Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral

Coordinates: 33°26′20.70″S 70°38′23.02″W / 33.4390833°S 70.6397278°W / -33.4390833; -70.6397278
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Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center

The Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM) (formerly known as the

Pinochet regime, it hosted a number of conventions and the adjacent tower became the main building for the Ministry of National Defense. In early 2006, a fire destroyed parts of the building, which led the government of Michelle Bachelet to rethink the original sense of the building and return it into a cultural center, open to the public. Adapting the structure of its urban environment, the building takes on the concept of transparency and many artworks from the original design. The second phase that contains an auditorium with space for more than 2000 is going to start soon.[1]

The Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral was inaugurated in September 2010[1] and is named after Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist Gabriela Mistral. Today it's a cultural centre devoted to disseminate and promote performing arts and music. Among many other activities, it offers contemporary drama and dance, as well as classic and popular music, a space to continuous development and experimentation. Furthermore, with an emphasis on contemporary photography and popular arts, the GAM houses a range for visual arts. Due to its high demands for transparency, variety and quality, it is orientated to generate direct encounters between artists and diverse audiences.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Memoria | GAM | Centro Gabriela Mistral". Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
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