Author
Sílvia Serra
Title
Associate Director of Arcadia in Barcelona
Arcadia Spain
Embedded Excursion to Marseille
Last weekend students taking the BUSP370 Brand Barcelona course visit the city of Marseille in France. Known to the ancient Greeks and Romas as Massalia, Marseille was the most important trading center in the region and the main commercial port of the… More
Embedded Excursion to Zaragoza
Last Friday students taking the SPAN350 Spain Today course had the opportunity to visit Zaragoza, a city in the province of Aragon where they discover its gastronomy, history and culture. Founded as an outpost of the Roman Empire in 24 B.C., its original… More
Carnival at Arcadia! Get ready!
Between the 16th and early 17th centuries, Barcelona's Carnival was one of the tops in all of Europe – more for its wild reputation than for its roots in tradition – but all that disappeared under Franco. Seven years ago, Barcelona decided to bring back… More
Becoming artists!
A regular session of Painting and Drawing course in the Artist’s studio. Students arrive, take an easel, the materials to draw or paint, and start or continue the proposed exercise. Almost always there’s soft music in the ambient, which helps to isolate… More
Cultural visit to Casa dels Entremesos
The wealth of traditional Catalan folk culture is so extensive that the Coordinadora de Colles de Gegants i Bestiari de Ciutat Vella has created a specific centre of production and dissemination. This is the Casa dels Entremesos, a venture that provides… More