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Saludos! We are pleased to return, once again, this time all the way from Massachusets where we met this issue’s featured author. Remember, we can only celebrate you if you let us know what you are up to. Check out … Continue reading
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Everything you wanted to know about the Puerto Rican Vejigante: history mask making techniques, cultural significance and festival celebrations. A one-hour lecture presentation by Puerto Rican folkloric teacher FELIPE RANGEL vejigante mask-maker and member of the Board of Directors of … Continue reading
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By Clara Galvano Rivera cgr.writepro@gmail.com Our Artist of the Month is requete– talented Olga Ayala, known for her Hecho a Mano artisanal creations that promote Puerto Rican culture and identity. Born and raised in El Barrio, Ayala vividly remembers the … Continue reading
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By Clara Galvano Rivera cgr.writepro@gmail.com “I’m the first santos woodcarver (talladora) in my family,” Marta Iris Rodriguez Olmeda says with pride. Not only that, but our PRIDA Artist Everyone Should Know, is among the few female talladoras from Puerto Rico … Continue reading
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Everything you wanted to know about the Puerto Rican cuatro: its origins, music, history and greatest players. A one-hour audio-visual lecture presentation by Puerto Rican folkloric-music researcher WILLIAM CUMPIANO instrument-maker and co-founder of the Puerto Rican Cuatro Project. Sunday, March … Continue reading
PRIDA Artists Exhibit at Counter & Bodega Restaurant On View Through the Month of February
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Esperanza Martell is a human rights activist, peace educator, organizer, healer, life-skills coach, mother, and poet/artist. She teaches Community Organizing and advises at Hunter College School of Social Work. As the founder of the Urban Atabex Network she facilitates Paulo … Continue reading
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By the time Julio Humberto Rodriguez Perez was 5 years old, he was drawing palm trees and loving life in his birthplace of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. “I think my Mother made a mistake in naming me after the famous … Continue reading
REGISTER FOR THE CLASS Instagram For Business & Artists Workshop Fees Membership Up to Date $60.00 USDNon-PRIDA-Member $75.00 USD Thursday, May 10, 2018 | 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST HERE IS WHAT WE WILL DO DURING OUR SESSION: #1: … Continue reading
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As a graphic artist Luis designs, produces and sells his own line of silkscreen tee-shirts with Native American Taíno and other Puerto Rican cultural icons. He is a photographer and sells digitized versions of his photographs printed on canvas and … Continue reading