Youth community art festival and comparsa: “Cierre de Calle” en Peronia

2019 BWB Community Micro-Grant Program winner
Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala
Youth community art festival and comparsa 

Peronia Adolescente is a youth-founded and run Guatemalan grassroots community arts organization that has brought comprehensive education, creative arts and youth leadership to teens and their families in the impoverished community of Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala. For this project, the Peronia Adolescente youth leaders will plan and execute a  “Cierre de Calle” (Shut down the streets public arts festival) and “comparsa” (festival parade) in one of the community’s most neglected neighborhoods. The festival will include circus, stilt and clown performances by the teen leaders, public art, and participatory games for the community’s children and family.

The overall goal of this project is to increase empowerment and civic engagement of Guatemalan teens and provide a creative-arts based public platform for these teens to communicate their ideas, interact and engage with their local community.

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