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Havana Biennial Art & Culture Tour
May 23rd - May 29th
Havana • Cienfuegos • Trinidad
www.ourcreativecurrents.org
Creative Currents Artist Collaborative
and Hammonds House Museum
are pleased to announce the
2015 Havana Biennial Art & Culture Tour!
Since 2001, Creative Currents Artist Collaborative has
brought together individuals interested in the arts and
cultures of Africa and the Black Diaspora in order to explore
and create. We engage our mission by connecting artists,
scholars and arts enthusiasts with exciting and varied artsbased cultural experiences and by supporting and creating
sustainable communities within which the arts can be lived
and celebrated.
For 25 years, Hammonds House Museum has been a mecca
for people seeking inspiration, interaction, and intellectual
stimulation centered on art of the African Diaspora. The
Museum has redefined the experience of art by providing
thought-provoking exhibitions and cultural events in an
environment that is at once comfortable, mind-expanding,
and uniquely attuned to the interests and needs of patrons
of every age.
During the Havana Art Biennial trip, participants will
explore the art and culture of Cuba, it’s people and history. In
addition to the Biennial activities taking place in traditional
and alternative spaces throughout the grand old city of
Havana, participants will enjoy the colonial architecture
found at every corner, live music and dance performances,
home-cooked Caribbean foods in the cities numerous
paladares, and person to person interactions with Cuban
artists, scholars and locals.
On the Havana Biennial Art & Culture Tour we will immerse
ourselves in Cuban life with walking and bus tours of Havana
neighborhoods. We will vibe with the youth of the Cuban Rap
Association. We’ll take a ferry ride across the bay to Regla
to visit the church of the Black Virgin. We’ll meet the noted
Afro-Cuban filmmaker, Gloria Rolando, and view her latest
work. Participants will also enjoy a break in the hustle and
bustle of city life in Havana with trips to explore the Cuban
cities of Cienfuegos and Trinidad.
Havana Biennial Art & Culture Tour
Trip Itinerary
Saturday
Depart from Miami
Arrive in Cuba
Check into hotel
Orientation
Havana Art Biennial Activities
Welcome dinner
Sunday
Bus tour of modern Havana
Guided walking tour of
Old Havana with local
architectural historian
Visit Callejon de Hamel
Havana Art Biennial Activities
Free Evening
Tuesday
Depart Havana for
Cienfuegos
Tour of Cienfuegos
Visit the Benny Moré Art
School
Check into hotel
Studio visits with artists of
Galeria Cubana
Free Evening
Wednesday
Depart Cienfuegos for
Trinidad
Tour of Trinidad
Studio visits with artists of
Galeria Cubana
Return to Havana
Monday
Visit Murealando community Free Evening
art project
Thursday
Meet artist Jose Fuster and
view/discuss the Olimpio de Meet filmmaker Gloria
Rolando to view and discuss
los Cincos art project
Take ferry to Regla to visit the her latest work
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Havana Art Biennial
Regla, the church of the Black activities
Farewell dinner
Virgin and learn history of
Regla from museum director,
Raisa Fornaguera de la Peña Friday
Meet the artists of the Cuban Depart from Cuba
Arrive in Miami
Rap Association
Studio visits with artists of
Galeria Cubana
Free Evening
Creative Currents Artist Collaborative, Hammonds House Museum
and Global Arts/Media reserve the right to change accommodations
and schedule as local conditions prescribe. We ask you to remain
flexible as your hosts in Cuba do their best to ensure your comfort
and that the goals of your visit are realized. Please keep in mind
that you are traveling to an embargoed country that shares its scarce
resources with its citizens as well as with its visitors.
Havana Biennial Art & Culture Tour
Trip Fee & Registration Deadlines
Trip Fee:
$2950/pp
Single supplement: +$350
Registration & Deposit Deadlines:
Deposit deadline: February 16th ($275 deposit due)
2nd Payment Due: March 2nd ($275 payment due - or $550
if first payment)
Balance payments due: April 1st
Trip fee includes:
• Cuba travel license
• Round-trip airfare to Havana from Miami
• Double occupancy hotel accommodations in all cities
• Daily breakfast and arrival/farewell dinners
• English speaking tour guide
• Walking and bus tours of Havana
• Havana Art Biennial activities
• Tour of Cuba’s craft markets
• Meetings with Cuban artists in their studios and discuss
their work
• Visit to the Callejon de Hamel
• Visit to the Murealando community arts project
• Travel to Jamanitas to the community project Olimpo de
los Cinco by Artist Jose Fuster
• Ferry and tour of Regla to visit the Iglesia de Nuestra
Señora de Regla, the church of the Black Virgin
• Meeting with the Cuban Rap Association
• Tour the city of Cienfuegos, the Pearl City of the South
• Visit to the Benny Moré art school
• Tour the city of Trinidad, the Museum City of Cuba
Not Included:
• Round Trip Airfare to/from Miami
• Daily Lunch & Dinner
• Souvenirs, drinks at meals, tips, telephone calls, and
incidentals
To register, please visit:
www.ourcreativecurrents.org
Creative Currents Artist Collaborative
www.ourcreativecurrents.org • info@ourcreativecurrents.org
678-249-9865