PROGRAMS

I. The Visual Arts
1. Painting:

• Spanish colonial architecture
• Caribbean architecture
• Tropical landscape painting
• Still life - tropical fruits and flowers
• Portraiture
• Congo art
• Independent study

2. Installation art:

• Indoor installations
• Outdoor installations

II. Poetry & Creative writing
Participants can work on existing projects or initiate new writing projects emerging from their experiences and observations in Panama. All writers will work with Moore and will be encouraged to keep a daily journal.

III. Supervision will be provided in:

• Community service
• Ethnographic research
• Historical research in Latin American and African Diaspora Studies

IV. Ferias de Portobelo 2005-The Portobelo Fair 2005.

In 2005, the Spelman College Summer Art Colony and Taller Portobelo will sponsor the Second Portobelo Fair. The theme for the fair is Altares: encuentro de culturas - Altars: a Cultural Encounter. This event will take place on Saturday June 4th and will conclude the three-week residency of the Art Colony. Visual artists, poets and performance artists from Kuna Yala, an Indian reserve on the San Blas islands, the United States, Panama City and Congos of Portobelo are invited to produce indoor and outdoor installations and earthworks as well as poetry readings and performances at La Casa Rodriquez, an 18th century Spanish colonial house, the Aduana, a restored 17th century customs house at Las Orquídias Sculpture Garden, a 13 acre plot of land in the rainforest near Portobelo.

The Spelman College Summer Art Colony is designed to provide students and emerging artists with a unique three-week cultural and creative enrichment experience free from academic and professional pressures. However, students from the Atlanta University Center wishing to receive academic credit will be required to complete a minimum of two works of art per week. Non-Spelman students wishing to receive academic credit from their home institution should discuss registering for an Independent Study course with their professors.

Academic Credit
Students expecting to earn academic credit must register for one of the following courses:

• Art 160. Special Problems - Painting I
  (Prerequisite: permission of the instructor)
• Art 260. Special Problems - Painting II
  (Prerequisite: Painting I, or permission of the instructor)
• Art 360. Special Problems - Painting III
  (Prerequisite: Painting II, or permission of the instructor)
• English 452. Independent Study - for credit towards the writing minor or college elective credit.
  

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  Daily Schedule
  During the three-week residency at Taller Portobelo residents will be provided with instruction, supervision, and time for independent work and study. In addition, they will participate in daily reviews of their work and weekly critiques with Lindsay and Moore as well as professional Latin American artists and writers.
  
  Extra-Curricular Activities
  Weekends will be reserved for cultural enrichment. Field trips will be organized to visit galleries and museums in Panama City, Panamanian artists and writers in their studios, the locks of the Panama Canal, the Free Zone in Colon, and the rainforests and beaches near Portobelo. Additionally, participants will learn the songs and dances of the Congos of Portobelo.