ommunity volunteer, fundraiser, musician, educator, wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist. An arts aficionada whose forte is fund-raising, Dolores Gomez Barzune has been a community volunteer for more than 32 years. The former music and arts teacher continues to be involved in arts education, serving on the board of the Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She has chaired the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of Dallas for the past eight years and she and her husband, Dallas surgeon Larry Barzune, have been active members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra board for many years. Perhaps the project that most clearly illustrates her devotion to nurturing the arts is her involvement with the Latino Cultural Center. Without her tireless efforts, first as the co-chair of the capital campaign and now as the president of Friends of the Latino Cultural Center, the vision for an important space devoted to Latino and Hispanic arts and culture might never have been realized. Today, the spectacular multi-hued Latino Cultural Center brings a new energy to the North Texas arts scene that sparks the creative spirit in everyone.

Designed by renowned Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, the Latino Cultural Center is one of the city’s most dramatic and vibrant public structures. The Center serves as the regional catalyst for Latino and Hispanic arts and culture.