VLACC is pleased to present, in partnership with UBC’s Latin American Studies program, a reading group open to anyone interested in short stories written by Latin American authors. On March 8th, Dr. Ramón Ant. Victoriano-Martínez (Arturo), Assistant Professor of Spanish at UBC will facilitate a discussion on the stories: "Allotropes" by Angela Hernández Núñez and […]
Join us on Friday, March 11th at 6:00 pm PST on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/vlacc) for a night of music by Latin American composers interpreted by Canadian singer and songwriter Stephanie Pedraza. This online live concert will include songs by Mercedes Sosa, Selena (Quintanilla Perez), Rosario Flores, Soledad Bravo, Lila Downs, plus Stephanie’s compositions. This concert is […]
Acompáñanos el 21 de marzo a las 6:00 pm (hora del Pacífico) en la plataforma Zoom, para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Poesía. Este será un encuentro para disfrutar de la lectura de poemas en la voz de sus autores. La poesía será el pretexto para conectarnos como comunidad y compartir nuestras experiencias. ¡Esperamos […]
This presentation brings together American, Canadian, and Mexican creators who have recently produced artist books with Vancouver-based Light Factory Publications (LFP). Artists have been exchanging and collaboratively producing small publications for at least a century. Latin America and its diaspora have been particularly active in artist book publishing. These bilingual (Spanish, English) artworks consider the […]
Do you ever wonder what an artist studio looks like? How artworks are selected to be a part of an exhibition? What type of art are Latin Americans making today? Join us online on April 7 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm on zoom and discover the work of Mexican artist Michelle Bourget Morales. In partnership […]
Join us for this free art talk. Alec Dempster, folklorist, writer, and illustrator, will take us on a journey through his research of son jarocho music and oral history in the Tuxtlas region of Veracruz on Wednesday, May 18 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm (PDT) online on Zoom. Delving back into the archives at the […]
PLEAMAR – HIGH TIDE: UNA LECTURA BILINGÜE DE NUEVOS ESCRITOS, A BILINGUAL READING OF NEW WRITING POR/BY CARMEN RODRÍGUEZ En septiembre de 2021, Carmen Rodríguez publicó su novela Atacama, la cual ha sido elogiada por la crítica y el público. Diez meses después, la escritora ofrecerá una lectura bilingüe de nueva prosa y poesía en […]
Follow this video series about art, migration, identity, and transformation. Five master artists relate the highs and lows of integrating to Canadian life, while retaining their Latin American identities. Each free online premiere relates a relocation journey of a major Latin American artist, and how the transition from home country to Canada informed their visions […]
This movement workshop invites us to connect with our inner selves and the world around us. Mexican dancer Carla Alcántara will guide us in awakening our senses from the inside out, warming up our bodies, and welcoming an environment for self-discovery. Get ready to explore playful exercises that support our human connection. We’ll use rhythm […]
https://youtu.be/8IpRTK7R74M Inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2003, Sal Ferreras is a Puerto Rican-Canadian musician, producer, composer and educator who came to Canada in 1972. He has performed in almost every musical genre on the Canadian music scene with collaborations that included classical music, world music, jazz, new music, indigenous music, […]
https://youtu.be/bWhgmMYIR-k Actor, playwright, and author Carmen Aguirre is a Vancouver-based Chilean-Canadian artist with over eighty film, television, and stage acting credits. While still a student at Studio 58, she wrote her first play, “In a Land Called I Don’t Remember”, which was published l in 2019 by Talonbooks. Since then, she has written and co-written […]
https://youtu.be/kLjmvrUfToU Mexican Flamenco dancer, dance coach, artistic director and bailadora, Rosario Ancer found herself a home in Vancouver, where she grew her family, a dance academy, and a well-known international Flamenco Festival creating a lasting flamenco legacy. Starting in Mexico, going to Spain and landing in Canada, Rosario's journey began following a call, a […]
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