IESA arts&culture is pleased to announce the opening of its Latin America department
It brings together courses, projects and lectures. Led by Grecia Caceres, a Peruvian novelist and poet who lives and works in Paris, it combines the talents of a team of exceptionally high-quality teachers and professionals of whom we are very proud.
The Latin America department aims to teach IESA students about the culture of that continent and the exceptional vitality of its contemporary creation. Starting this year it will offer two courses, on the Panorama of Latin American Culture (Grecia Caceres) and on Modern and Contemporary Art of Latin America (Christine Frérot and Élodie Vaudry). But its mission is also to spread knowledge of Latin American art forms more widely. With the exhibition curator Carolina Ariza, the Master in Contemporary Art students will produce, at the end of a three-week workshop, an exhibition in January showcasing young Latin American artists. Other public lectures and study days will complete the activities of this department.
But to meet this goal of outreach, we are particularly happy and proud to have received the support of Anne Husson, director of the cultural department of the Maison de l’Amérique latine. With great enthusiasm, she believed in the project presented to her by Grecia Caceres and agreed to co-produce with IESA a magnificent series of eight lectures and round tables titled The Eye Thinks. This series, held on Mondays at 19:00 at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, is open to the public free of charge while seats last. The first lecture, devoted to the work of Wifredo Lam, echoing the current exhibition the Centre Pompidou is devoting to this major artist, will be given on Monday, November 16 by Jacques Leenhardt, director of studies at EHESS and president of the Association des Amis de Wifredo Lam. A fine way for us to officially open the Latin America department of IESA Art et Culture.
IESA particularly thanks the head of the Latin America department, Grecia Caceres, whose contagious enthusiasm convinced four remarkable personalities with complementary talents to join this project and form a passionate team. Thanks also to Carolina Ariza, Christine Frérot, Anne Husson and Élodie Vaudry for bringing their skills and generosity to animate and bring Latin America to life at IESA.
Presentation brochure of the IESA Latin America department.