GUEST ARTIST PROGRAM
LETC also maintains a Guest Artist program that brings well-known artists, teachers and performers (national and international) to Chicago to share their knowledge and art. Artists in this program perform their work and offer workshops and master classes in their field.
LETC offers scholarships to disadvantaged participants to allow everyone interested in participating to take advantage of the unique opportunity of learning from this master artist.
DALIA MARION WHITE EAGLE, Actress, 1986
EDUARDO LOPEZ-LEMUS, Multi-media Artist, 1987
ELENA VAZQUEZ, Modern Dance, 1988
EDUARDO MENENDEZ RANGEL, Actor-Director, 1989
In 1991 LETC invited two of Mexico's most widely-known artists
to offer a series of performances and workshops:
SUSANA ALEXANDER, March 12-14, 1991 and
OFELIA MEDINA, March 25-30, 1991.
This programs (Susana/Ofelia) were offered in cooperation with
The Mexican General Consulate in Chicago and the Mexican Fine Arts Center
Museum. The workshops focused on the development of the actor and
tools: voice, movement, text and characterization. Both artists were seen
by hundreds of people.
FELIDA MEDINA, a third guest artist, well-known Mexican set
designer, was brought in 1992 to offer workshops through LETC. Her
classes were held at the Firehouse (Latino Chicago Theatre).
LETC offers these workshops to make training and artistic development
accessible within the community to those who could not otherwise afford
it. LETC will continue to bring national and international guest
artists, teachers, and performers to Chicago to promote and encourage training
in the arts.
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