EL MURALEANDO

WHAT IS IT?

Its Significance Today

Today, the art project serves mostly for the youth around the area, providing them with free access to art classes and materials. Most of the funds are obtained from art purchases made by the public. When an art piece is sold, fifty percent of the sale goes to the artist, and the remaining fifty percent is placed into the children’s funds, to buy art supplies and extra materials for them

El Muraleando is an art project that transformed a wasteland, into a community art center. Indeed, prior to its embellishment, the site used to be a water tank and a garbage deposit lot for the community However, local artists saw beyond; the potential that the area had pushed them to buy the lot and repurpose it. From almost all the pieces of garbage came a beautiful art piece or furniture A genuine involvement in the building of the Muraleando brought government attention, because of the ingenuity of the community.

Observation

One memorable thing about the Muraleando is the implication of the community. The people that received us each had careers in domains unrelated to art, but they spaced out time to be there, and make art, for the youth’s benefit

WHAT IS IT?

The foundation helps women in abusive situations, as well as informs the community on domestic violence and sexism There are psychologists and social workers to support women. They will talk to the family, offer her resources, etc. They also do national campaigns to educate the public, including this conference, because often violence against women stays silent.

FUN FACT

The sexism in Cuba manifests differently than in Canada. Most of the workers in the field of health are women (so doctors, nurses, surgeons, etc.) which is not the case in Canada Nonetheless, they still are overburdened, as they're often expected to take care of family in addition to having a job.