About
About Neruda Productions
Neruda Productions is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building bridges in our community through music, dance, drama, and visual arts from around the world.
Founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Isabel Cisterna, the organization has successfully produced a range of programming that caters to the vibrant and diverse local community.
With a wide artistic repertoire that features festivals, concerts, workshops, and cultural exchanges, Neruda Productions’ goal is to nurture a healthy community that celebrates diversity, through the power of the arts.
photo by Pablo Luquez
Neruda Productions’ philosophy includes striving to present culturally diverse performances that would otherwise be under-represented in Canada. We are also focused on collaborating with our volunteers, who are mainly students from the region of Waterloo, especially those students benefiting from English as a Second Language classes, to produce quality programming.
While supporting arts from around the globe, Neruda Productions has a strong focus on presenting work from New Canadian and emerging artists as they develop their craft in a Canadian context.
Neruda Productions is dedicated to the artistic development of local artists, and the career development of professional artists working within our areas of focus, while striving to foster and expand audiences for diverse art forms locally, nationally and internationally.
Isabel Cisterna
Artistic Director of Neruda Productions
519.502.9677
isabel@nerudaproductions.com
Accolades:
Two KW Arts Awards — Mentor of the Year - for Isabel Cisterna (2008) and for The Arpillera Project (2009); a Waterloo Region Record 40 under 40 award for leadership (2009); an award from the Government of Chile for Isabel's achievements as a Chilean living abroad; and a nomination for the Ministry of Culture's Who Inspires You Award for our involvement with the youth of the Academia of Music of Puerto Varas; Neruda's has received funding from the Trillium Foundation. We have also presented a number of successful and sold-out concerts, festivals and workshops, including an inspiring performance in 2008 at the Centre in teh Square, born out of our youth cultural exchange program. Isabel was recognized as the Woman of the Year for Arts and Entertainment by the KW Oktoberfest in 2010.