Binational Partnerships That Work

Binational Partnerships that Work—Arts & Culture

inSITE
www.insite2000.org/

inSITE is a binational contemporary arts project of more than 25 nonprofit and public cultural institutions in Mexico and the United States. The project is based on artistic investigation and activation of urban space in San Diego and Tijuana. The heart of inSITE is the process of commissioning new projects by artists from throughout the Americas in the course of residencies in the binational region. For inSITE2000, over 30 new works were commissioned - from new media and installation to performance and spectacle, film and video - with an emphasis on projects that enlisted the active participation of the public in their development. Education programming (artists onSITE and CoTA) intertwined the working processes of the artists selected for inSITE2000 with neighborhoods, schools, and cultural institutions throughout the region. Planning for inSITE-2005 is underway.
Mainly Mozart www.mainlymozart.org/
Since May 1992, when the first concert was performed in a private home in Tijuana, Mozart Binacional has contributed to the cultural, economic and educational ties between San Diego and Baja California. The Mainly Mozart Guild in Tijuana succeeded in securing the Centro Cultural as a venue in 1993, and in adding the Catedral de Guadalupe the following year. Since that time, concerts have been performed in Mexicali, Ensenada, Rosarito, Mazatlán and Tecate as well. In addition to the summer festival, Mainly Mozart Spotlight Series concerts by some of the most acclaimed chamber ensembles in the world are produced in many of the same venues. In 2004, the Women of Mainly Mozart Spotlight Series features ensembles composed of musicians from the Mainly Mozart family of artists. In an effort to promote greater cross-cultural exchange, Mainly Mozart's "Mingle in Mexico" provides San Diego audiences the opportunity to enjoy the Mainly Mozart experience in Tijuana.	Mozart Iluminado is the non-profit’s Spanish-language program presented to 10,000 children in Tijuana by Mainly Mozart’s Mexican actors to introduce elementary school students to the life and music of Mozart. Additionally, Mainly Mozart’s program for top students in the youth orchestras of Baja California presents master classes by the internationally renowned artists who visit the San Diego area.