Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre Foundation
The Fundación Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer Principado de Asturias was created in 2007 to managed the buildings and cultural project Centro Niemeyer. The Foundation develops the international project and to set a work collaboration network. The work of this Foundation is based on three aims: education, culture and peace: "An open square to the humankind, a place for education, culture and peace" in the words of the architect. It is hoped the centre will be a magnet for talent, knowledge and creativity, as well as promoting local content. It will have a strong focus on collaboration with international cultural centres.
Oscar Niemeyer is the honorary member of the Foundation.
The activity of the Foundation starts before the works on the buildings. They organized the first “G8 of culture”, conferences with Paulo Coelho, Alejandro Amenábar, Omar Shariff, the representation of The Tempest, etc. Damien Pwono (ASPEN Institute) said during a visit to the town: «The most important thing in culture is add the efforts of different people, and that is what Centro Niemeyer is doing, also taking an eclectic point of view. Other centers show how beautiful they are, but the Niemeyer, even without building, is real»
Until the spring of 2012 the general director of the centre was Natalio Grueso.
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