Development of Street art as Community Experience in Latin America

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Dr. Ricardo Klein, University of Valencia, Spain
Date: 
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 12:00 to 13:00
Event Status: 
Canceled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public

This talk will share experiences of communities in Latin America with respect to the role that street art plays as an artistic tool for these regions. At the same time, it will explain how, through these initiatives, such art develops strategies for recognition and legitimation of communities, generating new collective spaces for participation. Street art (and muralism in particular) seek to create a positive experience of local public space, generating other practices, including creating open air galleries/museums. One example will include the experience of the Open Air Museum in San Miguel in Chile, or the International Open Street Festival (FITECA) in the neighborhood of Comas in Lima, Peru

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
HCUAP
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No