

The galleryFoodMusicArtOur guests

Last year Noche de Arte was held at the Berman Museum of Art in Collegeville. This year our quinceañera came back to 1246 W. Main Street, and every corner of the property was open: the gallery, the porch, the garden and the dinner tents.

Like everything at CCATE, the night was made by the community. Families formed committees months ahead — for the food, the space, the program and the raffles — and stayed after the last song to clean up.

Una galería nuevaThe renovated CCATE Gallery opens its doors

Fifteen years of community art finally has a room big enough for it: gallery lighting, hanging rails, a gathering space with a bar, and walls wide enough for the collective murals our families have painted together.

The new bar and gathering space with wood-slat counters, white countertops and a row of green glass pendant lamps
The new bar and gathering space.
Framed black-and-white photographs hanging along a white gallery hallway
Photography by the CCATE community along the hallway.
A long painted mural with a steam train beside a large colorful hummingbird sculpture
A collective mural and a giant hummingbird sculpture.
Five members of CCATE’s remodeling committee standing together on the porch at night
The remodeling committee of CCATE, who helped bring the building to life.

Hecho por la comunidadDinner cooked, served and shared by our families

The food committee and CCATE families cooked for the whole night — tortillas, salsas, aguas frescas and desserts — and served it under the tents in the garden, at tables dressed in green and gold.

Round tables with white chair covers, green runners, flowers and small white pumpkins under a white tent
The dinner tents, ready before the first guests arrived.
Seven members of the food committee smiling behind a long table of covered trays and aguas frescas
The Noche de Arte food committee of CCATE.
Guests lining up and filling their plates under a white tent
Dinner is served.
Two guests smiling at a dinner table with flowers and plates of food
Around the table.
A mother and her young son at a dinner table
Every generation at the table.

Gracias a los negocios localesThank you to our local businesses

  • Eventos Franyutti
  • Las Fridas Lansdale
  • 5 de Mayo
  • Los Juniors
  • Tacos El Tata
  • Creativa Decorations

We value everything they give to Norristown and to CCATE. Local businesses like these are what make the difference in our community.

Música en el jardínNuevo Reyes, a Mexican music group from Norristown

Bass, accordion and twelve-string guitar on the garden lawn, from sunset until the last plates were cleared.

Three young musicians playing bass, accordion and guitar on the lawn in front of the stone porch
Nuevo Reyes in front of CCATE.
The band playing at dusk beyond the dinner tables
Playing for the dinner tables at dusk.
Two women holding a framed black-and-white photograph of a wall painted with the words Educación para todos
“Educación para todos” (Education for all), a photograph by Dulce González.

El arte encuentra casaArt finds a home

Christina Miller, Administrator and Director of the Office of Public Health at Montgomery County, took home Dulce González’s photograph “Educación para todos” — a powerful message that reflects the spirit of CCATE.

The art is still on the walls

Paintings, drawings and photographs from Noche de Arte remain on view in the CCATE Gallery, and many are still for sale. Every piece was made by our students, families and Las Artivistas, and every sale supports CCATE’s programs.

Visit the gallery or buy a piece — write to contact@ccate.org

Gracias por acompañarnosPartners, public servants and friends who celebrated with us

Leaders from the county, the state, the Consulate of Mexico and our partner organizations came to Main Street to celebrate fifteen years with our families.

Eight guests standing together in the new gallery
  • Pedro RubioConsulate of Mexico in Philadelphia
  • Tamara ContrerasConsulate of Mexico in Philadelphia
  • Nelly Jiménez-ArévaloDirector of Immigrant Affairs, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  • Erin McCrossan, PhDExecutive Vice Chair, Montgomery County Democrats
  • Obed ArangoFounder and Executive Director, CCATE
  • State Rep. Greg Scott54th District of Pennsylvania
  • Christina MillerAdministrator and Director, Office of Public Health, Montgomery County
  • Jojo DalwadiCommunity Engagement Specialist, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Three women standing in front of the lit murals
Rossy Calderón, Community Liaison, Norristown Police Department; Ann Cornell, Director of Outreach and Communications, Montgomery County Prothonotary’s Office; and Nelly Jiménez-Arévalo, Director of Immigrant Affairs, Montgomery County.
Three people smiling in front of orange and green balloons
Carmen Marcet, community leader and special education expert; Obed Arango, CCATE founder and executive director; and Holly Link, PhD, Director of CCATE’s Educational and Participatory Action Research Center.
A woman holding a toddler in front of a colorful mural
Caitlin Brady, Manager of Outreach & After-School Education at CCATE.
Two CCATE team members welcoming guests at a table on the stone porch
Welcoming guests on the porch.
A smiling young woman at the welcome desk beside a CCATE QR code
At the welcome desk.

En sus palabrasFrom a guest, the morning after

“I’ve attended many of the CCATE fundraisers over the years. I was there last evening to celebrate CCATE’s quinceañera … I was glad the event was held at your center on Main Street.”
Steve Halpern, writer and longtime Noche de Arte guest

¡Gracias por quince años!

Every family, volunteer, committee member, business and partner who made this night possible is part of the next fifteen years.

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