Let's celebrate Ibero-America!
** Let's celebrate Latin America. Because there is much to celebrate.** Starting with the 70th anniversary of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI).
To celebrate its 70 years of history, the OEI organizes a festival dedicated to cultural miscegenation and diversity of all the Ibero-American towns that makes this city boast of the nickname of Madrid, Capital of Fashion.
From September 18 to 29, the festival _Celebrate Ibero-America (CIB Fest) _ It will host more than 100 free activities that will bring Ibero-American culture closer to the capital.
In addition, it will have the participation of artists such as the writers M Artín Caparrós, Jordi Sierra i Fabra and Patricio Pron or Brazilian music Flavia Bittencourt and Tulipa Ruiz.
Gastronomy, music, cinema, literature, photography… Let yourself go on this journey through Latin America without leaving Madrid!
CIB Fest will be held from September 18 to 29 in Madrid
One of the guides of the Celebremos Iberoamérica festival is active reflection , which will be fostered through meetings, talks and debates on topics such as cultural management, human rights and literature.
The program planned for this first edition of CIB Fest, which has more than 160 participants from all over Latin America, will take place in 42 branches, 13 municipal libraries, 8 city markets and several restaurants.
Among the activities contemplated is the celebration of 25 literary workshops on creation and illustration, aimed at children and young people between 6 and 18 years old.
Also, there will be 22 projections with women as the absolute protagonist both in front of and behind the camera.
In the musical section, we can attend six concerts, one of them as a jam session on Verso in tenth, which shows the wealth and roots that have united both sides of the Atlantic for centuries.
Art will come from the hand of Andrés Montoya and his drug addict urban intervention. The Colombian artist will work on one of the facades of the Youth Center El Sitio de mi Recreo in Vallecas.
There will also be room for photography with the exhibition Young Views of Ibero-America , curated by the International Youth Organization for Ibero-America (OIJ) at the Casa de la Panadería.
The Municipal Market Network , for its part, will display Ibero-American products, an initiative also supported by the Association of Hoteliers and Pastry Chefs of Madrid, the Association of Hoteliers of the Plaza Mayor and Historic Restaurants.
More than 100 activities to immerse ourselves in Ibero-American culture
‘TRAVEL TO THE FLAVORS OF IBEROAMERICA, STAY IN THE MARKETS OF MADRID’
Within the framework of the Celebremos Iberoamérica festival, the Madrid City Council hosts, from September 20 to October 20, an exhibition of the most evocative covers and photographs of Condé Nast Traveler , connecting the different flavors of the countries of Ibero-America.
we can contemplate a total of 40 photographs, accompanied by 40 illustrations of Madrid markets , which will be exhibited in the Madrid street Highlander in the space that goes from Ayala street to Ortega y Gasset.
The urban sample Travel to the flavors of Latin America, stay in the Madrid Markets proposes a trip, without leaving the capital and through its markets, through the flavors of countries such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Spain, among others.
Don't miss the exhibition 'Travel to the flavors of Ibero-America, stay in the Madrid Markets'
The 40 photographs have been selected among the best covers and images on Ibero-America that have been published in Condé Nast Traveler in recent years and that serve as inspiration for the flavors and possibilities of the Madrid markets.
Also, if you scan the bidi code with your smartphone that is in each of them, you will discover more information and curiosities about Ibero-America!
The images displayed throughout the exhibition have been taken by photographers such as Álex del Río, Phillipe Milton, Nani Gutiérrez, Jero Álvarez, Mirta Rojo, Yvonne Venegas, Silvia Tortajada, Flaminia Pelazzi, Álvaro Laiz and Daniel Balda.
Let's celebrate Ibero-America!
A walk through Ibero-America without leaving Calle Serrano