The UNESCO Transcultura Programme, funded by the European Union, is inviting Caribbean people ages 18 to 35 to submit applications for face-to-face creative specialisation courses in Havana, Cuba.
The course topics are dance, heritage, visual arts, furniture design, commercial space design, and serigraphy.
This initiative is undertaken in the framework of the UNESCO programme “Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity” and will provide 72 scholarships.
The programme is aimed at young cultural professionals with a nationality and permanent residency in any of the following Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Courses on offer include:
- Cuban popular dances (September 9 to 20, 2024), University of the Arts
- Design of commercial spaces (September 9 to 20, 2024), Higher Institute of Design
- Artistic serigraphy workshop (September 9 to 20, 2024), Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets
- Furniture design (September 9 to October 4, 2024), Higher Institute of Design
- Pictorial materials in art and conservation: cleaning paintings (September 23 to October 4, 2024), University of the Arts; and
- Creating dynamic images (September 23 to October 4, 2024), University of the Arts.
Applications must be submitted by Friday, July 12, 2024 at 23:59 hours (GMT-5) via Caribbean Cultural Training Hub Courses – Scholarships Scheme-2024.