PRIDA – Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts, is an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Puerto Rican arts and culture.
- PRIDA is a project of Comite Noviembre and fulfills CN’s charge to promote, acknowledge, create awareness and take ownership of our rich culture, language and history.
- PRIDA will advocate that funding for the arts includes and is distributed to the artists and organizations in our community.
- PRIDA will develop a database of funders that offer our members opportunities to apply for funding that will support the realization of their projects.
- PRIDA will establish a working relationship with government and corporate sponsors and pair them up with our member organizations. Likewise, we will pair the individual member artists with the member organizations and sponsors.
- PRIDA supports Puerto Rican artists by establishing a membership program that will advocate, empower and service the member organizations and artists. Some of the goals of the membership program are:
- To open up markets for the sale of art by Puerto Rican artists
- Develop a database of galleries and art spaces
- Inform members about upcoming events and venues that welcome their participation as vendors through our newsletter, website and social networking resources
- Inform the community in general about events that preserve, promote and protect our arts and culture
- Sponsor events to showcase and promote Puerto Rican arts and culture
- Provide opportunities for our members to conduct workshops and other special events
- Provide our members with workshops that provide unique hands-on training and critical educational skills necessary for their professional advancement.
If you are a Puerto Rican artist or organization and want to join the movement to promote, preserve and protect Puerto Rican arts and culture then become a member of PRIDA today!