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The Met Sees the Caribbean for the First Time in Arte del Mar

Taíno Zemí Cohoba Stand from Arte del Mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, December 16, 2019 - June 27, 2021. There is a great companion exhibition online at metmuseum.org Arte del mar: Artistic Exchange in the Caribbean The is the Met's first exhibition to see the Caribbean as something all its own. The Bahamas, eastern Cuba, Haiti, Dominican … [Read more...] about The Met Sees the Caribbean for the First Time in Arte del Mar

AfriBembé Festival 2019

Vejigante de Ponce at the Afribembe Festival (CCCADI)

A traditional bembé is a Yoruba religious festival of drumming, dancing and singing meant to connect individuals and the community with the ancestors and divine energies. In the time of slavery, Africans in the Americas came from different tribes so we often couldn't speak with each other, but everyone understood the drum. Back in the day in The Bronx and El Barrio, the … [Read more...] about AfriBembé Festival 2019

Summer Streets 2019

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New York's annual Summer Streets street fair turns seven miles of Manhattan streets into a long pedestrian mall with rest stops that offer all sorts of free entertainment and family activities. The festival seeks to promote alternative transportation. Without traffic the streets are wonderfully quiet and the City takes on a different kind of beauty. Instead of all the hurried … [Read more...] about Summer Streets 2019

Children’s Festival of Taíno culture

Taíno Children's Festival. Photo Peter Figen. Mask Yolanda Franjul.

The 21st Annual Children's Festival at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Manhattan's Financial District focuses on Taíno culture of the Caribbean, Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19, 2019 from 11am - 5pm. FREE The family festival is inspired by the current exhibition "Taíno: herencia e identidad indígena en el Caribe." There are hands-on activities like … [Read more...] about Children’s Festival of Taíno culture

Melissa Misla’s APT 9D is Nuyorican art in two places at once

APT 9D (2019). Courtesy Melissa Misla.

APT 9D, Melissa Misla's MFA thesis exhibition, explores Nuyorican, Puerto Rican, and Taíno iconography in the Klapper Hall Gallery at Queens College MFA school in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens from April 9-13, 2019. Free Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 from 7:30-10:30pm Exhibition: Wednesday, 2-5pm, Thursday 6-9pm Closing Reception: Saturday, April13, … [Read more...] about Melissa Misla’s APT 9D is Nuyorican art in two places at once

Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean

Woman from a Taíno community in Cuba (1919). (Mark Raymond Harrington/NMAI)

The exhibition Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean is on view daily at the National Museum of the American Indian in Manhattan's Financial District from July 28, 2018 - November 12, 2019. FREE Taíno The Taíno are one of the main indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. At the time of European contact, we populated Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico; … [Read more...] about Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean

Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture

Clarissa Tossin "Ch'u Mayaa." Courtesy of the artist / Whitney Museum.

Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art is at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan's Meatpacking District from July 13 - September 30, 2018. Get tickets at whitney.org Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art https://youtu.be/TKN1LeT5t1A Pacha, Llaqta and Wasichay are Quechua words that describe the … [Read more...] about Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture

Arte de La Borinqueña is an exhibition about the Puerto Rican superhero

Arte de la Borinqueña courtesy of Casita Maria

Arte de La Borinqueña is an exhibition of over 30 fine art prints of the Puerto Rican superhero drawn by different artists. La Borinqueña is the Puerto Rican Superhero La Borinqueña is the Puerto Rican superhero of the best-selling graphic novel created in 2016 by Edgardo Miranda Rodriguez. It is also the anthem of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Borinquen is the … [Read more...] about Arte de La Borinqueña is an exhibition about the Puerto Rican superhero

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