October 2011
31 posts
Mas preguntas de Espanol 3
Senor S.
1. ¿Cómo pasan los estudiantes su tiempo libre? (What do the students/ children do in their free time?)
I am not sure what they do, but they have a longer school day, and from what I have seen, they walk around with friends, play baseball and soccer in the streets, buy sugar snacks on the street, and do NOT carry portable gaming devices like a DS everywhere they go!
2. ¿Qué estudian?...
How do the housing structure differentiate from...
Adam
Adam, the housing here is insane. You will see many pics of the crumbling old buildings, contrasted with similar buildings in excellent condition right next door. Some people live in basic windowless shacks (I mean no window GLASS) and barely a front door, and the neighbor could be an Armani clothing store. After the Revolution, housing was redistributed. Many upper class people fled Cuba...
How are the women in Cuba?
Howard
Mookie-
Very important question, and I plan on getting a lot of attention from you all on this topic. The woman are beautiful here, of course, and very confidant and talented. We met dancers and painters who were amazing in what they could create. Women are not treated equally, many do not drive, and if 2 people want the same job, and have the same experience and schooling, the man will...
Are the pictures we made in class vastly different...
John Schultz
Schultz-
The art we made in the Design class was VERY similar to many poster styles I saw. I am bringing back 2 cool movie posters in that style. They are an EXTREMELY visual and graphic society. When I gave your design posters to the elementary school, the students had JUST performed for us based on the same poet, Jose Marti.
Hey, How many museums have you visited since you...
Kemarni Munroe
Kemarni, actually very few museums. We visited a lot of artists’ studios. The only real museum was the National Art Museum I posted about. They HAVE a lot of museums, one for anything you can imagine. Even a museum of the boat that Fidel Castro took to Cuba when he started the Revolution!
What do the people do in their free time?
Feroz-
There seems to be a LOT of free time. But everyone has a small hustle on the side to make ends meet. They love to sit and talk, sing, play music, flirt, fish, argue baseball, play chess, smoke, and often we would see older people just sitting on a front stoop doing nothing.
What similarities and differences do you see among...
Pushpinder,
There are not a lot of similarities. I will explain the school system when I return. They have a similar school calendar (but longer). Many go on to some sort of college or training after 9th grade, but you pretty much need to know what you want to do by then. There are a lot of children begging.
Hey Mr. S, I think you should ask the kids in Cuba...
Kizar
Kizar, they LOVE their music and dance. I am bringing lots of videos to prove it. Everyone seems to play guitar or bongos. On the seawall late at night, we sit and talk with Cubans and boys keep walking by offering to “sell a song”, but unfortunately a lot of these musicians only know 3-4 songs. At every restaurant, even in the morning, there are musicians, combos of 3 or 4...
Back in the States!
Guys you have had a LOT of good questions and I tried to answer as much as I could. Some nights the internet in Havana was almost nonexistent. Bap, look at the bottom of the Thursday posting and you will see I DID answer a question from you. If you did not post anything here yet, this weekend is your last chance to get credit for that.
Friday in Havana was free time. We went back to the National...
Thursday's questions and answers
HOW MANY ART MUSEUMS HAVE YOU SEEN IN CUBA AND DID YOU SEE LOS CARPENTIROS SCULPTURES
KEMARNI
We went only to the main museum (today) and we were there for too short a time. I will try tomorrow when I have more free time. We did NOT see Los Carpenteros, but I did see the school they went too!
Gus Morales
Are the people in Cuba very passionate about Art or do they just do it for a hobby?
Gus...
Lots of questions from Wednesday all answered...
Chris Lopez
What kind of art do they draw? What’s so significant about art over there? How different are art classes in Cuba than in the United States?
Art classes are very intense. The students who are good can go to a special school after 9th grade. Their artwork is quite good in general and the students do a lot of artworks of people, and some political stuff too.
JohnDerek Daniels...
Can the people in cuba speak English?
Two people asked about language. I have found everything from NO English to a young girl your age today who spoke so well I thought she was American. Most people here know a few phrases, and then once in a while you will find someone fluently bilingual. My Spanish is improving a lot, but not fast enough to get by with the more complicated conversations people want to have. We met a Cuban last...
cafe
Hey mr. s did u get general art section2 our coffee.
ps: people in our class- sean- pushpinder- jd- khizar- jadan.
are you having a good time
Hey guys I have learned that I CANNOT bring back anything consumable. Coffee, or anything else. Yes having a good time but getting tired….
What kinds of handmade sculpture are there in...
Cedric Barfield
Cedric, most of the work we have seen so far is 2D, but at the art school today I saw some wicked cool ceramic sculpture and also a 7 foot high cardboard transformer (maybe Megatron, it was hard to tell)
Have you been to or seen some form of Cuban...
Aidan, on the first night we stumbled into a a private performance by 4 musicians in a tiny restaurant. They played for me and 3 other teachers, and then gave dance lessons. There are a lot of people “hanging out” but not any obvious parties.
How does the art compare to that of the US? What...
Michael Brown
Awesome question, Mike. This is too complicated to answer here, but the work is incredible and very cutting edge. A lot of what I have seen would be scandalous in the states.
What kinds of food are in Cuba? Have you tried...
Young Soo Lee
I of course am eating the food here. It is very tasty but nothing crazy or super exotic. Beef, chicken, vegetables. But the people here do not eat so well. They have limits each month. As a guest I can eat a lot and very well and we are treated like royalty. The breakfast here makes CFS look like a mushy bowl of cereal!
Hey Mr S, I wanted to ask you if you could get...
Chuck Pompei
Chuck there are MANY american cars and I am shooting as many as I can. Look at the photos I post and see if you notice any old Chevys.
Hola! Preguntas de Espanol 3
1. ¿Tienen las escuelas mucha tecnología, o no?
Do the schools have technology (computers)
Some computers but they are limited quite a bit. There is a computer class, and citizens are now permitted to TEACH computer technology classes from their homes for extra money. Internet is glacial because they can only connect to the world via satellite.
2. Todos los estudiantes llevan...
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Sunday Oct 2
Well we have gotten settled nicely in Havana right on the ocean. There is a major road called the Malecon that is a seawall running outside our hotel. The waves crash huge into the road. The first video shows a boy swimming in the surf and almost getting knocked back to sea.
I ventured out to Havana with a roommate and a taxi driver. Not really a taxi, more of a 3-wheeled moped with a fiberglass...
An afternoon in Miami
I am in the middle of nowhere Miami after tracking down a high end photo developer… We want to make sure we present the students in Cuba with the beautiful shots from the Digital Photo class! Will meet the rest of the travel group soon… It is hot here!
September 2011
3 posts
SkyKing
I am glad that the airline from Miami to Havana is called Sky King. I would be nervous flying Sky Prince or Sky Duke or Sky Prime Minister.
Almost there!
Post a question here that you would like me to ask when I land in Cuba:
Four days to go///
This coming Sunday I fly into Havana for a week. I have set up a blog to share my photos and experiences. This is going to be student- centered so if you post to the blog as I add photos etc… keep ‘er clean.
