EVENTS

Workshops

CLARO offers from three to five professional development workshops for educators every academic year.. Workshops have a unifying theme and involve seminar presentations, hands-on-activities and live presentations of artistic and cultural expressions. Workshop attendees receive free instructional packets with appropriate curriculum content materials for classroom adaptation.

Examples of past workshops, which can be repeated by request, are: Teaching Spanish using Spanish Literary Classics - Teaching Spanish with Poetry, Food: Are you really what you eat? Exploring the multicultural meanings of Food. Brazil: From the Rainforest to Samba Description Ancient Civilizations of the Americas: The Inca, The Maya, and The Aztec Description Integrating the Day of the Dead into the Curriculum December Celebrations Around the World. Mary Ann Binford's Elementary School Community Project

Exhibits

Voyages to Freedom-Viajes a la Libertad
A Historical Exhibit on the Jewish Diaspora from Iberia to the Americas
Exhibit is housed at CLARO, contact Dr. Kelly for availability and rental

The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers
Rick Nahimas's collection of photographs.

Casta Portraits
The Emergence of a National Identity

CONFERENCES AND FORUMS

Mestizaje in New Spain and New Mexico

National Annual Latino Writers Conference

CONTEST

"Voces Poéticas: Children's Spanish Poetry Contest"

This contest is the landmark event for the Center. CLARO is the sole originator and organizer of this poetry recitation contest in 2000. The contest is open to area school students in the 1st to the 5th grades. VOCES POÉTICAS objective is to support the acquisition of the Spanish language and to encourage the development of true bilingual education by means of poetry as an expression of culture. More than 50 students finalist participate each year. For information and registration for the eight Voces Poéticas: contest, conact Dr. Kelly.

Other Latin American and Iberian Institute Events at UNM

The Latin American and Iberian Institute and the Student Organization of Latin American Studies (SOLAS) regularly host speakers, film series, workshops, and conferences. See the list of events including Latin America News, Calendar, Announcements, and Deadlines.