Cultural Heritages

Community Arts & Empowerment researched and surveyed the community to identify the cultures of both past and present residents of Watsonville.  One hundred twenty-one cultures were identified. One hundred twenty local professional and youth artists were paid stipends to produce symbols and patterns representing their cultural heritage. 

Afghanistan
Africa
African American
Amah Mutsun/Ohlone
Argentina
Afro Mexican
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Aztec
Basques
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Cajun
Canada
Caribbean
Cherokee
Comanche
Costa Rica
Creek Muskogee
Croatia
Czech
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Hawaii
Honduras
Hungary
Inca
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Iroquois
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kanza/Kaw
Korea
Lebanon
Lithuania
Macedonia
Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara
Mayan
Mexico (Aguascalientes)
Mexico (Baja California-Braceros)
Mexico (Baja California del Sur)
Mexico (Campeche)
Mexico (Chiapas)
Mexico (Chihuahua)
Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico)
Mexico (Coahuila)
Mexico (Colima)
Mexico (Durango)
Mexico (Estado de Mexico)
Mexico (Hidalgo)
Mexico (Guanajuato)
Mexico (Guerrero)
Mexico (Jalisco)
Mexico (Michoacan)
Mexico (Morelos)
Mexico (Nayarit)
Mexico (Nuevo Leon)
Mexico (Oaxaca)
Mexico (Puebla)
Mexico (Queretaro)
Mexico (Quintana Roo)
Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
Mexico (Sinaloa)
Mexico (Sonora)
Mexico (Tabasco)
Mexico (Tamaulipas)
Mexico (Tlaxcala)
Mexico (Veracruz)
Mexico (Yucatan)
Mexico (Zacatecas)
Mixteco
Mongolia
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Oklahoma Seminole
Osage
Pakistan
Palestine
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Polynesia
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Quechan
Russia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Suni India
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
The Mariana Islands
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wales
Yaqui Yoeme
Yemen