• Publication 2017

    Illustration

    Roger Ycaza
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    The Reading Festival 2017

    For the fifth consecutive year, from October 1 to 7 we held our The Reading Festival, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. This event was proposed to promote literature and reading in Spanish in the Miami community, with special emphasis on children and young people, but without forgetting the adult public. On this occasion we had as special guests the authors Carmen Posadas, from Spain; Marí­a Garcí­a Esperón, from Mexico, and Marí­a del Sol Peralta, from Colombia.

    The program included, among other activities, visits of writers to public schools in the city, a seminar on children's literature and reading dedicated to teachers, and the presentation, in different cultural spaces, of the following books for adults: La hija de Cayetana, by Carmen Posadas; Copo de Algodón, by Marí­a Garcí­a Esperón; Extraños testimonios, by Daí­na Chaviano and Salchichas vienesas y otras ficciones, by Antonio Orlando Rodrí­guez.

    In homage to the centenary of the children's book Cuentos de la selva, by the Uruguayan author Horacio Quiroga, the play for children Las medias de los flamencos was premiered (Antonio Orlando Rodriguez and Eddy Dí­az Souza's version; staging and performance by Leonardo Van Schermbeek, and art direction by Jefferson Quintana). This show was staged in different schools and at the cultural gala that closed the event.

    New literary cards from the Tris-Tras collection were produced and distributed free of charge (with poems by Marí­a Garcí­a Esperón and Cristina Rebull, and illustrations by July Macuada and Catalina Acelas), which were distributed free of charge in the activities. The official poster of the event was made by the Ecuadorian artist Roger Ycaza.

    Fiesta de la Lectura 2016 had the support of the Department of Cultural Affairs of Miami-Dade County, the Miami Book Fair, the Cultural Institute of Mexico, the Spanish Cultural Center of Miami, Cinco Books, the Artefactus Cultural Project, the Department of Bilingual Teaching and Foreign Languages ”‹”‹of the Miami-Dade Public Schools, 3Mindware, Jordan-Marcos The Agency, Imago Art in Action, Altamira Books, Aeromexico and other institutions.

    You can find a graphic summary in Spanish by clicking here.

    Collaborators

    Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

    Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

    Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs provide grants and technical assistance to cultural organizations and individual artists, and advocate for effective cultural policies and for more public and private resources to invest in cultural development.

    Miami Book Fair

    Miami Book Fair

    Miami Book Fair, , organized by Miami Dade College, is the largest annual literary festival in the United States.

    Instituto Cultural de México en Miami

    Instituto Cultural de México en Miami

    Creado en el año 2002, el Instituto Cultural de México en Miami (ICMM) tiene como misión principal el proyectar a la sociedad del sur de la Florida en su conjunto, la riqueza y la diversidad de la cultura mexicana.

    Centro Cultural Español de Miami

    Centro Cultural Español de Miami

    CCEMiami is a non-profit organization with educational, artistic and cultural purposes whose objective is to promote and encourage the study and dissemination of the Spanish language and culture in Miami through a continuous annual program.

    Artefactus Cultural Project

    Artefactus Cultural Project

    Non-profit organization dedicated to the research, production and promotion of the arts, literature and other cultural expressions, with emphasis on theater.

    Department of Bilingual Education, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

    Department of Bilingual Education, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

    Miami-Dade County Public Schools is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the largest school district in Florida, and the fourth largest in the United States. M-DCPS offer optional international studies programs and bilingual education in Spanish, French, German, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin Chinese.

    3MINDWARE INC

    3MINDWARE INC

    3MINDWARE INC is a leading provider of web design, graphic design and computer services, based in Miami.

    Imago Art in Action

    Imago Art in Action

    Art gallery, bookstore and cultural space located at 165 Majorca Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134, Miami.

    Altamira Libros

    Altamira Libros

    Bookstore specialized in books in Spanish, based at 219 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL 33134, Miami.

    Santillana USA, based in Miami, Florida, is one of twenty-two subsidiaries of Grupo Santillana, the largest educational publisher in the Spanish-speaking world.

    Jordan-Marcos The Agency

    Jordan-Marcos The Agency

    Agency specializing in the Hispanic entertainment market, based in Coral Gables.

  • Images gallery

    Images gallery

    These images showing different moments of this event organized by Cuatrogatos Foundation as part of his work in favor of reading, literature and arts in Miami.

  • Video gallery

    Video gallery

    Videos of this event organized by the Cuatrogatos Foundation to contribute to education and culture in our community.

  • Tris-Tras gallery

    Tris-Tras gallery

    In order to encourage reading in Spanish among children and young people in Miami, Cuatrogatos Foundation publishes ̶̶ and distributes free ̶̶ this collection of literary cards with the collaboration of different authors, illustrators and institutions.