Fundación La Poeteca
Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela
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Founded in 2018, Fundación La Poeteca is a foundation based in Caracas, Venezuela working on arts & culture, education.
Fundación La Poeteca is a Venezuelan foundation based in Caracas that works to expand the creation, study and appreciation of poetry. It runs the Concurso Nacional de Poesía Joven Rafael Cadenas for emerging young poets, a free poetry reading room with a large collection, an art gallery combining poetry and image, poetry courses and diplomas, a school programme, and an editorial imprint. Its stated aim is to strengthen civic life and cultural and educational institutions through poetry. Since 2018 it has promoted poetry reading, writing and publication across Venezuela.
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Concurso Nacional de Poesía Joven Rafael Cadenas
Arts & Culture · Venezuela
Annual national poetry contest for Venezuelan writers aged 18 to 30, with cash prizes and an anthology of winning and finalist poems.
Diplomados de Apreciación y Estudios Poéticos y de Reflexión y Creación Poética
Education · Venezuela
Poetry courses offered by the foundation covering appreciation, study, reflection and creative writing.
LaPoetecaEnElAula
Education · Venezuela
School programme bringing poetry activities into schools.
Sala de Lectura
Arts & Culture · Venezuela
Free poetry reading room in Caracas with a collection of nearly 10,000 poetry titles, research assistance and events.
Galería La mano junto al muro colgante
Arts & Culture · Venezuela
Exhibition space for contemporary art where image and text meet, showing collages, photography and drawings by writers and artists.
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Banesco, Autores Venezolanos, Team Poetero, Fundación para la Cultura Urbana, Embajada de Francia, Embajada de Polonia, Embajada de Argentina, UCAB
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