Ever since Quetzal formed in the wake of L.A.’s civil unrest in 1992 (Gonzalez joined in 1995), it has operated with the conviction that art and activism cannot be separated. Gonzalez’s book ...

There is a legend in Guatemala that the quetzal, the national bird ... Latin American nations that was made during a multiday art project designed to uplift the children and remind them of ...

But one mariachi group in particular is proving that this traditional art form is not just for those of Mexican descent. Only three of Denton's Mariachi Quetzal boast Mexican backgrounds.