Fundación Cortés
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Founded in 2012, Fundación Cortés is a foundation based in San Juan, Puerto Rico working on arts & culture, education, community development.
Fundación Cortés is a private non-profit foundation based in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, founded in 2012. It uses contemporary Caribbean and Latin American art and the humanities to promote education, cultural identity and social values. Its work includes free public exhibitions at its two galleries, the Educa Cortés workshop programme that distributes art kits to public school students and older adults, and summer workshops for young people with scholarships. Its mission is to educate and inspire through the arts of the Caribbean, with a focus on Puerto Rico's low-income and public school communities.
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Programa Educa Cortés
Education · Puerto Rico
Custom-designed interactive creative workshops, including the EducaKit art materials distributed to public school students and older adults.
Talleres Cortés de Verano para Jóvenes
Education · Puerto Rico
Summer arts workshops for young people held each July, with scholarships for participants.
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Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Departamento de Arte y Cultura del Municipio de San Juan, Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez, Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Universidad Carlos Albizu
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