Events taking place on September 20, 2024

Events 1–16 of 20

Close your eyes at Afi Silver
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

Close your eyes at Afi Silver

For one week only, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center presents “Close your eyes,” Spanish film director Víctor Erice’s 2023 return to feature filmmaking after a three-decade-long absence.

Sep 20 – Sep 26, 2024

AFI Latin American Film Festival 2024
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

AFI Latin American Film Festival 2024

“The AFI Latin American Film Festival” showcases the best filmmaking from Latin America and celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections, including films from Spain and Portugal.

Sep 20 – Oct 10, 2024

Mujeres de Cine 2024now
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

Mujeres de Cine 2024

The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. presents the 9th edition of “Mujeres de Cine,” featuring Liz Lobato’s “Tierra de nuestras madres” as well as Daniela Féjerman and Elvira Lindo’s “Alguien que cuide de mí.”

Sep 12 – Oct 24, 2024

Spanish Cinema Now + 2024 in New Yorknow
  • Film
  • New York

Spanish Cinema Now + 2024 in New York

“Spanish Cinema Now +” is touring the US for the first time, bringing the best of recent Spanish cinema to a broader audience, with its second stop scheduled in New York City as part of NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center fall program.

Sep 12 – Nov 13, 2024

Ancestors: The Eternal Return by Jacqueline Unanue
  • Visual arts
  • Philadelphia

Ancestors: The Eternal Return by Jacqueline Unanue

This solo exhibition is inspired by the artist’s memories of her 1989 trip to Spain, where she studied the prehistoric paintings in the Altamira Caves of the Basque Country.

Sep 4 – Sep 29, 2024

Mélanie Werder Avilés at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowanow
  • Literature
  • Iowa City

Mélanie Werder Avilés at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa

Spanish playwright Mélanie Werder Avilés participates in the IWP Fall Residency 2024, collaborating with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC.

residency preview

Sep 1 – Nov 17, 2024

IV Edition of LA Brisk Festival
  • Performing arts
  • Los Angeles

IV Edition of LA Brisk Festival

The “LA Brisk Festival” celebrates its fourth edition by showcasing 53 plays, with more than 220 artists competing for the prize.

Aug 10 – Sep 24, 2024

Guillermo Mora at the Albers Foundation Artist Residency 2024
  • Visual arts
  • New Haven, CT

Guillermo Mora at the Albers Foundation Artist Residency 2024

The Albers Foundation Artist Residency 2024, a program that has hosted over 200 artists, welcomes Spanish visual artist Guillermo Mora, in a project supported in part by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

residency preview

Aug 5 – Sep 30, 2024

Dalí: Disruption and Devotionnow
  • Visual arts
  • Boston

Dalí: Disruption and Devotion

Explore Salvador Dalí’s surrealist art alongside European masterpieces at MFA Boston, showcasing his traditional influences.

Jul 6 – Dec 1, 2024

Theatrum Mundi
  • Design
  • New York

Theatrum Mundi

The Cervantes Institute in New York presents Theatrum Mundi, an exhibition that showcases unpublished images and plans of the Roman Theater in the city of Mérida in Spain.

Jun 19 – Sep 24, 2024

Not Your Regular Garden: Around Blooming, Around Reforesting by Doa Oanow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Not Your Regular Garden: Around Blooming, Around Reforesting by Doa Oa

“Not Your Regular Garden” hosts Spanish artist Doa Oa and a new iteration of her “Reforestando” project.

May 28 – May 25, 2025

DC.es: Outdoorsnow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

DC.es: Outdoors

“DC.es” showcases works by five Spanish artists on their perspectives of the world’s political capital on the outdoor fence of the Cultural Center.

May 28 – May 28, 2025

SPAINfographicsnow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

SPAINfographics

Explore the intricate relationship between Spain and the U.S. through this collective exhibition featuring the work of twelve Spanish infographists.

Apr 17 – Apr 30, 2025

Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailosnow
  • Urban Culture
  • New York

Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos

Artist and architect Jorge Otero-Pailos presents new sculptures in New York, highlighting the historical importance and potential in diplomacy and cultural exchange of modernist U.S. Embassies.

Apr 1 – Oct 31, 2024

Not Your Regular Wall: Ramón y Cajal by Brais Rodrígueznow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Not Your Regular Wall: Ramón y Cajal by Brais Rodríguez

The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC presents the sixth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall,” featuring “Ramón y Cajal” by Spanish artist Brais Rodríguez.

Mar 14 – Dec 31, 2024

Ellas son Ciencia by MECUSA and Quan Zhounow
  • Science
  • New York

Ellas son Ciencia by MECUSA and Quan Zhou

This exhibition at the New York University King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center focuses on Spanish artist Quan Zhou’s works on the project “Ellas son Ciencia: Highlighting women scientists through comics.”

Mar 7 – Dec 31, 2024