Festival Escuela Artes Vivas brings together more than 4,500 participants in Miranda

Published at: 13/11/2026 10:29 AM

The Living Arts School Festival brought together 4,591 participants from 394 communes in the 21 municipalities of Miranda state, through training and artistic expression activities carried out in community spaces, said the Undersecretary of Culture of the Government, Dagsi Rodríguez.

He also noted that Miranda was selected as a pilot territory for this initiative, aimed at bringing different artistic manifestations closer to communities, strengthening cultural identity and facilitating the participation of people of all ages .

The project emerged in 2023 under the name of the Community Festival of Performing Arts, promoted by the Secretariat of Culture of the Government of Miranda. Since then, it expanded its territorial presence and promoted the participation of the inhabitants in the planning and organization of workshops, meetings and presentations.

Rodríguez highlighted that communities have taken an active role in the development of activities, which favors collective work and the exchange of knowledge between children, young people, adults and older adults, together with cultivators, artists with experience and new talents.

The undersecretary stressed that the festival also contributes to the transmission of popular traditions between generations and offers spaces to make visible the cultural expressions that are born in the communities themselves.

VTV/Mazo News Team