December 2013
Dear artists, Hola Compadres y Comadres!
Thank you for your participation in PRIDA’s Eighth Annual Puerto Rican Artisan’s Fair and Second Annual Puerto Rican Book Expo! This Fair and Book Expo is a culmination of a lot of hard work and commitment. One of PRIDA’s goals is to make sure that this Fair continues to succeed year after year. Please consider becoming a member of PRIDA today. We have several membership levels that include Free, Supporter and Individual Artists. Go to the Membership Application on our website!
The Artisan Fair and Book Expo fulfills Comite Noviembre’s mission.* It takes a lot of effort, time and commitment which can come to an end in no time if there is no organization with the people committed to its success. Your membership will be instrumental in helping PRIDA fulfill its mission to support the work of Puerto Rican Artists. Join PRIDA now if you agree that this organization is necessary and indispensable to your growth as an artist. Demonstrate that you support our mission!
The art that we create is just as important as the art created by artists from any other part of the world. Our art can and should hang in museums around the world. Puerto Rican artists can and should stand side by side with any artist in the world! Together we can make this a reality, join PRIDA today!
Key Benefits: You will be participating in the early stages of a movement to strengthen Puerto Rican artists which will immensely benefit our community. The direct benefits to you by joining PRIDA include reducing your cost to participate in festivals and craft fairs via reduced rates negotiated on your behalf by PRIDA, a monthly on-line newsletter alerting you to upcoming cultural events in the Greater New York Area and beyond and more. You will also be notified when allocations are made for funding for the arts at a city and state level. This will ensure you have time to prepare appropriate grant applications that funding normally requires.
To Join:
1) Submit the enclosed PRIDA membership application.
2) Send us your payment, either for the paid Artist Membership fee of $75.00 or for the Amigo/a (supporter) of $50.00.
Make the payment out to PRIDA. You can send the payment to PRIDA, P.O. Box 456 Midtown Station, New York, NY 10018.
Goals: One of PRIDA’s primary goals is to make it easier for you, the artist, to participate in future festivals and fairs. But we will not stop there! PRIDA and Comité Noviembre will partner to create other cultural events during the year. You will not have to wait for someone else to create a cultural event where you offer your creations to the public; we now have an organization that will create events for us.
*Comité Noviembre’s mission for the past 27 years has been to commemorate and acknowledge all aspects of Puerto Rican life from the social and cultural to the educational, economic and political. The charge of CN is to create awareness of and preserve our rich culture, language, and heritage specifically for our youth – to recognize and take ownership of it every day but specifically during the month of November.
Please consider the possibilities and join PRIDA today!
Sincerely,
Luis Cordero Santoni
Co-Founder
914-505-5482