Cervantes offers classes on Hispanic art and cultural traditions.  Read about Cervantes and see how you can sign up for a class!

In 1980, the Cervantes Fundación Hispano-Americana de Arte (Cervantes Hispanic-American Arts Foundation) opened in Kenner, Louisiana. The Foundation’s mission is to teach modern and classical Hispanic arts and cultural traditions. The founder, Guillermo de Bango, is an artist, intellectual, and cultural producer. Born in Havana, Cuba, de Bango was a political prisoner in Cuba, serving ten years in prison and seven under house arrest after the Cuban Revolution. He arrived in the United States in 1979, joining his wife and children in Kenner. Eager to be active in the local cultural scene, he founded the Fundación Hispano-Americana de Arte Cervantes. The school teaches classical and modern Latin American art, music, dance and culture and has had a major impact in the Cuban community, for both its teachers and students.

Class and Registration Information:

All classes will begin the week of September 14 - tentative schedule is as follows:

Monday, September 14, 2009 –Latin Ballroom Dancing (Advance); Guitar; Piano; Oil Painting

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 –Latin Ballroom Dancing (Intermediate); Music Theory

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 –Latin Ballroom Dancing (Beginner); Spanish

Folk Dancing, Spanish-as a Second Language, Drawing, Watercolor, are classes that will be offered, however a minimum of 9 students will need to be enrolled before any class can open for the semester. Schedule for these classes will be determined pending enrollment of students.

Registration and Classes will be held at:

Rudolph Matas Elementary School:

1201 Elise Street, Metairie, La – corner of Elise and West Metairie. [If you come on Clearview Parkway from Veterans Blvd, take a right on West Metairie and go down - pass Transcontinental - you will see T.H. Harris Middle School on the right. There is a traffic light at the intersection of Elise and West Metairie -- make a right and follow the fence until you see an opening and park.]

Class Tuition/Fees and Payment Schedule:

One full semester payment: 4 months @ $25/month = $100

Two separate payments: 2 payments ($50 now & $50 by October 22, 2009)

Four monthly payments: $30/month, beginning today and due every 5th of the month.

All students (new, present, and former) must register for classes. Class enrollment is limited in all classes, so prompt registration is highly recommended.