Category Archives: Corrientes

Announcements of current events.

Invitation for Artist Submissions / Participation at the Taller Boricua:

 

Specific exhibitions and events for our 40th Anniversary:
New York Puerto Rican contemporary artists (fine arts, performance, poetry and music) are invited to submit work for the upcoming 40th anniversary exhibitions in 2010/2011: Deadline February 15, 2010

2010 / 2011 Exhibition Calendar:
We also have a general call for submissions open to all artists for the rest of the exhibition calendar year 2010/2011: Deadline February 15, 2010

Please send a link to your website to contact@tallerboricua.org with the subject line: ARTIST SUBMISSION. If you do not have a website, please follow our mail-in submission policy:

CD or DVD (formatted for Macintosh system) containing:
10 examples/jpgs of work, biography, resume and artist statement
Self addressed and stamped envelope (only if you would like CD/DVD/samples to be returned)

The above materials may be mailed to:
Taller Boricua Galleries
at the Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center
Attn: C. Licata / RM 208
1680 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10029

Send any questions or final submissions to contact@tallerboricua.org
Note: please no attachments larger than 1 MB total as they will not go through. Also, please no calls.

About Taller Boricua
Taller Boricua / The Puerto Rican Workshop is a 40-year old artist-run nonprofit art gallery and multi-disciplinary cultural space in El Barrio. Our mission is to be a proactive institution for the community in East Harlem by offering programs that stimulate its social, cultural and economic development through the promotion of the arts.

Taller Boricua is an artist-run 501(c)3 non-profit art gallery

Taller Boricua Galleries 1680 Lexington Avenue, NYC, N.Y. 10029
Telephone: 212.831.4333 f: 212.831.6274
Email: contact@tallerboricua.org
Website: tallerboricua.org
Directions: 6 Train to 103 Street / Free admission / Center is accessible for individuals with disabilities

CONFERENCIAS CARIBEÑAS 6 – El Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedra

 

El Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, invita a la comunidad universitaria y al público en general a su ciclo de CONFERENCIAS CARIBEÑAS 6, a celebrarse durante el segundo semestre (enero-mayo) del año académico 2009-2010. Para información favor de comunicarse al 787-764-0000, x-4212 o escribir a: iec@uprrp.edu Favor de ver el programa en el afiche adjunto.
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The Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, invites the academic community and the general public to its CONFERENCIAS CARIBEÑAS 6 lecture series, to be held during the second semester (January-May) of the academic year 2009-2010. For further information please call 787-764-0000, x-4212 or write to iec@uprrp.edu Please see the attached conference program.

Dr. Rose Mary Allen
Senior Researcher in Anthropology and Social History
University of the Netherlands Antilles
“Buskando nos mes”: Making Sense of National Identities in Curaçao
jueves, 11 febrero
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Santiago J. Ruiz
Profesor Visitante, Departamento de Sociología y Antropología, UPR-RP
Los Garífunas y la lingüística antropológica
jueves, 18 febrero
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Paul Sutton
Caribbean Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University
European and Caribbean? The European Union’s Policy to the Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories
miércoles, 24 febrero
10:00 – 12: 00 m.

Dr. Shalini Puri
Department of English, University of Pittsburgh
Operation Urgent Memory: The Grenada Revolution and the Caribbean Present
jueves, 25 febrero
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Alberto López Venegas
Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico
Las causas del terremoto de enero de 2010 en Haití: el entorno tectónico del borde de placa del Caribe Norte y su historial sísmico
miércoles, 10 marzo 10:00 – 12:00 m.

Dr. César Salgado
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas, Austin
Giotto in the Tropics: Arturo Schomburg’s Unfinished Book on Black Atlantic Painters.
jueves, 11 marzo
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Peter James Hudson
Department of History, Vanderbilt University
Imperial Designs: An Unofficial History of the Royal Bank of Canada in the Caribbean
jueves, 25 marzo
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Adrián López Denis
Department of Hispanic Studies, Brown University
Inmunidades imaginadas en la era de las revoluciones: contrapunteo cubano de la viruela y la fiebre amarilla
miércoles, 14 abril 10:00 – 12:00 m.

Dra. Esther Whitfield
Department of Comparative Literature, Brown University
La narrativa cubana después del “Período Especial”
jueves, 15 abril
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Prof. Zulima Leal Calderón
Investigadora Visitante, Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, UPR-RP
Remesas de Puerto Rico a República Dominicana: un análisis del mercado
jueves, 22 abril
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Alessandra Lorini
Dipartimento di Studi Storici e Geografici, Università di Firenze, Italia
A Transnational Perspective on ‘Cuba Libre’: Late 19th Century Views from Italy and the United States
jueves, 29 abril
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Las conferencias se llevarán a cabo en el Anfiteatro CRA 108, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UPR-RP