SPAIN arts & culture | Spanish arts and culture in the US

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Portrait of Spain by Carlos Danés

Music
Boston

Portrait of Spain by Carlos Danés

Spanish pianist and composer Carlos Danés will perform a piano concert at Babson College, featuring his newly composed pieces inspired by his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain.

May 8, 2024

Paula Rodríguez Flamenco at FlamenGO 2024

Performing arts
Miami

Paula Rodríguez Flamenco at FlamenGO 2024

The Spanish Cultural Center of Miami and the Miami Dade-County Auditorium present FlamenGO. This year’s guest is dancer Paula Rodríguez’s flamenco company.

May 8, 2024

EU Open House 2024

Urban Culture
Washington, D.C.

EU Open House 2024

Explore Spanish culture through its art, gastronomy, and more as EU Embassies in Washington, D.C. open their doors to showcase European culture in this free event.

May 11, 2024

Ecusa DC Seminar Series II. Conversations about AI: Cybersecurity and Digital Identity

Science
Washington, D.C.

Ecusa DC Seminar Series II. Conversations about AI: Cybersecurity and Digital Identity

This Second Edition Seminar series by ECUSA will focus on the various challenges and risks associated to the fast developing AI technology.

May 15, 2024

The Uniqueness of Medieval Spain

Heritage
Washington, D.C.

The Uniqueness of Medieval Spain

Discover Medieval Spain’s religious diversity with Lev Weitz and explore conflict versus coexistence at Northeast Library’s “Faith in Focus” series.

May 21, 2024

Spanish Cinema Now 2024

Film
Washington, D.C.

Spanish Cinema Now 2024

“Spanish Cinema Now” returns for its 7th edition, bringing the best cinema made in Spain to DMV audiences

May 31 – Jun 6, 2024

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Journey without return

Illustration of Spanish shipwreck

Journey without return is an inventory of Spanish shipwrecks off the coasts of the United States and Bahamas.

Spanish art in the US

Map of Spanish art in US museums

Spanish Art in the US aims to map the most relevant Spanish art pieces across the country and highlight the work of museums and institutions in the United States with Spanish art in their collections.

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The Society for Iberian Global Art (SIGA) promotes the study of the arts, architecture, and visual cultures of the Iberian world in the United States. SIGA regularly publishes exhibitions, symposiums and lectures organized in the US or viewable online:

Meadows/ARCO Artist Spotlight: Teresa Lanceta: 02/18 – 6/16/2024; The Meadows Museum, in collaboration with Fundación ARCO, will present the first solo exhibition in the United States of Spanish textile artist Teresa Lanceta.

El Dorado: Myths of Gold: 09/06 – 5/18/2024; This exhibition at the Americas Society is the first of a two-part group exhibition exploring the legend of El Dorado as a foundational myth of the Americas. It presents artworks by more than sixty artists from the pre-Hispanic period to the contemporary era.

SPAIN arts & culture ON!

SPAIN arts & culture ON! features long-form digital projects and online exhibitions showcasing acclaimed and emerging authors, artists and performers from Spain:

SPAINfographics: Spainfographics features the work that the diaspora of Spanish infographic designers have developed during the past three decades in the United States. Twelve infographic artists, out of more than two dozen who have lived or worked in the U.S., are featured in this exhibition showcasing various skills with the goal to tell a visual story to the visitor on the topic Spain in the United States.

DC.es | A gaze at Washington, DC by five Spanish photographers: DC.es has been conceived as a project where five Spanish photographers, all of them fellows from the Spanish Academy in Rome, share their gazes of Washington through their lenses — gazes as personal, singular, and unique as the city itself.

Not Only What, But Also How: Not Only What, But Also How offers a review of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals conducted by Spanish artists and organizations that will provide the opportunity to take a closer look at the 2030 Agenda.

Around Pollinators: Around Pollinators raises a reflection on the fundamental role of native biotopes in generating resilience in the face of the serious threat of climate change. With this purpose in mind, environmental Spanish artist Lucía Loren proposes the creation of a garden of native plants that seeks to attract and feed local populations of fauna, improving their habitats, air quality and biodiversity.

50 fotografías con historia: 50 fotografías con historia takes a look at the last eighty years of this discipline in Spain through its key participants: 50 images. Each of the selected photographs reflects an era, a way of understanding photography and, of course, its corresponding social and human burden.

Transformando lo físico: How can you describe a building without ever having seen it, without having walked through its doors? Transforming the physical environment has asked 12 Spanish creators to define our building without visiting it first, at least not in the traditional sense. To do this, the artists will work on the intervention of a photograph of the façade of the building which will be placed in the garden.

Around Nature: On the occasion of the 5th Centenary of the first trip around the world, accomplished by Juan Sebastian Elcano and Fernando de Magallanes, Spanish artist Juanli Carrión designs a garden commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain that explores the socio-botanical consequences of the Magellan-Elcano expedition.

Teatro para dar la vuelta al mundo: Theater to circumnavigate the world features three emerging Spanish playwrights who create new short plays on the occasion of the 5th Centenary of the first trip around the world.

Digital projects

Talking sites: “Talking sites: Spain in New York” is a gallery of spots devoted to places that are related to the culture and history of Spain in New York City.

Highlighting Spanish Women in Science: Discover some of the incredible Spanish women scientists working in the U.S. on the occasion of Women’s History Month.

SPAIN arts & culture: 10th Anniversary: 2021 marks the 10th Anniversary of SPAIN arts & culture, and we have prepared a very special publication to celebrate the best of our decade, inviting old friends to join us and highlighting some of the programs that still resonate with us.

Illustrating Spain in the US: Commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain and curated by award-winning writer Ana Merino, “Illustrating Spain in the US” unites comic creators and scholars in a joint artistic effort to deepen into the Spanish presence in this country.

REFLECTOR: “REFLECTOR” is a series of electronic music that builds bridges between Spanish and American musicians. Each of the three chapters presents a double music session by a DJ from Spain and another from the U.S.

Cafés transatlánticos: “Cafés transatlánticos” is a new series of virtual talks between Spanish and U.S. creators, artists and different agents working in the cultural sector.

Spain Writes, America Reads: Virtual Presentations: This virtual series of author talks introduces recently translated books from Spain to U.S. audiences.

Spotlight on Contemporary Spanish Theater 2021: Contemporary Spanish theater is a blend of voices and styles exploring the issues of our time. The second edition of this series presents excerpts of works in a virtual format by contemporary Spanish playwrights with U.S. directors.

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