Seeking understanding between the peoples of the United States and Cuba
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…)
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.
Cuba News reviews Havana Modern, the latest book by Michael Connors.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
By Dawn Gable HAVANA TIMES, April 8 — Last week hundreds of scholars gathered at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center to share their Cuba related research and projects; to discuss the island’s current affairs, history and future; and to enjoy each other’s anecdotes about their travels to the country where most US citizens are still forbidden to go. The more than 50 panels covered ...
BY MIRTA OJITO May 30, 2010 MIAMI HERALD — There are people you talk to who are so inspiring, so full of life, so driven and so enthusiastic, that you feel the urge to drop everything and run to join them. Talking to Carmen Vallejo was just like that. Only I couldn’t run to her. She lives in Cuba and I’m in New York, but we are ...
by Ian Urbina — New York Times HAVANA — About 10 minutes after arriving at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes to show her work at the biggest exhibition by American art galleries in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, Delia Brown whispered, only half joking, to her Cuban assistant that the gallery was too hot and that she planned to head back to her hotel. “I ...
Chelsea artists, galleries are being featured in an exhibit in Havana. The organizers hope this is a step toward improving relations between the United States and Cuba.