The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) in Las Tunas has carried out the assemblies by branches, which concludes this Monday, to seek new strategies so that creation expands its channels with the participation of institutions and organizations that must accompany them in the territory.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- The process was initiated by the writers, who delivered the 60 Aniversario de la UNEAC Seal to Maritza Batista Batista, and the Nicolás Guillén Seal to Lesbia de la Fe Dotres, who were unable to receive the decorations on August 22nd, within the framework of the celebrations for the organization's birthday.
The authors raised the urgency of instituting a poetry contest of national scope and recovering that of love stories and erotic novels, besides more personalized promotion that takes into account the different audiences and the re-establishment of the Historian Office with the appointment of a person qualified to hold that position.
The spaces for the performing arts, tools, the need to discriminate and recognize what is truly valid and transcendent, and the role of the National School of Clown to develop a movement of this specialty with a well-gained prestige, were some of the threads in the debate around that artistic expression.
They also call for thinking about collective work, without being limited to individual pieces; referring the youngest to the work of the founding masters, to promote continuity between various generations; strengthening the link with the communities, and programming in agreement with all the involved parties, taking into account the necessary resources for each function.
For media professionals -cinema, radio, and television-, it is vital to promote spaces for specialized criticism that allows communicative products to be prioritized in terms of quality and the education of audiences for their consumption.
In recent years, the alternatives to position well-thought-out materials in the period of greatest incidence of COVID-19 have stood out, with a notable turnaround in the digital platforms with a greater reach_; as well as the birth of the Multiple Images (dedicated to the female filmmaker) and Sinfonía de Ciudad events, according to the president of the branch, Waldina Almaguer.
The opportunity to work with bigger creative freedom thanks to the Audiovisual Creators Registry, and also promote the presence of the work of various artists and personalities from the region, was another of the advances that were considered.
Marina Lourdes Jacobo, President of the Provincial Committee of UNEAC, highlights the importance of getting resources, contributing to the presentation of projects to obtain financing, and resorting to the Reference and Community Initiative Center (CIERIC) and the Nicolás Guillén Foundation for these purposes.
In general, the aim is to restore the City Award sponsored by the Municipal Directorate of Culture, to have a Critics' Award, and strategies to preserve historical memory and heritage from each branch, with the help of other instances with which alliances have been established, within which many of the affiliates in Las Tunas act.
The Provincial Assembly will be held in November. It will be a key moment to assume other paths within an organization that, with 61 years of acting in favor of Cuban art and Culture, is present in multiple scenarios and platforms; also as a reference for a committed creation that is associated with a multiplicity of works and imaginaries of the Cuban society of all times.
