El Taller Latino Americano

About

A Spanish school, cultural center, stage, and art gallery.

http://tallerlatino.org/

http://www.meetup.com/Spanish-and-Salsa-at-El-Taller/

Story

El Taller Latino Americano (The Latin American Workshop) is a 501(c)(3) community-based non-profit arts and education institution founded in New York City in 1979 to bridge the gap between Latin Americans and North Americans through the language of art, dance and music.

El Taller is located at 225 W. 99th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam at St. Michael's Church) and offers its community a varied menu of Spanish and English language classes, arts programming, music and that seek not only to educate, but 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 the classes and to find creative inspiration and a refuge in the middle of New York City.

Mission

To advance the development of a cohesive community by providing exposure to, understanding of and respect for diverse cultural arts through the provision of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations among individuals, artists and organizations.