Contact us
AWAKENING/art & culture OLA Fest
Nelson Betancourt
Executive Director
leafstormpictures@yahoo.com
(407) 860-4919
AWAKENING/art & culture Board Members
Flavia Farina
Gabriel de Souza
Irene Zabytko
Orlando Alfaro
Gustavo Parra
Vernon Becker
Nelson Betancourt
Jason Neff
Sue Thompson
Angelica Figueroa
The Cultural Bill of Rights
1. The right to our heritage--the right to explore music, literature, drama, painting, and dance that define
both our nation's collective experience and our individual and community traditions.
2. The right to the
prominent presence of artists in public life--through their art and the incorporation of their voices and
artistic visions into democratic debate.
3. The right to an artistic life--the right to the knowledge
and skills needed to play a musical instrument, draw, dance, compose, design, or otherwise live a life of
active creativity.
4. The right to be represented to the rest of the world by art that fairly and
honestly communicates America's democratic values and ideals.
5. The right to know about and explore
art of the highest quality and to the lasting truths embedded in those forms of expression that have survived,
in many lands, through the ages.
6. The right to healthy arts enterprises that can take risks and invest
in innovation while serving communities and the public interest.
--Bill Ivey