The
Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival
is a non-profit festival governed by ZI-Guitarfest
A.C., a Mexican registered non-profit
association, whose function is to generate
tourism in beautiful Zihuatanejo, Mexico,
raise cultural awareness within the community
and raise money for art and cultural endeavors
in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo.
APPLICATIONS
The
Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival
is always accepting applications for Beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries
Application form
Applications
must be submitted by the head of a charitable
organization that is located within the
Zihuatanejo community or surrounding areas;
and that meets all legal requirements
to operate in Mexico. All supporting documents
pertaining to this accreditation must
be attached to each application.
Preference will be given to projects that
support art, music or cultural endeavors.
Final
deadlines for submissions are December
1, prior to festival dates.
HISTORY
2006
- 2010
The
Zihuatanejo Guitar Festival's beneficiary
for 2006 through 2010
was La Casa de la Cultura de Zihuatanejo,
the Zihuatanejo Culture Center.
The
partially city-funded La Casa
de la Cultura, is a cultural
education center that offers free art,
music, dance and literature classes to
children and adults in the community and
has been functioning in Zihuatanejo for
15 years in many different locations,
currently under the direction of C. Belisario
Aburto Pineda. The Casa de la Cutura
has 287 students enrolled in ten workshops:
Children’s Folkloric Dance, Guitar,
Art (painting, paper mache, graffiti art),
Modern Dance, Salon Dancing, Theater,
Ballet, Crafts, & Folkloric Ballet
Xochipilli. The music workshop for guitar
now has 34 students.
Over
the past four years, the Zihuatanejo International
Guitar Festival was able to assist in
much needed renovations to the Casa
de la Cultura’s existing building:
upgrading bathrooms, classrooms and facilities
and purchased office supplies and two
office computers for the administration.
Proceeds from ZIGF 2010 will go toward
purchasing student guitars for the guitar
workshop.
For
more information about the Casa de
la Cultura, Contact:
Director C. Belisario Aburto Pineda, Casa
de la Cultura, Centro Social Av.
Morelos, Col: Centro, Zihuatanejo, Gro.,
CP 40880 Mexico
Tel. + 52 (755) 554 4070
2004
- 2005
The Zihuatanejo Guitar Festival's beneficiary
for 2004 and 2005 was
La Escuela de Música de Zihuatanejo
"Ezequiel Cisneros Cárdenas"
The Ezequiel Cisneros Cárdenas
Music School of Zihuatanejo (EMEC).
The
EMEC has been offering music and voice
classes in various locations in Zihuatanejo
for seven years. One of its aims was to
produce musicians at a professional level
and train professors of music for primary
and secondary schools in the state of
Guerrero, where there is a shortage of
both music schools and qualified music
teachers. The Zihuatanejo International
Guitar Festival was able to help secure
a school building for the 2005 - 2006
school year, as well as provide furniture
and supplemental text books.
For
more information about the EMEC, Contact:
Escuela de Música Ezequiel Cisneros,
Cuahutémoc No. 82,
Centro, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, C.P. 40880,
México,
Secretaria: Tel. + 52 (755) 554-8052,
Email: contacto@musicayvoces.com,
for the Choir: Karina: + 52 (755) 554-4856
,
or visit their website www.comunicasoluciones.com
