El Taller Latino Americano
About El Taller Latino Americano
El Taller Latino Americano (The Latin American Workshop) is a 501(c)(3) community-based non-profit arts and education institution established in New York City in 1979 to bridge the gap between Latin and North Americans through the language of art, dance, and music.
El Taller provides experiences to its local and global community that serve as expressions of our shared humanity and of our shared cultural heritage. Our aim is to inspire an extended commitment to our world through ongoing exposure to each other's artistic and cultural lives in order to invigorate learning and understanding, while forming a working community with the skills to read, interpret, and respond to one another and to the world in which they live.
El Taller offers its community a varied menu of Spanish language classes, arts programming, and music. We seek not only to educate, but also to engage and gather diverse groups together culturally and linguistically on the common ground of creativity.
Over 500 people each month meet to share ideas, participate in classes, and find creative inspiration and a refuge in the middle of New York City. 1000s more meet online to view concerts online, chat, and exchange art and ideas on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
El Taller's story is a testimony to the nature of community in New York City, one assembled in the atmospheres of the home, the public plaza, the classroom, the stage, and the artist's studio.
The social impact of offering the chance to participate in cultural arts activities and education within the community of El Taller is not only evident by the numbers of all who come—visitors, participants, teachers, and students, but also by the positive effect of collective action and collaboration enabled by El Taller on individuals and groups.
Locations
Primary Office Location
14 E 109th Street New York NY 10029
(212) 665-9460
