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Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | January

Vancouver, B.C.

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 January 11, Brianne Orr-Álvarez, Assistant Professor of Teaching | Director, FHIS Learning Centre will present and facilitate a discussion of two stories from Gabriel García Márquez's […]

Open Doors to Art: Studio Visit with Yaimel López

Vancouver, B.C.

Join us for this special online Studio Visit with Vancouver-based artist Yaimel López 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 Thursday, February 3rd at 6pm and discover the […]

Latin American Short Stories Reading Group | March

Vancouver, B.C.

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 […]

Descarga Musical with Stephanie Pedraza

Vancouver, B.C.

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 […]

Siete Poetas, Un Continente

Vancouver, B.C.

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 […]

Tertulia: Artist Book Publishing by American, Canadian, and Mexican Artists

Vancouver, B.C.

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 […]

Taller de escritura creativa para adolescentes [in Spanish]

Vancouver, B.C.

En este taller los adolescentes podrán explorar temas de su interés a través de la escritura creativa. El formato del taller será el siguiente: escritura libre acerca de algún tema (a definir en las sesiones con los participantes), discusión / práctica del contenido elegido y escritura dirigida. La facilitadora Alicia Niemann durante las sesiones les […]

Open Doors to Art: Studio Visit with Michelle Bourget Morales

Vancouver, B.C.

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 […]

Unheard stories from the Fandango with Alec Dempster

Vancouver, B.C.

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 […]

Art Talk – Resistencias: Music, Art, and Politics in Latin America

Canucks Family Education Centre 1655 William St, Vancouver, B.C.

Join us on Friday, May 20 at 7:00 pm at the Canucks Family Education Centre (1655 William St, Vancouver) for our first in-person Art Talk - Resistencias: Music, Art, and Politics in Latin America. During the sixties and seventies, many Latin American countries faced one of the darkest periods in their recorded history. Military dictatorships […]

Tertulia: Cómo entender la poesía. Análisis de textos | EN PERSONA

El día Jueves 23 de Junio a las 6:30 de la tarde acompáñanos a la Tertulia: Cómo entender la poesía. Análisis de textos en el LRC room del Britannia Community Centre (1661 Napier St, Vancouver) El poeta mexicano Jobyoán Villarreal compartirá sus reflexiones sobre qué es la poesía, de donde nace y para qué sirve, […]