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AEC-TEA is a community-based association located in Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil. We are a group of volunteers working together to organize educational projects and to create a space where people can meet, exchange ideas, discover strengths and talents, gain access to information, have fun, and build friendships. Named after our town's first teacher, the Tarcilia Evangelista de Andrade Educational-Cultural Association was founded by local students and teachers with the goals of increasing access to higher education and encouraging volunteer work as a means to improve the quality of life in our community. We invite Brazilian and international volunteers to participate in our projects.
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In February AEC-TEA was awarded a project to turn student work from the Ponto de Cultura photography class into a published book. FUNCEB (Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia) will fund the publication of 1,000 books, of which some will be distributed locally, and others sold nationally and internationally. The book will celebrate everyday culture in Capim Grosso, and is the only project from outside of Salvador to have won the award. Look forward to this new book celebrating the culture of Capim Grosso, to be available later in 2010! |
 AEC-TEA’s youth theater group attracted large audiences for its December performances, as family and friends of the actors as well as members of the community at large came to see the spectacles.
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The final weeks of December were busy at AEC-TEA as students of all types, including language, dance, theater, photography, and more, joined together to celebrate and demonstrate their accomplishments over the second semester as well as to bid farewell to international volunteers. 2009 was marked by a more diversified course offer, with photography, computation, ballet and theater classes being added along with AEC-TEA’s traditional strength in languages, yoga, and art workshops. |
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At the end of 2009, AEC-TEA was awarded a government grant to study and celebrate Capim Grosso’s myriad cultural and art activities.
The project, known as the “Microprojeto”, will fund local student researchers coordinated by AEC-TEA to seek out and study arts activities in Capim Grosso and the surrounding areas, conducting interviews and writing a report of the results. Activities recorded will include all types of artistic expression, including visual and performing arts as well as music and literature. |
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