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UNESCO Transcultura delivers teaching materials to the University of the Arts in Cuba for the training of young musicians and dancers from the Caribbean
On 11 May 2023, the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, Anne Lemaistre, and the Rector of the University of the Arts of Cuba, Rolando Ortega, formalised the delivery of musical instruments and technical clothing for the educational centre, worth more than 80,000 dollars. The contribution is funded by the European Union as part of the programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, implemented by UNESCO.
The delivery includes drums, bongos, cowbells, cymbals, congas, claves, güiros, chequerés, maracas, triangles, as well as leotards, tights, trousers, tutus and dance jerseys. These materials will be used in music and dance specialisation courses aimed at strengthening the capacities of young culture professionals in the Caribbean.
For our school, this contribution of the Transcultura programme is of extraordinary importance in terms of technological equipment and materials that will raise the quality of the training of Caribbean artists’
With this contribution, the cost of the materials and equipment provided by Transcultura to the University of the Arts amounts to nearly 400,000 dollars. Since 2020, the programme has provided the centre with equipment such as computers, smart boards, televisions as well as tools, glass, mirrors, lights and materials for heritage restoration, among other inputs, for teaching purposes.
The University of the Arts is one of the six Cuban institutions part of the Caribbean Cultural Training Hub, created by the Transcultura programme to strengthen professionalisation in the region's cultural and creative industries sector, through courses and scholarships. To date, the institutions of the Hub have delivered 21 online courses where 448 students from the 17 countries of Transcultura's geographical scope have been trained. In October 2023, the Hub will launch a round of face-to-face courses on topics relative to music, design and heritage, thanks to the materials provided by Transcultura.
