The Carmen Solá de Pereira de Ponce Cultural Center was founded in 1963 and it's Ponce's main cultural center. Located in the city's historical zone, the center hosts educational art exhibits as well as cultural events. Since 1992, the cultural center's headquarters are a landmark colonial house that dates back to the 1870s. Every month, the center has a special gallery night, where they showcase works of art from local artists.
Our favorite Cultural Center is named after the distinguished Ponce educator and lawmaker Carmen Solá de Pereira, who compassionately dedicated her life to the education of our disadvantaged. Beloved teacher and school principal in La Cantera, one of Ponce’s most underprivileged communities, she is also the mother of Ponce Glenview Baptist Church’s much admired pastor, Rev. René Pereira Solá.
It regularly hosts (every first Thursday of each month at 7PM) the now customary Noches de Galería, where renowned as well as promising painters, artisans and sculptors exhibit their works and showcase their talent. Many welcomed authors also routinely take advantage of the cultural center facilities for their literary chats and book presentations. For more information call 787-841-8044.