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Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Executive Director of Los Cenzontles Mexican Art Center
Location	San Pablo, CA, United States
Introduction	Eugene Rodriguez, an US Artist Oliver Fellow, formed youth group Los Cenzontles in 1989 through an Artist Residency from the California Arts Council. In 1991 he established the Fandango Project to promote participatory music and dance in the SF Bay Area with support from the US Mexico Fund for Culture, Bancomer and the Rockefeller Foundation. He incorporated Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center Arts Center in 1994. In 1995 he was nominated for a Grammy for Best Musical Album for Children for his production of Papa's Dream, a bilingual recording with Los Lobos and Lalo Guerrero. He has produced eighteen CDs for Los Cenzontles. His productions have included noted musicians Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, David Hidalgo, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, and Preservation Hall, among others and has collaborated with The Chieftains, Los Lobos and many others. Eugene has played a pioneering role in the revival of Mexican folk music in California and has innovated adaptations of traditional pedagogy to suit contemporary urban contexts.