Ceramic Making in Cuba (Hands-on Workshop)


Intermediate Level - Students have experience with clay forming techniques, such as hand building and modeling. Students are comfortable with ceramics equipment.

This is a great opportunity to participate in demonstrations, hands-on ceramic workshops and to exchange ideas with Cuban ceramists in Havana and Matanzas. In Havana we will participate in a three days (15 hours) ceramic workshop to include instruction, materials, firing and packaging of pieces. In between workshops we will visit the City of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the National Museum of Contemporary Ceramic, the 2018 Ceramic Biennial and the University of the Arts. In Matanzas we will tour the city and visit the studio of ceramists and sculptors Osmany Betancourt (Lolo), Dariel Lozano, and Manuel Hernandez.

Program Dates and Package Fees
Limited to 8 Participants










What is included?


PROGRAM PACKAGE  $1500


  • Orientation before the day of departure
  • Travel Guide with tips for a safe and fun
  • Emailed information about sites to be visited
  • Ground transportation from and to airport
  • Six nights at Solinos B&B
  • All breakfasts
  • Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts and Contemporary Ceramic Museum
  • Visit to the 2018 Ceramic Biennial
  • Guided walking tour of Old Havana
  • Bilingual Tour Leader traveling with the group
  • Educational / people-to people license to travel
  • Tips for B&B maids and breakfast servers


WORKSHOP   (15 hours, including material, firing and packaging) (a detailed workshop description will be available soon)


The workshop will be facilitated by Cuban ceramist  Grisell Ofelia Rivera. Grisell Rivera Hernandez was born in Camaguey, Cuba in 1953 and lives and works as a ceramicist in Havana. She studied at a visual arts high school and taught sculpture in the 1970s. From 1985-90 she was at university, studying sculpture at the Superior Institute of Art in Havana. From 1984 to 1998 she was National Specialist of Popular Visual Arts and Crafts, working at the National Centre for the Cultural Community in Havana and has been an independent artist since 1988. She has made many ceramic murals and other commissioned works for corporate, public and private spaces in Havana City.










What is not included?  (Estimates)

FLIGHT PACKAGE

  • $200 Round trip airfare to Havana from Tampa. Airfare will include  health insurance.
  • $50 Cuban tourist visa (not for Cuban-born participants)


OTHER EXPENSES

  •  $250 for meals not included and ground transportation in Havana
  •  Airfare for connecting flight to - from Tampa
  •  Tampa hotel the night before departure
  •  Trip interruption and cancellation insurance


For a Registration Packet

Please visit our  Contact Us  page and provide all required Information. As soon as we hear from you, we will email a registration packet with required forms and instructions. You can also call us at 978-998-0039.


Payment Options


The program cost is not guaranteed for payments received after the reservation deadline.

Cashier's Check - payable to Marcos Carvajal Art Gallery. Please mail check to the address in the Registration Package.

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Itinerary 


Our program will start at a hotel near the Tampa International Airport on the night before departure. That evening we will provide an orientation at the hotel for out-of-state (Florida) delegates. (Optional for local delegates, local orientation will be available)

DAY 1

Our flight from Tampa or Miami to Havana, Cuba will take one hour. Once in Havana we will be on our way to accommodations at Solinos B&B in Havana.

DAY 2


9-12 am - Workshop 1
Lunch
1-3 pm -  Workshop 2


After the workshop we will visit the Ceramic Workshop at the University of the Arts (ISA), representative of the post-revolutionary period of architecture in Havana. Located on the former American-owned country club in the western Havana suburb of Cabanacan, the University of the Arts was founded in 1961. ISA has produced an astounding number of Cuba's leading artists and musicians, and remains a vibrant source of artists' training. Enjoy a guided tour of the school's impressive revolutionary architecture and meet students and faculty with an opportunity to arrange the purchase of paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, and ceramics


DAY 3


9-12 am - Workshop 3
Lunch
1-3 pm -  Workshop 4

After the workshop we will visit the 2018 Havana Ceramic Biennial.


DAY 4


9-12 am - Workshop 5
Lunch
1-3 pm -  Workshop 6

After the workshop we will visit the National Museum of Ceramic Art  Old Havana.  The museum houses an art collection of nearly 750 pieces, which is constantly on the increase through the buying of new works, financed by the Office of the Historian of the City; as well as donations and loans. The museum's collection includes works by artists Juan Miguel Rodriguéz, Marta Arjhona, Mirta Garcia bush, Amelia Peláez, Sandu Darié, René Portocarrero, Wifredo Lam and Domingo Revenet. The National Museum of Contemporary Ceramics is an excellent opportunity to see a representative of the best in worldwide contemporary pottery.


DAY 5

This day will be for an exploration of Old Havana through a walking tour. Founded in 1519, UNESCO declared Old Havana Universal Patrimony of Humanity. You will learn about Old Havana as a unique urban sustainability development project that integrates community and economic development with art. Through a walking tour guided by an architect-historian we will visit Cathedral and Arms Squares. In Cathedral Square we will visit the Wilfredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art and the Experimental Graphic Workshop (printmaking). After lunch we will visit San Francisco de Asis Plaza, and Plaza Vieja to visit the Fototeca (Cuban Photography Center) and the Rene Portocarrero Screen Printing Workshop.


DAY 6

After breakfast we will travel to Matanzas. The bus ride will take 2 hours with one stop at the Bacunayagua Bridge Observatory. Upon arrival in Matanzas we will visit  the studio of ceramists and sculptors Osmany Betancourt (Lolo), Dariel Lozano, and Manuel Hernandez. After lunch we will have a tour of the City of Matanzas and return to Havana.


DAY 7


Departure from José Martí International Airport