Dialogues in Cuban Art (Dialogos sobre arte cubano), Phase I: Casa de las Américas, Havana
Casa de las Américas is the official institution in Cuba that organized and hosted a two-day symposium open to the public featuring panel discussions with leading curators, critics and scholars from both Miami and Havana.
CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS: DAY 1
Panel I: Identidad cultural, diáspora y nación (Cultural Identity, Nation and Diaspora).
Panelists: Odette Bello, Art Historian, University of Havana, Arte en la diaspora cubana [Art in the Cuban Diaspora]; Jesús Arboleya, Historian and author of Cuba y los cubanoamericanos: El fenómeno migratorio cubano; and Elizabeth Cerejido, Independent Curator and program organizer, Arte cubano en Miami y La Habana: Estrategias para entrar y salir de la diaspora [Cuban Art in Miami and Havana: Strategies for Entering and Existing Diaspora]; Moderator: Ana Niria Albo (Associate Curator of the Latino Studies Program at Casa de las Américas)
CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS: DAY 1
Panel II: Arte Cubano: Diálogos (Cuban Art: Dialogues).
Panelists included the following Havana and Miami artists: (Juana Valdés, Manny Prieres, Leyden Rodríguez Casanova, Bert Rodríguez , José A. Figueroa, Lázaro Saavedra, Felipe Dulzaides). Moderator: Elizabeth Cerejido (Cuban-American independent curator)
CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS: DAY 2
Panel I: Arte, historiografía, circulación y consumo (Art: Historiography, Circulation and Consumption).
Panelists: Magalys Espinosa (critic), Sandra Sosa (critic and writer), Anelys Alvarez Muñoz (Cuban born, Miami-based art historian and assistant curator of The Related Group). Moderator: Nahela Hechevarría (Curator of Visual Arts at Casa de las Américas)
CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS: DAY 2
Panel II: Arte Cubano: Diálogos (Cuban Art: Dialogues).
Panelists included the following Havana and Miami artists: Glenda León, Marcos Valella, Humberto Díaz, Antonia Wright, Ruben Millares, Esterio Segura, Reynier Leyva Novo, and Manny Prieres. Moderator: Cristina Figueroa Dialogues in Cuban Art, Phase II: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) hosted the two-day symposium, which was opened to the public and featured artists, curators, scholars and other cultural actors from both Miami and Havana
PAMM: DAY 1
Panel I: Introduction about the project: Elizabeth Cerejido (moderator). Shifting Perceptions, Transnational Movements between Miami and Havana
Panelists: Sandra Ramos, Alexandre Arrechea, Glexis Novoa, Emilio Pérez