Seeking understanding between the peoples of the United States and Cuba
Teacher Training 2017 and a new La Guarderia
FA’s activities during Summer 2017 included this year’s training workshop for the teachers of La Guarderia - led by teachers at Havana’s International School - and the opening of the newest pre-school - whose renovation and operations are funded by FA - in Guanabacoa on the outskirts of Havana. Download a copy here.
La Guarderia Graduation and Education Conference
In June 2017, Fundacion Amistad contributed its ideas, advocacy, and financial support towards the education of Cuban youth across the spectrum - from pre-school to secondary education to post-graduate studies. Each opportunity was an affirmation of FA’s mission of meaningful exchange between the American and Cuban people. Download a copy here.
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 ...
An Ideas Symposium for Vedado
In October 2016, Fundacion Amistad led a symposium with Cuban and American architects, planner, preservationists and educators to explore revitalization ideas and opportunities for the Havana neighborhood of Vedado. Fundacion Amistad nominated Vedado to the World Monuments Fund’s 2016/2017 Watch list of the fifty most endangered places around the world. Download a copy here.
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
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 ...
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.
by Dr. Michael Connors — Fundación Amistad is happy to highlight Dr. Connors’ latest book. A truly wonderful look at the historic architecture and decorative arts of the island residences is presented with glorious color photos and informative text in CARIBBEAN HOUSES by Michael Connors. I have a few of his other books, and knew what to expect from this former antiques dealer turned author. It does ...
by Rosa Lowinger and Ofelia Fox This wonderful book was co-written by Rosa Lowinger, another of Fundación Amistad’s board members. “Journalist Rosa Lowinger and Ofelia Fox, widow of Tropicana’s last owner, vividly portray the cultural richness and roiling social problems of pre-Revolutionary Cuba and take the reader on an intimate insider’s tour of one of the world’s most glamorous venues at its ...
by Dr. Michael Connors, Photography by Bruce Buck — Fundación Amistad board member Dr. Michael Connors is the author of this beautiful book. “Cuban Elegance is an astonishing work. That Michael Connors and Bruce Buck were able to navigate the bureaucracies to get to Cuba and to the subjects of the book; astonishing that with an admitted paucity of research material they were able to craft ...