The+Arts+in+Chile

= Alexander Boone =



Chile is one of South American most prosperous and developed countries. The country surpasses other Latin American countries in many inpornat areas such as human development, competitiveness, quality of life, political stability, globalization, economic freedom, low perception of corruption and comparatively low poverty rates. Chile has a made a lot of contributions to the arts and has produced many talented artist, poets, musicians, and dancers. Chilean poetry is a very important part of the art of the country that had earned wide reviews. The performing arts of the country has also become integral to urban scene. Painting is another art form of Chile where the country had excelled. In the past, Chile's art market flourished at a great pace. Over the years, new art galleries opened to exhibit and had attracted domestic and international buyers.

The education system in Chile is held as one of the best in Latin America and is modeled strongly after western culture. Lesson are even taught in English to help enforce the language. The typical primary school curriculum includes reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, music, physical education, and art. While my research found that there are some sort of art taught in the education system, I couldn't find exactly what kind of art is taught. I thought this was odd because its supposed to have the best education system out of all the other Latin American countries. Being that it was somewhat modeled after the U.S', that leads me to think that there are taught the basic art, music and dance classes or something similar.. = Artist Profile- Pablo Neruda =

Pablo Neruda was born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto on July 12, 1904 in Parral, Chile. He used the name Pablo Neruda as his pen name honor of the famous Czech poet Jan Neruda and later legally changed it to his name. He was well versed in many different styles ranging from surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos and erotically charged love poems. Growing up, Neruda's father didn't encourage him in his interest in writing and literature, but he found support from others around him, including future Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral who headed the local girls' school. At the age of 13 he got his first piece of work published. It was an essay he wrote for the local daily newspaper La Manana. In 1924, one of his best-known and most translated works was published;Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada. In addition to his literary activities, Neruda studied French and pedagogy at the University of Chile in SantiagoOn. July 15, 1945, at Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, he read to 100,000 people in honor of Communist revolutionary leader Luís Carlos Prestes.

Neruda got his first book, Crepusculario published in 1923 and the very next year his second book Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada was published. Veinte poemas... would go on to be one of his best-known and most translated works. In addition to his literary activities, Neruda studied French and pedagogy at the University of Chile in Santiago. In 1933, Neruda released Residencia en la tierra after being put in charge of Honerary Consulships in Burma, Ceylon, Java, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Madrid between by the government between 1927 -1935. Canto General, was published in Mexico 1950, and also underground in Chile. It is made of approximately 250 poems brought together into fifteen literary cycles and constitutes the central part of Neruda's production. Shortly after its publication, Canto General was translated into some ten languages. Nearly all these poems were created when Neruda was living abroad serving as counsel in Mexico and Paris. After many more inspirational publications, Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda died September 23, 1973 due to heart failure after a battle with prostate cancer.

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= = = Program Profile- International Child Art Foundation = = = = When researching art programs in Chile, I came across the International Child Art Foundation. The International Child Art Foundation was established in 1997. According to their website they were created to fill the void of there being no international children’s art organization for the world’s children. Their vision is to create a world that nurtures children’s innate creativity, fosters their intrinsic empathy, and includes children’s voices in any deliberation on the future. ICAF focuses mainly on children aged 8 to 12 because of what they refer to as the “4th grade slump.” ICAF believes that those formative years are vital for the encouragement of empathy and moral-cognitive thinking. ICAF integrates the arts with science, sport and technology for the development of children’s innate creativity and intrinsic empathy. They do this through various outreach programs such as The Arts Olympiads, World Children’s Festivals, interactive exhibitions, and ChildArt magazine. These programs look to inspire children to embrace lifelong creativity, boost their self-esteem, and build trust and mutual understanding. ICAF’s research, lesson plans, and Sketches newsletter provide teachers and parents the tools they need to enhance the creative potential and empathic capacity of every child.

Through the International Child Art Foundation they have the Chile Healing Arts Program. Through the Chile Healing Arts Program, ICAF will train and send groups of art therapists to Chile starting in August 2010. The theory of art therapist came from a study don’t after a massive earthquake in Los Angeles in 1994, where a lot of survivors suffered from depression and PTSD. Art therapy services were found to be instrumental in accessing the twenty-five elementary school children studied internal processes and helping them return to normal functioning. With guidance and support, CHAP believes the arts can help traumatized children to make sense of their experiences, regain control, communicate grief and loss, and become active participants in their own process of healing, by seeing themselves as “survivors” rather than as “victims” to begin with.



= Teacher Training Program- International Diploma in English Language Teaching Program =



Santiago, Chile's capital is the countries’ economic, political and cultural center. The majority of English teaching positions will be found in and around the capital. The International Diploma in English Language Teaching program is an intensive four-week, 140-hour Teaching English as a First Language (TEFL) course that prepares you to teach English anywhere in the world. This TEFL Diploma program has been approved by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training and is recommended for credit at over 1,500 universities by PONSI (University of the State of New York National Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction). After evaluation by a team of subject matter experts, they found the program comparable to college instruction. The International Diploma in English Language Teaching program has been recommended for six graduate-level semester hours as an elective or as a teaching practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Graduates of the International Diploma in english Language Teaching Program are trained and certified in the latest methodologies and coached in the skills necessary to teach English effectively to students from a variety of nationalities, educational levels, and often with specific requirements and needs in the language.

=Conclusion =

I was very surprised at a lot of the information I found on Chile. Before this project I really didn’t know anything about Chile. I figured it would be a rural, developing country with not much funding or attention to the arts. Come to find out, Chile is one of, if not the most developed country in South America. They have the greatest educational system in the region and highly sought after teaching programs. I was glad to learn that my initial misconceptions if Chile were wrong and that the country has thrived and grown to be an economic and cultural center in South America.

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