CUBA: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE. An Insider s View of Havana, Cienfuegos & Trinidad

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1 CUBA: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE A Isider s View of Havaa, Ciefuegos & Triidad March 19 to 26, 2016

2 Dear Alumi, Parets, ad Frieds, With the advet of ormalized relatios betwee the Uited States ad Cuba, more Americas tha ever are iterested i visitig this eigmatic islad durig this period of mometous chage. We are delighted to oce agai offer a exploratio of the excitig art, remarkable architecture, ad uique culture of Cuba, with special etrée to the coutry s arts commuity. Professor Jerrily Dodds will be joiig the tour as our faculty host. She has traveled to Cuba for the last decade, ad has led umerous study groups to Cuba ad is eager to share her kowledge with you. Begi i Havaa, stayig at the Hotel Parque Cetral i the atmospheric old city, which we will discover o a walkig tour. Lear from experts i Cuba ecoomics ad history, visit the Museo de la Revolució, ad meet leadig artists at a private receptio at the Ludwig Foudatio for the Arts. Take a curatorial tour of the Cuba art collectio at the Natioal Museum of TRAVELING WITH YOU Jerrily Dodds, Dea of the College from , is ow a professor of the History of Art at Sarah Lawrece. She is also a museum curator, cosultat, ad lecturer at The Metropolita Museum of Art. Before comig to Sarah Lawrece, she was Distiguished Professor of Art History at City College of the City Uiversity of New York, ad has also taught at Columbia, Harvard Uiversity, ad MIT. Dodds is a prize-wiig documetary filmmaker ad distiguished author. Her books iclude Architecture ad Ideology i Early Medieval Spai ad NY Masjid: The Mosques of New York, amog may other publicatios. Dodds is a graduate of Barard College ad received her MA ad PhD from Harvard Uiversity. Fie Arts, ad egage with professors ad studets at the Istituto Superior de Arte (ISA), the coutry s leadig art school. Visit Sarah Lawrece studets curretly spedig a semester abroad i Havaa ad hear their impressios of the coutry. O a overight excursio to the souther coast, admire the eoclassical buildigs of seaside Ciefuegos, the oly Cuba city fouded by the Frech. Meet the members of the world-reowed choir Catores de Ciefuegos before a private performace, ad sped a morig chattig with artists ad craftspeople i earby Triidad, oe of Cuba s may UNESCO World Heritage Sites. I hope you will joi us for this uique immersio i the may celebrated arts of Cuba! Sicerely, Cheryl Cipro Director of Alumi Relatios Regioal ad Special Programs

3 CUBA: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE A Isider s View of Havaa, Ciefuegos & Triidad March 19 to 26, 2016 Photos: Adrzej Wrotek (left) ad RiveraNotario (right) Art for sale i Old Havaa (left), Istituto Superior de Arte (ceter), ad alog the Malecó (right), Havaa March 19 Saturday March 20 Suday March 21 Moday March 22 Tuesday MIAMI / Depart Miami this morig o a regularly scheduled chartered flight to Havaa. Upo arrival at the José Martí Airport, trasfer to the Hotel Parque Cetral for luch ad check-i. Later i the afteroo atted a itroductory lecture by Professor Jerrily Dodds. This eveig the studets ad director from the Sarah Lawrece College i Havaa program will joi us for dier at a paladar, a privately owed restaurat ofte located i the ower s home. Depart o a morig walkig tour of Old Havaa focusig o the four mai squares: Plaza de Armas, Plaza de Sa Fracisco de Asís, Plaza Vieja, ad Plaza de la Catedral. Coclude with luch at a restaurat ear the cathedral. I the afteroo, visit the Museo de la Revolució, i the former Presidetial Palace. The museum vividly describes Cuba s history from coloial times to the foudig of the curret govermet. A lecture o Cuba s curret realities by a former ambassador ad deputy miister for foreig affairs has bee arraged i the early eveig. Dier is at leisure. The morig begis with a briefig o Cuba s ecoomy by a researcher of the Ceter for Ecoomic Studies of the Uiversity of Havaa. The drive through the vibrat Vedado eighborhood to Cuba s leadig art school, the Istituto Superior de Arte (ISA), for a opportuity to iteract with professors ad studets ad see their work. Ejoy luch at the home ad studio of artist Jose Fuster i the village of Jaimaitas, where he has decorated more tha 80 houses with orate murals ad domes. I the late afteroo stop at the historically reowed Hotel Nacioal before a private cocert at the Church of Sa Fracisco de Paula, with a opportuity to chat with the performers. Dier is at leisure. Atted a iformal morig rehearsal of the Cotemporary Dace Compay of Cuba at the Teatro Nacioal, located adjacet to the Plaza de la Revolució. The drive to vast Coló Cemetery. With its may moumets commemoratig Cuba heroes, statesme, ad ovelists, the cemetery is sometimes called the largest sculpture park i Cuba. Luch is at leisure. I the late afteroo visit Sarah Lawrece College studets at their livig quarters i Havaa. Cotiue to the Ludwig Foudatio for the Arts where we will have a presetatio o Cuba art ad a chace to discuss the arts with ivited local guests, icludig several youg emergig artists. The Foudatio Presidet will host a cocktail receptio ad buffet dier o the pethouse terrace.

