New York, May 16th, 2015

What is the Open Cultura Progam?Open Cultura was created to offer creative workshops and seminars. As a shared workspace, it multiplies our experiences, improves our Spanish, and expands our knowledge by stimulating creativity thanks to shared work in artistic territory: an OPEN space to learn more and learn better.

1st Spanish Art and Culture WorkshopThe objective in the first workshop of this new program – Open Cultura – is to reinforce the expressive abilities and communications strategies of educators, cultural leaders, and librarians so that their students and patrons learn and enjoy learning in a more artistic, extraordinary place.

For the most optimal and fluid experience, we ask for the active participation of all the enrolled professionals.

ObjectivesConnect with the needs, interests and vital experiences of students and patrons through the inclusion of references relevant to their contemporary culture.

Understand and adopt different approaches to a work of art or theater, either as a spectator or performer.

ContentThe workshop, which lasts three hours, is structured in three sections to engage both oral and written Spanish skills:

Poetry: get to know the basic tools in order to create conventional poems; analyze and create visual poems.

Image: a painting and photography session.

Theater: Physical acting and the basic ideas behind interpretation.

MethodologyIn this classroom environment the methodology will be flexible and open to the participants’ personal experiences and willingness to share with the group, with a focus on cooperative work: learning to learn through shared experiences.

Art and Culture in SpanishCreative Tools and Group DynamicsInstituto Cervantes

New York

Workshop coordinatorsTxemi Parra is a screenwriter, actor, and monologist with more than 15 years of experience working in Spanish television.Rafael Abolafia has a degree in interpretation and physical acting from the Andalucía Center for Dramatic Arts; he is a theater director, actor and teacher of Spanish at ICNY.

CertificatesCertificates of attendance and participation will be offered upon completion.

Organizers NYS Language RBERN

The mission of the New York State Language and Bilingual Resources Center, NYS Language RBERN, at New York University, is to support the professional development of teachers with a specific and concerted focus on pedagogical practices for bilingual, English as new language, and foreign language classes. The role of the Language RBERN is guided by the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (NYSED OBE & WL) of the New York State Education Department.

Instituto Cervantes

Instituto Cervantes is a not for profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. Its mission is to promote the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of the cultures of all Spanish speaking countries and communities.

211 East 49th Street, New York NY 10017 | T.: 212 308 7720www.newyork.cervantes.org | cenny@cervantes.org

KEY INFORMATION

- Date: 16th of May

- Place: ICNY 211 East 49th Street New York, NY

- Schedule: 1PM – 4PM

- Available Spaces: Max of 30 [adults]. Minimum of 10

- Target audience: Educators (grades 6-12); librarians working with Hispanic communities; cultural leaders and coordinators.

- Price: general $45, ICNY Members receive a 20% discount.