"Where Music, Culture, and Education Intersect"
Afro Puerto Rican and Salsa Music
Kadencia, To the rescue of our roots
El Vocero Newspaper
Kadencia, Our History Custodians
El Nuevo Día newspaper; Puerto Rico.
Kadencia Orchestra
Recognized by the Puerto Rico Cultural Institute
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (Spanish: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña), or ICP, for short, is an institution of the Government of Puerto Rico responsible for the establishment of the cultural policies required in order to study, preserve, promote, enrich, and diffuse the cultural values of Puerto Rico.[1] Since October 1992, its headquarters have been located at the site of the old colonial Spanish Welfare House in Old San Juan.[2] The ICP was created by order of Law Number 89, signed June 21, 1955, and it started operating in November of that year. Its first Executive Director was Dr. Ricardo Alegría.[1]
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In general terms, the organizational structure of the Institute responds to the functions assigned to it by Law. Various programs address to the following aspects of the Puerto Rican culture: promote the arts, archeology, museums, parks, monuments, historic zones, music, theater, dance, and the Archives and the National Library of Puerto Rico. It extends its promotion of these throughout all the municipalities of Puerto Rico through local Cultural Centers. These Cultural Centers are autonomous organizations.[1]