4 Mosaic by Jose Fuster Jaimaitas (left) ad Triidad (right) March 23 Wedesday March 24 Thursday March 25 Friday March 26 Saturday Joi Professor Dodds for a lecture before a curatorial tour of the Cuba art collectio at the Natioal Museum of Fie Arts. Luch is at leisure. I the afteroo explore the Feria de la Artesaía (crafts market) located at the former port side warehouse Almacees de Sa José, or stroll past the coloial-style buildigs o Calle Obispo, the mai shoppig street i Old Havaa. I the early eveig we have bee ivited to a private, after-hours tour ad receptio at the Ceramics Museum, followed by dier at a paladar. / CIENFUEGOS Depart for Ciefuegos, a 19th-cetury eoclassical city fouded by settlers from Bordeaux, Frace. A walkig tour before luch icludes the mai square, the 19th-cetury Tomás Terry Theater with its magificet woode décor, ad a local artist s workshop. Sped the afteroo at the Ciefuegos Botaical Garde, featurig more tha 2,000 plat species. Cotiue to the Hotel Jagua, overlookig the spectacular Bay of Ciefuegos, for check-i. Later, we have bee ivited to meet with the world-reowed choir Catores de Ciefuegos ad ejoy a performace prior to dier. CIENFUEGOS / TRINIDAD / Drive this morig to Triidad, oe of Cuba s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Visit the mai plaza ad museums, ad pass beautifully decorated coloial homes. There will be leisure time to explore this historic city ad meet local artists ad craftspeople before luch. Retur to Havaa ad the Hotel Parque Cetral i the late afteroo. Our farewell dier will be at a paladar. / MIAMI After breakfast trasfer to the airport for the flight back to Miami. Photo by Ephraim Muller Fisherme at suset

5 TERMS & CONDITIONS PROGRAM RATE $5,595 per perso, double occupacy SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $735 (very limited availability) Rate Icludes Roud-trip flight Miami/Havaa/Miami via regularly scheduled charter flight Seve ights hotel accommodatio i Cuba, as per itierary Buffet breakfast daily, four luches, ad six diers. Bottled water ad coffee/tea with all meals; local beer/wie at welcome ad farewell diers. 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6 To reserve a place, please complete ad retur this form with your deposit of $1,500 per perso (of which $500 is o-refudable for admiistrative fees) payable to Academic Arragemets Abroad. Mail to: Academic Arragemets Abroad, 1040 Aveue of the Americas, 23rd floor, New York, NY PLEASE NOTE: Sarah Lawrece College will be travelig to Cuba uder a Geeral licese as defied by the Departmet of the Treasury s Office of Foreig Assets Cotrol (OFAC). These regulatios, which have bee recetly updated, require that program participats a) travel to ad from Cuba with the group; b) participate fully i all program activities; ad c) abide by the terms of the U.S. Embargo. Participats will receive a full explaatio of these requiremets upo registratio, ad will be asked to read ad sig a form explaiig i detail travel regulatios uder the ew guidelies. FIRST PARTICIPANT NAME IN FULL AS ON PASSPORT MOTHER S MAIDEN NAME HOME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE (HOME) (BUSINESS) FAX PASSPORT NUMBER EXPIRATION DATE (must be valid for six moths after etry ito Cuba) CITIZENSHIP OCCUPATION q M q F DATE OF BIRTH GENDER PLACE OF BIRTH SECOND PARTICIPANT CUBA WITH SARAH LAWRENCE RESERVATION APPLICATION MARCH 19 TO 26, 2016 NAME IN FULL AS ON PASSPORT MOTHER S MAIDEN NAME HOME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE (HOME) (BUSINESS) FAX PASSPORT NUMBER EXPIRATION DATE (must be valid for six moths after etry ito Cuba) CITIZENSHIP OCCUPATION q M q F DATE OF BIRTH GENDER PLACE OF BIRTH Accommodatios Hotel Room Preferece q Double q Twi q Sigle (at a supplemet of $735) I wish to share a room with Form of Paymet q Eclosed is my check payable to Academic Arragemets Abroad. q Credit card (for deposit oly; fial paymet must be made by check). NAME AS ON CREDIT CARD 3- OR 4-DIGIT SECURITY CODE CREDIT CARD NUMBER EXPIRATION DATE Each participat must sig below. I/We cofirm that I/we will fully participate i the licesed cultural exchage activities of this People-to-People Program. I/We cofirm that I/we have fully read ad agree to the Terms & Coditios of this program, icludig the page o Cuba Travel Restrictios. I/We agree to the balace due by check, 120 days prior to departure. SIGNATURE REQUIRED DATE SIGNATURE REQUIRED DATE For more iformatio, please cotact Academic Arragemets Abroad (a OFAC licesed Travel Service Provider) Telephoe: or Fax: trips@arragemetsabroad.com