Cuba Art & Culture Tour: Revolution as Creative Catalyst
July 2018 • Havana & Santiago, Cuba
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Continuing our year long focus on Black Speculative Art, the Creative Currents Artist Collaborative Cuba Art & Culture Retreat will explore the Afro-Cuban presence in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, their long history of struggle and resistance, and the vibrant and colorful culture that they have created in the ever-changing turbulent landscape of Cuba.
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Dates:
July 2018
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Eligibility:
This trip is open to the General Public interested in Latin American and Afro-Latin art and culture. Knowledge of Spanish is helpful but not mandatory.
Description:
During the Creative Currents Artist Collaborative Cuba Art & Culture Tour, participants will explore the art and culture of Cuba, it's people and history. In addition to art-hopping throughout the grand old city of Havana, participants will enjoy the colonial architecture found at every corner, live music and dance performances, home-cooked Caribbean foods in the city's numerous paladares, and person to person interactions with Cuban artists, scholars and locals.
On the Creative Currents Artist Collaborative Cuba Art & Culture Tour we will immerse ourselves in Cuban life with walking and bus tours of Havana neighborhoods. We will vibe with the youth of the Cuban Rap Association. We'll take a ferry ride across the bay to Regla to visit the church of the Black Virgin. We'll meet the noted Afro-Cuban filmmaker, Gloria Rolando, and view her latest work.
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In addition, We will travel to Santiago de Cuba, the 2nd largest city in Cuba and home to it's largest Afro-Cuban population, considered by some as Cuba's most Carribean city. Santiago de Cuba has played an instrumental part in the evolution of Cuban literature, music, architecture, politics and ethnology, all with the Afro-Cuban experience firmly rooted at the center of it all.
Don't miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrancy of Cuba's bellas artes!
Trip fee includes:
• Cuba travel license to cover all participants
• Round-trip airfare to Havana
• Double occupancy hotel accommodations in all cities
• English speaking tour guide
• Walking and bus tours of Havana & Santiago de Cuba
• Tour of Cuba's craft markets
• Trip to Santiago de Cuba
Not Included:
• Daily meals
• Souvenirs, tips for guides and drivers, and incidentals
Tour Note:
Creative Currents Artist Collaborative reserves the right to change accommodations and schedule as local conditions prescribe. We ask you to remain flexible as your hosts in Cuba do their best to ensure your comfort and that the goals of your visit are realized. Please keep in mind that you are traveling to a developing country that shares its scarce resources with its citizens as well as with its visitors.
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For the latest info, please sign up on our mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/dcSXXL
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