Argentina: Visual Arts, Photography, and Service Program
Bienvenidos a Argentina.
Combine your artistic talent, desire to contribute through service, and interest in photography during an exciting introduction to Argentina through visual arts.
- Work with a professional photographer to build your own pinhole camera
- Teach students the art of photography at a rural school
- Ride with gauchos on a traditional Argentinean ranch
- Design and present your own portfolio
Orientation and Arts in Buenos Aires
Spend a fast-paced week practicing your Spanish language skills in local markets, exploring diverse neighborhoods, and working with local youth to gain a deeper a local primary school for children understanding of Argentinean life, with developmental disabilities; contemporary social issues, and visit a nearby nature reserve; meet artistic traditions. Visit local galleries, take part in seminars about
Latin American photography, enjoy a workshop on pinhole photography
and technique, and design your own pinhole camera. Your orientation concludes with a day on a traditional Argentinean ranch.
Homestay, Photography and Community Service
Become part of the fabric of an Argentinean family and community. Practice your Spanish language skills, learn how to cook traditional meals, and get together with friends at street-side cafés. Then give back to the community through a service project. Use your creativity and the skills you learned during orientation to conduct a series of pinhole photography with representatives of local non-profits serving the underprivileged; learn traditional folk dance; attend a community soccer game with
your host family.
Sample host community: Santa Fe
Sample activities: Spend time at a local primary school for children with developmental disabilities; visit a nearby nature reserve; meet with representatives of local nonprofits serving the underprivileged;learn traditional folk dance; attend a community soccer game with your host family.
Travel and Photography
Your Argentinean arts adventure concludes with a few days of camping and hiking at a rural Argentinean ranch before returning to Buenos Aires, where you will share your photography work, visit diverse neighborhoods, and reflect on what you have learned during your month in Argentina.
Program Information:
Code: ARV
Features: Community Service, The Arts
Prerequisites: 1 year Spanish
Dates: July 12, 2010 -
August 11, 2010
Depart/Return: Miami
Fee: $5,900
*
*(International airfare included)
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PROGRAM FEATURES:
Community Service, The Arts
DURATION:
4 weeks
PREREQUISITE:
1 year Spanish
DATES:
July 12, 2010 -
August 11, 2010
FEE:
$5,900
*
*(International airfare included)
DEPART / RETURN:
Miami