Eighteen years after its foundation, the José Martí Brigade of Art Instructors celebrates its coming of age with the display of a broad agenda of activities from all aesthetic expressions.
Just on the date marked on the island for the Day of Cuban Culture (October 20), the brigade stands out as a space for the dissemination and defense of traditions, popular practices and artistic manifestations, which -by its hand- reach the communities most remote of the largest of the Antilles.
According to the entity’s national president, Emilio Toledo, among the actions, the Get closer initiative stands out, developed by the organization’s muralist network in prisons, as well as the photographic exhibition My brigade is still here, installed in the Casa del Alba Cultural .
Forums, concerts, workshops, historical routes and presentations for infants, appear in the calendar of proposals that since last October 5 bring closer to the work of the entity, which since its foundation seeks to transform the socio-cultural environment, raise aesthetic tastes and promote artistic and human values.
With the premise of preserving youth and extolling identity and Cubanness in all spaces, the Brigade dedicated the activities of this birthday to the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Nueva Trova Movement, to the 55th anniversary of the Protest Song and to the 60th of the art education system.
Likewise, the 50th anniversary guerrillas carry out various actions, especially in territories of the province of Pinar del Río, recently affected by the impact of Hurricane Ian.
As an idea of Commander Fidel Castro, the José Martí Brigades of Art Instructors emerged in 2004, an organization that honors the social work of these professionals and enhances Cuban culture from the commitment to bring art and critical thinking to the greatest of The Antilles.
(With information from Prensa Latina)