Instituto Puertorriqueño de Arte y Abogacía, Rhode Island: MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers

1/02/2012

MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers

TUN-TUN: A MAGIC NIGHT

The Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc., in Collaboration with URI Feinstein Providence Campus and the International Gallery For Heritage and Culture present at the Annual Black History Month Exhibit and Events

MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers
at AFRICAN-AMERICAN: IDENTITY
Living on Both Sides of the Hyphen Exhibit
January 23–February 24

Reception:January 31, 2012 @ 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m.
The reception will include music by The Groovalottos, Yoruba 2 with Black Poems by Carlos Cruz, Lydia Perez with Bomba Music, and local spoken word performers.

URI Feinstein Providence Campus
1st and 2nd floor
80 Washington St., Providence, RI

MADAMA Exhibition, curated by the Puertorican Waleska Santiago, the Artist-Researcher in Latin American & Caribbean Art. This exhibition will be presented as part of the URI Providence Campus and International Gallery of Heritage and Culture sponsored AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: Identity, Living on Both Sides of the Hyphen exhibit and events. The exhibit will explore the notion of Cultural Identity(s) and the complex issues and the conflicts that surround the 'hyphen' e.g. Afro-American, Afro-Asian, Afro-Caribbean (Puerto Rico,

Cuba, Republica Dominicana, Haiti), Afro-Latino, Afro-Native including experiences of those who find that they must balance their inclusion in multiple ethnic cultures, those who find they must choose identification in one of their cultural identities and those who experience exclusion from both sides of the hyphen.

The URI exhibit will include artwork in all media from more than fifty local professional and community based artists such as: Gregorio Aleman, Sharon Armour, Isabel Baez, Tyna Braxton, Marlene Britto, Tallibah and Carlos Cabral, Tamara Diaz, Felix Diclo, Kim Ellery, Manuel Fernando, George Garcia, Stephen Gross, Jerock, Evangelista Jimenez, Todd Jones,

Victor Justo, Nixon Ledger, Leonard Lentini, Titilola O. Martins, Cindy Taylor Meeks, Donna Mitchell, Munir Mohammed, Onna Moniz John, James Montford and his class project, Carole Moody, Peaceable Kingdom, Lydia Perez, Hannah Ressiger, Gaddier Rosario, Basma Samira, Waleska Santiago, Brittanny Tayor, Simone Spruce Torres, Anita Trezvant, Daniel Walker,Penny Gamble.

MADAMAS Women, Madonnas, and Mothers is founded by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

Talleres de Bomba , Plena y otros Ritmos afro-Antillanos en "Birch Vocational Center"

Providence, Rhode Island: La carismatica Lydia Perez, Artista de un Nivel Nacional y la misma que preside esta Organización sin fines de lucros fue invitada a la "Mt. Pleasant School" a dictar unos talleres de Bomba, Carnaval y otros ritmos caribeños. Los mismos se llevaron a cabo los dias 22 y 24 de abril 2008.

Dentro de la "Mt. Pleasant School" existe una vocacional muy particular. La misma lleva el nombre de "Birch Voacational Center", en donde los estudiantes estaban esperando muy emocionados a nuestra queridisima artista. Al llegar Lydia, fueron presentados por la artista Nisha Purushotham, quien invitó a Lydia para realizar este encuentro. El encuentro de ambas artistas de Rhode Island, hicieron que un teatro de escuela se convierta en un espectaculo de arte y que los estudiantes experimentarán una estampa caribeñas de ritmos, color y emociones que evoca el sentir de una herencia cultural.
La presentaciones de los carácteres de una comparsa Boricua: el Rey Momo, Vejigantes de Loiza (Norte), Vejigante de Ponce (Sur), y Cabezudo de San Juan, Capital de Puerto Rico con el:

Eh que toco, toco toco (Llamado)
Vejigante come Coco (Respuesta).

Saca la cabeza
vuelvela a sacar
ahi viene la comparsa
La comparsa del maja... Je..

Hizo que la energia y la magia de la imaginación fluyerá hasta el punto de invitar a los jovenes a ponerse los atuendos y mostrarlos. Los estudiantes gustosamente se vistieron para el deleite de los profesores, trabajadoras sociales, administradores y otro que otros invitados del Estado que tomaron fotos y notas.

Lydia expresó su agradecimiento a su compañera Nisha y a la profesora Sharmey Holloman quienes hicieron posible este magnifico evento. Que viva nuestras Tradiciones, en este caso con los estudiantes de "BIRCH VOCATIONAL CENTER".

BOARD OF DIRECTOR

Lydia Perez -President
Olga Silva - Vice-President
Gina Camacho- Secretary
Dorothy Y. Rivera-Treasurer

Musical Director
Luis Robertico Arias

MISSION:
To promote and advocate civic and cultural activities for the Puerto Rican and Latino Community through the Music and arts. (Bilingual). To represent the Puerto Rican community in advocacy role to assure improved opportunity in areas of concern such as employment, cultural, education and health.

HISTORY:
The Puerto Rican Instute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc. (PRIAA) was established on October 25, 1994. It has history of putting together different kind of cultural, educational and artistic activities in coordination with public and private agencies. It has worked in partnership with numerous museums, univerisites, Department of Tourism of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Institute of Culture. PRIAA has brought authentic folklore from Puerto Rico with a significant number of artists directly flown from the island. PRIAA activities in the City of Providence has contribuited to the city's economy, and has increased awareness, respect for Puerto Rico Culture.

Some example of the high quality Puerto Rico culture and exhibitions that PRIAA has brought to RI are: La Rondalla de Puerto Rico, an international Puerto Rico children performance group; Giovany Lugo and the Guarayson Quartet; Los Pleneros de la 21, a group of national performers; MAPEYE, an internationally renown Jibaro group; Jesus Cepeda, Roberto Cepeda from La Familia Cepeda and Willam Cepeda and Afro-Boricua, an International group. The best artisans in different disciplines. The best artisan joining together for the Santos de Puerto Rico Exhibition of Carved Saints, where exhibits of saints dating back to the 1700s were placed on display.

1/02/2012

MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers

LA COMPARSA DEL MAJA EN PROVIDENCE

Talleres de Bomba , Plena y otros Ritmos afro-Antillanos en "Birch Vocational Center"