International connection platform
MAPAS is consolidated in its second edition as a strategic international meeting point that connects the performing and cultural arts and supports a professional system of exchange, agreements, business and dissemination of culture. This is one of the great objectives that the organization of this […]
MAPS, one more step
The history of our island is a crossroads of cultures, of bloods, of travelers who came and went, of people from all corners who found here the end of a journey that was perhaps another. That mixture is in our Creole society, in our language, in our old buildings and streets. In our […]
George Yúdice, an essential look for cultural management
The researcher and professor at the University of Miami offers the inaugural conference of MAPAS An essential reference in cultural management and policy. A researcher with interests focused on creative practices and industries, George Yúdice (New York, 1947) has studied in detail the historical evolution of the relationship between economy and culture. East […]
Fifteen African countries will be represented on MAPAS, with 31 theater, dance, music and circus proposals
A dozen artistic and musical groups will offer samples of African cultural diversity with free performances open to the public A total of 15 African countries will be represented at MAPAS, Market of Performative Arts of the South Atlantic, with the 31 artistic and musical groups that have confirmed your participation in this initiative, organized by […]
MAPS and emerging cultural markets: innovation models in the creative industries
The process of economic transformation that we have experienced from the 1980s to the 21st century, as a result of the application of the principles of the free market, has produced profound changes in the economic, political, social, technological, legal and cultural structures. From the cultural point of view, our countries have had to face […]
Canarian wine as a show
MAPAS opens with a musical, historical and dance tribute that connects the Canary Islands with the world “Let the devil make fire. Give me Canarian wine and you, my beloved, rest here ”. In this passage from Henry IV, the universal writer William Shakespeare was already discovering us in the 16th century the value of wines […]
MAPAS bursts into Tenerife with 164 artistic groups, 143 programmers from around the world and 56 live performances
The second edition of MAPAS, Mercado de las Artes Performativas del Atlántico Sur, demolishes national borders with a cultural proposal that will burst into Santa Cruz from July 11 to 15 with 56 free performances open to the public, 164 music and performing arts groups from of Latin America, Africa and Southern Europe (Spain […]
The deadline for artists and programmers to schedule their appointments at the MAPAS business conference begins
There are just over 20 days left for the great professional event for the performing arts that will bring together hundreds of artists and programmers from Africa, Latin America and Southern Europe in Tenerife and the MAPAS organization is working hard on the final preparations. The opening of the period for scheduling appointments for the wheel […]
Selected the 20 projects that will participate in the pitch sessions of MAPAS 2018
MAPAS 2018 has already selected the 20 projects related to the performing arts that will participate in the pitch sessions during the market celebration. The jury has chosen from among the more than 50 proposals submitted to the 10 artists or companies and the 10 companies or enterprises that will be able to present their ideas […]
Fifty proposals have already registered in the pitch sessions, whose deadline closes on May 31
Registration for the pitch sessions at MAPAS 2018 is about to come to an end. At 11:55 p.m. (Canary time) on May 31, the period for receiving applications will close, a fact that must be taken into account by those who have not yet formalized their registration and reside […]
