Seeking understanding between the peoples of the United States and Cuba
Fundacion Amistad has partnered with the Cathedral of Havana to establish three pre-schools and daycare centers serving the children of disadvantaged families - largely the children of single mothers in Havana. In addition to supporting day-to-day operations, a key part of the program is providing training for the 40 teachers in innovative, new learning methodologies to help spur whole child development. The training is by a ...
Though Summer 2016 is well underway throughout North America, our programs in Cuba are going strong to provide people-to-people connections making key and beneficial impacts for the Cuban people. This June, we sponsored two special programs – one for Cuban farmers and one for Cuban teachers – that are part of our initiatives in agricultural and educational reform. Both were highly well-received by the participants, ...
Fundación Amistad’s founder, Luly Duke, and Board member Stephen Johnson were privileged to be in Cuba at the time of President Obama’s visit and attend a number of the events with his delegation during the President’s three days in Havana. (more…)
Be among the first to visit magical, mythical Havana for MUSICABANA, an incredible 4-day festival featuring some of the biggest Cuban and International names in music!
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Fundacion Amistad strongly supports the statement issued by CubaNow on State of the Union Address. President Obama, thank you. #CubaNow “Since his first year in office, President Obama has shown a greater commitment to helping the Cuban people than any other president in our lifetime. He has opened trade and travel for all Americans, made it easier to support Cuban families and the Island’s entrepreneurial sector, ...
Ricardo Porro, one of Cuba’s greatest mid-twentieth century architects passed away in Paris on December 25, 2014. The architect, designer and teacher who was best known as the lead designer of Havana’s National Art School will be remembered by his wife Elena, his daughter Gabriela, as well as those who knew and loved his work.
Please, join Fundacion Amistad in the presentation of Havana Modern: Twentieth Century Architecture and Interiors. A new book by Michael Connors in collaboration with Fundacion Amistad.
November 25, 2014
6.30 pm
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
Green Library 220
Cuba News reviews Havana Modern, the latest book by Michael Connors.
The new book “Havana Modern: Twentieth-Century Architecture and Interiors” is a revealing collection of astonishingly fresh and undiscovered mid-century architecture and interiors in Havana. Caribbean design expert and historian Michael Connors leads the reader on an unprecedented tour in Havana of the stunning and architecturally important private homes and buildings that have been meticulously preserved, previously unphotographed, and mostly inaccessible to visitors. This lavish book represents the ...
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Center for Cuban Studies
Monthly Film Series
March 19, 2014
Rarely does one encounter such a revelatory exhibition as “Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive,” at Miami’s Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum of Florida International University. Shedding brilliant light on fascinating, still often misunderstood artworks, the exhibition is interlaced with innumerable international connections, underscoring the creative heritage at the heart of Afro-Caribbean culture. “Things That Cannot Be Seen ...
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BY GEORGE FISHMAN [email protected] A five-decades-long trade embargo between the United States and Cuba has both suppressed and intensified many Americans’ desire to access the island’s exceptional cultural production. The presentation of visual artworks and performances by artists who live in Cuba can be fraught with a mix of eagerness and suspicion, largely based upon audiences’ political allegiances. This is especially true in Miami, where ...
by Cuban Research Institute (FIU)
In this lecture, Michael E. Parmly will challenge audience members to consider for themselves what are the current U.S. interests in retaining the status quo in Guantánamo, against the background of evolving Cuban nationalism.
Renowned Cuban artist Manuel Mendive Hoyo brings his exhibition, Things that Cannot be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive and a unique performance procession, “Water (Homage to the Waters)”, to the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU. The exhibition, which runs through January 25, 2014, has been curated by Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz, Director of the Orbis Africa Advanced Research Center, Department of ...
(Left to Right) Michael Parmly, former US chief of Mission in Cuba. Luly Duke, Jorge Duany, Director of Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University at Michael Parmly’s lecture December 3, Guantanamo and Cuban Nationalism.
Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive November 16, 2013 – January 26, 2014 Manuel Mendive Hoyo (Havana, Cuba 1944-) creates paintings, sculptures, and objects that capture the rhythm of the orishas, ancestral spirits of Africa that are the source of his imagery. For today’s world, Mendive continues to appropriate, transform and adapt the visual language of Africa as a ...
Fundación Amistad invites you to a lecture by Michael E. Parmly titled, “Guantánamo and Cuban Nationalism,” at the School of International and Public Affairs, Florida, on December 3rd at 3:30 p.m. We are happy to share that Michael E. Parmly was recently elected to the board of Fundación Amistad! ...
Fundación Amistad invites you, in collaboration with the Frost Museum of Miami, Florida, and Mendive Estudio, to a multi-faceted exhibition that explores the visual performance work of Manuel Mendive.
2. Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive Mito de la Creacion (Myth of Creation), 1985. Mixed media on heavy paper. Courtesy of Cernuda Arte. Cuban artist Manuel Mendive’s work is deeply rooted in spirituality and magic. There is a deep sense of transformation occurring in the paintings, providing a great sense of awe. The paintings seemed to say we are ...
As you know, Fundacion Amistad has been working with the Children’s Cancer Caring Center, a 501 c(3) not-for-profit corporation located at the Baptist Hospital, to treat our dear Pablo Enrique. Pablo is out of the hospital now and has finished his twelve weeks of treatment at the center where he was receiving analysis and monitoring. Pablo’s dad has now scheduled for Pablo to ...
On August 2, 2013, LongHouse Reserve, the not-‐for-‐profit art museum, celebrated the opening of it’s anticipated 2013 exhibits: Cuban sculptor Yoan Capote’s RERUM ALTER NATURA and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads. Yoan Capote’s RERUM ALTER NATURA or The Other Nature of Things, features two bronze sculptures and deals with immigration, exile, as well as the psychological plight of the wandering traveler. After the ...
Havana, Cuba - The Ernest Hemingway Museum at Finca Vigia, in coordination with the Hemingway Chair of the International Institute of Journalism and the Cuban National Cultural Heritage Council, announce the 14th International Ernest Hemingway Colloquium to be held June 20th to 23rd, 2013, in Havana, Cuba. The purpose of the event is to promote the exchange of information among similar specialists and institutions related with ...
Fundación Amistad invites you, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the California African American Museum and the Frost Museum of Miami, Florida, and Mendive Estudio, to a multi-faceted exhibition that explores the visual and performance work of Manuel Mendive. Click Here to Download Invitation ...
Fundación Amistad launches its new English website with the spanish version of the site slated to launch within the next few days.
Art and architecture. . . Fundación Amistad’s “People to People Exchange” at the 10th Annual Biennial in Havana.