3rd Encuentro de Nueva Poesía

NEW YORK

The 3rd Annual Encuentro de Nueva Poesía is a space that brings together a conglomerate of local artists, as well as national and international guests around the written and the spoken word. The event will take place during the week of October 7–14, 2006, and will consist of artistic venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. The objective of the Encuentro is to generate dynamics that contribute to the diffusion, creation and development of artistic manifestations coming from diverse contexts, promoting integration and community construction of alternative spaces with rich cultural diversity.

The Encuentro has two successful antecedents. The first time the Festival "Poetas en Nueva York" was carried out was in April 2004, in honor of Pedro Pietri, and over 20 poets participated, for three days, in events at Nuyorican Poets' Café in Manhattan's Lower East Side. The second iteration, where the name Encuentro de Nueva Poesía was coined, was celebrated in October 2005. It then included the participation of over 40 poets from diverse backgrounds, among them residents of New York who were originally from countries like Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic. It also counted with the presence of a delegation of Puerto Rican poets and artists who traveled to New York City solely for the purpose of participating in the events. The Encounter took place in diverse settings in Upper and Lower Manhattan, as well as the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and concluded with the publication of a poetry anthology with the artists' works.

Taking into consideration its successful antecedents, the 3rd Annual Encuentro de Nueva Poesía seeks to harness the efforts of previous years to achieve an event of a bigger magnitude than previous years. It will include the participation of close to 100 artists, mostly poets, but also including musical and visual artists. Invitations have been extended to artists residing in other parts of the country, and extra efforts are being made to include artists of different nationalities. Among the activities planned for the week in question are diverse artistic venues, creative workshops and exercises to promote and stimulate creative integration and development within the duration of the event, as well as the publication of an anthology that provides a sample of the participants artistic production.