30/05/2026
Creating opportunities to expose leaders to best practices in creative and cultural innovation in the wider world has always been central to our mission.
Having educator, poet, and MVP represent at the last meeting of the CREAC Consortium in Havana, Cuba was another milestone moment. These are her reflections on life and art in the heart of Cuba at this pivotal moment in time.
❥ Some experiences transcend beyond language. Art is a medium for communcation across cultures.
❥ A sense of reverence for music, movement, and ancestral veneration made performances more than entertainment—they felt spiritual...grounding.
❥ One particularly powerful moment was visiting Callejón de Hamel and learning how one artist, Salvador González Escalona, transformed an entire community through art created from garbage. Then the people themselves became part of preserving and honouring that movement for over 35 years.
❥ Art, rhythm, movement, and spirituality were once a way of life, now they are often treated as performance, subject matter, or spectacle rather than something lived and embodied daily. In Cuba, culture lives and breathes in everyday life.
