Beneficiary Applications |
The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival is now accepting applications for Beneficiaries. In order to be eligible for consideration, the application must be submitted by the head of a charitable organization or project, that is physically located within the Zihuatanejo community or surrounding areas.
The project or organization must be fully licensed, registered and/or meet all legal requirements to be operational in Mexico, and all supporting documents pertaining to this must be attached to each application. Applications accepted for consideration are in no way guaranteed acceptance as a beneficiary and applicants will be required to undergo stringent interviews and verification procedures. Beneficiaries are reviewed and accepted on a year-by-year and case-by-case basis and are not granted any exclusivity whatsoever. |
Beneficiaries Application form (in Spanish only),
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The Zihuatanejo Guitar Festival's beneficiary for 2006-2008
La Casa de la Cultura, Zihuatanejo (Zihuatanejo House of Culture)
The 5th Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival 2008, held March 2 through 9, 2008, brought in a full $50,000 pesos for the Casa de la Cultura.
The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival 2007 was able to donate $40,000 pesos to La Casa de la Cultura in 2007, and the he year before that, the 2006 Festival turned over a total of $26,000 pesos to the Casa de la Cultura.
 The partially city-funded La Casa de la Cultura, is a cultural education center that offers free art and cultural classes to children and adults in the community and has been functioning in Zihuatanejo for 15 years in many different locations. Every Sunday evening, year-round, its students put on a show on Zihuatanejo’s main plaza, called Domingo Cultural. Currently the Casa de la Cultura has almost 179 pupils attending ten workshops, including: sand sculpture; folkloric dance; art (painting, drawing, paper mache); music instruction (guitar and flute) and musical discussion of different genres; sewing and embroidery; classical ballet; modern dance; basic introduction to theater; handicrafts; and literature appreciation.
It is presently located on Avenida Morelos, one block west from the Avenida Juarez intersection, in a large open-air concrete floored structure. Even though the building also has a few small offices and classrooms, the enclosed spaces are inadequate in size for the many activities it houses. The structure was built in 1975 as el Centro Social Municipal and is a general purpose building used for many functions, and also encompasses the government-owned ISSTE drugstore. The city-owned structure is used as a meeting space and is available for rent for parties, weddings and other income generating events for the city. La Casa de la Cultura hopes to limit its commercial use to the weekends when their workshops are not being held.
The primary goal of La Casa de la Cultura is to obtain funds for building materials to rehabilitate the existing space to make it more functioning, efficient, and attractive while waiting for the city to construct a new home for the La Casa de la Cultura. Secondary objectives include the acquisition of furniture (tables, desks, chairs, blackboards) for each workshop area, musical instruments and sound equipment, a playground for children and perhaps a television set tuned to educational channels for all to enjoy. The center has a few salaried and two to three volunteer instructors, but there is a waiting list of 50 eager students who wish to attend classes and the center needs additional salaried teachers to provide more instruction. The long term goal is to move La Casa de la Cultura to a permanent building of their own and make it a showcase for a thriving, culturally-involved community. The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival looks forward to helping a cultural education center that has managed to consistently provide the community with arts and cultural activities despite minimal funding.
The Zihuatanejo Guitar Festival's beneficiary for 2004 and 2005 
Escuela de Música de Zihuatanejo "Ezequiel Cisneros Cárdenas"
The Ezequiel Cisneros Cárdenas Music School of Zihuatanejo
The Zihuatanejo Guitar Festival's beneficiary for 2004 and 2005 was Escuela de Música de Zihuatanejo "Ezequiel Cisneros Cárdenas", The Ezequiel Cisneros Cárdenas Music School of Zihuatanejo.
One of its aims was to produce musicians at a professional level and train professors of music for primary and secondary schools in the state of Guerrero, where there is a shortage of both music schools and qualified music teachers
The Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival was able to help secure a school building for the 2005 - 2006 school year.
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